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pike and black suckers do, for every spring at the time of high water — in April and 

 May — these fish pass out of Lake Clear down a creek known here as Hurd's Creek, 

 which crosses the country a distance, of about ten miles and flows into the Bonne - 

 chere Eiver about one mile above the village of Eganville. Then as there is a creek 

 out of Golden Lake called Black Creek, large quantities of fish come down that 

 stream into Lake Dore. But he would like to call the attention of the Department 

 to complaints received about a dam at the outlet at the foot of Lake Dore. There 

 is an old mill dam there on the Snake Eiver that stops the fish from coming out of 

 Snake Eiver into Lake Dore, and as there i« no fish gate there, it is impossible for 

 the fish to get into Lake Dore. But as there is no obstruction between Snake Eiver 

 and Mink Lake, he has concluded that this dam just evens matters up with the set- 

 tlers in that section, and as he thinks there is a fair supply for all the settlers in 

 that district of all kinds of fish, such as bass, pike and suckers (if there is no 

 slaughter or waste), he would judge that the supply of fish would last a long time. 



Overseer F. L. Wornnoorth, of Arden, reports that there have been no com- 

 plaints of illegal fishing this year. There have not been as many non-residents as 

 in former years, but a great many more of our own people. There were a great 

 many at the Cross Lake Club House of Toronto, and they are going to build a num- 

 ber of summer cottages on the shore of Cross Lake near the Club House. 



Frogs are scarce, and he thinks they should be protected for a time. 



He says that if some of the catfish and ling were taken out of the waters 

 around there, it would be better for the other fish. 



Ducks are scarce this year, but partridge are plentiful. He has had some 

 trouble with parties trapping for muskrats out of season, and thinks it would be a 

 good thing if they were protected for a couple of years; also mink, as they are 

 simply slaughtered in the open season. 



Deer hunting was not very good last season, but according to reports it will 

 be better this season. 



He has had no trouble with mill rubbish. 



There is another summer house going up on the shore of Great Clear Lake. 

 There was a small one, but it has changed hands and the purchaser is going to 

 enlarge it and make a first-class house of it. 



Overseer D. E. Younghushand, of South March, reports that the past year has 

 been a fairly bountiful one as regards game and fish. The farmers, however, owing 

 perhaps to scarcity of help, appear to find less time to attempt either bag or sack. 



The angling in Tracey's Creek and Shirley's Bay was not up to the standard, 

 but it was excellent in Lake Constance, and fairly good in the Ottawa Eiver. The 

 principal fish caught as usual were bass, pike, pickerel, whitefish, sunfish, sucker, 

 bullheads and perch, with some catfish and sturgeon. 



There has been a good number of ducks ; but they seemed very wild and flew 

 high. Not many wild geese have been shot in that district. 



A goodly number of partridge were shot last season, and this season promises 

 to be a very fair one. 



Not many deer were shot in that district last year. 



The Game and Fishery Laws have been better observed and no convictions 

 made. 



