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the catch was very heavy. The herring was much larger this year than last, a 

 much better sample. This shows the herring, which were put back into the water 

 last summer have grown to be market size. The prices were low and the fishermen 

 had a hard job to get rid of them at any price. During September, the catch fell 

 off to nothing, some fishermen getting less than one box out of 5 and 6 nets. The 

 second week in October the catch got better, but mostly all herring. The blues 

 were small, very few No. 1, mostly all No. 2, whitefish were scarce. They do not 

 get many in east Kent any time. There are no gill nets in east Kent. The Seine 

 net fishermen in Eondeau Bay have had a very poor year, and at the time of writing 

 are getting nothing. Other years they have a large catch of carp. This is the 

 only year they have been allowed to take pike, and this is the only year that they 

 have not had any. They did not get enough pike to pay for their extra license. The 

 anglers made a cry about the Seine fishermen being allowed to take pike. The 

 angling permits sold at Erie Eau this year do not come up to last, the steamboat 

 service from Cleveland not being so good as other years, and for some reason the 

 catch was not so good, A lot of ducks stayed with them all summer, but the 

 hunters are not getting many yet. He has had but one parson fined this year 

 for spearing pike and selling them without a license. Some parties were making 

 a kick about the hydes built at Eondeau for shooting purposes, but they are within 

 the law as far as he can see. The deer are getting very plentiful on Eondeau 

 Park, and are a sight to see for any person that never saw a drove. At times you 

 can see 40 or 50 when you drive up the Park Road. Our laws have been well 

 observed and licenses all paid early in the season. 



Overseer Henry Osborne, of Dante, reports, that the catch this year is not as 

 large as usual, owing to the water being very high at the time of spawning, and 

 parties were unable to get nets in the river. There are very few dip nets, most of 

 the fish caught being by the use of roll nets, and that only for domestic purposes. 

 The fisheries act is fairly well observed and there is no disposition on the part of 

 the fishermen to violate the law. There are no dams or other obstructions in the 

 river to obstruct the free passage of the fish. 



Overseer Theo. Peltier, of Dover South, reports, that owing to the late spring 

 and the presence of ice late in the season, the catch of fish was below the average. 

 The extension of the open season granted some relief, and helped to increase the 

 catch, but he would not recommend that any further extension be granted on 

 account of the price of the fish dropping so materially after the 15th of April, as 

 the amount received by the fisliermcn is not sufficient to warrant the capture of the 

 fish and the depletion of the waters. 



The regulations have been carefully lived up to, and he is pleased to be able 

 to report that he did not find it necessary to have any prosecutions, excepting one 

 person for fishing with a night line in the Eiver Thames, and refusing to take out 

 a license. Upon being fined he ceased fishing. 



Game in that territory is very scarce. The quail have not increased in 

 number, and are quite scarce. Wild duck and a few geese are the only other 

 game found in the district to any extent. 



According to his observation, the ducks in that district are year by year 

 getting more scarce. 



So far as he knows, there have been no violations of the game laws. 



