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Eighth Annual Report

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J^GAME AND FISHERIES
DEPARTMENT

1914

PRINTED BY ORDER OF

THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ONTARIO

TORONTO:
Printed and Published by L. K. CAMERON, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty

1915

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WILLIAM BRIGGS

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TORONTO

To His Honour John Strathearn Hendrie, C.V.O., Lieutenant-'Colonel in the
Militia of Canada, etc., etc., etc.

Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of Ontario.

May it Please Youe Honour: .

I have the honour to submit herewith, for the information of Your Honour
and the Legislative Assembly, the Eighth Annual Eeport of the Dep^rtmeiit of-
Game and Fisheries of this Province.

I have the honour to be.

Your Honour's most obedient servant,

^ F. G. Macdiarmid,

Minister of Public WorTcsl
Toronto, 29th March, 1915.

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Eighth Annual Report

OF THE

Department of Game and Fisheries of

Ontario

To the Honourable F. G. Macdiarmid,

Minister of Public WorJcs.

Sir, — I have the honour to submit for your consideration the report of the
Department of Game and Fisheries for the fiscal year ending October 31st, 1914.

Laws and Regulations.

The amendments to the Ontario Game and Fisheries Act enacted during the
session of 1914 contained two important provisions; one limited the season's bag
for ducks, and the other provided for the licensing of fur dealers. According to
the reports of overseers, the bag limit has proved so liberal that few have been
tempted to exceed it, and the fortunate few have been sufficiently public spirited
to pay regard to it.

The licensing, of fur-dealers was a istep towards increasing the control exer-
cised over the wild fur-bearing animals of the Province, with the object of
preserving them from extinction. Unless a step further is taken and the trappers
also compelled to take out licenses, it will not be possible for the Department to
render to the Province the service that is expected from it. When the licensing of
the fur dealers was proposed, it was contemplated that trappers also should be
included, but objections were raised on the ground that it would inflict a hard-
ship on farmers and farmers' sons, particularly in the districts where the returns
from the cultivation of the soil were so poor that they had to be supplemented,
and consequently the new provision was restricted to the dealers.

That their inclusion would have been appreciated by the trappers has been
clearly demonstrated to the Department since the Act was amended. Several* of
them have applied for licenses, and many more have urged the desirability in the
interests of the Province, of the animals, and of the trappers themselves, that
trapping should be more thoroughly regulated than it is at present. From non-
resident trappers, some of whom are reported to take away each season from the
north-western parts of the Province furs amounting in value to between one
thousand five hundred and two thousand dollars, a very substantial increase of
the present fee of $50.00 might be demanded, but for resident trappers the $5.00
suggested by Superintendent Tinsley some years ago should be ample. Such a
valuable natural resource as the wild fur-bearing animals should, however, be made
to contribute a larger return to the Public Treasury than could be obtained from
license fees alone, and I beg leave to suggest that this be collected in the form of a
royalty on the more valuable skins. The imposition of a royalty, besides affording
revenue, should enable the Department to restrict the catch within such limits as
experience might show to be safe.

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It will be remarked that several overseers recommend that every one who
wishes to carry a gun, except a farmer on his own farm and immediate vicinity,
'Should be compelled to take out a license. One of the strongest reasons advanced
is that it would prove a salutary check on the reckless destruction of insectivorous
and song birds, which a certain element of our population appears to consider
legitimate sport. A number of other reasons are urged, and much as existing
regulations, which merely require a citizen of the Province to observe a certain close
season, and imposing a small fee for the taking of big game, may appear ideal in a
liberty loving community like Ontario, there is no doubt that the restrictions
incidental to a gun license Avould be welcome to all sportsmen. Even from the
sparsely peopled parts of the Province, requests have come for a re-enactment of
the provisions which require settlers to take out permits, the law abiding citizens
preferring to be under restraint rather than see the indiscriminate slaughter which
is undoubtedly perpetrated in certain remote sections.

\\Tiile the trapper's and gun licenses and a royalty on the furs taken in the
Province could not be seriously objected to, the same can hardly be said of the
'Suggestions repeatedly made that residents should not be allowed to angle except
under the authority of a permit. May the time when such a proposition shall be
seriously entertained be far removed.

FiSHEElES.

The serious warning contained in Superintendent Tinsley's report of last
year addressed to certain fishermen who were inclined to, ignore the domestic
market appears to have had a good effect. While local dealers have occasionally
drawn attention to the prices they were asked to pay, investigations have demon-
strated that the home demand, even at lower figures than were offered by United
States buyers, received first consideration. Companies looked upon as organized
solely to cater to the export trade have conclusively shown that the requirements
of the home market had been liberally provided for, so much so in some cases that
some of their local customers were actually exporting what they were supposed to
have bought for domestic consumption.

While the productiveness of Lake Erie and of the eastern end of Lake Ontario
is fairly well maintained and has demonstrated the value of hatcheries, the con-
dition of Georgian Bay continues to give the Department much anxiety. There
is no body of water that would repay attention better than this, and two or three
additional whitefish hatcheries should be located at certain advantageous points.
Among the many reasons why Georgian Bay should receive early attention not
the least is the desirability of building up on its shores a large and prosperous
fishing community. Very little of the territory surrounding the Bay is of a kind
suitable for agriculture, and while a certain amount of lumbering is carried on,
this industry is not likely to afford increasing employment, so that it is of great
importance that encouragemept should be given the fisheries as providing a health-
ful and remunerative occupation. All indications point to a maintenance of the
good prices that have ruled for some years, and what such conditions mean those
familiar with the prosperous fishing communities along Lake Erie know well.

While Georgian Bay is undoubtedly the body of water in this Province iii
most need of re-stocking, Lake Erie should also receive attention. Fortunately,
the states forming the southern shore of that lake have taken up fish propagation
on> an extensive scale, and it is due to this that the unrestricted fishing on the
United States side of the boundary has been possible without resulting in deple-

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tioii; but, aside from the heavy fishing carried on south of the International
Boundary, the abolition of the close season by the Dominion authorities demands
that scientific means be adopted on a commensurate scale to replace the laborious,
wasteful, and altogether inadequate processes of unassisted nature, and a hatchery
in the eastern bight and one in the vicinity of Port Stanley are urgently needed.

Nothing affords a better illustration of the value of artificial propagation than
the work carried on at the Provincial Hatchery at Mount Pleasant near Brantford.
Results of past work are visible in various parts of the Province. Last year the
Superintendent was rewarded for his devotedness to his work and had the satis-
faction of turning out about half a million bass fry and fingerlings, which were
planted in various waters in the Province. To this work was assigned Mr. Henry
Watson, as special officer in charge of distribution, who accompanied Mr. J. T.
Edwards, Superintendent of the hatchery, on every planting trip made by the
Government fish car. Mr. Watson is well known as a keen and experienced angler
and thoroughly familiar with most of the waters of the Province, 'SO that followers
of the gentle art may confidently look forward to an improvement in many of the
waters about which complaints have been often heard of late years.

During the year, the scope of the hatchery has been increased by the erection
of a trout hatchery and ponds, under' the supervision of Mr. A. J. Halford, Chief
Provincial Engineer. When the addition is completed, it is expected that about
three million trout and one million bass fry will be turned out every year from
Mount Pleasant. As a start with brook trout, a number of eyed eggs have been
ordered for the coming season, and these, with the brown trout fry to be raised
from the eyed eggs so very generously promised to the Department by the Hon-'
ourable N. R. Buller, 'Commissioner of Fisheries for the State of Pennsylvania,
will give approximately one million fry for distribution in the spring of 1915. '

In view, however, of the suitability of the waters of this Province for fish life,
and the increasing popularity of our lake and riverside resorts, it is only too
evident that further provision will have to be made at an early date for a game
fish hatchery on an adequate scale at some suitable point on the Trent Vallety
waters. Such a hatchery should turn out sufficient maskinonge, trout and bass to
re-stock the waters of Old Ontario that have been overfished, besides supplying
fry for stocking suitable waters in the newer parts of the Province.

The unsatisfactory nature of the regulations governing the Lake Erie fisheries
has again been proved. Numerous complaints have been made during the year
that several of the gill net fishermen paid no regard whatever to the conditions of
their licenses defining the territory in which they were allowed to operate. Upon
a careful review of the situation, I feel obliged to urge strongly that the recom-
mendation made by Inspector Holden some years ago in favour of the opening of
the lake beyond a certain distance from the shore to all licensed tugs irrespective
of home port be reconsidered. There is a large body of water lying between the
Port Stanley meridian and Pelee Island, within which only six 'Canadian tugs are
allowed to operate, and from this area large quantities of fish are taken by United
States vessels. It does not appear reasonable that our own boats should be
debarred from operating in these waters and be tied down to fish only opposite
certain townships or certain ridings. ^

Game.

While the protective measures enacted have resulted in the preservation of
our big game and a marked increase in certain localities, there are certain sections
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and Port Arthur, where the brush wolf is becoming a serious menace. The.
destruction reported would indicate that steps should be taken to exterminate this
foe. In the localities infested by it, the opinion is that a bounty of $5.00 would
be enough, owing to the animals being found in sufficient numbers to make it
worth while making a business of hunting them. It is further claimed that such a
bounty would revive interest in the grey timber wolf, the bounty upon which does
not afford adequate remuneration for the trouble involved in hunting that species
alone.

Nothing is more encouraging than the reports received as to the sport afforded
by our various kinds of game. While a good deal of illegal hunting is practised
in certain localities, the steadily increasing interest being taken all over the country
in the protection of game is evidenced by the number of communications received
whenever any serious law-breaking takes place in any community. Such com-
plaints are of the greatest value to the Department, and prompt attention is always
given to them.

Among the game that has responded to protection, pheasants deserve par-
ticular mention. These fine birds are reported abundant at certain points of the
Niagara Peninsula, and there is every prospect that they will be in sufficient
numbers to afford good sport during a limited season for years to come, provided
the bag is properly limited.

During the year the Department imported one hundred brace of Hungarian
Partridge, which were distributed through the Counties of Essex and Kent. From
reports received to date, the experiment promises well.

The advisability of having a uniform season for all small game except water-
fowl has been urged upon the Department, and very strong arguments are used
in favour of a season for one month from October 15th to November 15th. There
exists a difference of opinion as to the proper remedies in the case of game which
has become scarce ; one proposed is to further shorten the open season for the same
within the open month for game in general and the other to have periodical close
seasons for such game.

With regard to ducks, a number of complaints are made that in some districts
the season opens after certain species have gone, and in others that the season
ends a fortnight earlier than in adjacent jurisdictions. The line dividing the
Province into northern and southern districts is also attacked, and the Canada
Atlantic Eailway line has been suggested as an improvement. The districts likely
to be affected will probably urge the selection of a more southerly line, which
would seem to meet all requirements.

EoNDEAu Provincial Park.

The report of this Department includes for the first time the report of the
Superintendent of Eondeau Provincial Park, this domain having been transferred
to this Department from the Department of Lands, Forests and Mines. The
report of Superintendent Goldworthy gives but a faint idea of the excellent work
that has been done during the year, and which has been commented upon in the
most flattering terms by those who have had occasion to visit the park.

Acknowledgments.

The Department is under obligation to the railway companies for the free
haulage of the Government fish car during planting operations, and to the officers
of the railway companies for the courtesies extended, and aid rendered in facilitat-
ing the movements of the car between different points.

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Valuable assistance has also been rendered the Department by a number of
the officers of the Provincial Police. Owing *to its limited resources, the Depart-
ment is not in a position to maintain as large a number of overseers as a fult
protection of fish and game would demand. The effect of this, however, has been
minimized very largely in the northern parts of the Province by the active co-
operation of the Superintendent of Provincial Police and his staff.

The greater debt, however, is due to those officers of the Department whose
interest in the preservation of the fish and game of their home Province has been
so strong as to make them overlook the insignificance of the pay attached to their
office, and who have year in and year out, in all conditions of weather, and in all
sorts of ways, rendered services, the value of which it is impossible to estimate.

I have the honour to be, Sir,

Your obedient servant.

March 29th, 1915.

A. Sheriff,
Deputy Minister of Game and Fisheries.

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A. Sheriff, Esq.,

Deputy Minister of Game and Fisheries.

Sir, — I hare much pleasure in congratulating you on your appointment to
the important position of Deputy Minister of Game and Fisheries. The records
will show the administration of this growing Department and the business trans-
acted up to May 7th, when you took charge. I realize the increasing importance
of the Department which necessitated your appointment, and I feel sure it will
progress under your able administration.

With the large addition to the Province, making the area 407,252 square miles
of land and water, with 60'0 miles of sea coast, the effective protection and preser-
vation of the game, fish and fur-bearing animals in this immense territory will
necessitate a large increase in the number of protectors at present in the service.
This will mean increased expenditure which will have to be provided for. The
most feasible way to do this is to impose resident licenses for killing small game,
and also trappers' licenses for killing fur-ibearing animals. This is urgent and
should be done without delay, as it may be advisable, owing to the large increase
of beaver in the Province, to have a short open season for them. The Government
is certainly entitled to some return for the expenses incurred in protecting these
interesting animals for the last twenty years, before which time they were nearly
exterminated.

It may be advisable for some years to come, and in the interest of all con-
cerned, for the Government to allow the two large fur companies, either by lease
or bounty on equitable terms, to continue their important business in their re-
spective districts, of procuring furs for the markets of Europe. This would have
the beneficial effect of enabling these companies to furnish employment and sus-
tenance, as in the past, to Indians and others in those sparsely separated districts.

I trust that the Indians and residents of that portion of the Province referred
to in the Order-in-Council, approved by His Honour the Lieutenant-Governor, the
ninth day of October, A.D. 1&14, will show they appreciate the kindness of the
Government in temporarily extending the open seasons, and that none of them will
be guilty of ingratitude and had taste by preferring partridges to hares. It is not
necessary to refer further to this matter, except to say that I hope good, honest,
common sense will prevail and prove beyond doubt that the Government were jus-
tified in trusting these people.

When the barbarous contention that might is right is effectually disposed of
for at least another hundred years, though at such a terrible cost, and peace and
good will to man again prevail, it is reasonable to expect that for many years to
come our wealthy American neighl:^urs will not seek health and recreation in the
blood-stained and devastated countries of Europe, but will wisely decide to seek
the rest and recreation they require in the beautiful northern woods and lake dis-
tricts of Ontario, unexcelled elsewhere for that purpose. It should be the im-
perative duty of all concerned. ■\nz., railroad and steamboat companies, hotel and
store-keepers, guides and others, to show all possible courtesy to our visitors. Ex-
tortion or incivility by licensed guides should he reported to this Department.

Our late respected Minister, Dr. J. C. 0. Eeaume, having retired from the
Government, I desire to thank him for his uniform courtesy, and for his fairness
and impartial treatment of all connected with the business of this Department.
•All of which is respectfully submitted by your obedient servant,

E. TiNSLEY.

November 23rd, 1914.

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Toronto, November, 1914.
A. SiiEKiFF^ Esq.,

Deputy Minister of Game and Fisheries.

•Sir, — I have the honour to submit my report for the season of 1914.

The commercial fishermen have not had as successful a season as usual. They
report that during the spring months and early summer the fishing was better than
for several years, but that later, and especially during October, the catch was very
poor. The very stormy weather during October and the late spawning of the lake
trout will account for most of the shortage.

Although it hardly comes within my province, I wish to call your attention
to a situation that must be very unsatisfactory to the parties interested, and which
appears to be more difficult each year. This is the spawn gathering for the different
hatcheries operating in the Pro\dnce. I refer more particularly to lake trout. Ap-
parently our seasons have changed, the cold weather coming on later, and as the
spawning season is regulated by the temperature of the water, it has been very
difficult to secure enough spawn before the 1st of November, when the fishing
season closes. There are two or three ways by which this condition may be im-
proved : 1st, lengthen the open season ; 2nd, abolish the close season altogether ; 3rd,
the authorities in charge of the hatcheries might operate nets for the special pur-
pose of procuring spawn. The latter, 1 am afraid, would be a cumbersome, ex-
pensive, and not very satisfactory method of doing the work, as it would necessitate
the establishment of fishing outfits at several points, and these could only be used
for a few weeks each year.

Two new hatcheries were built during the year and are operating this winter
for the first time, one at Belleville, the other on the Lake of the Woods. With a
few more of them it might be possible to abolish the close season without injury to
the fisheries.

In connection with this I would recommend that it be made a condition on all
licenses that the licensee must help in all ways possible any person employed by
the authorities in charge of the hatcheries in gathering spawn of any kind. I have
heard of a few eases where fishermen have asked to he paid for allowing spawn to
be taken from fish caught hy them. While I do not think we have many men who
depend on fishing who are as sbort-sighted as this, it should he made impossible
for anyone to do so.

Another matter that is deserving the attention of the Department are the
Georgian Bay fisheries. It has been known for some time that these waters were
being over-fished and that not enough re-stocking was being done. So fully has
this 'been realized that I believe that your Department has for some time refused
tc grant any new licenses. This, no doubt, is the proper thing to do, but I am afraid
that it will take many years to replenish the bay unless something more is done.
As you know, this bay is the one part of our great lakes system over which the
Dominion and Province have complete control, and whatever is done for the benefit
of Greorgian Bay is done for our own people. And here I might say that the country
surrounding this bay, or a great part of it, is not suitable for farming, and conse-
quently a great many of the settlers depend largely on fishing and trapping for a
living, and they will depend on these more and more as the lumbering industry moves
further back. These being the conditions, I am loath to recommend the cutting
off of any fishing privileges now enjoyed by the fishermen, as depriving them of
their present occupation simply means that they would have to leave that part of
the country.

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We all know that the Georgian Bay was some years ago a great producer of
white fish, and I do not know of any change in conditions that would prevent as
great a production at the present time if it was sufficiently stocked with white
fish fry.

Two hatcheries, propagating both white fish and pickerel, in addition to those
now operating, would I believe in a few years place these waters in somewhere near
the same class they formerly held. If something of this kind is not done it will be
necessary to reduce the amount of fishing by 25 and possibly 50 per cent., and this
will be a hardship to a great many people.

Angling. — From nearly all parts of the Province reports come that the num-
ber of tourists visiting the fishing grounds shows a considerable falling off com-,
pared with former years, caused largely, no doubt, by the general depression, cer-
tainly not due to any shortage of game fish, as all reports say that from an angler's
standpoint fishing has not been better for years. I am taking it for granted that
the work being carried on at your Mount Pleasant bass ponds is showing results.

I wish to congratulate you and your Superintendent of Bass Ponds on the
splendid results of the last season's operations. The output was at least double
that of any previous year.

With the addition of another pond, the installation of a speckled trout hatchery
and the experience gained, you will be in a position to fill nearly all requests for
re-stocking the public waters of the Province with game fish.

It would be in the interest of all concerned if a size limit was put on perch,
blue pickerel, and white bass that commercial fishermen m.ay take.

Just to remind you that we are still without a resident trapper's license.

Your obedient servant,

Wm. W. Holden,

Inspector.

A. Sheriff, Esq.,

Deputy Minister of Garrm and Fisheries.

Sir, — I have the honour to submit my annual report.

During the year I have again visited the greater portion of the Province
and found the Fish and Game Lraws were being well observed. Fewer violations
took place in the past year than ever before, proving that your officers are per-
forming their duties.

Although angling was better than previous years, fewer tourists visited our
waters. This was due, no doubt, to the war.

Commercial fishing is reported as good as in former years.

I wish to call your attention to the condition of the fisheries in the north
end of the Georgian Bay. I was in this part of the Bay for over two weeks
during the past season and from what I saw and heard certainly consider that
these waters are being over fished, and would recommend that some way be found
to curtail it. If something of this kind is not done I am afraid it will become
necessary to establish a closed area in which no net fishing will be allowed for
a number of years.

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Deer, moose and partridge are reported as more plentiful than in years
past. Beaver are also becoming more plentiful, so much so that they are doing
damage to the farms.

The wolf question is still a serious one, there is no doubt but that they are
increasing in numbers and have done a large amount of damage to settlers by
killing their stock. In Eenfrew County alone, during 1914, over 200 sheep have
been killed, besides young cattle and colts. I would like to see the bounty raised
to $25 or $30, which would perhaps be an inducement to hunters to catch them.

Muskrats are reported to be on the increase. I would recommend that the
open season should begin on January 1st each year, and that all trappers should
be licensed.

I would suggest that the hare and partridge seasons should open at the
same time.

The patrol service this year has been most satisfactory and has had a deterrent
effect on lawbreakers. The few violations of the Act show that people are being
educated to the fact that the laws must be observed.

Your obedient servant,

Alf. Hunter^

Inspector.

EoNDEAu Provincial Park.

A. Sheriff^ Esq.,

Deputy Minister of Game and Fisheries.

Sir, — I have the honour to submit my first annual report beginning December
1st, 1913.

A public driveway, 137 rods in length, running across the park from the
restaurant on the bay front to Lake Erie, was completed. It was made with
a clay foundation, covered with clean gravel and is extensively used by autos
and other vehicles. This road connects with the Pine Eidge road running along
the Lake Shore. This driveway through the pines has been widened and the road-
bed repaired to some extent for a distance of three miles or to the first fishery
on the Park. All told we now have ten miles of roadway on the Park and a
great deal of it is kept in good condition by the use of the split log drag. Where
the two roads connect at the lakeside four acres of bush were underbrushod and
grubbed out for a picnic ground.

From the disposal of the down timber taken for saw logs, barn timber, fish
box stuff, and firewood, $1,500 was realized,

A good comfortable house has been completed for the assistant ranger.

The restaurant was moved to a more suitable location, making it more
convenient to the picnic grounds and the new roadway.

A new aviary has been erected which covers an area of half an acre, and
is enclosed by a substantial iron and woven wire fence six feet high, on a founda-
tion of cement which is 21/^ feet in depth. There are 14 pens 11 by 38 feet
each and are divided by similar fencing and foundation, all covered with No. 12
one inch diamond mesh wire in iron frames. This includes a shed for the

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roosts IGO feet by 8 feet, and 8 feet high. Then there is a large yard for rearing
the young birds. We now have in the aviary, Lady Amherst, Golden, Eeeves,
Silver and English K. N. pheasants, also some Hungarian partridge.

Our flock of 17 wild turkeys running at large on the park are in fine con-
dition. It was found necessary to dig and scrape out a larger and deeper pond
for the wild geese, of which there are twenty in the park enclosure.

The beaver procured from Algonquin Park last spring have been working
on the marsh and in the edge of the bush. They have a good house and appear
to be making themselves quite at home.
Black squirrels are very numerous.

The deer are increasing in number so rapidly that it will be necessary to
dispose of a good number each year to keep them from overrunning the country
adjoining the 'park and also from destroying the young growth.

There are 30 cottages at present, the owners of which respond to the regula-
tions very satisfactorily.

The visitors to the park this year were constant, there being a half more

iffhan any other year in the history of the park. It is quite common for people

-to auto 40 and 50 miles to spend the day. Tourists who come are delighted with

7,the trip through the park forest. The deer, black squirrel, etc., as well as the

iall straight forest trees seen on this trip make it interesting. There is a great

need for a suitable boarding house as there is no such accommodation on the

^park, consequently a great number who desire to come are unable for that reason.

There was always a large crowd coming and going on Sundays during the

i&liJiB»er, Sunday school was held in the pavilion in the morning, and religious

■Services conducted by a sluflent for an hour in the afternoon, which were regularly

attended by the campers and others and their children.

George Goldwokthy,
Superintendent Rondeau Park.

Overseer J. R. Bradbury, of Blind River, reports tliat the catch of fish was
quite as good as in 1913. There was a falling off in some localities, but taking
the district throughout, the catch was about the same. Whitefish fell off some-
what but other varieties, such as pickerel, trout, mullets, pike and sturgeon,
were 'as plentiful as ever. Very few perch were caught except m the western
part of his district. The pickerel catch, which is most important, was very
good and the fish of good size. Trolling and angling were better than usual
in some of the small lakes and streams, and some splendid specimens of bass
were taken. In some small lakes pike seem to be killing the other varieties;
dofffish are also doing considerable damage.

