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good all the eunmier, and ithis helped out the fishermen. A heavy wind which 

 came on about October 13th and lasted a week put most of the fishermen out of 

 business, as they lost a great many stakes and some twine, that will cost a good 

 deal to replace. Blue pike lasted all the summer. The licenses were all paid early 

 and the laws well observed. No seizures of any kind were made. 



Ducks were plentiful during the fall of 1913 but hard to shoot, while this fall 

 they have been scarce up to the present. The weather is warm and it is not likely 

 many will come till it becomes colder. Deer in Rondeau Park are still very 

 plentiful. 



No fines have been imposed and no fisheries have changed hands this fall. 



Overseer A. H. Patterson, of BothweU, reports that not many fish were caught 

 in his district last year and none were exported. The farmers were the only people 

 who fished and they did so for domestic purposes only. 



Quail and partridges are scarce; woodcock are nearly extinct. 



Overseer George Peltier, of Paincourt, reports that the number of fish caught 

 by licensed fishermen on Lake St. Clair last year was greater than the previous 

 year. This was on account of a very early spring; the fishermen having their nets 

 in the water two weeks earlier than the year before and being able to procure 

 i)etter catches. 



The roll nets in the Eiver Thames used by the farmers have proved satis- 

 factory, sufficient fish being taken for the farmers' own use; no part of the catch 

 was sold to his knowledge. 



Ducks were plentiful last year, but quail and other game were very scarce and 

 tlie restriction now imposed should be continued. Mink are very scarce, but 

 mnskrats are holding their own. 



Lambton- County. 



Overseer H. A. Blunden, of Sarnia, reports that the fishing season opened at 

 about the usual time, but. most of the fishermen were rather late in setting their 

 nets owing to the loss of their material in the November storm of 1913. 



The fishermen have reported that the fishing has been uncertain this season, 

 some grounds having given large catches for a few days, while others gave poor 

 results. 



Game was fairly plentiful last season, but there were very few wild geese. 

 He did not issue many deer hunting licenses last season, probably owing to the 

 fact that money was not so plentiful and people were not able to afford the 

 pleasure. 



Lanark County. 



Overseer Ephraim Deacon, of BolinghroTce, reports that the game laws have 

 been well observed in his district. 



Game fish were about the same as the year before. 



About the usual number of tourists visited the lakes last summer, and 

 reported good catches. 



Eed deer are quite numerous round Bolingbroke, but partridge are not so 

 plentiful as in 1913. Ducks are also scarce. 



Muskrats are about the same as in former years, but mink are very scarce. 



