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Dr. Hewitt: Who inspected them? 



Mr. WimAMSON : Col. Maynard Rogers, the Superintendent of 

 Jasper park, inspected quite a number in the summer of 1914. He 

 recommended their reservation pending an authoritative inspection by 

 some one conversant with bird conditions. 



Dr. Hewitt: You would not regard them as established 

 sanctuaries ? 



Mr. Wiluamson: No, simply reserves. They are reserved from 

 all entry. 



Dr. Hewitt: There is no warden? 



Mr. Wii<i,iamson : Not yet. In fact there has not been a warden 

 on the one reserved in 1887, at Long lake, Saskatchewan, although the 

 birds there are safe from any molestation. 



Mr. FgiLDiNG: As an officer of the Ontario Government I must 

 say I have been extremely interested to hear this address of Mr. Wil- 

 liamson's on the game parks of this country. 



Reverting to the question of bears that Prof. Prince has brought 

 up, I may say that I have recently finished a tour of fishing inspection 

 in northern Haliburton. I never saw a place more infested with 

 bears, due, I think, very largely to the fact that there are enormous 

 patches of berries, principally raspberries, on which the bears live. 

 Settlers, fire rangers and others who travel in that country, state that 

 the bears have never been known to do any harm to sheep or cattle. 

 There is a large section of that country which might be easily set 

 aside for the protection of bears, because it has no agricultural value 

 and is apparently of very little value. I have never seen elsewhere 

 in Canada — either here or in the far West — such numbers of moose 

 and deer as there are there. They seem to be increasing rapidly and, 

 moreover, it appeared to me to be a district very easy to protect. 

 There are only two ways into it, both of them very difficult, and it 

 does not seem to be in any way attractive for the settler. It is sur- 

 prising to find such scenery in a province like Ontario, which is 

 generally looked upon as a fairly flat country. We are doing our best 

 to protect the speckled-trout streams there, which we have discovered 

 are fairly good and need protection. I hope, also, that we shall be 

 able to protect the mammals of that district. 



Dr. RoeErtson : Would it not be a better argument to obtain both 

 Government monetary and public support for the parks and the preser- 



