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are bass, pike, pickerel, white fish, sun fish, sucker, bull heads, and perch, witTi 

 ?ome catfish and some sturgeon and an odd maskinonge. Some Sunday shooting 

 by young boys was reported and they were warned to cease such practices. The 

 wai'ning had the desired efl'ect. 



]i0cal hunters appreciated the change of season for duck and shot a goodly 

 number. Partridge arc quite plentiful, and a good season is expected. There 

 are not many deer in his locality, but mink andi muskrat are quite numerous. 



DUPFEEIX COUXTY. 



Overseer George Moffatt, of Glen Cross, reports that the fish in his division 

 are trout, and he found them more numerous than last year in the small streams, 

 but in the rivers they were not so plentiful on account of the spring floods washing 

 away the dams. The fur-bearing animals such as mink, red fox and muskrat are 

 getting scarce on account of the value of their fur. The laws have been well 

 observed in his district. No violations have come to his notice. He would recom- 

 mend' a close season or two for trout, muskrat and mink. 



Overseer John Small of Grand Valley, reports that fishing has been good 

 this season, and deer is getting more plentiful on account of their being protected 

 for a few years. 



Ducks and geese have been very plentiful this season. 



Mink are very scarce. 



The law has been well observed. There have been no violations. He has 

 been taking a great interest in preserving the game. 



Durham County. 



Overseer 8. G. PicJcell, of BowmanviUe, reports fishing to be the best there 

 has been for years. Pike, bass, perch and carp are very plentiful. Speckled trout 

 is also plentiful in the trout creeks. 



The wood hare is not as plentiful as in former years, but the cotton tail rabbit 

 is more numerous than ever before. 



The partridge in his territory, Durham County, are holding their own, con- 

 sidering the way the timber and breeding ground is cut away. 



The muskrats in his territory are not as plentiful as in former years. They 

 are kept trapped off too close. He is strongly in favour of the Department 

 abandoning all trapping or killing of muskrats for two years. 



There have been more ducks in his locality this autumn than for the last 

 twenty-two years. It is believed by the duck hunters in his district that pro- 

 tecting the ducks in the spring has all to do with the ducks being so plentiful. 



He has had no occasion to arrest or fine anyone. He has in his hunting ground 

 some true sportsmen who give him considerable assistance. 



Overseer C. Ticamley, of Cavan, reports that the speckled trout are more 

 plentiful this year. The law was fairly well observed, and he would strongly 

 recommend the close season to commence the first day of September. 



The bass are very scarce, coming up the creek from the Otonabee River, he 

 thinks owing to the Peterboro' sewage. The river was high so late in the season 

 that the spawn was all hatched and out and none destroyed. 

 3 G.F. 



