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hunted, though a few hunters went out to clear Lake and Opeongo Mountains. 

 There are some beaver at Lake Constant. They are the same family that was there 

 last year. 



Sim cop: County. 



Overseer John Beaiiij, of Midland; reports tiiat the Game and Fishery Laws 

 have been very well observed in his district. 



There have been more fish taken than for a number of years, iucludiug some 

 very large riiaskinonge and pike. 



Black, grey and mallard ducks are very plentiful. He thinks it would be 

 better to have the close season for ducks from September 15th instead of the 1st, 

 for there were a number of young black ducks shot that were not able to fly. 



Mink are scarce this year, and muskrats about the same as other years. 



Overseer Samuel Coulter, of Gilford, reports that the Game Laws have been 

 well observed in his district. 



Angling was fair, though very few maskinonge were caught last season. 



There are quite a number -of black squirrels and any quantity of cotton-tail 

 rabbits. There are not very many partridge in this district. 



Overseer B. A. Busang, of Wauhaushene, reports that he seized ten tra^p nets, 

 eight of which had a lot of pickerel in them, also one hoop net and one night line 

 with 104 hooks on it and one sturgeon. 



Angling was good. last year, and there were almost as many tourists as usual. 

 He only sold twelve permits less than the previous year. Maskinonge have not been 

 so plentiful. 



As regards lake trout the fishermen had the worst season they have had since 

 he has been on duty, the fish not appearing on the shoals until weather conditions 

 practically stopped the fishing. * 



Ducks were very plentiful, and partridge about the same' as in former years. 

 Deer were as numerous as last year. Mink and muskrats appear to he increasing. 



Overseer 0. G. Green, of Bradford, reports that the spring was rather back- 

 ward in opening up, and the waters were very low, in fact, the lowest for years, 

 which made the Sipring run of fish late and very light. 



No violations came to his notice, and in all his trips he did not come across a 

 single net. 



Bass fishing was fair, particularly during the last few weeks of the season, and 

 a few maskinonge were taken. The Bradford Fish Company had only a fair season 

 and the prospects for the remainder were not bright. 



Owing to low water game was scarce. There were practically no ducks bred 

 there at all, only a few blacks and wood duck. At the time of writing he has only 

 heard of twenty-five ducks heing killed all told. Partridge were reported rather 

 plentiful, but he found that they were all well able to take care of themselves, very 

 few being killed in his district. Black squirrels were rather scarce. In the Over- 

 seer's opinion game will soon be a thing of the past in his vicinity. 



There were a few muskrat houses going up. With a close season for about 

 three years his section would be one of the best for fur in Ontario. He thinks 

 that the trappers would gladly work in conjunction with the Department in this 

 matter. 



It was reported that there were three deer in the district, buck, doe and fawn. 



The rice which showed up a little the previous year was not so plentiful. 



