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of about six inches. They have had very favourable weather and there have been 

 few nets lost during the past year. All the fish taken have been disposed of for 

 the home market and the prices have been fair. 



Angling in the Twelve and Sixteen Mile Creeks has been about the same as 

 in former years. 



He would strongly advise that everyone who goes hunting or shooting in the 

 woods should be obliged to take out a license at a small fee, as there are a number 

 of people, especially foreigners, who come out from the city to shoot rabbits in 

 the season, and it is hard to protect squirrels and partridge from such people. 



As there is now a close season for black and grey squirrels and partridge in 

 the County of Halton, he has kept a close watch and has been through the bushes 

 many times. He is pleased to report that squirrels and partridges are both in- 

 creasing, I 



Hastings County. 



Overseer H. G. Armstrong, of Glen Ross, reports that he visited the Grand 

 Trunk Junction and the Canadian Northern Railway Station several times and 

 inspected shipments of fish and found them satisfactory. He seized one gun from 

 some Italians and had reports of others, but he was unable to locate them. 



Maskinonge, bass and pickerel fishing were not so good as formerly. This 

 he considers due to there being no slides in the dams from Trenton to Glen Ross. 

 Sturgeon are very plentiful in his district, they were seen by the dozen during the 

 spring at Glen Ross, near dam Ko. 7. 



Winter ducks were very plentiful last year, but summer ducks were scarce. 

 Partridge and squirrels are increasing. Cotton-tail rabbits are so thick that they 

 are destroying orchards and gardens. Muskrats and mink are quite plentiful. 



Overseer Robert Bonter, of Marmora, reports that fishing was good in almost 

 all the lakes and rivers, with the exception of yellow bass fishing in Crow Lake, 

 which was not so good as in former years. This was no doubt due to the great 

 increase of mudcats, eels and ling, which are very plentiful on the yellow bass 

 beds and destroy the spawn. He would suggest that some responsible man should 

 be granted a hoop net license to take these destructive fish under the supervision 

 of the Overseer. 



Deer are plentiful, also ducks and partridge. 



Overseer Thomas OauU, of Deseronto, reports that during the early part of 

 the season the fishing was good. In the fall whitefish were slow in coming up 

 the bay. Bass fishing was very good. 



Ducks and partridges are plentiful. 



Overseer John Haggerty, of Gilmour, reports a scarcity of mountain trout, 

 which he thinks due to the facl that they are allowed to be taken in October, 

 which is their spawning season. Bass and other fish are plentiful. 



Deer are plentiful and partridge scarce. There are not many mink and 

 muskrats, but beaver and otter abound. Bears and wolves are quite numerous. 



Overseer James McCaw, of Bancroft, reports that brook trout were plentiful 

 last summer, also grey trout. Bass were more abundant than they had been for 

 some years past. 



