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by carrying a gun, and every 'bird or squirrel they see they must take a shot at 

 if in range, and in trapping the young lads take rats at all times from November 

 till May, and it is hard to catch them, but nearly every boy has some fur to sell. 

 Therefore he would recommend a small license should be placed on any person 

 for the privilege of carrying a gun or trapping without a license, their gun or 

 traps to be seized and sold and the person not having a license on them at all times 

 in the hunting and trapping season could be arrested and prosecuted, the license 

 to be five dollars for each gun, overseers to have licenses for sale. 



Overseer S. Turner, of London, reports that the game and fish laws in that 

 district have been very well ohserved, although he has had numerous complaints, 

 but when he investigated such complaints he found that his informant in every 

 case exaggerated conditions. All cases he investigated proved that small boys, 

 who did not know the laws, were the culprits. 



Fishing has been very good, and he would imagine from reports that things 

 are improving. 



Game laws are being well observed. This, no doubt, is accounted for by the 

 st-and he took last year in summoning several dealers for selling cottontail rabbits. 



MusKOKA District. 



Overseer F. A. Hanes, of Tluntsville^ reports th^t bass is on the increase 

 this fall. He has kept a very close watch this season, and finds that there are 

 lots of small bass in all the lakes. Speckled trout are also increasing, but it has 

 been a bad season for the fishermen, having been so cold. He thinks there should 

 be some way to destroy the suckers, as they are very destructive to the salmon 

 trout. 



Deer are increasing in numbers, as he has been all over his district, and 

 has noticed signs, and has also been told >by parties that take an interest in seeing 

 game protected. Rats and mink are very few in number, and do not seem to 

 increase very fast. Ducks are scarce. Partridge are on the increase, as they 

 seem to be more plentiful. 



Overseer John A. Remy, of Dorset, reports that he has a few suggestions to 

 make, which, if made law, would encourage people to protect our game and fish 

 laws, and they are as follows : — 



First, by giving an open season for otter every year, because it destroys our 

 best fish. 



Secondly, by giving an open season for beaver for one year, and closing 

 with three, with a guarantee that there would be an open season every three years, 

 and make the penalty imprisonment for killing or having skins in possession. 



Thirdly, by putting a limit on salmon or lake trout of, say, five each day, and 

 that any guide who allows any person to catch more than five be liable to a fine 

 of, say. $5.00 for each fish caught over the limit, and also changing the close season 

 in minor inland waters from the 1st to the 31st October, for as it is there might as 

 well be no close season, for the salmon are practically done spawning hy the 31st 

 October. As it is now, the close season is too late by one month. 



Fourthly, by including red deer in the non-resident license for small game, as 

 $50.00 is prohibitive, as it is hard to get moose or cariboo in the territory where 

 deer are found. The province would get more revenue, and more men would be 

 employed, and men would give $45.00 for guiding, where, as it is now, the guides 



