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Jtection for game fish, the St. Lawrence should make an ideal sportsman's grounil. 

 In his district are to be found some maskinonge, bass, pickerel, pike, perch, r-hnh. 

 numerous eels, suckers and mudcats. 



Since his appointment on October 1st he has been attempting to acquaint ! ,e 

 public with the existing regulations with evident results, but much work v -t 

 remains to be done. 



Durham County. 



Overseer Robert Elliott, of Port Hope, reports that the catch of whitefish wiis 

 much better last summer than the previous one, but salmon trout showed no- 

 increase. Angling in the harbour was very good; perch, bullheads, eels and oarr> 

 being the chief fish caught. 



He recommends that the close season for brook trout be from September i ", 

 as after that time they begin to ascend the streams to spawn and arc oasv to cat' ;> ; 

 in fact, many were caught while ascending the streams. 



The automobile spells the extinction of trout and squirrels in u ~ ui.-Lrict. 



Partridge, black squirrels, wood hares and cotton-tail rabbits are quiifu numer- 

 ous. Ducks are not very plentiful. Trappers report that muskrats and weaselis- 

 abound, but that mink are scarcer. 



Overseer S. G. PicTcell, of Bowmanville, reports that the fishing in his territory 

 was very good, trout, whitefish, herring, bass and pike being about as numerous as- 

 other years. 



With the exception of some illegal fishing in Bowmanville waters, he had no 

 occasion to fine anyone. 



Rabbits, owing to the scarcity of foxes, were very numerous. 



It being a dry summer, partridge increased considerably. Ducks and mu?krflt* 

 were plentiful. 



He would strongly recommend that all hunting dogs be kept under co;u;ii! 

 during the breeding period of hares and cotton-tail rabbits, and if found runnin^^' 

 at this period that such dogs be shot. ' 



Overseer 0. Twamley, of Cavan, reports that though the bass were late ir;. 

 coming up last season, there were as many as usual and they were not molested. 

 They did not leave until the end of June. Trout are not so numerous as othp™ 

 years. 



Partridge and black ducks were very plentiful. 



Mink are scarce, but muskrats are numerous. Black squirrels and haro 

 are very plentiful. 



Overseer John Watson, of Caesarea, reports that fishing was better last su 

 than it was a year before. There do not appear to be many large bass, 

 great many are to be seen from four to ten inches long. He is of the o] 

 that the number of maskinonge allowed to be caught by one person in < 

 should be two and the number of bass four. He finds that speckled tron 

 becoming extinct in most of the creeks in his district and he thinks they sliouiJ 

 have a close season for at least two years, and at the end of that time, the open 

 season should be from May 1st to September 1st. 



Ducks, rabbits, partridge and shore birds are very plentiful. There is no 

 large game in his district. There are a few mink, but the open season is too 

 long and should be shortened to the months of November and December which 



