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If the wolves could be done away with the red deer would increase rapidly. 

 There are numbers of them killed every winter by the wolves. I think that the 

 bounty should be raised and it would induce people to hunt for them. The proper 

 way is to trap them as they are easily trapped. Poison should not be used as the 

 small animals, such as fisher and mink take the bait very readily. 



Partridge are very scarce owing to so many being shot by partridge hunters 

 coming in from the big town; also .to fires destroying the young birds in 1914, as 

 there were large bush fires. 



Beaver are plentiful in this district. There are dams and beaver houses all 

 through the country where there were no beaver for forty years previous to three 

 years ago. 



Muskrats are very scarce as the Indians have them all trapped and dug out 

 of the banks of the rivers and creeks as they use the meat for food. 



Angling in Golden Lake was not as good as last year owing to the high water. 



From Overseer D. E. Burns, of PemhroTce, for the waters between AUumette 

 Eapids and Deux Joachim. 



Owing to the late spring there was a poor catch of fish at the beginning of 

 the season, but later on the fishermen claim to have been fairly successful. 



Partridge are scarce in this district owing to the bush fires. 



Beaver and red deer are still plentiful. I had considerable difficulty in pro- 

 tecting the deer this last season, as some of the hunters were not satisfied with one. 

 1, therefore, prosecuted one party and hope it will have a good effect. 



From Overseer John Devine, of Renfrew, for the Townships of Horton, McNab, 

 Admaston, Bagot, Blythfield, Brougham, Griffith, and Matawatchan. 



Wolves are still numerous in the western end of this district where they have 

 inflicted heavy loss on the settlers by killing sheep and other young stock. Besides 

 they have been particularly severe on the deer. If possible something should be 

 done towards their extermination. 



The only fishing done was with hook and line, but on account of the high 

 water the fishing was not good this season. 



Partridge are scarce chiefly owing to last spring being wet and cold. 



Beaver are getting numerous and building dams on quite a few small creeks. 

 In very few cases will they cause any damage in the places they are frequenting. 



From Overseer A. H. G. Wilson, of Eganville, for the Townships of South 

 Algona, North Algona, Wilberforce, Grattan and Sebastopol. 



The prospects for game at this end of the season are good in this section. 



Partridge are not so plentiful as last year, and the only way I can account for 

 this is that the open seasons are too long for the hunting of tliose birds. I believe 

 that thg season for partridge should only be two weeks, say from November first 

 until the fifteenth. In this northern district the birds' would be larger and there 

 would be a larger increase. In late years there are too many young sports that 

 like to be out in the woods with a gun, and ten birds a day are too many for. any 

 one person to kill and carry away to give to his friends or use himself. 



Deer are plentiful all over the mountains about Lake Clear and South Algona, 

 also in North Algona and along the Indian River. 



Fur-bearing animals are getting scarce about this district but there are some 

 still here about Indian River and the Bonnechere. 



There are also some muskrats and also a few mink left, but they are not much 

 sought after now as the prices for fur have been so low since last season. 