Red deer seem to be fairly numerous, though the wolves are domg a great
deal of damage. Carcasses of deer may be seen partly devoured or with nothing
left but the bones. If wolves continue to increase as fast during the next year
or two, deer will be driven out entirely. He strongly advises that the bounty
for wolves be increased to $20 each.

Moose are quite numerous in some localities, and splendid specimens are
seen from time to time. Wolves do not seem to trouble moose, as he has not
known of any case in the district where they have killed them.

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He would advise that the open season for red deer, moose and caribou be
changed to read from November 10th to December 10th, for the meat would
keep better and there would be less wasted.

Ducks are not numerous and partridge are scarce. Mink and muskrats show
little change, not many being trapped on account of lower prices. Beaver are
increasing.

Overseer P. W. Kent, of Kentvale, reports that there are less fish than last
year in the small streams. Trout fishing is nearly a thing of the past. This
he thinks is due to the fact that there are a great number of eranes nesting
near the streams and they catch the fish. In the lake the fishermen say that the.
fishing is about the same as last year.

There were not many tourist visitors on account of the war, only about one-
third of the cottages along the shores being occupied, and those who did come
did not come to angle.

Game is increasing on the island slowly. Last year moose and deer were
not so iplentiful as this. Ducks and partridge are about the same. Beaver are
very plentiful, also bears. Muskrats seem to be increasing.

Overseer Henry Johnson, of Brantford, reports that angling in his district
was not very good during the early part of last season, but later bass and pickerel
fishing was good and trout were about the same as the previous year. Coarse
fishing was good.

Black and grey squirrels, also rabbits are on the increase. Duck and wood-
cock are about the same as last year.

Muskrat and mink are more plentiful, and there seem to be more coon
than usual.

The overseer gratefully acknowledges his indebtedness to the Deputy Game
Warden and the public for the assistance they have given him this year in his
efforts to have the laws observed in his territory.

Overseer J. W. Morton, of St. Ola, reports that bass and trout fishing in the
lakes in his division during the summer was fairly good. He sold more angling
permits than in 1913.

Partridge and ducks are quite plentiful, also deer.

Squirrels, rabbits, beaver, bear and wolves are numerous.

He would recommend that fishing through the ice be prohibited in his district
as it has a tendency to lessen the quantity of salmon trout.

Overseer Arthur Corsant, of Masonville, reports that angling was very fair
for a part of the season, but on August 12th there was a slaughter of fish for many
miles west of the City of London. He does not think there was one fish left alive
in the river for twelve miles west of London. The water seemed to be polluted
with some strong drug or acid, for it turned a black colour. The trouble might
arise from a number of sources, one of which is the sewer from the city which
empties into the river.

Game is very scarce in this district. Black squirrels are slightly on the
increase, but mink and muskrats are very scarce. He is of the opinion that
squirrels, quail and partridge should have a close season for three years, which
would greatly increase the number.

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Overseer J. M. Temple, of Dorchester, reports that game fish are scarce in his
district, as none come up the river. All there are, are bred in the river east of
London on account of the fish slides not being in proper order. All other fish
are scarce.

Game is quite scarce. There are a few ruffed grouse or native partridge;
Quail is almost a bird of the past and ducks are verj scarce. There are very few
woodcock. Wood hares are plentiful, but there are no black squirrels. There are
a few muskrats, while mink are very scarce. There are no beaver or otter.

The Overseer recommends that every person who wishes to carry a gun be
obliged to take out a license.

Overseer W. H. 8. Gordon, of Port Arthur, reports a dropping off in the fish-
ing in his district; the catches in portions of Lake Superior have been particularly
light during the summer. In the fall, however, fishing picked up again and many
of the men succeeded in bringing their catch up to the mark of the previous years.
This was more particularly noticed in the Thunder Bay District. At Eossport?
the catch was lighter, which was largely accounted for by the weather.

Herring fishing out of Port Arthur last fall was particularly good. There'
were practically no facilities for the fishermen to handle these fish, as a large
amount of space is required for salting. He was, however, instrumental in
securing, for a very small amount, the use of a dock and shed from the Canadian
Northern Eailway, ^which made it possible for the fishermen to get their fish to
the market. Last fall a number of fishermen brought their outfits from Eossport,
and with the accommodation that he was able to procure for them, they were able
to fish for herring out of Port Arthur. It was the most successful season for
herring ever experienced on Thunder Bay. During the early stages there was
practically no market for the fish, and almost all had to be salted. Howevei;^
latterly orders have been received from all parts of the east and the fish were frozen
and shipped out in car loads.

The fishermen have shown an excellent spirit of liberality during these hard
times. The Dominion Fish Co. and Messrs. Nicol, Bowman and Craigie have all
contributed largely to relief, over 400 bags of the fish being handed over to the
city authorities for distribution.

During the season he visited the eastern part of the district twice, going as
far as Jackfish. He also went up the line of the Duluth Extension Eailway on
two occasions, going as far as Arrow Lake. A large number of communications
had been received from farmers in that section requesting permission to fish in
lakes for their own use. Whitefish Lake is one of the finest breeding grounds for
fish in the district, and this spring Mr. McNabb, representing the Dominion
Government, spent some time there procuring spawn for the Port Arthur hatchery,
and was very successful. In the other inland lakes under^ his jurisdiction the
reports show that the fishing was up to the average.

There have been no saw mills in operation along the water front or on rivers
adjacent to Thunder Bay, there was therefore no need for scrutiny regarding the
dumping of the sawdust.

He would recommend that more inland lakes be opened for commercial'
fishing. There are hundreds of these lakes adjacent to Port Arthur and Fort
William, and almost all are in the vicinity of railways. If these were leased to
fishermen, and were fished in the same manner as Whitefish and Arrow Lake,
which come particularly under" his attention, it would mean a great deal to the
district. There is a large market for the fish in the eastern and western portions

1915 GAME AND FISHEKIES. 17

of Canada, in fact practically all the fish that are caught in these waters now go
to Canadian markets. The opening of the lakes would give employment to a large
number of men and there is no doubt but that the lakes would be greatly benefited.
In none of the lakes in the district where careful fishing has been carried on has
there been a diminishing of the supply, and in some of the lakes the fishing is
better to-day than ever before. In the lakes that are not being fished the fish are
very coarse, and it would require at least three seasons to thin out these. In many
sections reports were made last fall that hundreds of fish were seen lying on the
banks, showing that these lakes should be fished.

Overseer John Jones, of Fenelon Falls, reports that the coarse fish such as
suckers, carp, bullheads, ling and perch should be taken out of Lakes Sturgeon,
Balsam and Cameron, carp in particular, which are coming in quickly by the lift
lock from Lake Simcoe

He is of the opinion that the close season for trout should be from October
1st to November 1st, as they are generally spawning from October 10th to
November 10th.

Fishing was very good this season.

He would suggest that the bounty on wolves be raised, as they are doing con-
siderable damage, and if this were effected many men, now out of employment on
account of lack of work in the lumber districts, would go out and hunt the wolves.

During his trip on special patrol in the Haliburton District he found deer
very plentiful. Beaver and otter are apparently very numerous.

Ducks, partridge, muskrats and mink have been fairly plentiful.

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GAME AND PISHEEY WARDENS.

Warden William Burt, of Simcoe, reports as follows: —

Commercial Fish: The fishermen report that the gill net fishing has been
good. The seines have been successful. The carp ponds continue to be successful
and carp are increasing in Long Point Bay; the price has been much higher than
in previous years. A general report of the commercial fish in his district indicate
that the catch is about the same as last year, with somewhat higher prices.

Speckled Trout: The catch of this species of fish has been greater than in
former years, owing to the planting of fry supplied, by the Department.

Brown Trout: The planting of this fish in the brooks in his district has been
most successful. These fish appear to be fitted for the streams where the water
becomes too warm for brook trout.

Bass : The fishing in Long Point Bay has been as good as in former years, and
the fish have been much larger. The hatchery at Mount Pleasant continues to be
an unqualified success and the supply of fry was much greater than last year.

Quail and Puffed Grouse: Quail are increasing in number. Puffed grouse
have increased materially. The birds are more numerous than they have been for
a number of years.

Mongolian Pheasants : There are a few of these birds in Norfolk County,
but the experiment is on such a small scale that no great results have been obtained.
The birds seem to stand the winter well. They are very plentiful in the Niagara
district.

"Woodcock: There appears to have been a considerable increase in the number
of these birds during the present year.

Wild Geese: Conditions regarding these birds are about the same as formerly
reported. There are practically none in the district.

Wild Ducks: The Long Point district continues to be about the same as last
year ; black ducks, mallard, and pintail still being quite numerous. The canvas-
back, redhead and blue bills appear in about the same numbers as in former years.

Black Squirrels: There is a large increase in the number of squirrels, par-
ticularly in Norfolk County and the other counties where they are being pro-
tected.

Fur-bearing Animals: Muskrats continue to increase. The trappers report
good catches last spring. Mink seem to be showing some increase.

There have been a number of infringements of the game laws, but on the whole
they have been fairly well observed. The Deputy Wardens and Overseers have
performed their duties well.

Warden V. Chauvin, of Windsor, reports tliat he visited all the fishermen in
his district and the majority report good fishing. The catches last fall and for
the remainder of the year 1913 were very good, especially whitefish and herring in
Lake Erie, Detroit Elver and Lake St. Clair, but up to the end of October, 1914,
whitefish and herring did not show up much on account of the warm weather.

There should be a regulation regarding the size of sturgeon, perch, blue
pickerel, and white bass that may be taken. A great many of these fish are taken
too small.

Sturgeon and perch are very plentiful in Lake Erie and Lake St. Clair.
Black bass are plentiful all aro^^nd the water of the above lakes ; the anglers
made good catches.

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Quail have been reported by the farmers and sportsmen to 'be very plentiful.
The Hungarian partridge, of which the Department have distributed one hundred
brace through the Counties of Essex and Kent, are doing fine. The farmers have
seen a great many young birds. Other partridge are about the same as in former
years; not very plentiful. Woodcock were very plentiful early in the season but
very few of them were shot on account of the shooting season opening too late for
them, and they had mostly gone south. English pheasants were about the same as
■ other years. Snipe were very scarce last Fall. Black and grey mallard ducks were
plentiful in all the marshes of Lake Erie, Lake St. Clair and Detroit River. All
the species of ducks, canvas-back, blue-bill, red-head, were more plentiful last season
than others in Lake St. Clair, Detroit River and Lake Erie. Wild geese were about
the same as other years. Black and grey squirrels in Essex and Kent were very
scarce last season, he is of the opinion that a close season should be declared for the
two counties. Muskrats promised well last fall, and were building houses in
^marshes.

Warden G. M. Paries, of North Bay, reports that there has been a general im-
provement in all the lakes in his district, especially in Lake Nipissing and the
French River. The cancelling of commercial net fishing in Lake Temiskaming
Tiaa met with great favour with the residents of that vicinity, and the restocking
>of numerous lakes along the T. & N. 0. Railway has been much appreciated. There
have been a number of tourists visiting the district during the past season, and
many of them have reported good catches.

Moose were reported plentiful in many sections, and a number of fine speci-
•mens were brought out^ but the bad bush fires during the summer made it very
•difficult for the hunters, many of the old hunting grounds having been destroyed.
Deer are very plentiful throughout the district. Partridge are very scarce in some
sections, owing to the bad fires of the latter part of May which destroyed large
numbers of the young birds who were too young to take care of themselves. Wild
ducks were plentiful in some places, but there were very few wild geese. Plover
and snipe were plentiful.

Fur-bearing Animals: Beaver and otter are very plentiful. In many places
the beaver are causing damage to roads and cultivated lands, making it necessary
to have them removed. Mink and muskrats are also plentiful. Wolves seem to
be increasing in number, several bands having been reported in the southern parts
of his district. Ermine, marten and all other unprotected animals appear to be
quite plentiful.

He is pleased to say that the people of his district have afforded great assist-
ance in enforcing the Game Laws, which have been fairly well kept.

The extension of the hunting season in his district met with great favour
throughout the north country.

He would like to recommend a general gun license all through the district,
as he thinks it would give the officials a better chance to cope with the foreign
element, who endeavour to pass themselves off as naturalized citizens. Before
obtaining a gun license, they would have to produce the necessary papers in order
to obtain the same.

Warden J. T. Robinson, of Sault Sie. Marie, reports : —
Speckled Trout: Very plentiful on the north shore of Lake 'Superior and in
the inland lakes and streams of the District of Algoma.

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Bass: All varieties are fairly plentiful and seem to be on the increase in his
territory.

Pickerel: These fish are increasing in parts of Lake Superior, and in Lake
Huron they seem to be holding their own.

Sturgeon: They are increasing in Lake _ Superior, but to no great extent.
Rainbow Trout : In the St. Marie Eapids they are fairly plentiful and in some
parts of Lake Superior, but if they are not given a close season in a short time
there will be none of them left.

Commercial Fish: The fishermen report good fishing. Whitefish and lake
trout are more plentiful than they have been for some years past.

Partridge: In his division they are plentiful, but in order to keep up the
number in the northern district the open season should be the same as it is for
big game, that is from November 1st — 15th.

Plover and Snipe : These are very scarce in his territory.
Wild Geese: A few alight on Lake Huron for a day or two on their way to
their feeding grounds.

Wild Ducks: All kinds are plentiful in the fall and spring.
Mink : Fairly plentiful.
Muskrats : Very numerous.

Beaver: In the north country they are so plentiful that they are doing a great
deal of damage to timber and public roads, and are causing the farmers a great
deal of trouble by flooding their farms. He is of the opinion that there should be
an open season in 1915 and trapx^ers should be licensed.

Otter: There should be no open season for them in this district in 1915, as
they are scarce.

Red Deer: In spite of the numbers killed during the open season, they are
very plentiful and are increasing every year.

Moose: Although a great many are killed each year they still remain about
the same and are very numerous.

Elk : He has not heard of one in his district.

Bear : There were forty killed between the Soo and Batchawana during Septem-
ber and October. They are very plentiful and no one can tell where they come
from.

Wolves: In the district of Algoraa they are quite numerous. He suggests
that if possible the bounty should be raised to $25, then the trappers would take
an interest in catching them. As it is now, with a bounty of $15 and the De-
partment taking the skins, they say it does not pay them.

Guns: He is of the opinion that all rifles should be prohibited during the
open season for birds. Shot guns should be used until the big game season opens,
then rifles should be allowed for fifteen days, from November 1st — 15th.

During the hunting season he had some trouble with hunters breaking the
regulations. These parties were fined, which will be a lesson to others.

Great assistance was rendered by the patrol boat " Jessie T." on Lake Superior
and part of Lake Huron in looking after the fisheries.

Warden C. N. Sterling, of Kenora, reports that during the year 1914 he visited
the different parts of his district several times, and found a decided improvement
in the observance of the Fish and Game Laws.

The Overseers at Sioux Lookout and Minaki have been doing "good work in the
districts under their charge, and have had a deterrent effect on poachers of all
kinds.

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1915 GAME AXD FISHERIES. 21

Fish: Black bass fishing was about the same as in 1913 in Long Lake, and
a number have been caught in the Lake of the Woods.

With regard to commercial fishing in the Lake of the Woods, the catch was
the best for three years, although that of the inland lakes was not so good. This,
he thinks, was largely owing to the mild fall last year, and the waters were late
ixx freezing up, as mostly winter fishing is carried on in these lakes.

Moose: Moose are very plentiful all over the district.

Caribou : There has been a slight increase in caribou, which came down from
the north last season. It is a well-known fact that the big herds are in Patricia
and work southward during the cold weather.

Red Deer. — Red deer were fully up to the standard of the previous year; but.
the brush wolves, which are very plentiful, have been killing off the young favms in
the spring and sumfner, and unless something is done to diminish their numbers,
he expects to see a decrease in these animals.

Beaver and Otter: Beaver are increasing very rapidly, and there is ample
evidence of this in the number of dams which have been built by them. In some
cases they are a nuisance to the railroads and lumbermen.

He has seen many indications of otter throughout the district; but it is rather
difficult to form any opinion as to their increase or decrease.

Mink and Muskrat: Mink and muskrats are fully up to the standard of last
year. The principal difficulty he has is preventing the Indians from breaking
open the muskrat houses in the close season as well as in the open season.

Grouse and Partridge ; Partridge are very scarce and he does not know why
this should be so, as in places where no shooting is done the same condition prevails,
and those that are killed are principally old birds.

Grouse or prairie chicken are about the same as last year, but they are only
to be found in the western part of the district.

Ducks and Geese: These birds are scarce on the Lake of the Woods. This,
he thinks, is principally due to the higher water which has flooded the rice fields.
There probably will not be any increase until the wild celery which has been planted
has a chance to grow. In other parts of the district they are about the same as
usual.

Wolves: As intimated above, he finds that brush wolves are very numerous,
and, in fact, are a menace to the children of the settlers who are going to school
in outlying districts.

In conclusion, he would suggest that a bounty of Five Dollars per head be
paid on brush wolves, as he thinks that this would be^ a sufficient Inducement for
trappers and others to go after them. There is no doubt but that they are a serious
menace to the increase of the game in his district.

Warden J. H. Willmott, of Beaumaris, re'ports that at the commencement of
last season anglers did not meet with very good success, but as the season advanced
there was a marked improvement, and during September he saw several strings
of bass taken in the Muskoka Lakes which compared very favourably with the
catches of thirty or forty years ago.'

Those interested in the hatchery at Port Oarling had very poor success in the
propagation of pickerel this year. He believes that it would be most advantageous
if the Department could see its way clear to take over this hatchery and remove it
to Bracebridge, at which place spawn could be procured on the spot and the fry
shipped to any point by rail. One great advantage would be that at Bracebridge

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there would be an unfailing supply of running water, whereas at Pbrt Carling
they are dependent on a supply from a tank which is provided with a gasoline-
engine.

While up the Georgian Bay in October, he was surprised to hear that the lake-
trout were not then on the shoals. These fish generally come on the shoals about;
the 8th or 10th October. The same thing occurred in the inland lakes. The-
reason assigned was that owing to the mild fall the temperature of the water kept'
high and the fish remained later in the deep cold water.

The distribution of bass fry from the Brantford hatchery was again success-
fully carried on this year, and the results of former years restocking from this-
source is very apparent in many waters.

Deer are reported about the same as regards numbers in most places. He is-
pleased to note that in many sections formerly hunted over and then discarded on
account of scarcity of deer, they are again increasing. He thinks it most advisable'
that districts in which there is a scarcity should be closed for hunting purposes-
for a term of years.

Partridge are plentiful in some sections, but he invariably notices that there
is a shortage in the proximity of summer resorts, which leads him to believe that
many are killed before the season opens by some of the unsportsmanlike visitors,
with their little " 22 " rifles, which they bring up partly for this purpose, and the
reports of which cannot be heard at any great distance.

He was agreeably surprised last season at being shown a woodcock by a friend
which had been shot in the neighborhood. This was the only specimen he had^
heard of so far north for many years.

Beaver are increasing to such an extent as to be a perfect nuisance in places,
drowning out land, flooding roads, etc. He thinks the Department would be fully
justified in throwing open the season of 1915 for these animals, which have been
protected since 1891.

The laws, he is pleased to say, have for the most part been well observed. Most
of the cases of infractions that he has had have been with regard' to fur.

Warden D. D. Young, of Port Arthur, reports as follows:

Moose: Very plentiful and increasing.

Red Deer: Increasing very rapidly in certain districts, viz., south-east of
Port Arthur and west from Atikokan.

Grouse (Partridge) : In some places plentiful, in others scarce.

Hares : Plentiful in some parts. The only way I can axjcount for the scarcity
in some places of grouse (partridge) and hares is the increase of wolves,. owls, hawks,,
crows, red squirrels and weasels.

Ducks: Increasing.

Geese : Scarce except south end of Lake of the "Woods.

Snipe: A few in places.

Woodcock: Nil.

Wolves, timber, brush and coyotes : Increasing and very destructive to game.

Beaver: Increasing very fast (plentiful). ,

Mink, Weasels (Canadian Ermine) : Fairly plentiful'.

Muskrats: Increasing in some places.

Lynx: Numerous.

Otter: Increasing.

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Foxes: Numerous, a great number were trapped last spring and shipped to-
breeders out of the Province.

Fish, viz. : White fish, pickerel, lake trout, northern pike, suckers and herrings
west of Lake Superior and in the inland lakes of Thunder Bay and Eainy Kiver,
plentiful in spring and autumn, but fell ofi considerably during the summer months.

Speckled Trout: Good fishing in some lakes and rivers. I would strongly
recommend that Mackenzie Eiver be protected for the next three years.

Black Bass : Good in a few lakes.

Again I recommend that the bounty be raised on timber wolves, and also a.
bounty be given for brush wolves and coyotes. Also that trappers be required to-
take out a license and districts allotted to them.

As you can judge from the number of convictions, the law has not beenv
kept, but from the many interviews I have had with numbers of people, I have-
reason to believe the lawbreakers are beginning to realize that they cannot ruthlessly
go in the way they have been doing. Owing to it being a new country settled'
principally by foreigners, it takes time and patience to deal with them.

Special Game and Fishery Overseers.

Overseer Daniel Blea, of South River, reports that the fishing in the northern^
part of the Province has been very good.

Deer appear to be very plentiful. They were in splendid condition last season
as the winter preceding was a splendid one for them. There being no crust on
the snow the deer in many places did not yard up.

With regard to partridge there were a great many early bush fires in the
spring which destroyed a number of eggs. He strongly recommends that there
should be a close season for partridge for two years.

He has much pleasure in testifying to the valuable assistance a great many
settlers and inhabitants are giving in enforcing the game laws.

Overseer A. Drouillard, of Walherville, reports that the fishermen in his district
seem pleased with the results of their work during last year ; while the catch was not
equal to some years, owing to the good prices obtained, general satisfaction exists
among the fishermen.

He is also more than pleased to report that notwithstanding the large number
of consignments of fish inspected by him at Windsor and Walkerville, in no
case did he find any violations of the law.

Overseer Henry Watson, of Toronto, reports that the licensed fishermen of the
vicinity of Toronto had a somewhat better season than the previous year. They
would starve, however, if they'had to depend on fishing for a living, so they are
all forced to find other means to make ends meet.

There must be something wrong in the method of restocking the waters on the-
lake front, for the fish taken in the lake opposite the Counties of Durham, Ontario,
York and Peel in the last ten years, all put together, would not amount to a good
catch for one season.

Eod fishing does not improve either, he does not know if it is on.'
account of the number of dredges working, or the motor boats running day and
night, or the pollution of the waters, but the fish have nearly all left the Bay, even
the carp that used to be so numerous only visit these waters in any quantity during
the spawning season.

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Both the licensed fishermen and the large fish companies respect the laws
more than formerly, and appear to have discovered that it does not pay to catch
fish before they have had an opportunity to reproduce.

The number of illegal shipments decrease every year and the same may be
said of both fur and game.

Returning deer hunters reported deer as plentiful as ever in most places;
very few parties returned without a deer apiece. The deer that came in were thg
best seen for years. The great majority were bucks ; there were very few does and
fewer fawns than ever before.

Partridge, during the first two weeks of the season were reported as fairly
plentiful, but later on the deer shooters found things entirely different, and quite
a number of them blame the summer tourists for the scarcity.

There is no doubt but that a lot of illegal work is done by the tourists, a
great many of them take shot guns and small rifles into the country with them
and shoot everything in their vicinity.

GAME AND FISHERY OVERSEERS.
Addington" County.

Overseer W. J. Donaldson, of Donaldson, reports that fish are quite abundant
in all the lakes which have been stocked by the Department and private individuals,
but there are yet many lakes in his district which are well adapted for raising game
fish, in which there are none of any value.

