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game in his vicinity. The Laws are well observed. He has no complaints of any 

 violations. In patrolling this summer and fall he has seen quite a number of deer. 

 Muskrats are very numerous. Mink scarce but on the increase. Eabbits are 

 plentiful. Some wolves have been heard around that neighborhood this fall. 



Overseer S. Turner, of London, reports that the Game and Fish Laws in his 

 district have been very fairly observed this season. 



The fishing has been very good there and in several instances good catches 

 of pike and pickerel have been reported. 



Game Laws have been so far well observed. The game dealers have all taken 

 out their licenses, as they did last year, after the trouble they had last year with 

 hare and cotton tail rabhits. 



Overseer G. Twamley, of Cavan, reports the speckled trout are still very scarce, 

 but he thinks they will be more plentiful in a couple of years, as the law was well, 

 kept this season. He would strongly advise the close season to commence the first 

 day of September. 



The bass were not as plentiful as in former years, and some of them were 

 diseased. There was some spearing done in Deyells Creek, at the first of the 

 season. When he went down he found two spears. 



He would advise that the river patrol would go up the three creeks namely, 

 Smithson's, Deyells and Cavan, as far as they can go with canoes, and then he 

 can meet them. 



Black ducks were plentiful until the first of September, they left and never 

 came back. Partridge are plentiful and seem to be increasing. 



Black squirrels are plentiful. Mink are scarce. He would strongly recom- 

 mend the open season from the first of November until the first of January. 

 Muskrats are scarce. 



Overseer John Watson, of Caesarea, reports that maskinonge and bass fishing 

 the first part of the season in Scugog Lake, was the best that he has seen for many 

 years, but later on was not so good. 



Speckled trout are becoming very scarce all over, and he would advise that 

 this fishing be prohibited for at least two years, excepting in private ponds. 



He would also advise that the number of maskinonge to be taken in one day, 

 by one man, be cut down to two and bass to 4, and the open season for these fish 

 be from the 15th June to the loth October. This would give them much better 

 protection and less work for the overseer, and less expense to the Department. 



Wild geese were in abundance last spring. Black ducks are very plentiful 

 and the fall ducks are also plentiful. 



Partridge are increasing very fast in his division, but they are very hard 

 birds to protect, as they are scattered all over and he finds them more or less in all 

 the swamps and woods in his division. 



Pabbits are plentiful in his division but he would advise that all hounds and 

 other dogs, tliat will run rabbits, be prohibited from running at large during the 

 months of April, May, June and July, as he knows them to run down, and kill 

 the old ones heavy with young and the young ones before they can keep out 'of 

 their way. 



Muskrats are getting very scarce owing to low water in the lake, as the winter 

 kills them out. 



Mink are very scarce in his division as they are killed all winter with dogs 



