REPORT 



OF THE 



COMMISSIONERS 



APPOINTED TO COLLECT INFORMATION UPON THE 



GAME AND FISH 



OF THE PROVINCE OF ONTARIO. 



To The Honourable 



SIR ALEXANDER CAMPBELL, K.C.M.G., 



Lieutenant-Governor for the Province of Ontario. 



May it please your Honour. 



The undersigned, appointed by Commission under the Great Seal of the 

 Province, bearing date the thirteenth day of November, A.D. 1890, to make en- 

 quiries, take evidence, and report generally, upon the game and fish of the 

 Province of Ontario, and the laws relating to their protection, beg leave herewith 

 to submit their report. 



The Commission directs that the investigation shall include the following 

 particulars : 



(1) The advisability of dividing the Province into districts for fish and game 

 protection purposes, with appropriate close seasons for such districts respectively, 

 suggesting what in such cases would be the proper close seasons for each of said 

 districts, or, in the event of a district system not being thought advisable, sug- 

 gesting what, if any, changes in the present close seasons may be thought 

 necessary or advisable, making special reference to the spring shooting of game 

 or any class or classes thereof. 



