48 THE E.EPOET UPON No. 14 



season for the woodhare till the first of April or else they will become a trouble to 

 deal with. 



Mink are scarce, but muskrats, I think, will be. more plentiful than a year ago. 

 Still there should be both a gun and a trapping license. 



MusKOKA District. 



From Overseer F. A. Uanes, of Huntsville, for the Townships of Stephenson, 

 Stisted, Chaffey, Sinclair and Brunei. 



Deer are more plentiful in and around this part than last year and reported 

 so by parties living in difEerent parts. i 



Partridge appear to be more plentiful but ducks are very scarce, are not more 

 than two or three together and very wild. 



Beaver are increasing very fast. They are in all the lakes and creeks. 



Mink, muskrats and otter are scarce. 



Fishing was not as good as last year but I think it was owing to the season 

 being cold as there appear to be lots of bass, both large and small, in the lakes, and 

 there were some good catches of both bass and speckled trout. 



From Overseer William Uohin^on, of Kilworthy, for the Severn River and 

 Sparrow Lake. 



The fishing has been better this season than for some time. 



Deer seem to be plentiful. 



Beaver and otter are increasing fast. Every stream in my division has beaver. 



Muskrat and mink are plentiful. 



Ducks are less numerous than last season. 



Partridge are quite plentiful. 



I would like the Department to put a license on every one that carries a gun 

 for it se<ems that young people cannot go out without a gun. 



From^ Overseer William Smith, of Oraverihurst, for Lakes Muskoka, Rosseau 

 and Joseph, in the Districts of Parry Sound and Muskoka. 



I put in considerable time at South Falls and other places in the spring as 

 the fish run up to these places to spawn till about June 15th, and if not watched 

 there would be a big loss of these fish as they are taken often illegally. 



There were not so many tourists on the lakes as in former years, still I sold 

 more permits than last year. The fishing seemed to be good and compared favor- 

 ably with other years, especially for trout and pickerel which were above normal. 



I notice beaver are getting plentiful. 



Mink and muskrat remain about the same. 



Partridge are about what could be expected after a wet season. 



There are not many deer in this district but hunters seem to get their amount. 



From Overseer John A. Traves, 8r., of Fraserlurg, for the District of Muskoka. 



Last season I visited quite a number of hunter's camps in the four townships 

 and found they have no complaints to make of scarcity of deer and partridge. The 

 majority of the hunters got their deer and quite a number of partridge and rabbits. 

 One party got sixty-two rabbits. The latter are very numerous. Beaver are also 

 very thick and muskrats are plentiful, while mink are increasing. Wild ducks 

 were plentiful last fall. 