Deer appear to be very* plentiful this fall, but the wolves are also very plentiful
and are destroying many domestic animals, especially sheep and calves. He is
of the opinion that many of them come from the Algonquin Park. Partridge are
plentiful. Ducks are scarce. Fur-bearing animals, such as mink, fish, otter, beaver
and muskrats are almost extinct. He would recommend that they be given better
protection.

Overseer John T. Irish, of Yennachar, reports that deer are quite plentiful,
also partridge and ducks. Muskrats seem to be on the increase. He is of the
opinion that it would be advisable to charge a small license fee for trapping
muskrats. He thinks that a. higher bounty should be put on wolves, in order to
rid the district of them; deer would then be more numerous.

Overseer H. R. Purcell, of Colehrook, reports that the catches of bass, pickerel
and pike have been good.

He finds that the mill owners on the different rivers in his district, are taking
good care of the sawdust and mill refuse.

The bass fry for Beaver and White Lakes arrived in splendid shape and were
as lively as bees when they reached Erinsville Station. In some forty years' ex-
perience under the Dominion and Provincial Governments, he never received fry
in such good condition.

Ducks are plentiful this fall.

He is pleased to note that fur dealers are required to take out a license, and
thinks trappers should also be licensed. He would recommend that persons hunt-
ing for small game should pay a license of 'one dollar, and that there should be a
close season for partridge for three years.

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Overseer William Young, of Cloyne, reports that angling for both trout and
bass was excellent. Bass are increasing in the lakes stocked by the Department
some years ago.

Deer are more plentiful and he disposed of more resident deer licenses than
he did in 1913. All parties except one, obtained their full complement.

Muskrats and mink are scarce. Partridge are not so numerous as the previous
years on account of the bush fires in the spring which probably destroyed the
young birds.

Algoma District.

Overseer J. R. Bradbury, of Blind River, reports that the catch of fish was
quite as good as in 1913. There was a falling off in some localities, but taking
the district throughout the catch was about the same. Whitefish fell off somewhat
but other varieties, such as pickerel, trout, mullets, pike and sturgeon were as
plentiful as ever. Very few perch were caught except in the western part of his
district. The pickerel catch, which is most important, was very good and the
fish of good size. Trolling and angling were better than usual in some of the small
lakes and streams, and some splendid specimens of bass were taken. In some small
lakes pike seem to be killing the other varieties; dogfish are also doing consider-
able damage.

Red deer seem to be fairly numerous, though the wolves are doing a great
deal of damage. Carcasses of deer may be seen partly devoured or with nothing
left but the bones. If wolves continue to increase as fast during the next year
or two, deer will be driven out entirely. He strongly advises that the bounty for
wolves be increased to $20 each.

Moose are quite numerous in some localities, and spendid specimens are seen
from time to time. Wolves do not seem to trouble moose as he has not known
of any case in the district where they have killed them.

He would advise that the open season for red deer, moose and caribou be
changed to read from November 10th to December 10th, for the meat would keep
better and there would be less wasted.

Ducks are not numerous and partridge are scarce. Mink and muskrats show
little change, not many being trapped on account of lower prices. Beaver are
increasing.

Overseer H. Edwards, of Nairn Centre, rejvorts that the fish seemed to be
plentiful, though there were not so many tourists.

Last season there was no scarcity of deer in this district which was visited
by a large number of hunters who went away satisfied with what they had procured.
While there are plenty of deer, moose are rarely seen. Partridge are very scarce.
Muskrats and mink are fairly plentiful. Beaver are very numerous and have to
be watched very closely.

Overseer Charles Fitzsimon, of Sault Ste. Marie, reports as follows :

Fish.

Bass: One or two only of the lakes along the Algoma Central Railway con-
tain black bass. In the waters along the Algoma Eastern Railway, however, there
is the finest of bass fishing — McGregor Bay, Bay Fin, and in the many reaches of
the Grand Manitoulin Channel in the vicinity and north of Little Current.

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Maskinonge: The above waters produce these fish in abundance.

Pickerel : May be taken in the waters extending from Little Current to
the Soo.

Brook Trout: There are very few streams crossed by the Algoma Central
Eailway in which trout do not abound, and the constantly increasing number of
.anglers indicate what splendid sport is offered throughout the district.

Lake Trout: Many of the inland lakes contain this fish in abundance.

Sturgeon: Very few are now taken. A record fish was caught in a net near
Little Current this last season. If I remember rightly, the fish weighed ^84
pounds.

Game.

Moose: Are found frim the Soo north along the Algoma Central Railway
to the northern terminus at Hearst. The portion of country between Franz and
Hearst, 100 miles, has been opened only during the last two years and moose
-are numerous. Very little hunting has been done in that portion of the country
which has been practically inaccessible up to this time. In the district from the
Soo north 200 miles, moose do not seem to be keeping up their numbers. There
are fewer bulls than cows, and are young and small; the old bulls seem to have
been killed oif during the last few years.

The portion of the Algoma Eastern Eailway between Nairn and Little Current
runs through a good moose country.

Deer: Are numerous along both railway lines, especially from the Soo north
some sixty miles and on the Algoma Eastern Eailway between Victoria Mines and
Little Current, particularly in the limestone country north of the latter point.

Grouse : This has been a good year for ruffed grouse. Broods have been large
:and numerous.

Spruce Partridge: Broods have been large and numerous.

Woodcock, Quail: Do not make their habitation in the northern country.

Prairie Chicken : It is interesting to find a few scattered coveys in the "burns"
in the vicinity of Oba and Hearst. These birds are the true prairie chicken, and
•probably find their way from the western prairies.

Swans, Geese: Found only infrequently, a few scattered flocks dropping into
inland lakes to rest and feed on their southern flight.

Ducks and other water fowl : The inland lakes and quiet waters of the district
-offer splendid nesting places for wild ducks and plover. Broods are raised and
fly south on strong wing, often before the season opens, and those who benefit are
■our southern neighbours.

The St. Mary's Eiver, the Grand Manitoulin Channel and many inland lakes
lying close to the north shore of Lake Huron, offer good duck shooting. Further
east, especially along the Algoma Eastern Eailway, the many bays and reaches
north of Little Current, make splendid feeding and hunting grounds for wild
• ducks and plover. The latter bird, however, flies south early.

Snipe and Eail: Are never seen in this northern district.

Hares: Are plentiful, especially in the country lying between 200 and 250
.miles north of the Soo.

Caribou: Have been found in a few scattered bands north of the Canadian
Pacific Eailway and south of Oba.

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FUR-BEAEING AnIMALS.

Beaver : ' Have become very numerous. The wise legislation in giving them
a close season for years has allowed them to increase rapidly, and observation shows
that nearly every creek in the district contains beaver. A dozen dams may be
seen in an hour's walk and in many places damage has been caused to the roads.
It would appear to be quite safe and even desirable to make an open season once
more for beaver.

Otter: Are very scarce and its protection should be extended indefinitely.

Muskrats : Do not seem to be holding their own in the district.

Mink: Are few and scattered.

Wolves : While of late years great numbers have been taken by poison and
possibly as many more have "been killejd in this way and the bodies not found,
it is a fact that these animals remain numerous in the district, and are a menace
to the woodsmen as well as vicious destroyers of large and small game at all times.
One wolf will account for about a dozen deer in a season. The value of one deer
to the Province is at least fifty dollars. Every wolf accounted for means the
preservation of many deer to the Province, a sure means of revenue. A bounty
of fifty dollars would make it worth while for trappers and woodsmen to hunt
them and would assure their quick extermination. As it is, the steps to be taken
by a wolf hunter in order to secure the bounty, are so many and tedious that fre-
quently his expenses offset the amount of the bounty and as a consequence he makes
no special effort towards the destruction of "the pirate of the pines."

General.

Owing to the large number of foreigners employed on railway construction
in the district during the last few years, there have been considerable infractions
of the game laws, though there have been few convictions, it being very difficult
to secure evidence sufficiently conclusive to place the culprits ^Vhere they belong."

It was endeavoured, however, by taking away all weapons in possession of
foreigners, to render them incapable of doing damage. The construction having
been completed this cause has been removed.

The laws have been observed fairly well, but some people are so constituted
that while they would not think of contravening the criminal code, they will with-
• out compunction break the game laws.

Overseer V. J. Jewell, of Batchawana, reports that the fishing was better last
year than in 1913.

Furnbearing animals show little change.,

Deer and moose are scarce.

Beaver are very plentiful and in some places are doing a lot of damage.

Wolves are very plentiful and something should be done to exterminate them.
Possibly this might be done by raising the bounty to $25.

Overseer P. W. Kent, of Kentvale, reports that there are less fish than last
year in the small streams. Trout fishing is nearly a thing of the past. This he
thinks is due to the fact that there are a great number of cranes nesting near the
streams and they catch the fish. In the lake the fishermen say that the fishing is
about the same as last year, but near the International line they are caught in trap
nets before they have time to grow. He has been able to find two trap nets and is
learning where he is most needed.

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There were not many tourist visitors on account of the war, only about one-
third of the cottages along the shores being occupied, and those who did come did
not come to angle.

Game is increasing on the island slowly. Last year moose and deer were not
so plentiful as this. Ducks and partridges are about the same. Beaver are very
plentiful, also bears. Muskrats seem to be increasing.

Brant County.'

Overseer W. W . Jackson, of St. George, reports that he notices an increase in
game. Squirrels, black and grey, are plentiful, and there are more partridges than
last year. Cotton-tail rabbits are also -very plentiful. He is of the opinion that
there should be a trappers' license.

Overseer Henry Johnson, of Brantford, reports that angling in his district
was not very good during the early part of last season, but later bass and pickerel
fishing was good and trout were about the same as the previous year. Coarse fish-
ing was good.

Black and grey squirrels, also rabbits are on the increase. Duck and woodcock
are about the same as last year.

Muskrat and mink are more plentiful, and there seem to be more coon than
usual.

There are four dams on the Grand Eiver in his division which are not provided
with fishways.

The Overseer gratefully acknowledges his indebtedness to the Deputy Game
Warden and the public for the assistance they have given him this year in his
efforts to have the laws observed in his territory.

Overseer J. F. Kern, of Bwrford, reports that the fishing has been lighter than
usual, due no doubt to everyone being busy during the fishing season.

Game is more plentiful than usual, there being a number of partridge. Eabbits
are not so plentiful. Muskrats are reported to be very plentiful.

There were no infractions of the Act. He was called away on one or two
reports of illegal fishing, but found no foundation for them upon investigation.

Beuce County.

Overseer Daniel Kehoe, of Millarton, reports that game is very scarce in his
division.

Overseer John Trelford, of Southampton, reports that net fishing was good,
better than it has been for years, and the weather up to the last week in October
was favorable.

Angling was not as good as it was other years.

Eabbits and muskrats are plentiful/ while black squirrels are scarce in this
district. Ducks were more plentiful than they were other years. ^ Beaver and mink
are fairly scarce.

Carleton County.

Overseer Adam Greene, of Kinhurn, reports that though the early part of the
season was too cold, the fishing was good after July 1st.

Bass, pickerel and coarse fish of all kinds were plentiful.
Deer, partridge and ducks are plentiful.

1915 GAME AXD FISHEEIES. 29

Overseer E. T. Loveday, of Ottawa, reports that more night line licenses than
usual have been issued, all to city residents who move out to the country for a few
months, and live in cottages, tents, etc.

Angling was never so poor in the Ottawa River. He does not think there were
less fish, but that owing to the water being so very low, the fish were lying out in
the deep water in cool spots. The pickerel that were caught were very small, from
ten to twelve inches, and, in accordance with the Dominion regulations, were re-
turned to the water, but only to die. Pickerel that are caught on night lines
swallow the hook, and of course die.

Rabbits (hares) were very plentiful during the fall of 1913, and although a
great number were killed at that time, they seem to have been as abundant in 1914.

Partridge are becoming fewer every year. Overseer Loveday believes this is
due to their being killed at all times in the outlying districts.

. A great many fine deer were brought into and shipped through Ottawa last
season.

He made two trips down the Ottawa River and seized a number of nets.

j Overseer William Major, of Woodlawn, reports that last season was very good
for fishing, pike, . bullheads and sunfish being plentiful, though bass and picketel
were scarce.

Ducks were in abundance, but few geese were to be had. Deer also very scarce.
Beaver were still in the creek, though they had moved half a mile down where they
had built a large dam and had cut into trees about a foot in diameter. He thinks
tiey should be protected for another three years after the present close season has

ixpired, as they could do no harm in the creek which is bordered by drovraed land
on both sides with no arable land near. Partridge were scarce.

DuFFERiN County,

Overseer George Moffatt, of Glen Cross, reports that the fish in his district
aire mainly trout and suckers. Trout were as plentiful as in former years in the
slmall streams.

Partridge and rabbits are quite plentiful. Muskrat and mink are not so numer-
ous on account of so many traps being used. He would recommend a close season
f|or muskrat.

Overseer John Small, of Grand Valley, reports deer are increasing in the
ijoarsh on account of the close season. He finds that red foxes are very plentiful.
Mink and muskrats are scarce. Rabbits are plentiful.

Speckled trout are scarce on account of the dry season.

DuNDAs County.

Overseer N. W. Davy, of Morrishurg, reports as follows : — Partridge have been
reasonably plentiful, but illegal shooting has been going on for some time prior to
that allowed by law. Hares are fairly plentiful, but evidently not much hunted.
Other game is rare.

The St. Lawrence has great possibilities as a fishing ground. Almost every
kind or at least a large majority of the kinds of fish found in Ontario waters are
to be found here; and with measures to eliminate objectionable kinds and pro-

30 THE EEPOET UPON Xo, 14

Jtection for game fish, the St. Lawrence should make an ideal sportsman's grounil.
In his district are to be found some maskinonge, bass, pickerel, pike, perch, r-hnh.
numerous eels, suckers and mudcats.

Since his appointment on October 1st he has been attempting to acquaint ! ,e
public with the existing regulations with evident results, but much work v -t
remains to be done.

Durham County.

Overseer Robert Elliott, of Port Hope, reports that the catch of whitefish wiis
much better last summer than the previous one, but salmon trout showed no-
increase. Angling in the harbour was very good; perch, bullheads, eels and oarr>
being the chief fish caught.

He recommends that the close season for brook trout be from September i ",
as after that time they begin to ascend the streams to spawn and arc oasv to cat' ;> ;
in fact, many were caught while ascending the streams.

The automobile spells the extinction of trout and squirrels in u ~ ui.-Lrict.

Partridge, black squirrels, wood hares and cotton-tail rabbits are quiifu numer-
ous. Ducks are not very plentiful. Trappers report that muskrats and weaselis-
abound, but that mink are scarcer.

Overseer S. G. PicTcell, of Bowmanville, reports that the fishing in his territory
was very good, trout, whitefish, herring, bass and pike being about as numerous as-
other years.

With the exception of some illegal fishing in Bowmanville waters, he had no
occasion to fine anyone.

Rabbits, owing to the scarcity of foxes, were very numerous.

It being a dry summer, partridge increased considerably. Ducks and mu?krflt*
were plentiful.

He would strongly recommend that all hunting dogs be kept under co;u;ii!
during the breeding period of hares and cotton-tail rabbits, and if found runnin^^'
at this period that such dogs be shot. '

Overseer 0. Twamley, of Cavan, reports that though the bass were late ir;.
coming up last season, there were as many as usual and they were not molested.
They did not leave until the end of June. Trout are not so numerous as othp™
years.

Partridge and black ducks were very plentiful.

Mink are scarce, but muskrats are numerous. Black squirrels and haro
are very plentiful.

Overseer John Watson, of Caesarea, reports that fishing was better last su
than it was a year before. There do not appear to be many large bass,
great many are to be seen from four to ten inches long. He is of the o]
that the number of maskinonge allowed to be caught by one person in <
should be two and the number of bass four. He finds that speckled tron
becoming extinct in most of the creeks in his district and he thinks they sliouiJ
have a close season for at least two years, and at the end of that time, the open
season should be from May 1st to September 1st.

Ducks, rabbits, partridge and shore birds are very plentiful. There is no
large game in his district. There are a few mink, but the open season is too
long and should be shortened to the months of November and December which

1915 GAME AND FISHEEIES. 31

would give them a chance to increase. Muskrats are plentiful, but he would
advise that their open season be during the month of April, as they are so much
more valuable in the spring and it is a waste to catch them in the fall.

He thinks that all local trappers should pay license fee of $5, and that there
should be a gun license of $1 for all except farmers shooting on their own farms.

Elgin County.

Overseer K. McClennan, of Grovesend, reports that the catch of whitefish was
very fair. During the fall of 1913, the catch of herring was very short, but in the
spring it was about the average. Perch and blue pickerel were very good. Al-
though the catch was not a large one, prices were exceptionally high and on the
whole it was a very profitable year for the fishermen.

The fishing laws and regulations were well observed, only one violation, i.e.,
fishing a dip net without a license, having come to his notice. He had the offender
brought before a Justice of the Peace and fined $10 and costs. The game laws
were well observed.

Game is very scarce. There are fewer black and grey squirrels than there
have been for years. There are quite a number of partridge. Quail are almost
extinct. Muskrats are about the same as last year.

He suggests that the open season for black and grey squirrels and partridge
be at the same time as it would make it a great deal easier for the overseer to
protect the game and a man would have no excuse for being found in the woods
with a gun until the 15th November.

Essex County.

Overseer Charles CouUis, of Leamington, reports that grey and black ducks
are holding their own as to numbers. They remain most of the season and
hatch in Pelee Marsh, leaving in the fall for the south. The blue bill and red
heads are not plentiful in his district, and remain there only a short time for
food when passing to and fro. Wild geese are not found in great numbers, being
somewhat like the blue bill and red head ducks, who only stop to feed while passing.

The close season for quail will be the means of increasing their numbers
next year, but they were scarce having been much killed off a few years ago by
the very hard winter. The Hungarian partridges, from all reports, seem to be
on the increase. They have become acclimatized and are doing fairly well.

Black squirrels are somewhat on the increase since they have been protected
by the close season, but they are still very scarce.

The fishermen report a very light catch both spring and fall.

Overseer H. A. Henderson, of Pelee Island, reports that fish are on the increase
in his district, especially whitefish. Angling has not been very good, although he
sold more permits than other years.

Game is very scarce with the exception of wild geese which were very plentiful
\\. the fall and spring.

Overseer Remi LaFramhoise, of Ojihimy, reports that fishing for whitefish
was rather poor this fall, caused he imagines, by the fine weather, and the fish
not having entered the river as early as usual. Carp fishing was not quite so
good as in 1913, though three or four of the fisheries did fairly well. All other
kinds of fish, such as perch, pickerel and bass seem to be holding their own.

32 THE EEPORT UPON Xo. 14

The anglers appeared to be well satisfied with their catch during the last
season, and the sale of permits increased considerably.

Ducks were quite numerous in the Detroit River last spring. There were red
heads, blue bills and canvas backs, also other kinds of river ducks. During the
beginning of September, he noticed a great quantity of black and grey mallard
ducks in the marshes of the islands along the Detroit Eiver. Quail were quite
numerous last fall. He has seen no less than six or seven bevies himself during
the autumn. Black and grey squirrels are very scarce on account of the small
amount of timber land. Muskrats and rabbits are numerous.

Frontenac County.

Overseer M. Avery, of Sharhot Lake, reports that the fishing was very good
last season. He finds that by keeping a close watch over his division he is able
to prevent many from breaking the law.

Partridge were very plentiful last fall, but ducks were fewer than the previous
year. This should be a good fall for the hunters as deer are more numerous than
last year.

Overseer George Barr, of Harrowsmith, reports that angling in Fourteen
Island and Long Lakes was excellent and in Rock and Silver Lakes, fair. In
Desert Lake, angling for salmon and bass was good, and in Mud Lake for bass,
above the average. In Long, Silver, Rock and Napanee Lakes, the pike are infected
with cancerous sores due to high water.

First Depot Lake. having only pike, catfish, suckers and small bass in it, while
being suitable for pickerel, he would advise having it stocked with this species
of fish.

On April 20th he placed twenty pickerel in Loughboro Lake for stocking
purposes, and expects good results.

Trapping was poor last season owing to weather conditions. He would advise
lengthening the trapping season and charging a small license fee.

Game of all kinds is increasing.

The number of tourists who visit this district is steadily growing, the permits
sold last season being four times as many as the preceding year.

Overseer Matthew Cox, of Howe Island, reports that some of the anglers say
the bass fishing was a little better than in 1913.

Ducks were not so plentiful as in former years on account of the mild weather.

Muskrats are becoming very scarce.

Overseer Henry Drew, of Long Lake, reports that the fishing has been the
best in his district for some years.

Partridge are very plentiful. Black squirrels are becoming plentiful which
is something new for this distict.

Overseer George Gates, of Kingston, reports that the fishing was as good as in
former years. Dog and other coarse fish are very plentiful and he is of the
opinion that the waters should be rid of them.

Partridge are very scarce this season, but ducks were about the same as in
former years. Muskrats are very scarce owing to there being so many trappers.
He thinks there should be a trapper's license to prevent so many muskrats being
caught.

1915 GAME AND FISHERIES. 33

Overseer Henry Holliday, of Wolfe Island, reports that the fishing in his
district was good. Bass fishing was good all the season, and the fish were a fine
size, some excellent catches being made. Pike were very plentiful and large.
Maskinonge afforded good sport and one angler caught as many as three in one
day. The net fishermen made some fine catches of whitefish and salmon trout.
The hoop net fishermen report a profitable season, as the catches and prices were
both good.

There were fewer anglers on the Eiver St. Lawrence last season than in
former years.

Wild ducks were never known to be so plentiful as they were in the spring.
The rivers and bays were full of all kinds for about two weeks. They were very
scarce last fall until about October 35th when they came in great quantities.

Muskrats are becoming very scarce. He would recommend that the trapping
season should not open until the middle of March, then there would be no breaking
of houses or runways.

Overseer J. A. Kennedy, of TicMorne, reports that the fishing in the water
of his district continues to be as good as formerly, and owing to the Public Works
Department having expended $300 on .drainage work between Crow and Bobs
Lake, there will be an increase in the number of tourists visiting the district.

The fish to be found in those waters are black bass, salmon, pickerel, pike,
rock and sunfish, herring, whitefish, bullheads, suckers, lyng, eels and perch.
Anglers were well satisfied with their catches last season.

Partridge are plentiful, ducks very scarce, and all fur-bearing animals are
decreasing. There are a few deer.

Overseer Thomas Marsh, of Collins Bay, reports that since his appointment
last April he has visited the lakes and streams and the abodes of game and fur-
bearing animals in his district and has found the law well observed by Canadian
citizens, but not always by the Americans, whom he found very hard to apprehend.
They have fast motor boats and are able to get away before he can reach them.

Fishing has not been any too good, bass in particular being scarce. Eels
were quite plentiful in June and some good catches were reported.

Partridge are more plentiful than last year, but ducks were very scarce, per-
haps on account of the open fall. The licensing of all trappers would, in the over-
seer's opinion, be a move in the right direction. Muskrats were quite plentiful
and a few raccoons, skunks and foxes were caught but they were quite scarce.

Overseer F. L. Wormwith, of Arden, reports that the fishing was fairly good
this year in most of the lakes, although the waters should be restocked. A great
many tourists visit his district every year.

Deer were quite plentiful and almost all the hunters obtained the legal number.
He had no trouble during the season with parties hunting without licenses as he
had in former years. Partridge have been fairly plentiful. Ducks were very
scarce. There were fewer hunters from outside the Province this year, but more
residents.

The people of his district think it would be better if the open season for deer
commenced on November 15th instead of the 1st, as a great many deer are wounded
and get away, being often found later where they have died. Two weeks later there
would be snow and the deer could be tracked.
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34 THE REPORT UPON No. 14

The overseer had some trouble with parties trapping out of season and had
them brought before a Magistrate. Two convictions resulted which had a good
effect as a warning to others. He also had trouble with parties who allowed saw-
dust to run into the river, but he succeeded in having the practice stopped.

