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There seemed to be about the same number of tourists visiting the district 

 as there have been other years. 



He thinks that trappers of muskrats should be licensed as it would stop 

 outsiders from setting traps and muskrats are becoming extinct. 



Overseer Henry -Holliday, of Wolfe Island, reports that the fishing has been 

 good in his district, with the exception of bass which were not very plentiful 

 during July, but later in the season they improved and some large fish were 

 caught. Pikfe, pickerel and maskinonge were plentiful and the anglers had a 

 good season. Salmon were very plentiful, but whitefish were very scarce in 

 this district. 



The fishermen have had no fault to find with the hoop net fishing, as it has 

 been good, some good catches were made. 



There was one case of illegal fishing, but he was unable to apprehend the 

 law-breaker, otherwise the law has been well observed by both net fishermen and 

 anglers. 



Wild ducks have been very scarce this fall, owing to the warm weather, as 

 they stay farther north. Muskrats are becoming very scarce, he would advise 

 that the season should not open until the end of March, as then there would be 

 no breaking into the houses. 



Overseer J. A. Kennedy, of TicJihorne, reports that the residents are taking 

 an interest in seeing that the law is observed. 



He sold thirty-eight permits to non-residents of the Province. 



The anglers state that they have had a good season, bass and pickerel fishing 

 has been good all through. 



Partridges which were hatched in large quantities seem to have died during 

 the summer for some reason, and they have become very scarce. Ducks were more 

 numerous than they have been for some years past. There are a few deer in his 

 district, and they raise their young there. Muskrats were quite plentiful. 



Overseer William Truelove, of Fermoy, reports that there have been very few 

 violations of the Act during the last year. He confiscated two gill nets which 

 were illegally set in the fall of 1912, but was unable to find the offender. 



There were not quite so many tourists this year as last. Bass fishing was 

 good but pickerel fishing in Wolf Lake was not so good. He attributes the 

 reason for this to be the Derbyshire dam, which was built in 1912 ; as the fish 

 go down in the spring and cannot get back, there being no fish slide, and he 

 prophesies that in a year or two there will be no pickerel in Wolf Lake. Herring 

 fishing was good in all the numerous lakes in the township of Bedford, and there 

 was plenty of pickerel in Bobs Lake. 



He transplanted some parent pickerel in Clear Lake and a pond near Fermoy, 

 last May, which were taken from Bobs lake, and he is expecting good results 

 therefrom, as those waters are full of suckers, which will give them plenty of food. 



He recommended fifty resident fishing licenses for the fall of 1912, and 

 twenty-one hunting licenses. Very few deer are killed, but the sport is good. 



Red deer are on the increase. Ducks are scarce and partridges plentiful. 



Black squirrels are becoming very numerous, and there are a few grey ones. 



Raccoons are on the increase, mink are scarce, but muskrats plentiful. Some 



trappers made $100 in the spring. The foxes are still after the farmers' turkeys. 



3' G.F. 



