82 THE REPOKT UPON No. 14 



Overseer Matthew Vox, of Hozve Island, reports that as there is no fishing 

 being done in his district the coarse fish are becoming plentiful. 

 Trolling has been very good this year. 

 Ducks are plentiful. 

 There have been no violations of the law come to his notice. 



Overseer J. W. Davis, of Sydenhani_, reports that the fishing in his district 

 has been good, bass in particular have been very plentiful. 



Owing to cold weather at the beginning of the season, very few visitors came 

 to his division. 



Game is decreasing. Ducks were not plentiful, tlie hunters only secured 

 a very few. Muskrats are more plentiful this year than last. Mink are very 

 scarce. 



There are still a few deer in the district, if they were left alone for a few 

 years they would become plentiful. Partridges and rabbits are very plentiful 

 and foxes are increasing. 



The pickerel which were placed in Sydenham Lake are doing well, the people 

 in his district do not understand catching them. 



The Game and Fishery Laws have been well observed. 



Overseer Henry Drew, of Long Lahe, reports that he has kept a careful 

 watch over his district during the past year, and 'believes that the laws have been 

 strictly observed. 



Fishing was very good in the small lakes, with the exception of Eagle Lake. 

 Herring seem to be plentiful, but salmon and bass very scarce. He has examined 

 the bars and found very little sign of salmon. The water in this lake is splendid 

 and the spawning grounds are good, with plenty of feed. He would • advise 

 that the lake be stocked with salmon and black bass. 



Partridges are very plentiful, and deer more plentiful than they have been 

 for years. Mink are very scarce. 



Overseer James Fisher, of Simbury, reports that with regard to the fishing 

 in his district the farmers are making complaints about the scarcity of bass in 

 Loborough and Dog Lakes, due to the tremendous number of tourists who visit 

 that neighbourhood during the summer. Salmon seem to be more plentiful, some 

 good catches having been reported. 



He recommends that a license be granted to some reliable man to catch the 

 whitefish and coarse fish in Loborough Lake, as they are harmful. 



Ducks are not very plentiful. Black squirrel and mink are very scarce, and 

 mink not so plentiful as in former years. 



The Game and Fishery Laws have been fairly well observed in his district. 

 A few complaints have come to his notice, which upon investigation proved to 

 be false. 



Overseer George Gates, of Kingston, reports that as far as he is aware the 

 laws have been well observed in his district. 



Bass fishing has been as good or better than during former years, and other 

 fish were about average. 



Ducks were not so plentiful as other years, on account of the. weather being so 

 mild they have not come south yet. 



