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the adult fish, the mortality in the latter method being much greater than that of 

 the former. Private parties have in several instances started hatcheries with the 

 object of re-stocking public waters. These, he thinks, should have the assistance of 

 the Department in procuring spawn, etc. 



Deer hunters met with their usual success last season, and from enquiries and 

 personal observations he gathers that they are holding their own. The cutting 

 down the number to one deer per man was certainly wise legislation, and this will 

 no doubt be the means of sparing this noble animal to us for an indefinite time. 



Partridge are not so plentiful as he would wish to see. Instead of meeting 

 with large covies, as should be the case, two or three birds are the usual limit. 

 Possibly owing to the advanced .stage of the season the covies are broken up. He 

 is afraid the chicks suffered from the wet weather in the spring. He thinks 

 another elose season would ibe advisable as there is plenty of ibreeding stock at 

 present. 



Beaver are decidedly on the increase, and in many caises prove an actual 

 nuisance, inasmuch that in many cases they have dammed up streams rebutting in 

 the flooding of roads and cultivated lands. He believes the supply warrants the 

 throwing open of our open season, as these animals have been protected since 1892. 

 He is also convinced that the best protection we can give these animals is to have 

 an open season every three, four or five years and to let the public be assured of 

 this. Under these conditions settlers and others would do all they could to protect 

 them, knowing that by so doing they would reap the benefit when the open year 

 occurred. 



Wolves are reported numerous in some sections. He believes that by raising 

 the bounty to $25.00 for males and $50.00 for females this would be an incentive 

 for trappers and hunters to go after them,, and he feels sure many more would 

 be destroyed. There is a great dissatisfaction evinced by hunters in their being 

 compelled to leave their entire skin with tihe officials to whom they apply for the 

 bounty, as they consider that they should have their skins or their equivalent or 

 the current value of such. 



Warden D. D. Young, of Quetico Reserve,. Kawene, reports that most of his 

 time has been taken up in building and locating trails, that is finding the best way 

 out. The nearest railway station is Kawene about ten miles off. He has built 

 men's building, two out-houses for stores, etc., stable and small office at French 

 Lake, headquarters, cleared about 4 acres of land and had about IV2 acres under 

 cultivation. Had out of the garden potatoes, carrots, turnips, cabbage, cauli- 

 flower, com, peas, beans and beets. He considers the garden was a success. It 

 is a grand country to grow vegetables. Built shacks at Sturgeon Narrows, Tins- 

 ley's Point, Lake La Croix, Eva Lake, also stable. Took over shacks on Eden 

 Island and Basswood Lake from fire rangers. They require fixing up. There is 

 another shack he understands in good repair on Rahnipim Manikok Lake. He 

 has cut about twenty miles of trail through very thick second growth and over hill 

 and dale, and ai present making a land trail from French Lake to Kawene. 



He has only been partly over the reserve, and has seen some signs of illegal 

 trapping which be thinks was done last winter" south of Edon Island by American 

 Indians so reported. Found several trapper's shacks and traps which he had 

 destroyed. 



The Americans have Indian Reserves on Basswood Lake and opposite the 

 south-east corner of the Quetico Game Reserve near what is known as the Iron 



