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western parts and lias always found things O.K. The fishing for pike and perch has 

 been up to the average, both with troll and angling with bait, and some good hauls 

 have been made. 



Overseer Michael Timlin, of Atherly, reports that the fish laws in his district 

 have been very well observed this season. 



The fishing has been very good, and in several instances good catches have 

 been reported. 



The game laws have been well observed as he has had no occasion to prosecute. 



Muskrat are quite plentiful. 



Mink are scarce. Duck and partridge are plentiful. 



Parky Sound District. 



Overseer John G. Duncan, of Callander, reports, that there were not the usual 

 number of tourists this year around that end of the lake. In July the visitors 

 had exceptionally good fishing. He has seen parties of six get the limit eight bass 

 each before 10 o'clock in South East Bay around the east shore. There were a 

 great number of cat fish caught by the settlers in the evening. Throughout the 

 day-time there was a great number of rock bass, perch and sunfish caught and some 

 sheeps head. There did not seem to be so many dore or pickerel caught this 

 season as he has seen other seasons, and it seems to him that the sunfish, perch and 

 rock bass have multiplied greatly from the number he has seen before in the past 

 35 years. Of course, his attention was not so directly drawn to fishing in general 

 then as now. 



In August there were very few visitors outside Canadians, and they were not 

 so keen for bass, but all had good fishing. Some would bring in 6 pike, 3 pickerel 

 from 4 to 15 lbs., and pickerel from 3 to 6 lbs., of the golden colour, a thing he has 

 noticed for a long time. 



In October there were very few fishing. He did not see anyone out in the 

 last two weeks, only one man and he had eight pike that would average 13 lbs. in 

 one afternoon's trolling. 



In general he thinks that the fish there are better than th-ey have been in the 

 last number of years, and he thinks that in general both the visitors and native 

 sportsmen tried to observe the law in every respect better than he has seen in past 

 years. 



He found everyone very easy to deal with in all matters pertaining to the law. 

 There were a few natives in the past who from the want of regular employment 

 trafficked in fish and partridges, but he has not found anything of the kind in 

 evidence, as there was lots of employment to be had there this season. 



Overseer John Dunlc, 8r., of Kearney, reports, that he finds in his territory 

 that partridges are scarce owing to the cold wet spring of 1912. 



Mink and muskrat are also scarce. 



Beaver are very plentiful. iVlmost every creek in his territory has its colony, 

 nnd in some instances farmers are complaining of the damage done by flooding of 

 lands and roads. 



Deer are not by any means plentiful. This, he thinks, is largly due to the 

 number of hunting camps annually. The railway lunning north and south and 

 east and west through these townships renders every facility to hunters who usually 

 get their quota. 



