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were carried out, he would suggest that it be done in the following manner. 

 Each trapper should pay $10 for a license, with which he receives ten tags, so 

 that the license would allow him to catch ten beaver, and one tag must be put 

 on each skin and cancelled by a Government Official, before the skin is sold. 



There are no black squirrels in his district. 



It is his opinion that trappers should pay for a license. Trapping means 

 money making for the trapper, and why should he be allowed to make so much 

 money and pay nothing to help to keep up the expense of looking after the game. 

 He suggests that each trapper should pay five dollars for a license to trap any 

 fur-bearing animals except beaver and otter. 



With regard to the work done by patrol Boat "Jessie T," which has been 

 good this season. She is constantly patrolling the waters. No violations of the 

 law have come to his notice this summer, the people are beginning to realize 

 that it does not pay to break the law and get caught. 



It is his opinion that the Order-in-Council passed on August 28th, 1913, is 

 a decided improvement to the game laws, but he hopes to see lumber camps 

 included in another Order-in-Council, and then he would feel that the Game Laws 

 were perfect. Guns in lumber camps are the hardest things he has to contend 

 with in the north country, as he cannot watch all the camps. 



In concluding his report he says that he thinks it has been a successful 

 year financially. 



Warden C. N. Sterling, of Kenora, Reports that during the year 1913 he 

 has visited the district under his charge several times, and found a large portion 

 of his work has been to look after the northern part of the district, along the 

 line of the Transcontinental Railway. There is a large foreign population in 

 that part of the district who are not complying with the Fish and Game Laws. 

 He would suggest that an overseer be placed at Sioux Lookout to assist in looking 

 after that part of the district where game and fish are very plentiful, and if 

 protected would be of great value to the Province and a revenue to the Department. 



Fish. 



During the year fishing in the greater part of the district has been much 

 better than the previous year. He would suggest that nothing smaller than a 

 five inch mesh be allowed, as most of the fisherman in the district of Kenora are 

 using five and five and a half inch mesh and are getting a better grade of fish. 

 In fact, some of them are using a six inch mesh. 



Black bass fishing has been much better than the previous year. In Long 

 Lake (off the Lake of the Woods) quite a number have escaped into the Lake 

 of the Woods, caused by the dam being defective at the outlet, although a number 

 of good catches have been made this season. Fox Lake (off the Lake of the Woods 

 to the west) was stocked with black bass fingerlings during the month of August, 

 this year. He would suggest that one or more of such lakes be stocked with 

 black bass next season as there are a number of ^ne lakes such as Fox Lake 

 which are adjacent to the Lake of the Woods. 



Moose. 



Moose were more numerous than they were last year. Nearly every week 

 he receives a report that one or more have been killed by trains along the lines 

 of the Trancontinental, Canadian Pacific and Canadian Northern Railways. 