Grenville County.

Overseer J. H. Boyd, of Merricl-viUe, reports that coarse fish are about the
same in number as during the last two years, but black bass, pickerel, and maskin-
onge have increased wonderfully. The tourists seemed quite pleased with their
fishing this season.

Deer have become quite plentiful, especially in the northern district. Wild
ducks were more scarce last year than they have been for some time, but par-
tridge are very plentiful. Muskrats are plentiful, but he found them very hard
to protect. So many of the houses have been broken into, but he hopes, under the
protection of the law, that they v/ill be preserved much better in the future. Mink
are numerous, but black and grey squirrels are very scarce in his division.

Overseer James A. Fraser, of Prescott, reports that the past season was the
dullest for years, the fish being more scarce than ever, with the exception of yellow
pickerel, which se^m to be increasing.

Ducks are becoming more plentiful, but other game is very scarce.

The law has been fairly well observed, he only seized two nets and two night
lines, which is very few in comparison with other years. There was some Sunday
shootina", but he succeeded in catching six different law-breakers, whom he fined
$5 each. This, he thinks, will put a stop to the illegal work. He also fined one
man for keeping undersized pickerel $10.

Grey Coljx'cy.

Overseer James Gillespie, of Berl-eley, reports that there are a great number
of inland lakes and streams in his territory where speckled trout are to be found,
and that he is giving particular care to prevent the illegal taking of these fish.

He has had the regulations posted up around the lakes and along the streams,
also in public places where they would be seen.

In May he deposited thirty thousand speckled trout fry in Ewart's Lake,
which connects the BelFs Lake and several others in the Townships of Holland
and Glenelg.

As usual, quite a number of people were camped around those lakes during the-
summer but anglers were not very successful, very few trout being taken in any
one day.

Partridge seem to be plentiful, while ducks are scarce.

Hounds can be heard in the swamps every day during the spring, and cer-
tainly do a great deal of damage to hares.

Most people in this division know the law, and, as far as game is concerned,
he believes it has been fairly well o'bserved.

Overseer Thomas McKenny, of Thornhury, reports that last spring, acting
under instructions from the Department, he met patrol boat "Lotus" at Pene-
tang and patrolled the north shore of Lake Huron looking for trap nets. He

1915 GAME AND FISHERIES. 35

regrets to say that they were about a week too late, as the pickerel run was un-
usually early, and though they found many evidences of recent trap net fishing
they obtained no nets.

The fishing in his district was fairly good during the spring, but lighter than
usual in the summer and unusually bad last fall, some fishermen not securing
enough fish to pay for their license. This falling off was caused by the exceeding
inclemency of the weather, and the fish being very late in coming on to the shoals
to spawn; Of. late years the fish have not come on the shoals in the fall until
about the last few da,ys in October, while further north there is good fishing for
two or three weeks before the season closes. In justice to license-holders he would
suggest that an extension of time be given the fishermen on condition that they
collect all spawn and deliver it to the Government for use in the different hatch-
eries. He feels sure this condition would be faithfully carried out, as it would
be to their interest to do so, and it would keep up the supply of fish in the bay.

The law has been well observed, and in patrolling the bay he has found all
buoys properly set and marked, the seizure of nets illegally set during the last
few years seems to have taught the fishermen a lesson.

Overseer James Myers, 6f Holstein, reports that the chief fi^h in his district
are speckled trout and bass. There are three trout reserves in his division. Angling
was about the same as the previous year, fair, and all the fish caught were used at
home. There were no violations of the Fisheries Act that he was aware of.

The game found in the district are mostiy hares, partridge, ducks and some
deer in Proton and West Luther, also some mink and muskrats.

There were no violations of the Game Laws, which he attributes largely to
having his district fairly well posted with the Game and Fishery Laws, so that
the people know the seasons for fish and game and the more important regula-
tions. /

Haldimand County.

Overseer J. W. Lee, of Wellandporf, reports that both gill net and pound net
fishermen had an average year. Last fall was reported to be the best they had
had for several years. Herring were quite plentiful. Perch, pickerel and coarse
fish were up to the average. White fish were plentiful.

The last was not such a good season for tourists as usual, and there was not
so much angling in the Grand Eiver. He thinks it was on account of the cold
spring.

Quail are very plentiful, but there are no woodcock or plover. Partridge and
pheasants are very scarce. What few pheasants there were, were pretty well shot
off, for the hunters do not pay much regard to the sex.

Wild ducks were quite plentiful, and a number of wild geese harboured in
his district last fall.

Black and grey squirrels are quite plentiful, though they are very hard to
protect. There have been some complaints that duck hunters shoot squirrels, but
it is very difficult to track the guilty parties. Muskrats are fairly plentiful, but
mink are very scarce.

Cotton-tail rabbits are very numerous, but there are very few hares. The
former have become a nuisance as they destoy many small fruit trees and shrubs
by girdling them.

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Overseer James Voices, of Nanticoha, reports that the Fishery Laws have been
well observed, and he has no infractions to report.

The gill net fishermen from Port Dover had good catches of whitefish, but
the fishermen operating from Port Maitland did not do so well.

The whitefish appeared to be on shore in good quantities last fall, but owing
to the high wind which prevailed almost every day the pound net men had diffi-
culty in getting out to their nets.

Herring and pickerel (bliies) were very plentiful and quantities were placed
in the freezers, as the market was well supplied. Perch and coarse fish were well
up to the average. Sturgeon were about the same as usual.

Black squirrels have greatly increased and are now quite plentiful. He had
no trouble so far last season with persons shooting them illegally. The sharp
fines inflicted the previous year having evidently had a good effect

Muskrats appear to be as plentiful as ever. In his opinion, which is backed
by responsible fur buyers, muskrats should not be taken before the first of February,
A large quantity of the rats taken early in the season are only half-grown. Such
a regulation would also make it much easier for overseers to take care of the
rat houses and see that they were not interfered with.

Mink keep very scarce, and are mostly trapped along the iGrand River.

Quail are not very plentiful, 'but partridge appear to be steadily increasing in
numbers and have been seen all through the county.

Ducks did not appear to be in such numbers as the previous year.

If the trappers were licensed, Mr. Vokes is of the opinion that it would greatly
simplify the duties of the Overseers, and would have a marked effect on the proper
observance of the Game Laws. It is not the bona fide trappers that cause the
trouble, but the casual trappers, who take a few furs here and there with no respect
for the close seasons.

Halibueton County.

Overseer Manly Mayhee, of Cameron, reports that maskinonge fishing was
fairly good, especially during September and October, Bass were not so plentiful
as in 1913.

There was a great many mink and coons caught during the previous season.
He is of the opinion that the close season for mink should be from March 1st to
November 15th, as their fur begins to fade in March, A large number of muskrats
w:ere caught in the spring, but their houses are as numerous as ever. Partridge
and rabbits seem to be as plentiful as ever. Ducks were scarce during the early
part of the season but more numerous in October, There are no deer or black
squirrels in his district. Frogs seem to be becoming more plentiful.

He has kept a close watch over the fish during the spawning season and the
dueks during the close season. He finds that people are awaking to the fact that
it is to their interest to see that the Game and Fishery Laws are well observed.

Halton County.

Overseer W. Sargant, of Bronte, reports that the catch of herring, the main
fish in this district, will probably show an increase when the returns are all in.
Whitefish did not seem to be so plentiful, but some very nice catches were made.
Trout were about the same as in 1913. The fishermen all use a large mesh net

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of about six inches. They have had very favourable weather and there have been
few nets lost during the past year. All the fish taken have been disposed of for
the home market and the prices have been fair.

Angling in the Twelve and Sixteen Mile Creeks has been about the same as
in former years.

He would strongly advise that everyone who goes hunting or shooting in the
woods should be obliged to take out a license at a small fee, as there are a number
of people, especially foreigners, who come out from the city to shoot rabbits in
the season, and it is hard to protect squirrels and partridge from such people.

As there is now a close season for black and grey squirrels and partridge in
the County of Halton, he has kept a close watch and has been through the bushes
many times. He is pleased to report that squirrels and partridges are both in-
creasing, I

Hastings County.

Overseer H. G. Armstrong, of Glen Ross, reports that he visited the Grand
Trunk Junction and the Canadian Northern Railway Station several times and
inspected shipments of fish and found them satisfactory. He seized one gun from
some Italians and had reports of others, but he was unable to locate them.

Maskinonge, bass and pickerel fishing were not so good as formerly. This
he considers due to there being no slides in the dams from Trenton to Glen Ross.
Sturgeon are very plentiful in his district, they were seen by the dozen during the
spring at Glen Ross, near dam Ko. 7.

Winter ducks were very plentiful last year, but summer ducks were scarce.
Partridge and squirrels are increasing. Cotton-tail rabbits are so thick that they
are destroying orchards and gardens. Muskrats and mink are quite plentiful.

Overseer Robert Bonter, of Marmora, reports that fishing was good in almost
all the lakes and rivers, with the exception of yellow bass fishing in Crow Lake,
which was not so good as in former years. This was no doubt due to the great
increase of mudcats, eels and ling, which are very plentiful on the yellow bass
beds and destroy the spawn. He would suggest that some responsible man should
be granted a hoop net license to take these destructive fish under the supervision
of the Overseer.

Deer are plentiful, also ducks and partridge.

Overseer Thomas OauU, of Deseronto, reports that during the early part of
the season the fishing was good. In the fall whitefish were slow in coming up
the bay. Bass fishing was very good.

Ducks and partridges are plentiful.

Overseer John Haggerty, of Gilmour, reports a scarcity of mountain trout,
which he thinks due to the facl that they are allowed to be taken in October,
which is their spawning season. Bass and other fish are plentiful.

Deer are plentiful and partridge scarce. There are not many mink and
muskrats, but beaver and otter abound. Bears and wolves are quite numerous.

Overseer James McCaw, of Bancroft, reports that brook trout were plentiful
last summer, also grey trout. Bass were more abundant than they had been for
some years past.

38 THE liEPOET UPON Xo. 14

He is of the opinion that the close season for grey trout should be from
October 15th to November 15th, as they nearly all spawn during the last two
weeks of October.

Partridge were somewhat scarce. He would suggest that the season be short-
ened and made from November 1st to 15th. Ducks appeared in few numbers.
Deer were quite plentiful this year. B^ars were very numerous, quite a few large
ones being shot during the summer. Muskrats were scarce, also beaver and otter,
none having been seen of late. Some moose were seen in the summer.

Overseer J. A. Moore, of Trenton, reports that there was very little tourist
fishing last year in his district, due probably in part to the war and also to the
scarcity of game fish. He would recommend that bass fry be deposited in the Bay
of Quinte. These waters are natural bass waters, but having been much netted in
the past, game fish have become very scarce.

Ducks were not so plentiful last year as usual, and were sought mostly by
professional hunters who shoot for the market and sell what they procure from day
to day. These men use large flocks of decoys and kill or scare awav the ducks as
fast as they come. The birds have no chance and other people have no opportunity
of securing any. He recommends the total prohibition of the sale of ducks, and
(that shooting from what are known as monitors, which are nothing but sunken
punts, be prohibited. He also considers that the distance that decoys mav be placed
from the shore should be de<?reased to sixty yards. If these suggestions werle
carried out, he thinks it would be very beneficial to the game and to the people who
hunt for pleasure.

Partridge have been very scarce and very wild; few have been killed. He
would recommend that their open season be shortened, or that there be a close
season for two years. Owing to the forest fires these birds are becoming very
scarce.

Black squirrels have not been so plentiful as in 1913 and he -vyould lirge that
they should have a close season for two years. If that cannot be done, the open
season should be from October 1st to November 1st.

Overseer J. W. Morton of St. Ola, reports that bass and trout fishing in the
lakes in his division during the summer was fairly good. He sold more angling:
permits than in 1913.

Partridge and ducks are quite plentiful, also deer.

Squirrels, rabbits, beaver, bear and wolves are numerous.

He would recommend that fishing through the ice be prohibited, as it has a
tendency to lessen the quantity of salmon itrout.

Overseer E. A. Wootton, of Maynooth, reports that "speckled trout and salmon
trout fishing have been very good.

In some sections deer are reported plentiful but in other parts they are scarce.
Wolves have been less numerous during the last few years.

Partridge are very scarce, the bush fires in the spring having done a great
deal of damage, and the cold weather resulted in a small hatch. Ducks are scarce,
also mink and nmskrats, but beaver are plentiful.

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Huron County.

Overseer Robert McMurray, of Bayfield, reports that the fishermeu had a
lairly good season though trout and whitefish were not so plentiful as in 1913.
During October there were several bad storms, so that it was impossible to do
much lishing. The pound net fishermen report that the catch was not so good as
ill 1913. Perch were plentiful in the mon'th of October.

Kenora District.

Overseer G. H. Fanning, of Sioux Lookout, reports that at the time of his
apix)intment as overseer in the early part of the year, a great slaughter of big
'-^aine was going on out of season, principally by foreigners in the employ of the
(Jrand Trunk Pacific Eailway Company as section men. Owing to the scarcity of
jjopulation, his movements were noticed quickly by interested parties and it was
not easy to catch the culprits, warning bemg undoubtedly given by wire at times.
PVom time to time, however, he has succeeded in obtaining evidence two or three
weeks after the killing of the game, which has resulted in the conviotion of the
.^•uilty parties. This seems to make a more lasting impression than catching them
in the act, and he has to a very great extent put a stop to the killing of game out
<jf season. The fines imposed by Magistrate Vaughan in cases brought up by him
amounted to about $825 and costs.

Ducks and partridge are very scarce and few have been killed. Big game is
\ei7 plentiful.

Overseer W. 0. Muncer, of Minaki, reports that the past season for angling
was one of the best ever known at Minaki, Fox Lake, Bed Deer Lake and Vermillion
Lake, which are trout waters.

Maskinonge fishing was excellent, very fine fish having been caught, one turn-
ing the scale at thirty-three pounds. Pickerel, he has never seen finer. Trout
lishing was good on Red Deer Lake, and some very large fish were caught. Fish
(>[' all kinds appear to be plentiful.

He regrets to say that the Game and Fishery Laws were not well observed by
the non-residents, and as a result he had to lay a number of charges. Several
complaints Avere received from non-residents, regarding the illegal practice of
angling without a license, and the buying and selling of game during the close
season. Several conyictions were made for such offences.

Many thousands of visitors stayed at Minaki Inn. The management informed
him that as many as one thousand have sat down to dinner at one time.

Moose and caribou are very plentiful throughout the district. Red deer
appear to be more plentiful than ever. Partridge are plentiful. Ducks very
scarce.

Muskrats and mink are quite up to the average.

Wolves are becoming very numerous, both brush and timber. -

Fish and game notices were posted throughout the district, but in many places
have been wilfully pulled down, espeeiallv round Minaki railwav station.

Local hunters appreciated the extension of the open season for big game and
many more hunted as the weather became more favourable.

In conclusion he would suggest that every person who has a gun, resident or
non-resident, should be licensed to carry such gun. Shot guns and 22 calibre
rifles are to be found in almost efvery locality during the close season.

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Kent 'County.

Overseer John Grotty, of Bothwell, reports there was a decrease in the number
of fish caught owing to the water being high in the river late in the season.
Another reason may be found in the fact that the farmers are using nets for
domestic purposes and local consumption only, not being allowed 'to export any,
and that, therefore, the regular fishermen have given up the business.

Game birds are becoming scarce and consist of only a few partridge and wood-
cock and some scattered bevies of quail, to which the protection of this year will
be beneficial.

Muskrats are the only fur-bearing animals in this disitrict, and there are
only a few of them.

Overseer John Featherston, of Renwich, reports that fishing during the last
year on the whole was not up to the average, either for tugs with gill nets or for
pound nets. The catch of whitefish was good and some excellent fish of a very
large size were taken especially in the vicinity of Wheatley. The catch of blue
pickerel was very large, probably double the number of pounds 'taken any year
before. Herring fishing has fallen off very much. He has consulted several of the
oldest and most experienced fishermen but they seem to be unable to give any
reason for the decrease. Some say it is just an off year and in all probability the
catch next season will be well up to the average. All other less important varieties
of fish seem to be well up to the usual standard and of good quality.

Game is slightly on the increase. The Hungarian partridge sent to him by
the Department in furtherance of an effort to stock his territory are doing well and
have increased in number. He thinks they are well adapted to the Country.

Quail and squirrels are also more numerous than they have been for years.

Overseer Richard Little, of WaUacehurg, reports that angling for bass was
excellent and other game fish were fairly plentiful. 'Commercial fishing was as
good, if not better than in 1913, especially for carp. The latter fish is in great
demand among the Hebrews and the market for it is growing rapidly, between
seven and eight hundred boxes of carp having been shipped from Mitchell's Bay
to Toronto besides quite a large quantity shipped to Montreal during last year.

Marsh and lake ducks were very plentiful. He would strongly recommend
that the season for ducks and other water fowl such as snipe, rail, plover and all
other birds known as shore birds, should open on the first day of October instead
of the fifteenth day of September as at present.

He would also recommend that the Game Law be eo amended that the shooting
of ducks more than two hundred yards from shore line be prohibited. Somie
' hunters in his district go out into the open water in small boats and stir up and
shoot into large flocks of ducks. Such flocks are thus scattered and driven off
their feeding grounds with little benefit to the shooter who merely puts them in
flight and drives them away from their usual haunts.

Overseer James McVittie, of Blenheim, reports that the fall season for 1913
was good, large catches of herring being reported but not many whitefish, though
as those waters are not considered whitefish grounds they do not look for many.
Carp fishing was light.

The spring fishing for 1914 was poor and the summer fishing light. The run
of herring that the fishermen usually get did not come at all. The prices were

1915 GAME AND FISHEEIES. 41

good all the eunmier, and ithis helped out the fishermen. A heavy wind which
came on about October 13th and lasted a week put most of the fishermen out of
business, as they lost a great many stakes and some twine, that will cost a good
deal to replace. Blue pike lasted all the summer. The licenses were all paid early
and the laws well observed. No seizures of any kind were made.

Ducks were plentiful during the fall of 1913 but hard to shoot, while this fall
they have been scarce up to the present. The weather is warm and it is not likely
many will come till it becomes colder. Deer in Rondeau Park are still very
plentiful.

No fines have been imposed and no fisheries have changed hands this fall.

Overseer A. H. Patterson, of BothweU, reports that not many fish were caught
in his district last year and none were exported. The farmers were the only people
who fished and they did so for domestic purposes only.

Quail and partridges are scarce; woodcock are nearly extinct.

Overseer George Peltier, of Paincourt, reports that the number of fish caught
by licensed fishermen on Lake St. Clair last year was greater than the previous
year. This was on account of a very early spring; the fishermen having their nets
in the water two weeks earlier than the year before and being able to procure
i)etter catches.

The roll nets in the Eiver Thames used by the farmers have proved satis-
factory, sufficient fish being taken for the farmers' own use; no part of the catch
was sold to his knowledge.

Ducks were plentiful last year, but quail and other game were very scarce and
tlie restriction now imposed should be continued. Mink are very scarce, but
mnskrats are holding their own.

Lambton- County.

Overseer H. A. Blunden, of Sarnia, reports that the fishing season opened at
about the usual time, but. most of the fishermen were rather late in setting their
nets owing to the loss of their material in the November storm of 1913.

The fishermen have reported that the fishing has been uncertain this season,
some grounds having given large catches for a few days, while others gave poor
results.

Game was fairly plentiful last season, but there were very few wild geese.
He did not issue many deer hunting licenses last season, probably owing to the
fact that money was not so plentiful and people were not able to afford the
pleasure.

Lanark County.

Overseer Ephraim Deacon, of BolinghroTce, reports that the game laws have
been well observed in his district.

Game fish were about the same as the year before.

About the usual number of tourists visited the lakes last summer, and
reported good catches.

Eed deer are quite numerous round Bolingbroke, but partridge are not so
plentiful as in 1913. Ducks are also scarce.

Muskrats are about the same as in former years, but mink are very scarce.

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Oveseer William Pepper, of Lanark, reports that the Mississippi liiver and
tributary streams are fast becoming well stocked with pickerel. Bass do not seem
to decrease in quantity or size, but pike are not nearly so plentiful as they have
been in the past.

Ducks, partridge and other game birds seem to be plentiful, although the
number taken last year was not so large as formerly.

Deer appear to be about as numerous as in past years. In spite of the number
killed by hunters, the supply seems to remain about the same.

Overseer Burke, of Perth, reports that bass, pickerel and pike are plentiful
in the Tay River. Bass fishing was very good in Otty Lake last season.

Partridge have not been so thick for years, and ducks are very plentiful. He
is of the opinion that there should be a regulation prohibiting persons from going
to grounds frequented by ducks to shoot blackbirds before the season opens. This
gives the Overseer a great deal of trouble, and the ducks are frightened away and
do not return. Muskrat and mink are plentiful, also deer.

Overseer J. H. Phillips, of Smith's Falls, reports that fishing on the Rideau
this summer was good. Early in the season salmon fishing was good, and late
in the summer bass fishing was excellent. He thinks it would be a good thing if
a limit were put on the number of salmon caught each day by one person.

Though there were not many tourists from the United States last season, the
Rideau was crowded by residents of the Province.

Black ducks were very plentiful. Wood ducks are becoming rarer. Partridge
are plentiful this year.

Overseer Fred. Stanzel, of Carleton Place, reports that fishing was fairly
good; rough fish, hass and pickerel being quite plentiful.

Ducks were not so plentiful last season as the former one. Partridge have
increased wonderfully, judging from the number which have been shot during
the open season.

Muskrats are about the same as previous years. Mink still remain very
scarce.

Overseer Hugh Wilson, of Elphin, reports that deer are becoming more
numerous each year.

Partridge are not so plentiful as last year, and ducks are ve,ry scarce.

Leeds County.

Overseer W. J. Birch, of Delta, reports that the past season in his locality
was an ideal one as far as the weather and fishing were concerned, both being
excellent, but there were not so many tourists and pleasure-seekers as usual, pos-
:5ibly on account of the war.

Ducks were not quite so plentiful, but partridge had increased wonderfully.

He would recommend a gun license and a trapper's license, even if the fee
were small.

Muskrats are numerous, but there are no mink. Black squirrels are plentiful.
and he would advise that the open season commence one month earlier.

Overseer Gordon Clark, of Westport, reports that the fishing during 1914 was
fairly good. He sold more permits than usual. The laws were well observed.

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Muskrats seem to be plentiful, but mink are very scarce. Partrids^e have
been very scarce on account of their being hunted too closely. lie th'nks they
should have a close season for a few years, Ducks are very scarce. Dser are
quite plentiful this year.

Overseer II. N. Covell, of Lomhardy, reports that the fishing on the lakes has
been very good. He thinks it is a good thing that the open season for salmon has
been shortened.

No illegal fishing has come to his notice.

Partridge, wild duck and muskrats are very plentiful this year, but mink are
very scarce.

Overseer John Fleming, of Newboro, reports that in the discharge of his
duties as Master of patrol boat Navarch he patrolled the waters of Lake Ontario,
Weller's Bar, Bay of Quinte, River St. Lawrence, Eideau and Ottawa Rivers.

He found the bass fishing better than in previous years, especially in the
waters in which hoop nets are being operated. He has been frequently informed
by the residents of such sections, and also by tourists, that the angling was never
so good as it was this year.

The catch of muskrats in his district was about the average. He would
recommend that the open season for trapping be confined to the months of March
and April, as that would do away with the practice of setting traps in the banks
and houses. Partridge are not very plentiful, and mink are very scarce. Wild
ducks are about the same as former years, not very plentiful.

The fish and game laws are fairly well observed, except in the Ottawa River.
He would suggest that a good man, who could devote most of his time to the
service, be appointed for the Ottawa River, fronting the Counties of Russell and
Prescott.

