54 THE KEPOKT UPON No. 14 



Pakry Sound Distiuct. 



From Overseer John 0. Duncan, of Callander, for the Districts of Parry .Sound 

 and Nipissing. 



Bass fishing was fine for a few weeks after the opening of the season, then there 

 were very few who caught the limit allowed. This end of the lake w^ full of 

 herring, and though there were lots of big bass they would not bite. 



Partridge are very few. Some days in my travels I did not see any. 



Ducks have been plentiful, quite a few around yet. 



Plover left earlier this season. 



Deer signs are that there will be a good season. 



Muskrats are not so numerous in the creeks. They seem to be more around the 

 lake. 



From Overseer John Dunh, of Kearney, for the Townships of Perry, Bethune, 

 Proudfoot and Armour. 



The very favourable winter of 1914-15 has had a marked effect in the number 

 of deer. I have no hesitation in saying that' there is a great increase. 



Beaver are everywhere throughout my territory. In some cases I have had to 

 resort to the use of dynamite to blow out dams which were flooding several roads. 



Mink and muskrats are exceedingly scarce, almost to the point of extinction. 

 The high prices obtainable for these furs of late have led many to engage in trap- 

 ping for them. 



Partridge, owing to the extensive bush fires of 1914 and the unusually wet 

 season of 1915, have not increased, and very few birds are seen in my district. 



From Overseer John Floyd, of Nipissing, for Lake Nipissing, in the vicinity oi 

 Nipissing Village. 



The fish in Lake Nipissing consists of bass, pickerel, whitefish^ herring, mask- 

 inonge, sturgeon, pike and suckers. The fishing in Lake Nipissing has been very 

 poor this season. For a short time in the first of the season the bass bit fairly well, 

 but the trolling has been the poorest that I ever remember. I cannot account for 

 such a bad season. 



Moose has become very scarce. 



Eed deer are very numerous in some localities, but owing to fires and settling 

 up the country they are gradually being driven into a more restricted area. Taking 

 the country as a whole, the deer are decreasing all the time, the wolves being partly 

 responsible but not altogether, as there are certainly a great number* illegally killed. 

 Owing to the difficulty of securing evidence in many cases where I know the law has 

 been broken I have not taken action. 



Partridge and ducks are very scarce here this year. I would recommend a 

 close season for partridge for a couple of years. 



Beaver and muskrats have increased wonderfully during the last two years. 



Mink are fairly plentiful. 



Otter, fisher and martin are scarce. 



The lynx seem to have entirely disappeared from this country, though they 

 were very plentiful here some few years ago. 



From Overseer Richard Lamhhins, of Loring, for the Townships of Harrison, 

 Burton, McKenzie, Ferric, Wallbridge, Brown, Wilson, Mills, Pringle, Gurd, Hims- 

 worth, Nipissing, Patterson, Hardy, McConkey, Blair and Mowat. 



Deer are still plentiful in the townships of my territory. 



Partridge have held their own during the year. 



