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not come around there very often; more where the railroads are is where they are 

 to be found, as they can get away on a train to different places. 



In conclusion he wishes to say that all Overseers should cover their divisions 

 pretty much the whole year, as it certainly is a protection, and has a tendency to 

 intimidate those who have been in the habit of destroying muskrat houses, spearing 

 and netting through the ice, etc. 



He wishes the Department to kindly accept his thanks for the courtesy they 

 have shown him since he received the appointment of Game and Fishery Overseer. 



Oversee?- J. F. Kern, of Burford, reports that as far as fish are concerned tliey 

 seem plentiful in our waters, but hard to catch. A very small catch was the report 

 of any fisherman that whipped those waters this feason. The speckled trout put 

 into the creek at Scotland are doing un(X)mnionly well. 



He has no infractions of the law to report. Several reports have been made to 

 him that the law was being violated, but upon investigation found no trutli tlierein. 

 The fact that both fish and game are so much more plentiful speaks well, he thinks 

 for the general observance of all rules and regulations as laid down by the 

 Department. 



He noticed in his rounds that partridge are quite plentiful, but very wild. 

 This is especially so around Cooley Pond and west of Harley. Squirrels are also 

 more plentiful than usual, and muskrats are abundant everywhere ; duck, on the 

 other hand, being very scarce. 



Overseer Richard Lamhkin, of Loring, reyiorts that during the summer of 1011 

 the Game and Fishery regulations iiave been well observed. He desires again to 

 bring before the Department the fact that there is a vast tract of country with some 

 of the most beautiful waters in Northern Ontario under his charge, in which there 

 are no speckled trout, and in said waters he thinks speckled trout would do well, 

 and an attempt should be made to stock some of the streams with said fish. 

 Pickerel, bass, black and silver, lake trout, maskinonge, herring, pike and other 

 fish are plentiful, notwithstanding the fact that the obstruction between the 

 Georgian Bay and head waters of our beautiful rivers have not been removed yet. 



Deer are holding their own, and he would strongly advise that the present 

 system of one deer be adhered to. Partridge are plentiful this year, owing no doubt 

 to the better protection they are now receiving. 



Overseer J. TI. Lauglilin, of Neiv Lowell, reports that as far as he knows the 

 laws are well kept. Deer are increasing very fast in that vicinity; also partridge. 

 Mink are more plentiful this year. He would be very much in favour of protecting 

 the raccoon, and have the open season the same as for mink. Trappers have their 

 traps set along the rivers and creeks in October, and they are always after the 

 raccoon, but the same trap will catch a mink or rat. He would also be in favor 

 of making every trapper pay a license fee unless he is trapping on his own property. 



Overseer Wellington Lean, of Apsley, reports that fishing has been very poor in 

 some of the lakes in his division, while in others it has been above the average. 

 Very few tourists visited those waters during the past summer. 



Partridge are very plentiful after tbeir terra of protection, but the forest 

 fires which raged there this spring killed hundreds of young partridge, no doubt, 

 and destroyed innumerable eggs, as it was hatching season. There are no ducks 

 in that locality. 



