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The American tourists have not been so plentiful in the district this year, 

 and while bass are quite plentiful, the amount caught has been proportionately 

 small, no doubt owing to the amount of rain during the season. He would 

 strongly recommend that a fis'h hatchery be established at Little Current, or some 

 place in the North Channel, as any amount of spawn could be obtained there from 

 whitefish, trout and pickerel. The opening of Lake Kagawong for domestic fishing 

 seems to meet with general approval. 



The deer in Manitoulin Islands and on the north shore of McGregor Bay 

 and Bay Finn are very plentiful. 



The new regulations limiting the partridges to ten a day seem to meet with 

 general approval, and also the earlier opening of the duck season in the northern 

 district, but ducks are not so plentiful tihis season as last. 



Overseer J. Rameshotton, of Little Current, reports that angling has not beten 

 as good this season, the cause being, he thinks, that a great many of the bass 

 follow the log rafts down the bay and go under them for shelter, and when the 

 raft goes they go too. Another reason is the number of anglers up there. For 

 instance, 328 permits taking 8 bass would be 1,834 each day. He thinks the limit 

 is too large, as no one man can eat eight bass in a day, besides the pickerel he 

 gets. He finds that the creeks and rivers in the spring are full of pickerel, and 

 they are not all out on the 15th May. There should not be any nets set nearer than 

 seven miles of those places, to give the fish a chance to spread before they are 

 ambushed. 



Partridge are scarce on account of the wet season. Deer and moose plentiful.^ 

 He thinks the partridge limit is too big by half. 



Overseer W. J. Wright, of Ice Lake, reports that the law has been weir 

 observed in his district this season. He has had a few complaints, which, when 

 investigated, turned out to be incorrect. Game fish are about the same as last 

 year — a little on the increase, if anything. 



The red deer are quite numerous around there. They are not much hunted, 

 as the settlers do not seem to have time, and the town hunters go to the North 

 Shore. 



Ducks are quite numerous, but not a great number shot. 



Rabbits are plentiful. Farmers complain about them eating their crops. 



The beaver dam and colony on Ice Creek are doing fine. He watches them 

 closely to see that they are not molested. He found that part of them had emi- 

 grated, but has not been able yet to locate them. Beaver are like deer — when they 

 get too numerous part of them leave and form a new colony at some other place. 

 That is what has happened there. He does not know whether the old ones or 

 yonng ones go, and wishes someone would tell him. 



Minks and muskrats are plentiful. Otter are scarce. He knows of only one 

 family on Ice Lake. 



Partridge are scarce, and no wonder, for as soon as the season opens every 

 man and boy that can carry a gun (town and country included) are out, and 

 some of them every day except Sundays and wet days as long as the season lasts; 

 but cut it down to 15 a day, Avhich means 150 birds, and he has no doubt that at 

 the end of the season some men will brag laibout the 200 they got. He thinks that 

 to give every one a chance (birds included) 35 birds for the season for each hunter 

 fihovild be enough. The rabbit season opens 15 days ahead of partridge, but he 

 thinks the two seasons should start together, as it gives men an excuse to take 