Overseer John McGuire, of Jones' Falls, reports that last season was a very
successful one, while a little behind financially, the fishing was very good. He
did not sell so many angling permits on account of the boarding-houses and hotels
being filled with more residents of the Province than usual.

He is of the opinion that it would be in the interest of the fisheries to limit
the catch of salmon to four each day, as formerly. If this is not done, there will
very soon be no salmon in the waters of the Rideau or any other waters in the
eastern part of Ontario. He also thinks that the catch of bass should be limited
to five instead of eight. He has been talking this over with the tourists and they
are, on the whole, in favor of this suggestion. He is satisfied that there would
be just as many tourists, and it would save the bass.

He further advises that winter trapping and killing of muskrats be pro-
hibited. It is impossible to prevent the houses being cut open in the winter, as
it is the only way to get the rats, and the trappers will do it every time. If the
open season were from March 15th to May 1st it would be a great improvement.
The honest trapper is in favor of this, as it would save the rats.

Overseer J. H. Stewart, of Brockville, reports that the fishing season was very
good, principally for black bass, pickerel, pike and maskinonge, in the St. Lawrence
River.

Ducks were more plentiful last spring and this fall than they have been for
years, and only one conviction for illegal duck shooting was made.

Partridge are very plentiful this fall.

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Overseer William Spence, of Charleston, reports that he kept a close watch
over Wiltse and Charleston Lakes during the past season and found the game and
fish laws well observed. The season was a very successful one.

More tourists visited the lake last summer than in 1913, and found the fishing
better than it has been for a great many years.

Ducks were plentiful on Charleston and Wiltse Lakes. Partridges are
increasing. Mink, black squirrels and muskrats are scarce.

Overseer George Slate, of Bockport, reports that black bass were plentiful
during the latter part of the season. Pickerel and maskinonge were more plenti-
ful than in 1913.

Black squirrels are scarce. Ducks are quite plentiful. Partridge are scarce.

Overseer George Toner, of Gananoque, reports that there were fewer tourists
on the river last year than usual. Fishing was exceptionally good. -Bass were
very plentiful, and between thirty and forty maskinonge were caught within two
miles of Gananoque.

Partridge, snipe and plover are more plentiful, also black and grey squirrels.
Ducks are plentiful.

Mink seem to be scarce. Cottontail rabbits are becoming a nuisance and
destroying fruit trees, shrubs and other trees on the islands.

Muskrats are more plentiful, owing no doubt to the reduction in the trapping
season, and he would recommend that the open season be from March 1st to May
1st, and that a small fee be charged for a trapper's license.

There were more night lines and nets taken last year, owing to his having
the small skiff motor boat, which enabled him to cover a great deal more ground
in the time.

Overseer James Townsend, of Lyndhurst, reports that game and fish were
fairly plentiful. A few excellent game fish were caught. Fewer permits were
sold, as there were not so many Americans visiting the waters as in former years.

Hunters have reported some very fine shooting; one morning three hunters
bagged sixty-seven black ducks. Partridge are plentiful. Muskrats are a little
scarce, he would advise shortening the open season to March and April, and that
trappers should pay the small fee of $3 for a license. He would also recommend
a gun license.

Overseer J. R. Wight) of Newh'oro, reports that he has patrolled his territory
very carefully, and found the law well observed.

There is no doubt but that the close season has accomplished much on the
Eideau waters and smaller lakes. The fishermen all report good catches. He
thinks that the allowance for a day's catch of bass is still too large, and that it
should be reduced to six instead of eight. There have not been so many American
tourists as usual. He finds that most of the anglers come from Ottawa and other
Canadian towns and cities.

Ducks and partridge are about as numerous this year as last. Foxes were
very scarce, but mink and muskrats showed no diminution.

Very few complaints of infractions of the Act reached him last year, and
those that did come to his notice did not result in convictions, as there was not
sufficient evidence.

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Lennox County.

Overseer P. W. Dafoe, of Napanee, reports that commercial fishing was a
success last year. The prices having been high and the catch good, there has
therefore been little grumbling from the fishermen. He believes that more bass
and maskinonge were taken last season than usual, and the Bay and Kapanee
Eiver were visited during the summer by great sturgeon six feet in length.

Partridge are certainly becoming more plentiful everywhere. Ducks seem
to hold their own. Black squirrels are quite numerous. Muskrats are none too
plentiful this fall, and there are not many mink about.

In the northern highlands deer were plentiful, and a great many hunters
went out after them. There was not so much illegal hunting in the north as
reported, but too much was undoubtedly done.

Overseer G. H. Ourren, of Sandhurst, reports that commercial fishing was
not up to the average during the beginning of the season, but improved towards
the close. Whitefish were very scarce in the bay all the season. Eel fishing was
very good throughout the year, but' on account of the extreme dry weather during
July and August a good many fishermen ran out of bait. He. would recommend
the granting of a few licenses for eel fishing with eel-pots (which are similar to
those in use on the Atlantic) as an experiment.

, A few fishermen showed some inclination to break the law, but the prosecu-
tion of one seemed to hold the rest in line.

The patrol boat Navarch, with Capt. Fleming in cha,rge, was of great value
in enforcing the regulations.

Anglers were very numerous, and all reported good fishing. It is the custom
of a good many American yachts to run over to the Brothers and elsewhere, and
letting down their skiffs they fish for bass. As soon as they see (through their
glasses) the patrol boat coming they make off.

Black squirrels are very scarce, in fact nearly extinct. Grey squirrels and
foxes are on the increase. Muskrats were not so plentiful as usual. Ducks were
very scarce last season.

Overseer E. M. Huffman, of Hay Bay, reports the catch of fish was not so
large as usual, owing to water conditions.

There were fewer tourists this season, but several nice catches of maskinonge
were reported by local anglers.

Ducks were plentiful and hunters had good shooting.

He thinks that the shooting of black squirrels should be prohibited, as it is
a rare thing and a treat to see one.

He would 'advocate shorter season for muskrats, and that trappers should be
licensed.

Lincoln County.

Overseer James May, of St. Catharines, reports that some fine catches of
herring were made during the summer months, and on the whole the fishermen
were well satisfied with the season's fishing.

Game is very scarce, except for a few pheasants. He recommends that there
be a close season for muskrats for a period of at least three years.

Overseer Oliver Taylor, of Niagararon-the-Lake, reports that herring fishing
has been better than last year. Whitefish are also more plentiful, small whitefish

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particularly being very plentiful. There are a great many small pickerel. The
fishermen are of the opinion that the prospects for next season's fishing of white-
fish and pickerel are good.

Fishing with the machine nets at Queenston has heen very poor this season,
with the exception of two or three days, when it was very good, herring forming
the principal part of the catch. Angling in the river has been very poor.

The principal game in this district are pheasants, which were quite numerous
before the open season, but now the cock birds are very scarce.

Muskrats were fairly plentiful in the ponds last spring.

Manitodlik Distkict.

Overseer J. J. Avis, of Cockburn Island, reports that the past season has been
a good one for commercial fishing. The only complaint made was the shortage
of trout spawn, and the need of a hatchery in the district.

Deer, partridge, ducks and rabbits are on the increase. Fur-bearing animals
are very scarce.

Overseer W. M. Boyd, of Kagawong, reports that the last was an exceptional
season. There were not quite so many tourists as usual, but the fishing in
Kagawong Lake was splendid, some of the finest specimens of bass that were
ever caught in that district, being taken. He does not think that Kagawong
Lake has any rival. Anglers who have fished at all the good fishing grounds
in Michigan and Wisconsin say that nothing approaches the number of large
fish caught at Kagawong last year. He thinks this is largely due to the fact
that the fish have now recovered from the illegal trap net fishing that was carried
on in this lake some time ago, and myriads of fine large fish may be taken at the
present time.

Partridge are not quite so plentiful, the broods seem to be smaller than usual.

Mink are perhaps a little more plentiful and muskrats are improving. Otter
are appearing again, they have been almost a thing of the past, but are showing
up in Kagawong Lake at a few points.

Red deer were very numerous last season. He had never heard of so many on
the island. He thinks that the license laws should be made so that no one
could shoot a deer on any pretence without paying a fee for a license. He heard
on the very highest authority of one farmer who had shot seven deer on the
west end of the island. He is of the opinion that if tlie fee were changed to $1
and allow the hunter one deer, or $2 and two deer, it would be a good thing.
and make the farmer's son pay as well as the farmer and everyone else who .
went hunting. This would make it easier to see that the law was being properly
observed.

Overseer Andrew Hall, of Gore Bay, reports that brook trout were not so
plentiful as usual and he wishes to call attention to the fact that mill owners
do not build proper slides in their dams.

Bass have heen very plentiful. According to reports, commercial fishing has
been better than last year.

Partridge are fairly plentiful and ducks about the same as usual.

Fur-bearing animals are, according to reports, rather scarce.

Overseer David Irwin, of Little Current, reports that last year commercial
fishing was much better than for many years past.

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Black bass and other game fish were very plentiful, but there do not appear
to have been so many caught as in 1913 as the bass did not bite so well, according
to reports.

A large number of tourists visited the district, and the game and fishery
laws were well observed.

Ducks and partridge are reported to be fairly plentiful.

Moose and deer are quite plentiful, particularly red deer.

Overseer J. W. Lewis, of Sheguiandali, reports that commercial fishing was
much better last year than in 1913 at all the fishing stations he has visited.
He has had more trouble at Killarney than at any other part of his territory
owing to a few so-called gill net fishermen who use their gill net license as a
blind lo fish seines. It is almost impossible to catch them in the act of fishing
their seines, as they have spies watching the overseers all the time. He would
recommend that this class of fishermen do not receive licenses then they could
not sell their fish and would have to give up the business.

There were about the average number of tourists and bass fishing was fairly
good.

Deer were plentiful last year and moose about the same as usual. Partridge
are becoming more scarce every year but ducks keep plentiful.

He suggests that all camp help be licensed in the same manner as guides, as
often guides claim that they are only camp helpers when they are really acting
as both.

Overseer John McArthur, of Ice Lake, reports that the fishing was about
the same as usual, pike and bass being quite plentiful.

Ducks and partridge have been fairly plentiful. Large numbers were shof
during the beginning of the season. He is of the opinion that the bag limit
was strictly observed.

Rabbits are numerous. Red deer are becoming more" plentiful every year
in spite of the numbers killed during the season. Muskrats are quite plentiful.
Mink are rather scarce.

Overseer David Pyette, of TehJcummah, reports that speckled trout are very
scarce. Bass fishing is good.

Partridge are very scarce. If they are not given a close season in his dis-
trict for at least two years, they will soon be a thing of flie past.

Deer were reported plentiful.

Overseer James Eameshotiom,, of Little Current, reports that the fish in his
■district are mainly black bass, pickerel, pike, whitefish and trout.

Black bass are more plentiful in some places and less in others. He believes
it is a mistake for an angler to throw back fish under ten inches in length. For
some reason a small bass takes the hook further down his throat than a large
bass, and in taking them ofi" the hook 80 per cent, of them are killed or injured
so that they will die.

With regard to marketable fish, they seem to be holding their own. Pickerel
are increasing, which the fishermen say is due to so many suckers being fished out
in the winter.

The game in this district consist of moose, red deer, ducks and partridge, and
the fur-bearing animals : mink, marten, beaver, otter and foxoa.

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Moose and red deer are as plentiful as ever, but if the hunting season were
to open two weeks later it would help to increase them, as there is seldom any
snow during the first two weeks in November, but there usually is some during
the last two weeks. A great many deer are wounded, but through there not being
any snow it is impossible rfco track them and they get away and die.

Ducks are scarce in this district, but this can be attributed to the lack of feed-
ing grounds. Partridge are less plentiful this year than last, proba:bly because of
the wet, cold weather during the hatching season. The Overseer is of the opinion
that the number allowed each sportsman is too great.

Fur-bearing animals are rather scarce and are not likely to increase on account
of the country 'becoming more thickly populated every day. The licensing of the
fur dealers he considers a wise sitep, and he thinks it would be a good idea if the
trappers were licensed, even if the fee were only 25c. each, as he often meete men
in the woods with guns who claim to be trappers.

Middlesex County.

Overseer William Boler, of Byron, reports that a Game Protective Association
was formed last November in his district. There are seventy members living in
the Townships of Westminster, Delaware, and London, whose aim it is to encour-
age the protection of game of all kinds.

Partridges are rarer than ever, also quail. Black squirrels and cotton-tail
rabbits are increasing. Wild geese and ducks are about the same as usual. He
suggests that people who live in towns and come out to the country to shoot
should be obliged to take out a license for which the fee might be ^2 per annum.
This would help to protect the game.

Overseer W. E. Collins, of Strathroy, reports that fishing was good in his
district last year. Pike and pickerel were fine.

Rabbits and black and grey squirrels are quite plentiful. There are not many
quail in his division. During September there were a few partridge. Muskrats
are quite plentiful. Mink, raccoon and fox are scarce.

Overseer Arthur Corsant, of Masonville, reports that angling was very fair
for a part of the season, but on August 12th there was a slaughter of fish for
many miles west of the -City of London. He does not think there was one fish
left alive in the river for twelve miles west of London. The water seemed to be
polluted with some strong drug or acid, for it turned a black colour. The trouble
might arise from a number of sources, one of which is the sewer from the city
which empties into the river.

Game is very scarce in this district. Black squirrels are slightly on the
increase, but mink and muskrats are very scarce. He is of the opinion that
squirrels, quail and partridge should have a close season for three years, which
would greatly increase the numbers.

Overseer J. M. Temple, of Dorchester, reports that gaine fish are scarce iu
his district as none come up the river. All there are, are bred in the river east
of London on account of the fish slides not being in proper order. There being
no fishway in the Hout Dam in the City of London, the fish cannot ascend
the river. All other fish are scarce.

Game is quite scarce. There are a few ruffed grouse or native partridges.
Quail is almost a bird of the past, and ducks are very scarce. There are very

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few woodcock. Wood hares are plentiful, but there are no black squirrels. There
are a few muskrats, while mink are very scarce. There are no beaver or otter.

The overseer recommends that every persons who wishes to carry a gun
be obliged to take out a" license.

MusKOKA District.

Overseer F. A. Hanes, of Huntsville, reports that when going through the
different parts of the country and inspecting the different lakes, he took the
opportunity to find out how the bass were doing. They appeared to be increasing
very fast in some waters, while speckled trout were found in nearly all the creeks
and lakes some weighing from S^^ to 4 lbs. Salmon trout or lake trout were
more plentiful than they had been for some years.

Partridge were increasing in some parts, but owing to the bush fires they were
scarce in places. He found beaver in all the lakes and creeks, but muskrats are
becoming more scarce each year. There seemed to be plenty of mink, and deer
were more plentiful last season than they had been for years. He would recom-
mend that otter be taken, for they destroy the fish in small lakes and trout streams.

Overseer E. W. LocJcman, of Dorset, reports that the majority of lakes in
his division contain principally salmon and speckled trout; a few contain bass
as well.

Hollow Lake provides the best salmon fishing and the adjacent small lakes
reasonable quantities of speckled trout. In none of the lakes in his division is
it possible to take more fish in a day than is allowed by law, except perhaps
in the early spring.

With regard to game, there are deer, partridge, a few ducks and many
beaver. From recent observation, he does not think the deer are as plentiful
this year as last. Partridge are also scarce.

Overseer William Robinson, of Kilworthy, reports that the law has been
fairly well observed in his district. The tourists had a good season and he
sold more angling permits than the previous year.

Deer are increasing also beaver 'and otter, which may be found in almost
every stream in his territory. Partridge are more scarce than usual, but ducks
were fairly numerous. Muskrats are plentiful and mink are about the same as
last year.

Overseer William Smith, of Gravenhurst, reports that he patrolled the Mus-
koka Lakes for five months — from May 15th to October 15th, and has found very
little violation* of the Fisheries Act. The close season was well observed as the
tourists and settlers are realizing the advantage of aiding the Department in
their efforts to keep the lakes stocked with game fish.

There were not so many anglers as usual this season. August, usually the
best month of the season, was very wet, and consequently unpleasant for angling.
jSTotwithstanding this, he sold about the average number of permits, while a great
many sold at the border came to his notice.

The fishing compared favourably with other years, although some people
say the contrary, but this adverse opinion he attributes to the fact that the fish
are not so anxious to bite as formerly as the waters are well stocked.
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50 THE REPOKT UPON No. 14

Beaver are becoming very plentiful, while muskrats and mink showed no
decrease. There are not many deer in this district, partridge were about th^
same as the previous year.

There were four violations of the Game and Fisheries Act, and fines were
imposed in every case.

Overseer John Traves, of Fraserburg, reports that fishing was fairly good
on the whole, and in some lakes very good. Angling for bass in the south branch
of the Muskoka lliver was good, there are always plenty of fish in the water.

Deer are increasing and partridge are more plentiful than two years ago.
Most of the hunters procured the full number of deer allowed, some of them
doing so in the first week. Ducks also were numerous last fall and rabbits show
no decrease. In the four townships comprising his territory the overseer finds
beaver are very plentiful in the different creeks and marshes, and are flooding
quite a lot of land, but no complaints have come to his notice. Otter also are
increasing. Muskrats are very plentiful. During his travels through the woods
last summer he saw quite a number of young partridge, also some deer and fawns.

NiPissiNG District.

Overseer Richard Contvay, of Madawaska, reports that in the streams black
bass and brook trout may be found, and the lakes round Madawaska and between
that place and Petawawa contain salmon and grey trout and ling. There are
no pike, pickerel or maskinonge Avest of High Falls.

Deer and partridge are very scarce. In his opinion there should be a
close season for four years so that Avhat little game there is will not be exter-
minated. The fires in the spring destroyed most of- the partridge and fourteen
carcasses of deer were found after the fires were put out.

Overseer Joseph Rivet, of Sturgeon Falls, reports that the fishing was far
better than in previous years.

There was no illegal fishing in Lake Nipissing or its tributaries, and the
Game and Fishery Laws were well observed to'the best of his knowledge.

Norfolk Co^jnty.

Overseer J. S. Smith, of Port Rowan, reports that the fishing in both the
inner and outer bays was up to the average.

The demand for angling permits was about the same as usual. Bass fishing
has been very good.

Ducks do not seem to be so plentiful as in former years, possibly owing to
the mild weather.

Black squirrels are very numerous,

Northumberland County.

Overseer C. H. Cassan, of Camph ell ford, reports that fishing was very good
last year except during the month of August. He is of the opinion that the
dredging and blasting that has been carried on in the Trent Valley Canal has
injured the fishing and he w^ould recommend that the waters be stocked with
bass, as fishing for this species of fish has not been so good.

1915 GAME AND FISHERIES. 51

Muskrats are quite plentiful but mink are scarce. Ducks were very numerous.
Cotton-tail rabbits are becoming very thick in some parts and doing damage.

Overseer Thomas U. Cheer, of Brighton, reports that the catch of trout
and whitefish was very good last season. The coarser varieties of fish were extra
good, especially pike, which were much better than in 1913.

Ducks were scarce up to late in the fall but became more plentiful as the
season passed. He attributes this to the fact that the fall was very warm and
the ducks were late in leaving the north. Partridge are slightly on the increase,
but are quite scarce yet. Black and grey squirrels are very scarce, especially
the latter. He would like to see them given a close season for two or three
years to see if that would help them. Muskrats are very scarce. He thinks if
the open season were from the loth March to the 30th April, it would stop
the destruction of their dens and houses and it would be better for trade. Mink
are becoming almost extinct. He would like to see the open season shortened.
Deer are reported to be fairly plentiful this season and he is of the opinion
that they will remain so as long as one man is allowed to shoot only one deer.

Overseer J. H. Hess, of Hastings, reports that as far as the fish are con-
cerned the fishing was good last season and the quality above the average of
other years.

There was a large number of ducks last fall, and he does not think there
was any shooting out of season carried on. Partridge are more numerous than
other years.

Overseer H. W. Hayes, of Trenton, reports that last fall the fishermen caught
more herring than during any previous season in their recollection.

Ducks were very numerous last fall. Inshore ducks, such as teal and black
ducks, were not so plentiful as usual, but deep water ducks were on the increase.

Overseer W. H. Johnson, of Harwood, reports that the Game and Fisherv Laws
were fairly well observed in his district, although there was some illegal shooting
carried on in Rice Lake before sunrise and after sunset, which he did his best
to stop.

Maskinonge fishing has not been so good as last year. Bass fishing was very
good. This has been an exceptional year for the protection of spawn and little
fish, as the water in the lake was very low and remained about the sam^' until
the fisli were hatched and out in deep water. He suggests that fishing from
gasolene boats be prohibited.

Duck shooting in 1914 was not so good as the previous seasons. Partridge
are scarce. Mink are scarce, also black and grey squirrels. Rabbits are quite
plentiful. Trapping was good in the spring. He suggests that the open season
for trapping be from March 15th to April 25th.

A greater number of Americans and tourists visited Rice Lake in the vicinity
of Harwood than during any previous year.

Overseer A. J. Kent, of Bewdley, reports that maskinonge and bass were
plentiful in the creeks and marshes last spring, the low water being an advantage
as the spawn -came to maturity. In a few years there should be a large increase
in the fish.

The close season for fish was very well observed, though no doubt a certain
number of fish were killed in the spring by persons who fail to appreciate the
harm thev do.

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When the season opened on the 16th June they had high winds to contend
with, and the consequence was there were not so many maskinonge landed as in the
previous year, but bass fishing was good. The number of tourists who visit
the district is increasing.

A fair number of muskrats were trapped last spring. The low water made
trapping somewhat difficult, but it spared the muskrats and they should be
numerous next spring.

Black ducks seemed to be scarce last season, compared with other seasons,
but fall ducks were plentiful. Partridge were fairly plentiful and black squirrels
numerous.

Overseer J. R. McAllister, of Gore's Landing, reports that maskinonge fishing
was not very good until the latter part of the season. During the end of Sep-
tem.ber and in October there were a great many large maskinonge taken. There
were some very fine catches of small mouthed black bass in September and
October.

Ducks were very plentiful in May when they were on their way north, and
large numbers returned in the fall going south. Muskrats are very plentiful
in every marsh that he has seen and they have built some large houses. Grouse
are more plentiful than usual in his division. Squirrels, both black and grey,
are as numerous as other years.

There have not been so many tourists at Gore's Landing as usual.

Overseer F. H. Meneilly, of Warkworth, reports that the fishing in his district
is improving each year since nets have been abolished. Where a year ago mudcats
were never caught, numbers were caught last year. Maskinonge were not caught
so plentifully as other years. This he attributes to the blasting on the end of the
Trent Canal, but as this work is nearly finished, he looks for better returns of this
species of fish in the future. Other fish show little change.

All the fish caught in his division are used locally.

Good fishways have been installed in all the new dams. *

The close seasons have been well observed, but as some of them overlap, it is
possible for anyone to easily evade them by taking black squirrels when out to shoot
partridge.

Overseer D. G. Stuart, of Codrington, reports that the law has been very well
observed in his district this year. He had some trouble with mill refuse which
was being allowed to run in the creeks, but having notified parties responsible to
make some other disposition of it, the nuisance has been stopped.

There seems to be plenty of fish of all kinds, as people appear to be satisfied
with their catches.

There were not so many ducks as usual, but partridge and black squirrels are
plentiful. Mink are scarce, while muslcrats are numerous. Cotton-tail rabbits
are very numerous and doing damage to the farms.

Overseer Amos Shearer, of Roseneath, reports that the Fish and Game Laws
were not violated to any extent in his division of Rice Lake and that he had no
occasion to prosecute anyone for violations of the Act.

Duck shooting was not up to the average, although there seemed to be a large
number of ducks. Partridge and black squirrels were quite plentiful. Mink are
about exterminated. Muskrats show no sign of decreasing.

