1915 GAME AND FISHEEIES. 13 



Deer, moose and partridge are reported as more plentiful than in years 

 past. Beaver are also becoming more plentiful, so much so that they are doing 

 damage to the farms. 



The wolf question is still a serious one, there is no doubt but that they are 

 increasing in numbers and have done a large amount of damage to settlers by 

 killing their stock. In Eenfrew County alone, during 1914, over 200 sheep have 

 been killed, besides young cattle and colts. I would like to see the bounty raised 

 to $25 or $30, which would perhaps be an inducement to hunters to catch them. 



Muskrats are reported to be on the increase. I would recommend that the 

 open season should begin on January 1st each year, and that all trappers should 

 be licensed. 



I would suggest that the hare and partridge seasons should open at the 

 same time. 



The patrol service this year has been most satisfactory and has had a deterrent 

 effect on lawbreakers. The few violations of the Act show that people are being 

 educated to the fact that the laws must be observed. 



Your obedient servant, 



Alf. Hunter^ 



Inspector. 



EoNDEAu Provincial Park. 



A. Sheriff^ Esq., 



Deputy Minister of Game and Fisheries. 



Sir, — I have the honour to submit my first annual report beginning December 

 1st, 1913. 



A public driveway, 137 rods in length, running across the park from the 

 restaurant on the bay front to Lake Erie, was completed. It was made with 

 a clay foundation, covered with clean gravel and is extensively used by autos 

 and other vehicles. This road connects with the Pine Eidge road running along 

 the Lake Shore. This driveway through the pines has been widened and the road- 

 bed repaired to some extent for a distance of three miles or to the first fishery 

 on the Park. All told we now have ten miles of roadway on the Park and a 

 great deal of it is kept in good condition by the use of the split log drag. Where 

 the two roads connect at the lakeside four acres of bush were underbrushod and 

 grubbed out for a picnic ground. 



From the disposal of the down timber taken for saw logs, barn timber, fish 

 box stuff, and firewood, $1,500 was realized, 



A good comfortable house has been completed for the assistant ranger. 



The restaurant was moved to a more suitable location, making it more 

 convenient to the picnic grounds and the new roadway. 



A new aviary has been erected which covers an area of half an acre, and 

 is enclosed by a substantial iron and woven wire fence six feet high, on a founda- 

 tion of cement which is 21/^ feet in depth. There are 14 pens 11 by 38 feet 

 each and are divided by similar fencing and foundation, all covered with No. 12 

 one inch diamond mesh wire in iron frames. This includes a shed for the 



