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convictions were secured. Fines and costs assessed and collected in these 

 cases are as contained in the statement of revenue previously submitted in 

 this report. 



In all, there was a total of 1,240 cases in which seizure of goods and 

 equipment was involved, and the following is a summary of the articles 

 thus placed under seizure: — 



Pelts 1,936 Boats- 

 Deer and Moose Hides 15 Gasoline 8 



Live Animals and Birds 56 Row 25 



Fish fibs.) 7,200 Canoes 4 



Fish (nos.) 1,747 Punts 13 



Gill Nets (pes) 314 Motorcars 11 



Gill Nets (yds) 15,275 Jack-lights and Lanterns 26 



Dip Nets 43 Deer and Moose 27 



Hoop Nets 45 Venison (lbs.) 652 



Seine Nets 10 Moose-meat (lbs.) 986 



Trap Nets 6 Partridges 1,333 



Hooks 1,621 Geese and Ducks 46 



Spears 56 Pheasants 47 



Rods and Lines 167 Decoys 48 



Creels 3 Ammunition — 



Tackle Boxes 12 Rounds 271 



Traps ■. 720 Rabbits 14 



Fire-arms 362 jMiscellaneous 93 



In accordance with the usual practice, these confiscated articles, except 

 those which were sold to their original owners, were disposed of by tender 

 at public sales, notice of which was advertised in the press. The amount 

 derived from these sales is shown in the statement of revenue at the begin- 

 ning of this Report. 



REPORT OF THE EXPERIMENTAL FUR FARM 



During the year, several problems of direct economic importance to fur 

 farmers were investigated. It is rapidly being recognized that mink are 

 susceptible to a group of diet deficiency diseases and that these diseases are 

 one of the main obstacles to successful mink ranching. The entire subject 

 of mink nutrition still remains a subject requiring careful and thorough 

 investigation based upon scientific experimentation. 



Following a similar trend which was very apparent in the earlier days 

 of the silver fox industry, mink ranchers have been loath to acknowledge 

 that diseases do exist in mink, but with the sale of breeding stock declining 

 to a great extent and the pelt becoming the main source of revenue, the 

 demand for information regarding diseases has increased within the last 

 two years to a very marked degree. 



In view of the situation, considerable time was taken up with the in- 

 vestigation of the condition which has been erroneously described as 

 acidosis, but as no satisfactory or reliable data was available, this disease 

 was investigated in all its phases by experimental and field studies. The 

 investigation conclusively proved that anaemia is the underlying factor 

 and that a great destruction of the led blood cells and lowering of the 

 haemoglobin takes place. A paper dealing with the nature and the 

 prevention of the disease was published during the year. 



Other investigations concerning the nutrition of mink will be carried 

 out and a small building which will enable such observations to be made 

 readily and correctly is in the process of construction. 