1915 GAME AND FISHEEIES. 53

Overseer W. H. Thompson, of Bailieloro, reports that maskinonge fishing was
poor in the "beginning of the season, but was good in October, though there were
very few people fishing during that month. Black bass have been scarce in the
river.

Black ducks have been about the same as in 1913 and hard to get. Wood
ducks were a little more plentiful.

Trapping last spring was very poor, owing to very low water, therefore, there
are more muskrats this fall than usual. Mink are a thing of the past.

Partridge hold their own but black and grey squirrels are very scaxce. He
thinks that Overseers on the lake and river should meet at least once a year and
talk things over. This would stimulate them and give them a greater interest in
their work with regard to the protection of the game and fish.

Ontaeio County. /

Overseer Gilbert Gillespie, of Brechin, reports that the winter fishing was
very good. Bass are scarce, but trout were plentiful in May and June. There were
some good reports of trout in October and some fine catches were made.

Ihicks are not plentiful on that side of the lake. Partridge are increasing.
Muskrats are plentiful and there are a few mink to be seen.

Overseer Charles Halward, of Ganninglon, reports that the past year was a
favourable one for most kinds of game. Ducks were rather scarce on account of
the swamps, where they generally feed, becoming dried up during the hot weather.
Other game were about the same as usual.

Fish have not increased much in the river, but with the protection now given
them they will probably be more plentiful in the near future and afford better
fishing.

Overseer George Hood, of Scugog, reports that maskinonge were vqxv scarce
in his district, though on the east side there was a good catch. Bass are steadily
increasing and a number were caught. Small fish are very plentiful.

Mink are increasing and muskrats and rabbits are very plentiful. There are
a great many black ducks and the shooting arooind the lake has been good. Blue
bills are plentiful. Geese were very numerous last spring, and partridge are on
the increase.

Overseer Donald McPhee, of Uptergrove, reports that in Lake Simcoe, trout,
maskinonge, whitefish and carp are increasing rapidly. Black bass are small and
not plentiful.

Ducks, partridges and muskrats are increasing but mink are scarce.

In Mud Lake maskinonge, pickerel and bass are all increasing.

Partridge, ducks and muskxats are plentiful, but mink are scarce.

Overseer H. McDonald, of Beaverton, reports that bass fishing was good last
season, and all the anglers were satisfied with their catches. Trolling for salmon
trout was also good, especially in the spring. Bass, salmon trout and whitefish are
increasing in Lake Simcoe. He is of the opinion that the close season for salmon
trout should commence on the 10th of Octoiber.

Game in this district seem to be about the same as usual. Ducks visit the
vicinity of the lake in large numbers alt present, but do not stay long as there is
not much feed for them now that the carp have destroyed it. Partridge seem to
be as plentiful as usual. Mink and muskrats are more scarce if anything. Little
trapping or hunting lias been done during the last year or so.

54 THE EEPORT UPON No. 14

Overseer Thomas Mansfield, of Pickering, reports that last year was no im-
provement on the previous years either with regard to fish or game in fact it was
not quite so good as the year before.

Less fisli was taken than formerly, but he accounts for this by pointing out
that the wages paid in other occupations are so much higher that the fishermen
have given up fishing in consequence. Now one man attempts to do the work of
two, but it is difficult for him to locate or keep track of the fish running in and out.

Ducks were very fair for a little over a week, but the flight was short.

The law has been fairly well observed in his district.

Overseer Michael Timlin, of Atherley, reports that the fishing was very good
during the past year. Herring, maskinonge, bass and pickerel are the chief fish
caught in his district.

Hares, squirrels and other small game are quite numerous. There is a
marked increase in partritlge, and ducks are also more plentiful. Mink are scarce
and muskrats abundant.

Parry Sound District.

Overseer John Dunk, of Kearney, is pleased to report that owing in a large
degree to the splendid winter, free from snow crust, during 1913-14, there are
evidences of a large increase in deer.

Partridge have decreased. This he attributes to the bush fires during May,
June and a part of July. He noticed that second hatchings had taken place, &»
many small and young par^tridges are to be seen.

Mink and muskrats arQ very scarce.

Beaver still continue to increase. Almost every small creek has its colony.
On Lynx Lake close to his home beavers could be observed any afternoon in the
fall storing their winter food.

Overseer John Duncan, of Callander, reports the usual number of farmers
from the south end of Himsworth came to get some fish in February and March,
and all whom he came across were well pleased with their catches, although he
did not think much of them, not having seen anyone with a larger fish than a four
pound pike. In April the ice became so wet that as far as he could see no fishing
was done. He was on the shore every day. In May there were the usual number
of unemployed fishing at the wharves, he did not see any pickerel caught up to the
80th May, after which time it was easy for anyone to catch the legal number in an
hour. He had no trouble with anyone exceeding the limit.

There were quite a number of bass spawning round the shore near the wharf.
He watched a^good many times to see if they were likely to be frightened away,
and pointed them out to a num})er of acquaintances who are interested in nature
and they as well as himself were surprised < at the indifference of the bass to any
kind of bait and the way they would fight off any other fish that would come near
them.

The pike taken during the season were extra large and the few bass that he saw
caught were large. None of the bass anglers was able to catch the full number
allowed any one fisherman in one day. This must have been owing to. the large
number of shad flies and schools of herring which were around all the season.

On March 16th he saw a flock of wild geese going north and the call of the
killdeer was heard all round about that time.

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1915 GAME AND FISHERIES. 55

Partridge are very scarce. There are a good many signs of deer. He saw
quite a colony of beaver in the next township in September, Muskrats are very
plentiful in the creeks. Kabbits are coming around again in the unburned sections
of his district. Ducks were scarce; also golden legged plover. There were
numbers of snipe. The black birds (grackles) were not nearly so numerous last
season as they were the preceding one and left ^rlier.

There were some large bush firea and he thinks that this was why there > were
not so many deer about.

Overseer John Floyd, of Nipissing, reports that in his district there are pike
in large quantities and pickerel in considerable numbers, but black bass are not so
numerous as in former years. Large mouthed bass and herring are very numerous
in the small lakes, but very little fishing is done on these lakes. Whitefish are
scarce, also maskinonge. As there is no sturgeon fishing it is hard to report on
them, but they appear to be scarce. Brook trout are very scarce and there are
hardly any lake trout. Suckers are very numerous.

Red deer are fairly numerous in certain localities and there are very few
moose.*

Beaver are beginning to huild colonies on small lakes, and there are a few
otter. Fisher and marten are very scarce. Mink are to be had in considerable
numbers, and in some of the marshes muskrats are very plentiful, though great
quantities have been destroyed by the Indians during the last few years. Ducks and
partridge are fairly plentiful.

Much difficulty was experienced in trying to enforce the laws owing to what
looked like a united effort on the part of certain tourists to do all the illegal
hunting possible, and to encourage settlers to do the same.

Overseer Thomas H. Johnston, of Roysion, reports that the pafit year has been
exceptionally good for fishing. He spent four or five days on Cecebe Lake and
Ahmic Lake, and collected a'bout $70 for fishing permits.

Beaver were plentiful while deer were scarce. He would recommend that the
hitter have a cloee season for a year.

N"o violations of the Game Laws came under his observation.

Overseer R. Lambhins, of Loring, reports that the law has been observed fairly
well both by the settlers and by hunters coming in from old Ontario.

He is pleased to say that red deer have never been more plentiful than at the
present time. There were large numbers of partridge at the opening of the season
but since then they have been scarce. Ducks are never seen in large quantities on
account of there being no wild rice or feed for them. Moose are very seldom seen.
the bush not providing proper feeding grounds for them.'

Wolves are not so plentiful in his immediate neighbourhood as they have been
in the past, but a few miles away they were heard in good sized packs this winter.
He would recommend that the bounty be raised to $25 and that the person catching
the wolf he allowed the skin, as they are very hard to catch. Sometimes a mnn
will spend a month without any result, so that until the bounty is raised and the
party catching the wolf allowed to keep the skin, there is very little inducement for
anyone to go after the wolves.

With reference to fur-bearing animals, beaver are increasing very fast in his
locality. Muskrats, otter and mink are holding their own. Fisher and marten
are very scarce ; he thinks this is on account of so much poison 'being put out for
wolves in the past. Foxes are fairly plentiful. Bears are not very numerous.
Lynx are scarce.

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Overseer H. W. Reid, of- Parry Sound, reports that the fishermen in his
division inform him the last season was a very fair one. The sprilig and summer
fishing was very good but it| was light in the fall; owing to the mild weather in
•October the fish did not come on the shoals until very late and then it was too
stormy to do any fishing. . One man informed him that his nets were down thirteen
days before he could take them up.

There were not so many tourists as usual; owing, no doubt, to the war the
number of Americans that visited the district was less than ordinary. Angling
was very good and there were very few complaints.

Partridge shooting has not been very good, although it was reported at the
beginning of the season that there were plenty of birds.

The deer season was an average one. There were a large number of hunters
in the woods, and there were very few who did not get their deer, though a large
number were small does.

Buck shooting was very poor so far, the birds have not been coming south on
account of the mild weather.

Mink and muskrats are reported to be plentiful.

Overseer Murdoch ^Vatts, of Byng Inlet, reports that the catch of whitefish
and salmon trout was much larger than in previous years. Pickerel fishing in the
Magnetawan Eiver was very good, though not so good as two years ago. Bass
fishing was very poor and very few were caught by the sportsmen; although there
seemed to be plenty of them in the water they did not bite so well as usual.
Maskinonge were very scarce and only one was caught in the Magnetawan Eiver.
This solitary one, however, weighed thirty-four pounds. There were not so many
tourists in his district last season, owing no doubt ito the outbreak of the war.

Moose were very scarce last year but red deer seem to be holding their own
and he has received no complaints from the hunters regarding them.

Beaver and otter are very scarce, also mink and muskrat. He recommends that
there be a close season for these animals for three years. He is glad to know that
fur dealers and buyers are licensed but he thinks the fee is too small and should
be raised to $10. He also recommends a trappers' license, the fee to be $2.

Partridge are very scarce, and if there is no close season for them in the near
future, they will be a thing of the past in his district. He would recommjend a
•close season of three years.

Duck were not so plentiful as in former years no doubt owing to the fine
weather during the fall and the ducks not having come down from the north very
•early.

Peel Oounty.

Overseer John Bemrose, of Claude, reports that speckled trout fishing was not
so good as usual on account of the lack of water in the streams. He does not
remember having seen them so low for years. Bass fishing was poor for the same
reason, some of the lakes were three feet lower than usual.

The game birds in his district consist mainly of partridge, which are very
plentiful, having increased wonderfully since the open season was shortened.
Squirrels and rabbits are also becoming more plentiful since their open season was
reduced.

Muskrats and mink seem very scarce, there having been a great run on them
(luring the last few years. He thinks it would be a good thing to give them a close
season for two or three years.

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Overseer James Johnston, of Orangeville, reports that the fishing in his district
was very good during the beginning of the season. The black bass in Green Lake
were fine and very, numerous, although the public were afraid to use them on
account of their being infested with tape worm.

Fur-bearing animals are becoming scarce. He strongly advises that they
should have a close season for two years, or that trappers be obliged to take out
a license.

Game is quite plentiful, rabbits and partridge being very numerous.

Overseer R. J. Walker, of Port Credit, reports that the trout fishing was good.
Some trout that were caught seemed to be of a different species, they were shorter
and thicker, and looked as if they came from colder waters. Herring and whitefish
were much as usual and angling about the average.;

Game was very scarce in this district. A stray duck may have been seen, but
scarcely any plover or snipe. In Mr. Walker's opinion every year partridge and
squirrels are becoming scarcer in that part of the country.

Perth County.

Overseer Charles JicTcling, of St. Mary's, reports that black or green bass are
quite plentiful, and in some streams there are a number of brook trout. The
brown trout placed in Otter Creek in May are going to be a success and seem to
be doing well so far; some of them are spawning this fall. These fish are rather
hard to catch. The pickerel planted at Lakeside in 1912 are doing excellently and
will average about twelve inches in length.

Mink are decreasing every year. Muskrats are plentiful in some localities.
Cotton-tail rabbits are numerous wherever they are sheltered. Raccoons and
skunks are plentiful. Wherever the hardwood ridges are, black and grey squirrels
are fairly plentiful. There are a few partridge, which are slightly on the increase.

Peteeborough County.

Overseer William Clarhson, of Lakehurst, reports that the number of tourists
who visit his district are increasing every year. The fishermen appeared to be
pleased with their catches last year. The number of bass and maskinonge caught
is increasing. The trout in the northern lakes are about the same as in 1913. He
would recommend that a hatchery be erected at a suitable place on the Kawartha
Lakes. He is of the opinion that the close season should be from October 1st to
November 30 th.

Ducks are somewhat rare, but partridge are plentiful.

Deer are about the same as last year.

Mink and muskrats are plentiful and beaver are becoming numerous. Overseer
Clarkson recommends that trappers be licensed.

Overseer Edward Fleming, of Hastings, reports that the angling was good,
maskinonge being much larger than in former years and bass becoming more
plentiful.

Ducks are not so plentiful, the boats which have been working on the canal
having driven them out of the river. Eats are becoming plentiful in the marshes
along the river. He thinks a trapper's license would be a good thing.

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Overseer John Forsyth, of Bridgenorih, reports that fishing was very good
last year, Maskinonge and bass seem to be quite plentiful, although no great
catches were made at any one time. The reason for this is because Mud Lake
is a real good feeding ground for fish. *

Since fishing through the ice has been prohibited, which he thinks was a
grand amendment to protect the fish, it seems very hard for some people to keep
from spearing fish in the spring. These illegal workers should be fined $50 for
the first offence and be given six months in jail for the second.

Ducks were plentiful last fall. Partridge are also numerous. Mink and
muskrats are about the same as usual. Deer hunting went on as brisk as ever last
season.

Overseer Wellington Lean, of Apsley, reports that partridge are quite plenti-
ful in some localities, while in others they are very scarce.

. Wolves are more numerous than they have been for a number of years. He
would advise giving a large bounty, thereby encouraging people to kill them. If
this were done, deer would become more plentiful. At present they are very
scarce, as the wolves are their worst enemies, killing more of them than the
hunters do.

Beaver are becoming very plentiful, and he can find no trace of anyone having
molested them. He is giving them special attention, and if they are protected -
for a few more years they will be as numerous as in former years. Ducks were
quite numerous.

He would like to recommend the taking of steps to stop dogs running at
large from hunting deer.

Overseer John McFarlane, of Keene. reports that the Game and Fishery Laws
have been well observed in his district, but there is still a little fishing done out
of season, which he finds hard to stop on account of having supervision over such
a large district.

Maskinonge fishing was about the same as in 1913, not very good, especially
during the summer. Bass fishing was good. Brook trout was scarce, though some
good catches were made. There were about thirty-five foreigners repairing the
G. T. R. track between Blezard's and Birdsalls' Station, and it was reported to
him that they were going to clean out the creek of trout as they were fishing all
day Sunday. On week days he went down and put up notices and warned them
to stop, which they did.

Trapping was not very good last spring owing to the low water in the marshes.
There were plenty of muskrats, but they were hard to get at. Mink were scarce.

Ducks were plentiful in the spring, it was estimated that there would be
about 25.000 on the lake if they were not molested. In the fall they were not
so plentiful as in other years, probably on account of the fine weather. They
took a different flight and did not stop on Eice Lake. Eice was fairly good, but
not as good as was expected from the abundance of straw. There were about
thirty families of Indians camping on Sugar Island, from the other side of the
lake, irathering rice.

Partridge are plentiful, but wild and hard to shoot. Black squirrels are
plentiful and cotton-tail rabbits are also putting in an appearance.

Overseer Henry Melville, of HavelocJc, reports that fish are becoming rather
scarce owing to the immense number of people who angle. The lakes and rivers

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are covered with fisliiiig crafts during the season, there being a great many tourists
and cottagers from all parts of Canada and the United States.

He is of the opinion that a great many tourists are not keeping tlie law either
with regard to the legal number of fish taken or the size of the same, and they
will have to be closely watched. His district contains 26 lakes and nearly a hun-
dred miles of rivers and creeks. It would be impossible for him to watch every
individual who hunts or fishes, so he prosecutes whenever possible and keeps as
close a watch as possible.

Hunters have had fair success with red deer, there being as many, if not
more than last year. The nuinber of hunting licenses sold was double those taken
out last year. There have been absolutely no complaints from anyone that the
law has been broken -during the deer hunting season.

From the information he can gather from the trappers and from personal
oibservation, the small fur-bearing animals are becoming less plentiful owing to
the amount of trapping done by the residents; almost everyone does a little trapping
and they seem to be observing the law well.

There are scarcely any game birds with the exception of partridges, which
seem to be increasing slightly. Ducks are a little more plentiful.

Overseer F. J. Moore*of Lakefield, reports that during the past year the Game
and Fisheries Act was fairly well observed in his district, with the exception of
a few cases of parties hunting and killing deer without a license, which cases he
reported to Inspector Hunter, who disposed of them.

He lifted a quantity of traps which were set in muskrats' houses, and also
seized about two hundred yards of net set for maskinonge. Beyond these cases he
had very little trouble with the enforcement of the laws.

The past year was an exceptionally good one for the spawning of bass and
maskinonge, as the waters in the lakes were so low last winter that in the spring
it had to be' kept up for navigation purposes, which gave the spawn a chance to
mature and- get into deeper water before it was lowered.

Tourists had a fairly good season fishing with rod and spoon, more par-
ticularly for bass. Maskinonge were not so plentiful. He would recommend that
Stoney Lake be restocked with bass, as it is of great importance that the supply
of fish be kept up in these waters, Stoney Lake being a great summer resort for
tourists from all parts of the United States, as well as Canada. He is of the
opinion that the anglers Avould be willing to pay more for their permits if the
fishing were kept up, as they seem well pleased with these waters.

He would suggest that the close season for maskinonge be from the first day
of April until the sixteenth day of June.

Deer were quite plentiful in this district last season. Partridge are nlso in-
creasing siTice the «a]e of same has been prohibited. Ducks are not so plentiful.

The trappers had a good season catching muskrats, but mink are scarce.
Beaver are increasing very fast, and are now following the streams towards the
settlements. -He would suggest that the Department assist a little more in pro-
tecting these valuable animals. He would also suggest that the carrying of fire
arms be prohibited during the close seasons, as there are so many tourists, and
these is no necessity for them to carry guns.

Overseer John Watt, of Petcrhoroufjh. reports that bass fishing was very good,
and although there was every indication of there being a great many maskinonge

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they did not take the bait. He supposes it was due to theii* having abundant supply
of natural food, as the fish caught were in splendid condition.

Oviing to the low water in the spring it was very difficult for trappers to get
good sets, or reach their traps; nevertheless the catch was well up to the average.

Ducks seemed plentiful in the spring and summer, but when the shooting
season opened not many were bagged in the southern parts, but in the north they
were quite abundant and at the time of writing are returning to the southern
territory in great numbers. Partridge are plentiful everywhere, the dry spring
hating apparently been favourable for them.

There are a fair number of deer, and some parties procured their limit easily.

Overseer Watt regrets that he had to lay -a number of informations which
resulted in about twelve convictions for violation of the Game and Fisheries Act,
which does not speak well for the sportsman in his territory. Owing to the valuable
assistance the Department authorized him to engage he was able to keep down
poaching, but this entailed much hard work. He and his assistants confiscated
six gill nets, two spears, and, one rifle.

. Prescott County. ,

Overseer F. Dupuis, of Hawhesbury, reports that there were not so many
licenses issued last year on account of the low water, which caused the fishing to
be not so good as last year.

Ducks were very plentiful, but very few were shot. Partridge are very
scarce. Muskrats and mink are fair.

Prince Edward County.

Overseer Angus Brishin, of Picton, reports that as far as he knows fishing for
trout and whitefish was about as good as usual. Fishing for eels with night lines
was also very good. Bass were plentiful and he sold quite a lot of permits.

Black squirrels and partridge were very plentiful, but ducks seem to be scarce,
especially in the Bay, he thinks this is on account of the cold weather this fall.

He has no fault to find with the fishermen as they have not violated the laws.

Overseer E. R. Fox, of Northport, reports that pike and bullheads were about
the same as last year, but from September 15th up to the end of the season the
fishermen had a very poor catch owing to the weather having been too fine and
warm. The whitefish were quite late coming last fall. The first to be caught in
this division were taken about the 20th of October, but they seemed to be as plenti-
ful as ever.

Game seems to be about the same as usual. Black ducks and partridge ' are
increasing. Muskrats are not quite so plentiful as they were about three or four
years ago.

There was less shooting before the open season than he has ever known
before. A few stray shots were fired after sunset, but he could not secure sufficient
evidence to make a conviction.

Overseer E. A. Titus, of Wellington, reports that the fishermen had a good
season and were well pleased with their catch. There were plenty of coarse fish
taken in hoop nets, and when the salmon fishing came on they appeared to be

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as plentiful as in former years. The catch of whitefish was not so good as the
previous year. Carp are becoming quite a nuisance, being very numerous in
Weller's Bay.

Partridge and ducks were very plentiful. Muskrats appeared scarcer, and he
would recommend that the close season should be lengthened to January Ist. Mink
are v-erj scarce and there are very few black squirrels.

Rainy Rivee Disteict.

Overseer William Ay trier, of Fort Frances, reports that the fishing on Rainy
River was not so good as in 1913, especially for whitefish, but some good catches
of pickerel were made. Fishing on Namakan Lake was good,, some splendid white-
fish coming from there. The gill net fishermen seem to be doing the best, though
the pound nets on Namakan Lake have done fairly well. The American fishermen
fishing the boundary lakes east of Namakan Lake, on the Minnesota side, inform
him that their catch has been light. The small lakes north and east of Fort Frances
are well stocked with whitefish, pickerel and trout, though in most of them the
rough fish, such as ling, jackfish, and suckers, are increasing rapidly.

Partridge are very scarce round Rainy Lake, but are plentiful in some locali-
ties off the lake. Prairie chicken are increasing in the western townships. Ducks
are numerous, mostly mallard and blue bill, but they are very wild and hard to
get at, though some have reported securing good bags.

Moose and deer are increasing, especially the latter. The extension of the
open season was much appreciated last season. Rabbits are very scarce. The
trapping was good last winter, especially for mink, fisher and foxes; there were
also quite a number of lynx. caught.

Brush wolves are increasing rapidly, they are very destructive to partridge
and fur-bearing animals as well as to deer.

Overseer G. S. Gates, of Emo, reports that deer were not so numerous last
year near the international bouudary, but seemed to be more plentiful in the un-
settled part of the country, owing to the wolves keeping further south than in
previous years.

Moose are plentiful a few miles back from the river. Wolves are becoming
very numerous, and quite a number of sheep have been killed by thera. One
farmer near Emo informed him that he had nine sheep killed this year, besides a
quantity of turkeys. Lynx are very scarce. Beaver are increasing fast, and in
some places are a nuisance. He believes mink, fox and skunk are increasing.
Partridge are not very plentiful. Ducks seem to be plentiful, as he has seen a
great many in places where he never saw any before.

Renfeew County.

Overseer Samuel Andrews, of Mickshurg , reports that he kept a close watci«
over his district and found the law well observed during the season, no infrac-
tions having taken place. There were therefore no fines imposed or nerts confis-
cated. The close season was strictly observed.

Maskinonge and black bass are scarce, and not many were caught. Bull-
heads, suckers, and pike were plentiful, and a large number were taken.

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Muskrats and mink are scare, also ducks and partridge. Eed deer are plenti-
ful and are seen even in the settled parts of the county. A few moose were seen
in his district last season.

Overseer W. L. Briscoe, of Killaloe, reports that he has kept a close watch over
his district, in connection with the game and fish, and has found that the people
have observed the Game Laws much better than in previous years, as they are
learning the benefit derived from the protection of game.

