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Partridges seem to be very plentiful this year, some even invading the cor- 

 poration of the village. 



Overseer J. A. Phillips, of Smith's Falls, reports that during the month of 

 November he patrolled Eideau Lake with a row-boat, protecting the salmon and 

 whitefish. On the 27th November he started with his assistants to fish ling with 

 hoop-nets in the Big Eideau. They continued this work until the last of February 

 and many tons of those destructive fish were taken out. They did not get as 

 many, however, as the year before, 'and this shows they are getting them thinned 

 out. 



March, April and May were not very busy months, but he made frequent trips 

 throughout his district to see the rat houses were not interfered with and no one 

 was spearing or fishing with a dip-net illegally. 



On the 10th of June he left Smith's Falls with crew for Kingston, to take 

 charge of the patrol steamer "Ella C." On the 11th of June had the boiler tested 

 in Kingston, and left for Smith's Falls. From that time a constant patrol was 

 kept up of the Eideau waters between Merrickville, Smith's Falls and Newboro, 

 until the .?3rd of October. Then he turned her over to Capt. Fleming at Kingston 

 and returned to Smith's Falls. 



The fishing in the Eideau this year has been very good, the salmon especially. 

 On account of the cold weather early in the season the bass did not spawn as 

 early as usoial, and it was quite late in the season before there was any good 

 bass fishing. There were not as many tourists from the States on the Eideau 

 this summer as usual, and he thinks the reason was because of the elections being 

 held there this year. 



Many new cottages were built and much land bought up for next year. 

 The C N. E. intend building a large summer resort in. the near future and this 

 will certainly attract more tourists and make the Eideau more popular. 



The laws and regulations have been reasonably w^ell observed this year. The' 

 seizures and convictions he made were as follows : 



On the 17th September he seized a gun from a man shooting partridge and 

 had him fined five dollars. On the 23rd September he seized a gun from some 

 Italians shooting on Sunday. On the 21st October he seized a gill-net in the 

 Big Eideau, and on the 27th he seized 200 yards of gill-nets which were set near 

 Portland. 



The wild ducks are not as plentiful as last year. 



There is any amount of partridge this season. 



Last spring there was a large number of muskrats trapped. 



He never saw the salmon as thick as they were this fall on the shoals. 



Overseer Fred Stanzell, of Carleion Place, reports that during the past year 

 the game and fishery laws in his district have been well observed, therefore he 

 has no illegal acts to report. In regard to fish, bass fishing has been fair and 

 some very good sized ones have been caught. Pike, perch and other rough fish 

 have been plentiful. 



Mink are exceptionally scarce. Muskrat and other furbearing animals are 

 pretty much the same as last season. Partridges and ducks are very plentiful. 



Overseer Hugh Wilson, of Elphin, reports that he finds the bass in Dal- 

 housie Lake very scarce. 



