62 THE REPOKT UPON No. 14 



EussELL County. 



From Overseer J. B. Bourgon, of RocMand, for County of Russell. 



About the same quantity of fish was caught in this part of the Ottawa Elver 

 off the County of Eussell during the season of 1915, and about the same number of 

 licenses were issued. The quality of fish caught in this district is chiefly coarse 

 fish, such as bull heads which do not appear to diminish. 



As regards hoop nets a few licenses were issued but considerable fishing is 

 done with such nets on the Quebec side of the Ottawa Eiver, it is regretable that 

 some arrangements could not be made between the Ontario and Quebec authorities 

 to limit the number of hoop nets in the Ottawa Eiver where that river forms the 

 inter-Provincial boundary. 



As regard to game there is none in the County of Eussell to make it worth any 

 party getting out a license, the County of Eussell is now so well settled that very 

 little or no game remains. 



SiMcoE County. 



From Overseer John Beatty, of Old Fort, Midland, for the Townships of Tay 

 and Matchedash. 



Fishing in my territory has been very good. Bass, pike and maskinonge were 

 as numerous as others. Very little illegal fishing was done in these waters. 



Partridge and wild duck are very scarce. Mink also are scarce but muskrat 

 plentiful. 



Black squirrel are very plentiful. 



The people of this district think it would be better for duck shooting to com- 

 mence on September 15th instead of the 1st. 



From Overseer Samuel Coulter, of Gilford, for Lake Simcoe, from the 10th 

 Concession, Township of Innisfail, to the mouth of the Holland Eiver. 



Ducks are not very plentiful this fall. We have some partridge, about the 

 same as usual, and some black squirrels, but rabbits seem to be more scarce. This 

 is owing to the people in these villages keeping hounds and they are in the bush 

 nearly all summer when they kill the young rabbits. 



I have had a number of people complain about this. They think those hounds 

 should not be let run through the swamps during the summer. 



From Overseer B. A. Dusang, of WauhausheJie, for Township of Freeman, 

 Gibson, Baxter, Wood and Morrison and Severn Eiver. 



Fishing was about the same as last season. It was a very rough season for 

 net fishing outside. 



Partridge are plentiful, also ducks. 



Of fur-bearing animals mink are thick, but muskrats are scarce. 



Beaver are very numerous in the small inland lakes. 



Deer are increasing. In Matchedash there is a pretty large herd of them. 

 The country north of Orillia is one of the finest preserves that you could locate in 

 Ontario. 



From Overseer Ghnrles G. Gaudaur, of Atherley, for Lake Couchiching and 

 the waters of Lake Simcoe as far as Uptergrove. 



Our native ducks such as wood ducks, black ducks and grey ducks were scarcer 

 than last year on account of so much construction work and blasting. Fall ducks 

 have been plentiful. 