Fish are becoming more plentiful, and the people can go to the lakes and
procure what they want by trolling or with hook and line almost any time during
June, July and August. Pike are the chief fish caught. Some of them scale as
high as twenty-two pounds, while a number of them ran between thirteen and
sixteen pounds.

It has only been since spearing was done away with and netting in the spring
when the fish are spawning was prohibited that there have been any pike.

Partridge are not plentiful, and unless there is a close season for them they
will be all killed. Deer are plentiful all through the district, wherever there is
any cover for them. Moose are roving around this division, as there were quite a
number seen in the neighbourhood.

Beaver are fairly plentiful, there being four families on Silver Ijake Creek.
Muskrats are rather scarce, also mink. Otter, fisher and marten are very scarce.

Overseer D. E. Burns, of PembroJce, reports that the domestic fishermen claim
to 'have had a fairly good season's catch. Fish are increasing in his district.
There was less illegal fishing carried on than last year, the fishermen seeming to
realize that they must keep within the law.

There was an abundance of partridge last year. These birds seem to be in-
creasing in this division. Ducks had a good season, the hunters being unable to
get near them on account of the water being very low in the river and Mud Lake.
Beaver are still plentiful. Otter, mink, and muskrats are scarce. Deer are very
plentiful, ' and are coming down from Algonquin Park. He had a great deal of
trouble in protecting the deer and beaver.

Overseer John Devine, of Renfrew, reports that angling has been good in his
territory.

Beaver are becoming quite numerous.

He has again to report that wolves are and have been doing great damage to
settlers' stock in the Townships of Brougham, Lynedoch, Griffith and Matawatchan
in the County of Renfrew. Besides destroying settlers' stock, they are killing a
great number of deer, and if possible something should be done to have them
exterminated.

Partridge are not so numerous as heretofore, owing in a measure to bush fires
and the late, cold spring. '

Overseer A. H. G. Wilson, of Eganville, reports that the fish in his district are
very fine, pike being the most numerous and largest. A very fine specimen was
caught in Lake Clear by trolling, which weighed twenty-one pounds. Trout' arc
fairly good, and there are some black bass in Lake Dore and Mink Lake.

Partridge are as plentiful as chey were in 1913, but more difficult to shoot on
account of being wild. Ducks were very plentiful, but also wild. Geese are very
scarce, though he saw one largo flock. There are a few mink and muskrats. Deer
are fairly plentiful in the back country and mountains, but not sufficiently so to be

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hunted, though a few hunters went out to clear Lake and Opeongo Mountains.
There are some beaver at Lake Constant. They are the same family that was there
last year.

Sim cop: County.

Overseer John Beaiiij, of Midland; reports tiiat the Game and Fishery Laws
have been very well observed in his district.

There have been more fish taken than for a number of years, iucludiug some
very large riiaskinonge and pike.

Black, grey and mallard ducks are very plentiful. He thinks it would be
better to have the close season for ducks from September 15th instead of the 1st,
for there were a number of young black ducks shot that were not able to fly.

Mink are scarce this year, and muskrats about the same as other years.

Overseer Samuel Coulter, of Gilford, reports that the Game Laws have been
well observed in his district.

Angling was fair, though very few maskinonge were caught last season.

There are quite a number -of black squirrels and any quantity of cotton-tail
rabbits. There are not very many partridge in this district.

Overseer B. A. Busang, of Wauhaushene, reports that he seized ten tra^p nets,
eight of which had a lot of pickerel in them, also one hoop net and one night line
with 104 hooks on it and one sturgeon.

Angling was good. last year, and there were almost as many tourists as usual.
He only sold twelve permits less than the previous year. Maskinonge have not been
so plentiful.

As regards lake trout the fishermen had the worst season they have had since
he has been on duty, the fish not appearing on the shoals until weather conditions
practically stopped the fishing. *

Ducks were very plentiful, and partridge about the same' as in former years.
Deer were as numerous as last year. Mink and muskrats appear to he increasing.

Overseer 0. G. Green, of Bradford, reports that the spring was rather back-
ward in opening up, and the waters were very low, in fact, the lowest for years,
which made the Sipring run of fish late and very light.

No violations came to his notice, and in all his trips he did not come across a
single net.

Bass fishing was fair, particularly during the last few weeks of the season, and
a few maskinonge were taken. The Bradford Fish Company had only a fair season
and the prospects for the remainder were not bright.

Owing to low water game was scarce. There were practically no ducks bred
there at all, only a few blacks and wood duck. At the time of writing he has only
heard of twenty-five ducks heing killed all told. Partridge were reported rather
plentiful, but he found that they were all well able to take care of themselves, very
few being killed in his district. Black squirrels were rather scarce. In the Over-
seer's opinion game will soon be a thing of the past in his vicinity.

There were a few muskrat houses going up. With a close season for about
three years his section would be one of the best for fur in Ontario. He thinks
that the trappers would gladly work in conjunction with the Department in this
matter.

It was reported that there were three deer in the district, buck, doe and fawn.

The rice which showed up a little the previous year was not so plentiful.

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Overseer C. G. Gaudaur, of Atherley, reports that during the month of
November, 1913, the whitefish in the north end of Lake Simcoe were quite
numerous and might be seen in great numbers on shoals and in shallow places
frequented by this species of fish. Bobbing for whitefish during the winter was
profitable sport. Groups of fish houses could be seen oil whitefish and herring
grounds in his district and the catches made were above the average.

Spearing for salmon trout through the ice was about the average and some
fishermen reported good catches. The spring run of trout which begins on the
opening of Lake Simcoe was exceedingly good, and fishermen who troll at the
" Deep Hole " say that the trout caught in that particular place were larger than
previous years.

The fall run of salmon trout during the month of October was later than
usual. As a rule it begins about October 8th, but this year it was well on to the
20th before any fair catches were made with the troll. From then until the Slst
all anglers enjoyed good sport in catching plenty of trout.

Maskinonge in Lake Couchiching during the open season far exceeded previous
years in number, and all anglers reported a good average catch during the season.
One man from Orillia had the pleasure of landing thirty, all of a good size.

Overseer J. H. Laughlin, of New Lowell, reports that he went over his territory
several times last season and found that d'eer were increasing very rapidly. Par-
tridge are increasing also. He thinks it would be au improvement if the rabbit
and partridge season opened at the same time, as people go out to shoot rabbits
and shoot everything they see.

The fishing was very good last season.

Overseer Robert Leadley, of Barrie, reports that bass were scarce and small,
while whitefish were fairly plentiful, and the trout increasing in size and number.
He heard of only three maskinonge being caught.

Deer are becoming plentiful in the north-west portion of the Township of
Vespra, but it is hard to protect them from dogs. He shot five hounds in Sep-
tember and October.

There were a lot of partridge last fall and the hunters obtained good bags.
On account of so much bush having been burnt, they are being driven into a
smaller space and are easier to get at. At the rate they are being shot at the
present they will soon become very scarce.

Muskrats are plentiful around Little Lake, which is a good breeding ground for
them, as the lake is shallow and the shore very marshy.

Overseer William McGinn, of Orillia, reports that bass fishing in Lakes Simcoe
and 'Couchiching was very poor during the summer. In September and October
the black bass seemed to collect in large numbers on the limestone rocks in the
lower end of Lake Couchiching. He has seen as many as fifteen gasoline boats
at this spot, laden with people, all of whom were procuring large catches. Bass
are taken out of the waters in the fall of th^ year, and that is why the summer
fishing is so poor. There are plenty of small fish in the lake, such as rock bass, sun-
fish and perch. Maskinonge are plentiful this year. One man caught thirty-three
in Lake Couchiching during ,the season. Salmon trout and whitefish are very
plentiful in Lake Simcoe and are becoming better every season.

The Patrol Boat Naiad has done good work in keeping the nets out of the
water, especially in the far end of the lake.

Game of all kinds is scarce in Simcoe.

Mink, muskrats, black and red squirrels are very scarce.

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Overseer Harry Mayor, of Painswick, reports that trout, wliitefish and herring
are plentiful, and in spite of the large quantities of whitefish and herring taken
each year there seems to be no decrease in the supply.

Anglers report that bass are very scarce.

The coarser varieties of fish, such as carp and mullet, are in abundance eYery-
where.

A few attempts were made at jacklight fishing early in the season, but after
circulating a warning, fishing by that means ceased, and he has not seen a jacklight
on the lake since.

With regard to game, he is pleased to report that partridges are increasing in a
very satisfactory manner, while hares, cotton-tail rabbits and squirrels are in
abundance.

Fur-bearing animals are about as numerous as usual, although, owing to the
low price of furs, not many have been taken, which will no doubt increase the
number next year.

Overseer Samuel Patterson, of Dunherron, reports that maskinonge and
pickerel seemed to be more plentiful than formerly and black bass were very
numorou?. AVhitefish were very scarce.

Partridge were numerous, but black squirrels rare.

Overseer T. W. Robinson, of Collingwood, reports that whitefish were more
plentiful than last year. Brown trout were not quite so plentiful. Very few
sturgeon were caught.

The only game to be foimd in his district are partridge, and there are not
many of them.

The laws were well observed. He received only one complaint, which upon
investigation proved groundless.

Stormont County.

Overseer W. A. Anderson, of Cornwall, reports that there was less fishing than
in former years, but it was good, especially for pickerel.

Ducks were late in showing up in the fall owing to the warm weather.
Partridges are more plentiful than they have been for years.

Overseer John Senecal, of Cornwall, reports that pickerel are decreasing in
number, while maskinonge and black "bass are plentiful. All other fish are about
the same as other years.

Ducks are increasing, but there are no wild geese, Muskrat are scarce; mink
and partridge very scarce. With the exception of hares, which are not plentiful,
there is no other game in his district.

Thunder Bay District.

Overseer L. E. Bliss, of Nepigon, reports as follows: The Nepigon Riyer is
one of the greatest if not the greatest trout fishing stream in the world. Year
after year tourists and sportsmen come from the United States and Europe to fish
in the JSTepigon. There are no other fish caught in this river. The last season was
a very g©od one, the tourists, one and all, reporting good catches and some vecry
large trout were taken. Last year the Department engaged men to take the pike,
which were becoming numerous, out of the river. These fish are very detrimental
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to the yooing trout. The pike were caught in hoop net§ and taken to the shore and
buried. If the same thing is done next year it will go a long way towards ridding
the river of these fish. In Lake Nepigon may be found lake trout, whitefisih,
sturgeon and black bass. Very little fishing is done in Lake Nepigon, the Indians
being the only people who use nets, and they do so for their own use only.

Moose and caribou are very plentiful in the Nepigon Forest Reserve. I have
never been on a trip of inspection without seeing one or more. There is very little
hunting of moose in that section of the district, they are therefore on the increase.

There are a very few red deer.

Partridge and duck are very plentiful, especially the latter, Lake Nepigon and
Nepigon Bay proving splendid grounds for them.

Overseer Fred Gammond, of Slate River, reports that over his territory the
Game Laws have been fairly well observed.

Moose are 'becoming more scarce every season; He would recommend that the
open season for big game in his district be changed. At present it opens too
early and the weather is too warm to preserve the game. He is also of the opinion
that the season should be shortened to two weeks. Red deer are about the same
as in former years. Caribou have left his district and gone further north.

Beaver are becoming very plentiful. Muskrats are increasing. Fisher,
marten, mink, otter and lynx are very scarce and he would suggest that they have
a close season for two years. Partridge seem to he very plentiful in some parts,
he has seen as many as twelve in one day.

Victoria County.

Overseer^ William Adair, of Norland, reports that maskinonge fishing was
very good, but bass was not so good as in previous years, and trout about the same
as visual.

Beaver are very plentiful owing to the protection given them and otter are
on the increase. Muskrats are fairly plentiful and mink scarce. Deer and
partridge are as plentiful as usual. Ducks were scarce.

Overseer J. R. Boate, of Fowler's Corners, reports that bass and maskinonge
were more plentiful last season. The chief fish taken in his district are bass,
maskinonge, perch, sunfish and catfish.

Muskrats and mink are not so plentiful a-s last year. In his opinion they
should not be trapped in the fall.

Ducks were very plentiful last season and some good bags were procured.
Rabbits are numerous and partridge are increasing every year.

Overseer C. Burtcheall, of CohoconJc, reports that the season for fi.-^hing was
not so good last summer as the previous one, and that there were not as many big
fish as other years. The scarcity may be due to the fish having been taken out
■during the spring, though he saw no one fishing during the close season : still ho
feels sure some must have been taken. There are so many creeks and bays to
watch, it is impossible for one man to detect all illegal fishing.

There is very little game left in his division though partridge seem to l)e on
the increase. Deer are very scarce. Mink or muskrats have practically dis-
appeared but there are a few racoons and beaver are becoming more numerous.

Overseer A. Bradshaw, of Lindsay, reports that during the past season, bass
and maskinonge fishing has been particularly good. When the angling season

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opened, some very fine catches were made. He has no doubt that the work per-
formed by the special patrols appointed by the Department for the protection of
the fish whilst spawning, will have a very far reaching affect, and if continued for
a few years will materially increase the supply of these the finest game fish.

At the opening of the shooting season ducks were not so plentiful as in other
years in some localities. He is of the opinion that this was caused by the great
number of motor boats and other crafts navigating between Lindsay and the lower
lakes. Later in the season the ducks seemed to be as numerous as in past years.
Partridge were very numerous.

In the spring mink and rats were found in their usual numbers although
some of the buyers stated that they had procured more fur than in previous years.

Overseer J. J. Irwin, of Dalrymple, reports that during the spring, carp and
an abundance of suckers are the main fish to be found in the waters of the canal.
Maskinonge are becoming more plentiful in those waters. The Brantford Fish
( ompany shipped about twenty- three and a half tons of carp from the lift lock last
season.

Angling on Mud Lake was good, especially for maskinonge and pickerel. Bass
were not quite so good.

Mink and muskrats on the canal and Talbot Eiver were about the same as the
previous season. On Mud Lake, mink were about the same but muskrats were not
so plentiful.

Otter appears to be about the sam^ as formerly.

Ducks and partridge were plentiful. Deer are increasing.

Overseer John Jones, of Fenelon Falls, reports that the coarse fish such as
suckers, carp, bullheads, ling and perch should be "taken out of Lakes Sturgeon,
Balsam and Cameron. Carp in particular which are coming in quickly by the lift
lock from Lake Simcoe. He has been so advised by other people and considers
himself that it would be a good thing to do. He understands there is a way by
which these fish can be taken out with hoop nets, but the Department should be
careful whom they license to do this work.

He is of the opinion that the close season for trout should be from October 1st
to November 1st, as they are generally spawning from October 10th to November
10th.

Fishing was very good this season.

He would suggest that the bounty on wolves be raised, as they are doing con-
siderable damage and if this were effected many men, now out of employment on
account of lack of work in the lumber districts, would go out and hunt the wolves.

During his trip on special patrol in the Haliburton District he found deer
very plentiful. Beaver and otter are apparently very numerous.

Ducks, partridge, muskrats and mink have been fairly plentiful.

Overseer C. W. Parkin, of Valentia, reports that maskinonge were more plenti-
ful last summer. Large bass were scarce ; the catches were small and a great many
jiindersized fish were caught and returned to the water. Only a few Americans
ime to this district to fish.

The waters were so nearly depleted of frogs that it will take some time for
lem to become plentiful; but they are increasing slowly.

Ducks were very plentiful. They are becoming more numerous every year;
ping to the good protection afforded them, a large number of red heads, blue bills
id blacks now hatch in the marshes.

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Partridge are becoming more numerous every year.

Wild geese stayed around in large numbers feeding on the wheat fields on
their way north. Owing to the cold weather in the spring, they did not arrive
until a few days before the season closed, consequently only a few were shot.

Hares and cotton-tail rabbits are very plentiful.

Muskrats seemed plentiful last spring, but the nights being rough and cold,
there were not so many captured as usual.

Mink are slowly increasing.

The people are beginning to see the importance of the observance of the law
for the protection of the country's fish and game.

Overseer II. B. Parker, of Bohcaygeon, reports that the fishing was not quite
as good last year as in 19'13, especially for maskinonge. Bass are holding their
own better than maskinonge.

He would call attention to the necessity of building a fish hatchery on these
waters to propagate maskinonge, as so many tourists visit the district for angling.

Partridge and ducks were about the same as the previous year. Deer were
very numerous last fall and hunting parties got their number before the end of
the season with very few exceptions. Mink and muskrats are about the same as
usual while beaver are on the increase.

Overseer Ira Toole, of Omemee, reports that the maskinonge fishing waa not
nearly so good as the previous season, owing no doubt to the large numbers taken
out during the preceding two seasons. Angling for bass was very good, but this
is not carried on to any great extent in hi? district.

Frogs have increased very well owing to the protection they have i-eeeived
during the last few years.

Muskrats are holding their own as well as could be expected considering the
number caught every spring. Mink continue to be very scarce.

Ducks were about as plentiful as usual last season, but the late fall ducks have
become fewer during the last three seasons. Partridge were very plentiful last
fall, much more than for a number of years. There are also a number of black
squirrels to be seen which is sometliing new for his district.

The Game and Fishery Laws have been very well observed by the local sports-
men, but the same cannot be said about parties coming in from outside points,
especially Peterboro. ^

Wateeloo County.

Overseer Louis Sattler, of Berlin, reports that the laws have been fairly well
observed in the Township of Waterloo, only one conviction having been made.

Fishing along the Grand River was not so good as in former years, owing to
the sugar factory polluting the waters last year. Trout are scarce, and he would
suggest that the open season be shortened one month.

Partridge were reported to be more numerous than of late years. Mink were
becoming scarce but muskrats showed no decrease. Cotton-tail rabbits were the
most numerous of any game, though he would like to see hunting with ferrets
prohibited.

Overseer Edwin Scherer, of New Hamburg, reports that last season was the
first for years that black bass were caught in the Nith River. Quite a number
measured from fourteen to eighteen inches in length.

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There are a number of brook trout, but they are all in rented streams. He
saw one that was caught in the open season weighing six pounds.

Black and grey squirrels are becoming fewer every year, and he thinks that
there should be a close season for squirrels in the County of Waterloo for a few
years to give them a chance to increase.

Cotton-tail rabbits are becoming very plentiful and are causing a great deal
of damage. The farmers are complaining all the time.

Coons are very numerous and a great many are caught. Mink are very scarce.
Muskrats are plentiful and a number are trapped.

Partridge are quite plentiful, they had a good spring for hatching.

Welland County.

Overseer 0. J. Briggs, of Bridgeburg, reports that the early angling in
Niagara Eiver for blue pickerel was very good, and for perch fairly good. Black
bass fishing was very satisfactory except in the vicinity of Crystal Beach, where it
was very poor.

There were very few squirrels last year, but pheasants were more plentiful
than usual.

Wellington County,

Overseer Colin Roherison, of HiUshurg, reports that the fish in his territory
are mostly brook trout. Early in the season he had the laws and regulations
posted up round the ponds and in public places.

The regulations re sawdust and refuse have been well observed by the mill
owners.

Mink, foxes and rabbits are plentiful. Muskrats, partridge, wild duck and
wild geese are scarce. There are not many otter, deer, beaver, bear or other large
game in his district. There is scarcely any shooting of large game on account
of its being so scarce.

Wentwoeth County.

Overseer C. J. Kerr, of Hamilton, reports that the licensed fishermen front-
ing Wentworth County state that the fishing was fair during last summer and
there was great promise of a large catch of herring this fall.

Last April he received one million whitefish fry from the Sandwich hatchery,
which he took to Winona and placed in Lake Ontario, one mile from the shore
on the whitefish bar and in May about 6,000,000 lake trout fry which he also
took to Winona and placed in the lake there. Both the whitefish and the trout
fry were in excellent condition and were given the most careful attention.

Angling and trolling in Burlington Bay was fair.

Duck shooting on the bay was very good last fall, many men shooting the
legal limit of 200. The overseer received some complaints of moonlight or night
shooting and he had to seize and confiscate the ducks, guns and boats of two
parties who were persistent in this work. Others complained that the sunrise
and sunset clause is drawing the line too fine, and that half an hour before
sunrise and half an hour after sunset would be fairer. He agrees with this
himself, and he can speak from long experience on this point;- he is also of the
opinion that the season should be extended to the 1st January. This would
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other inferior ducks could be shot at that time. He recommends that this be
effected provided the screening is stopped, which is done by stringing out the
decoys to the full limit of 200 yards, then hiding the boat in rushes and when
a flock of ducks light among the decoys on the outer edge, sneaking out with
the boat well screened with rushes to where the live ducks are and at close range
slaughtering the whole flock. An ordinary duck shooter has no chance of getting
within close range of the ducks against a screener. He would make the limit
50 yards and let there be equal rights to all, and no favours for the screeners.

Cotton-tail rabbits are becoming a nuisance and a pest to the fruit growers
and to the farmers, causing more trouble than all the other game put together.
One farmer threatened to sue the Department for damages for fruit trees des-
troyed, while another man complained that the cotton-tail rabbits were not getting
enough protection.

The small .22 rifle is becoming one of the biggest nuisances he has to contend
with. Every boy who can get the money together has one. Complaints come
pouring in to him every day that 'boys and men are killing dogs, chickens, pigs,
cattle and horses throughout the surrounding neighbourhood of Hamilton.
Although the criminal code confines the selling and carrying of fire arms to
persons sixteen years of age, all the boys he meets with rifles say they aie over
sixteen. The remedy for alL this is to put a license fee on shot guns of $2,
except for farmers shooting on their own farms, and let there be no license for
rifles except for killing deer, moose, etc.

A few non-resident anglers tried to take more than the legal number of
bass, and in several cases he was obliged to seize and confiscate the fish. He finds,
however, a great improvement this year over other years in the observance of
the laws. Overseer Kerr is of the opinion that the licensing of the fur dealers
should be followed up by licensing trappers, except farmers who may trap on
their own property. A great deal of trapping is done in the Dundas Marsh
and the marshes surrounding Burlington Bay, also throughout the Counties of
Wentworth, Halton and Wellington, as there are numerous swamps and creeks
in the back townships of these counties, also small lakes and ponds which abound
with mink, coon and muskrats. Skunk may be found anywhere throughout the
above counties. There are any amount of men who do nothing but trap during
the season and state that they can make more money at it at that time than at
anything else.

The motor boats in his charge are of great value, especially the smaller one
which is for marshy waters. It has fulfilled all expectations and has proved
well worth the money spent on it when the Department equipped it with -a motor.
When not in service it is always on the rollers in the boat house ready to put out
day or night at a minute's notice when occasion demands it.

In conclusion he wishes to thank the Chief of Police and Inspector Coulter,
who have given him assistance during the year when he was hard pressed in
rounding up foreigners who were shooting in the close season.

York County.

Overseer Robert Tillett, of Roach's Point, reports that there were some good
catches of bass made, and maskinonge trolling was good.- There seem to be a
great number of whitefish in Lake Simcoe, as all the men who had night line
licenses to take whitefish report good catches. Salmon trout are plentiful.

1915 GAME AN,D FISHERIES. 71

There are not many fur-bearing animals. Black squirrels are more plentiful
than they have been for years.

Overseer A. E. Tarry, of Toronto, reports that there was no improvement
in the quantity of fish caught in the lake by the licensed fishermen, if anything
there were less whitefish and herring taken than the previous year. Trout were
exceptionally scarce. Several of the fishermen had to give up fishing early in
the season on account of the poor catch they were procuring.

Angling has become very poor. There are no fish to be had in Toronto or
Ashbridge's Bay except carp, with which the bays are overrun. He would advise
that the waters be rid of the carp. The suckers in the rivers and creeks were
not so plentiful in the spring as they were the year before according to the
reports of the dip net fishermen.

Last season was a poor one for ducks and very few geese were seen. Musk-
rats and mink are becoming scarce owing to the Harbour Commissioners filling
in all the marsh land.

Overseer Charles West, of Holland Landing, reports that the fishing was
better last year than in 1913, and he has every reason to believe that all kinds
of game fish are increasing- very rapidly, especially black bass and maskinonge.

