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There have not been so many tourist visitors this year as there were last. He 

 recommends that the waters be stocked with bass as they give the best sport, and 

 something must be done to keep up the supply of fish. He thinks it would he a 

 good thing if a bass hatchery were established in his district, as the contract foi- Nie 

 Trent Valley Canal is nearly through and there would be no trouble in getting a 

 dredge to clean out a place. 



The Trent waters from Campbellford to Trent Bridge are good and there is 

 evefry accommodation for those seeking sport in that neighbourhood. 



He had some trouble watching the -district where the contract for the Trent 

 Valley Canal is being carried out, as there are so many foreigners working there. 



He suggests that there should be a close season for frogs, and thinks that the 

 prohibition of fishing through the ice an excellent regulation. 



He finds it difficult to get guides, and thinks that the license they take out for 

 this work should also entitle them to hunt deer. 



Ducks are more plentiful this year than last, partridges also seem quite 

 numerous. He recommends that the open season for hare and partridge should 

 begin on the same day, as people hunting hares are apt to shoot partridges. 



He thinks the close season for muskrats a good thing, but that it would be an 

 improvement if the open season were for the months of March and April. 



Overseer Thomas H. Cheer, of Brighton, reports that the laws have been well 

 observed in his district this season. 



The catch of trout and whitefish has been very good, much better than last 

 year, the rougher varieties have been exceptionally good, especially pike, which have 

 been more than double what they were last year. 



Ducks of all species were very scarce early in the season. He thinks it was 

 owing to the very mild fall, however of late they have been very numerous, more 

 so than in previous years. 



Partridges are still very scarce, about the same as last season, but black and 

 grey squirrels are becoming more scarce every year. He thinks the season should 

 be made very short. Muskrats are becoming very scarce, he attributes this to the 

 winter trapping, as their dens and houses are destroyed and they are left to perish, 

 and he suggests that the open seacon be from March loth to April 30th. 



Mink are almost extinct in this district, he thinks this is on account of the 

 long open season, and the very high price paid for the fur, which causes them to be 

 hunted relentlessly, he would advise a much shorter open season for them or stop 

 them from being trapped for two or three years. ^ 



Deer are reported to be very plentiful this season, the limit of one deer for 

 each man has been a means of improving the quantity. 



Overseer H. W. Hayes, of Trenton, reports that herring are very plentiful, 

 but whitefish seem to be scarce in Lake Ontario. 



Ducks are very plentiful. He was informed that two men killed as many as 

 150 in a day. 



Mink and muskrats are scarce. He would still advise that there be a close 

 season for them for two years. 



Black and grey squirrels seem to be increasing. 



There have been no violations of the law in his district this year. 