Shooting last fall was very poor. Ducks were very scarce, but small game
such as partridge, rabbits and black squirrels are increasing. He suggests that
mink have the same protection as muskrats, or there will soon be none to protect.

Overseer 0. W. West, of Holland Landing, reports that black bass and
maskinonge are increasing in Cook's Bay and Holland River judging from the
amount he has seen taken in and returned to the water by the Bradford Fish
Company, but from what he can learn, there have been very few maskinonge
taken with hook and line. This he thinks is owing to the large amount of
small fish in the water. Whitefish are more plentiful in Cook's Bay than they
were some years ago, on account of the large amount of food provided in the
bay and river.

Ducks and snipes are scarce owing to the very dry marsh and scarcity of
wild rice. A few geese went south last season. Partridge are increasing but
very few are killed as they are so wild.

Hares and cotton-tail rabbits are increasing. He finds that all kinds of
fish and game are holding their own except woodcock, which are scarce on account
of the swamp and low lands becoming cultivated. Mink and muskrats show no
sign of decreasing. Squirrels are as plentiful as they have been for some time.

7« THE KEPORT "UPON No. 14

REPORT 0¥ MOUNT PLEASANT HATCHERY.

Mohawk, November 30tli, 1914.
A. SteBEiFF, Esq.,

Deputy Minister of Game and Fisheries, Toronto, Ont.

Dbae Sir, — I beg to submit the following, my sixth annnal report in connec-
ticwi with my work at the Mount Pleasant Hatchery.

The output totalled over 500,000, which greatly exceeded that of former years.

Five bass ponds were made use of and the half million fingerlings were
suecessfuly transplanted in some fifty different inland lakes and rivers. They
were in the best possible condition, very few dying in transit. Though the waters
stocked have not received sufficient fingerlings for all time, the fishing will be
greatly improved if the fry are allowed to mature and no unlawful means are
used in catching them.

While I recognize that it taxes your utmost efforts to meet the demands for
fish to restock the depleted waters throughout the Province, I would recommend
that next year, the most important lakes shall, according to their size, receive a
sufficient quantity of fingerlings to last for several years.

Transplanting.

Undoubtedly, in the past, a considerable quantity of fish have been improperly
transplanted by persons who have not been thoroughly conversant with their
habits. This year, however, the transplanting was very carefully undertaken, in
co-operation with myself, by Mr. Henry Watson, special officer of the Department
in charge of fish restocking, who has shown such great Judgment with regard to
this important work that the very best results may be expected.

Fish Car.

The new fish car, Beaver No. 1, is a vast improvement on the old one, not
only with regard to the handling of the fish but also the comforts provided for
its occupants. The courtesy and assistance rendered by the different railway
officials, with two exceptions, was all that could be desired.

The Hatchery.

The flower beds whieh are numerous were very fine and their bloom most
prolific, the natural moisture makes it an ideal place for flowers, and altogether
the hatchery presented a fine appearance. It is fast becoming a spot of great
interest to the many thousands who visit it during the summer season. The
grounds are being sodded over and considerable time is occupied in cutting tbe
.grass and keeping everything tidy.

Construction Works.

One bass pond was completed, making six ponds which may be used for
breeding purposes next season. Some 700 feet of pipe waa laid. The creek ha«
been diverted and two dams built, thus completing the creek except for the
rip-rapping which will have to be done to keep the banks from washing out.

1915 GAME AND FISHEEIES. ?3

A trout hatchery building 82 by 27 ft. has been completed, and in this the
Department is congratulated, as it is the finest it has been my privilege to see.
The construction was carried on under the direction of Mr. A. J. Halford, Chief
Engineer of the Public Works Department. A series of twenty-one ponds were
commenced but had to be abandoned until the spring, on account of the cold
weather setting in.

An ice house was also erected, as a considerable amount of ice has to be
used at shipping time.

With favourable ,weather conditions during 1915, the season should be an
excellent one.

I remain,

Your obedient servant,

J. T. Edwards^
Superintendent, Mount Pleasant Hatchery.

REPORT OF WORK PERFORMED BY THE PATROL BOAT "NAVARCH"

OK THE RIDEAU WATERS AND BAY OF QUINTE DURING

THE YEAR 1914.

Considerable time was spent at the beginning of the season in fitting out
this boat with a new boiler, and Captain Fleming wa^ unable to begin cruising
until June 17th. For the remainder of the month he patrolled to Simcoe Island,
Gananoque, Kingston, Belleville, Brockville, Sandhurst, Brighton- Bay, Trenton,
Amherst Island, Deseronto, Wolfe Island, etc.

On July 11th he patrolled to Harrowsmith and Petworth for the purpose
of looking over the dams. For the next few days the "Navarch" lay at Kingston
having her boiler repaired. On the 16th he buoyed out the Gap for the fisher-
men, and from there he patrolled around Amherst Island and into Collins Bay,
around the Brothers Island and Snake Island to Kingston. During the last
[, week of July he patrolled down the Rideau River as far as Ottawa.

On August 6th he seized one gill net in the County of Russell between
j Cumberland and Rockland. On the 8th he patrolled from Fawcet to Point
Duchene where he seized seven sets of hoop nets and four leaders, also one
inight line. Between Mantabello and Wendover he seized a night line, and two
gill nets between Wendover and Rockland in the County of Russell. On the
10th he seized two bags of hoop nets between Rockland and Ottawa, and two
leaders about four miles west of Cumberland. He left Ottawa on the 11th and
patrolled to Kemptville Creek, then on to Smith's Falls, Newboro, Kingston and
Belleville. On the 20th Engineer Wilder became ill and €apt. Fleming wa^'
obliged to patrol the vicinity with the mo,tor boat.

During September he visited Jones' Creek, Brockville, Grenadier Island.
Gananoque, Howe Island, Kingston, Big Bay, Collins Bay, Amherst Island, Upper
Gap, Hay Bay, Picton, Wolfe Island, Lower Gap, Deseronto, Smith's Fall>,
Newboro, Ottawa, etc. On the 16th he seized 2,000 yards of gill net, small mesh,
in the vicinity of Deseronto, and on the 26th he seized five bags of hoop nets
and leaders and six gill nets above Cumberland in the County of Ru8«ell. The
following day he seized two bags of hoop nets, one leader, and six gill nets at
Rorklnnd.

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On October 8th Mr. Charles McGreeny was taken on board for the purpose
of finding out where the International boundary line near Wolfe Island is situated.
On the 14th he seized about two hundred yards of three inch mesh gill nets.
On the 19th Mate Taylor patrolled above the bridge at Belleville and seized one
bag of hoop nets not tagged. The following day Capt. Fleming seized fifteen
or sixteen hundred yards of gill net in the vicinity of Point Ann. On the 26th
he seized about fifteen hundred yards of gill net in the vicinity of Glen Island.
Mate Taylor seized four hundred yards of gill net in the vicinity of Belleville on
the 31st.

During the first two ,weeks in November, Capt. Fleming patrolled to Baker's
Island, Massassaga Point, Belleville, Mosquito Bay, Shannonville Eiver, Nigger
Island, Fish Point, etc. On the 7th he seized 189 lbs. of small whitefish, also
7 whitefish from another party. The following day €ourt was held on the
"Navarch" and the party .was fined $25 by Inspector Hunter, for selling under-
sized whitefish. The boat was laid up for the winter on November 11th.

EEPOET OF THE WOEK PEEFOEMED BY THE PATEOL BOAT ''NAIAD"
ON LAKE SIMCOE AND KAWAETHA LAKES DUEING THE

YEAE 1914.

Capt. Carson commenced the season's patrol work on May 5th and with
Capt. Fleming on board visited Baxters Creek, Halls Bridge and Squirrel Creek,
where they met Overseer Thompson who reported catching two men spearing fish
illegally. The remainder of the week he patrolled to Gore's Landing, Burnetts
Mills, Jubilee Point, Eiver Ooz, Hastings, Healy Falls, Eainy Point, Harwood,
Bewdley where he took Overseer Kent on board, and patrolled to 'Carter's Bay
and up the creek with a skiff.

The following week and until the end of the month he patrolled to Young's
Point, up Clear Lake to Stony Lake — where he met Overseer Moore — Glenwood,
Jack's Creek, Eels Creek, Mount Julian, McCrackens Landing, Burleigh Falls,
Lovesick, Buckhorn, Chemong Village, Bridgenorth — where he met Overseer For-
syth— Herrons Island, Gannons Narrows, Oak Orchard, Sturgeon Point, Fenelon
Falls, 'Cameron Lake, Balsam Lake and into the Kirkfleld Canal. Here he seized
one spear belonging to an Indian and a little further up the Canal he took a
trawling line and a gaff. The former was wet and had been used lately. He
also visited Thora Island, "Woodman's Shoal, Shanty Bay, Barrie, Seba>topol,
Sandico Bay, Bradford, Eoaches Point, Fox, Strawberry Island, McGinn's Point,
Thompson's Bay, Orillia, Eama, Atherley, Jackson's Point, etc. He was informed
that a net was illegally set off Eight Mile Point but could find nothing there.
On the 26th he took Chief Inspector Holden on board and patrolled to the Kirk-
field Canal.

During June he patrolled to Bobcaygeon via Balsam Lake, Fenelon Falls,
Lindsay and Emily Creek, thence to Lakefield via Gannons Narrows, Chemong
Village Burleigh Falls, and MoCrackens Landing, then on to Beaverton and
Peterboro. He often took the skiff and patrolled up the smaller creeks on the
way, making a thorough search through all the waters for any signs of illegal
work.

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On the 17th he deposited in Pigeon Lake near Bobcaygeon, 2o,00vJ bass fry
which had been brought for that purpose from the Mount Pleasant Hatchery by
Mr. Henry Watson, special officer in charge of the planting of young fish, and
Superintendent Edwards of the Provincial Hatchery.

On the 20 th the boiler gave out and he was obliged to have it repaired at
Beaverton. Boiler Inspector Bradt met him on the 22nd and overhauled the
boiler. On the 26th he sold seven angling permits and one guide license. He
searched eight rowboats but all the owners had permits.

July was spent in visiting the above places, keeping up a thorough patrol
through the Kawartha Lakes and searching for illegal work. He interviewed
Overseers Clarkson, Thompson, McAllister, McEarlane, Forsyth, Johnson, Moore,
McGinn, Gaudaur and Irwin, at intervals during the season to discuss fishery
matters with them. On the 18th he left Bobcaygeon with Mr. Henry Watson on
board and 35,000 bass fingerlings which were distributed in Stoney Lake and
Clear Lake. On the 27th he patrolled to Buckhorn with Inspector Hunter on
board, and the following day they met the tug "Marie Louise" with her boiler
out of order and leaking badly, so they towed her to Lindsay.

During August he patrolled his district carefully, examining the boats to
see that all anglers had their permits, he also examined the books of express
companies to see that no illegal fish were being shipped.

Through September and on until the end of the season he visited Deer Bay,
Lovesick, Burleigh Falls, South Bay, Bellevedue, Juniper Island, South Beach,
Young's Point, Lakefield, McCrackens Landing, Glenwood, Mount Julian, Peter-
boro, Hall's Bridge, Bensford Bridge, Jubilee Point, Healy Palls, Hastings, Trent
Bridge, Stoney Lake, Otonabee River, Eice Lake, Harwood, Bursford, Buckhorn,
Gannons Narrows, Pidgeon Creek, Little and Big Bauld Lakes, Lindsay/, Eose-
dale, Fenelon Falls, Cameron Lake, Barrie, Shanty Bay, Hawkeston, Sebastopol,
Allendale, Strawberry Island, Thora Island, etc.

On October 5th he picked up three night lines off Fox Island, they all had
the owners' names and number of licenses so he left them there. On the 15th
he seized a new net in the vicinity of Thora Island and on the 17th he found
200 yards of net set in the same locality, very close to the shore.

During the first week of November he had new shaker grates installed in
the boiler of the boat and on the 10th he started laying up the launch for the
winter.

lEPOET OF THE WOEK PEEFOKMED BY THE PATEOL BOAT "LOTUS''
ON THE WATEES OF THE NOETH CHANNEL OF LAKE
HUEON AND GEOEGIAN BAY DUEING THE
YEAE 1914.

Capt. Irwin commenced the season's patrol work on May 6th by visiting

allamey. From there he went on to the French Eiver whore he spent a day

[or so on patrol work, and then on to Parry Sound. He next visited Penetang,

md patrolled among the islands with the small boat, then on to Owen Sound

md Tobermory where he lifted some night lines and hooks, and back to Little

|Current, calling at Fitzwilliam Island on the way.

During June he patrolled to Manitowaning, calling at Sheguiandah on the
ray, Whitefish Eiver (with Overseer Eamesbottom on board), Kagawong, Gore
Jay, Blind Eiver, John Isle, and with Overseer Bradbury on board, visited the Soo.

76 THE BEPOET UPON No. 14

On July 2nd he patrolled to Killarney and the following day to Byng Inlet.
The next week he visited Point Aux Baril, Parry Sound, Whelands Landing,
Penetang, Mimieo and during the remainder of the month, Midland, 'Copper
Head, The Bustards, Little Current, Gore Bay, Duck Islands, Cockburn Island,
Serpent Isle, Milford Haven, Whiskey Bay, Lake George, Sault Ste. Marie, and
Hilton.

On August 17th he took Overseer Lewis and Capt. Hunter to Manitowaning,
and on the 19th he visited Kagawong. Many of the above named places irere
visited during this month and September.

On September 24th and 25th he visited Meldrum Bay then on to Duck
Island, and on the following day he examined the Purvis fishery. On the 28th
he went to Battle Snake Harbour, calling at Providence Bay on the way.

On October 14th patrolled to St. Joseph's Island aud examined Patrol
Boat "Laura," returning the next day to Spanish. On the 20th he went to
Sheguiandah and took Overseer Lewis to Killarney. On the 22nd he visited
Bound Island, and on the 30th laid up the boat for the winter.

BEPOBT OF WOEK PEEFOBMED BY THE PATBOL BOAT "JESSIE T."
ON THE WATEES OF LAKE SUPEBIOB DUBING THE YEAB 1914.

Capt. Shappee's first trip for 1914 was made on May 5th to Bichards I-iand-
ing. He rowed five miles and dragged for nets but did not find any. The
following day he patrolled to Mosquito Bay, then on to Hay Point, Echo Lake and
back to Sault Ste. Marie on the 9th. During the remainder of the mouth he
visited Batchawana, Persian Island, Maple Island, Budder Head, 'Copper Mine
Point, Goulais Bay, Gargantua, Lizard Island, Sand Biver, Clay Biver, Groscap,
Bichard'a Landing, Hilton Landing, Whiskey Bay, and Point Aux Pines.

The first two weeks in June were spent in repairing the engine and during
the last two weeks most of the above named places were visited as well as Otter
Head, Ganby's Harbour, Little Bruley Harbour, Mamac Point, and Indian
Harbour.

On July 16th he patrolled to Gargantua Harbour, Lizard Islands and Agawa
Eocks, the following day making for Michipicoten Harbour, Indian Harbour and
Bruley Harbour, and on Saturday, the 18th, he visited Otter Head laying there
over Sunday, returning to Sault Ste. Marie the following week via Cousins
Harbour, Indian Harbour, Copper Mine Point, Batchawana, etc.

August was spent in visiting the above named places.

On September 2nd he patrolled to Whiskey Bay in order to watcli the duck
hunters. On the 8th he visited Point Anx Mines and called at Batchawana and
Mamaise Point. He then proceeded to the Agawa Biver, via Lonely Bay and
Montreal Biver and the following day to Michipicoten, laying at Otter head over
the week end. The week commencing Septmber 14th was spent on the Pncksam
Biver watching for poachers. On the 19th he patrolled Dog Biver and on the
22nd he examined some of the tourists' camps, but found everything: as it should be.

During October and until the end of the season he patrolled to Michipicoten,
Indian Harbour, Little Bruley, Agawa Biver, Gargantua, Lonley Bay, Goulais
Bay, Batchawana, Bichards Landing, Whiskey Bay, Maple Island,- Garden Biver,
Harmony Biver, Groscap, and Echo Bay. On November 24th the boat was laid
up for the winter.

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WORK PERFORMED BY THE LAUNCH '^GLADYS R." IN THE RAINY
RIVER DISTRI€T DURING THE YEAR 1914.

Overseer Aymer took charge of this boat on May 1st and went for several
short trips during May. On June 2nd he left the engineer working on the
launch, and taking the small rowboat patrolled amongst the islands east and
west of Sand Point. The following week he visited Bears Pass, Bleak Bay, Seine
River, Rat River, Pipestone River. The rest of the month he was obliged to
patrol with the rowboat as the clutch and engine of the launch gave considerable
treuble and had to be repaired.

During July he visited Brule Narrows, Swell Bay, Grassy, Poriage Ba;v',
Sand Point, Cormorant Bay, Kettle Falls, Wild Potato Lake, MeDonald^s Inlet,
Suede Narrows, Hook Island, Frog Portage, Red Gut Bay, Black Sturgeon Lake.
On the 26th he was informed that a party had passed through Bears Pass in a
rowboat with what looked like moose meat on board. On the 29th he and
Constable Campbell searched Giroux Camp on an island and found some moose
meat. The following day they arrested Giroux and two other men and took them
to Fort Frances. On August 1st he secured a conviction against Giroux.

In September he patrolled from Rock Inlet to Woodchuck Island and a
part of the North West Bay and Shelter Bay, in the rowboat. He noticed a
quantity of ducks and a considerable amount of wild rice seed.

During October he visited Kettle Falls, Blaze Point, Hook Island, Alexandria
amd Ash Bays, Suede Narrows, Hopkins Bay, Bears Pass, Reef Point, and on
the 18th the boat was laid up for the winter.

During the season he searched a number of boats to see if there were any
^as, but was unable to find any.

REPORT OF WORK PERFORMED BY THE PATROL BOAT *'BLLA C."
ON THE RIDEAU WATERS DURING THE YEAR 1914.

Mr. Phillips began the season's patrol work on June 2nd, visiting Jones'
Falls, Big Rideau, Rocky Narrows, Smith's Falls, etc. On Monday the 15th he
patrolled to McLean's Bay, Narrow's Lock's, Adam's Lake, and the following day
to Portland, German Bay, and during the remainder of the week to Noble's Bay,
Rideau Ferry, Tar Island, Hogg's Creek, Newboro — where he interviewed Overseer
White — Gem Island, Garrett's Rest, Long Island, Foster's Bay, Stone House Point,
Smith's Falls.

The above places were visited many times during the season, as well as
Poonahmalee, Rocky Narrows, Boxes Island, Oak Island, Bass Bay, Perth, Long
and Trout Islands, Tar Island, McVeety's Bay, and Westpgrt.

During August and September he paid particular attention to the duck grounds
to see that no illegal shooting was carried on. He often took the rowboat and
patrolled the small creeks, and was sometimes assisted hy Overseer Burke.

On October 23rd he patrolled up to German Bay at night with the rowboat
ajiil seized one gill net at Tar Island shoal, but was unable to find the owner.

October 31st was spent in pulling out the boat at the Rideau Ferry and sftoring
her for the winter.

78 THE REPORT UPON Ao. 14

REPORT OF WORK PERFORMED BY THE LAUNCH " HELEN " ON THE
WATERS OP THE ST. LAWRENCE RIVER DURING THE

YEAR 1914.

Overseer Tocer commenced patrolling as early as February 5th. His first
trip was down to Gray's Creek, and the following day to Legg's Creek. On the
14th he went to Sugar Island, having received a report of shooting there by Ameri-
cans, but they had left before he got there. He also visited Hemlock and Black
Duck Islands, Landon's Bay, Leek Island, Burnt Island, Squaw Island, Huckle-
berry Island, and Mud Creek.

On April 19th he seized four sets of gill nets, and on the 36th six nets. On
the 28th he took up one and a half miles of night lines in the vicinity of Grenadier,
when he returned to his launch he found the clutch broken and had to be towed
home.

On May 2nd he took up a night 'line, on the 11th he seized a gill net in
Landon's Bay, and on the 14th two gill nets in Longbridge Creek. The next two
days he seized one night line in the vicinity of Float Island and one gill net near
Sugar Island. On the 25th he patrolled down to Jones' Creek and took up one
set of hoop nets and one night line. On the 29th he took up a night line in the
vicinity of Union Park.

On June 3rd he seized ten sets of gill nets at the foot of Grenadier, and
another gill net among the islands on the 5th. During the week commencing
June 8th he patrolled to Landon's Bay, Rockport, Howe Island, Tar Island, and
seized five night lines and one set of gill nets which belonged to some Americans
whom he was watching.

During July and August he visited Howe Island, Brockville, Gananoque,
Rockport, Tar Island, Jones' Creek, Grenadier Island, Mud Bay, Hickory Island,
Thompson's Bay, and Wolfe Island. He seized five sets of gill nets and one night
line.

On September 8th he was out all night watching some Americans and seized
three of their nets, and the following day he took up two more sets of gill nets.
Again, on the 13th, he was out all night watching some parties and seized three
of their nets.

On October 2nd he took up a night line, and the following day two sets of
gill nets in the vicinity of Jones' Creek. During the remainder of the month he
visited. Marblerock, Hickory Island, Landon's Bay, Float Island, Howe Island,
Ix)ngbridge Creek, Brakies Bay, Sugar Island, Rockport, and Wolfe Island. He
seized two sets of gill nets.

During November — from the lst-15th, when the season ended — he seized one
trap net, five night lines, and 4 sets of gill nets.

REPORT OP WORK PERFORMED BY THE LAUNCH " AUDREY C." ON
THE WATERS OF THE NORTH SHORE OF THE GEORGIAN
BAY DURING THE YEAR 1914.

With Overseer Dusang in charge this iboat went into commission on April
20th, patrolling to Sturgeon Point, also visiting Midland, Musquash, McCray's
Lake, Honey Harbour, and Waubaushene during the rest of the month.

1915 GAME AND FISHEEIES. 79

On May 5th Mr. Dusang seized a night line with about 60 hooks and a
sturgeon; he also seized a hoop net. The following day he found another night
line with 50 hooks, and one trap net with about half a ton of pickerel. On the
7th he found one trap net.

During June he patrolled to Christian Island, Nottawasaga River, Tiny Is-
land, Collingwood, Salt Harbour, Giant Tomb, Parry Sound, Moon Eiver, Quarry
Island, Cove Island, Whalens^ Honey Harbour, Tomahawk, Coldwater, Fesserton,
and Waubaushene. On the 18th he seized a trap net in the vicinity of Giant
Tomb.

On July 13th he found two trap nets in the vicinity of Cave Island, which he
burned.

During August and September he visited Whalens, Giant Tomb, Salt Har-
bour, Minnicog, Port Severn, Green Island, Francis, Musquash, McCray's Lake,
Honey Harbour, Midland, Christian Island, Severn Eiver, Clear Lake Bay, Moon
Eiver, Crawford's, Martin's Isle, and Fesserton. On August 18th he found two
trap nets in the vicinity of Christian Island, and on September 9th he found a
trap net about 200 yards from Wallace's fish station.

On October 13th he found a trap net m Cape Isle Straits, and the following
day patrolled to Wallace's Station, where he found another trap net which he
also burned. On the 16th he went to Fesserton, where he got the name of certain
men who were shooting ducks from gasoline launches. On the 29th he patrolled
to Go Home Bay to see about some Cape Croker Indians hunting deer.

On November 2nd he went to Moose Point, to W^allace's fish station, then to
Moon Eiver as far as Crawford's, and the following day he patrolled down to
Iron City. During the week beginning November 16th the " Audrey C." was
laid up for the winter.

WOEK PEEFOEMED BY LAUNCH " LAUEA " IN THE NOETH CHANNEL
OF LAKE HUEON DURING THE YEAE 1914.

Overseer Kent went to Sault Ste. Marie on June 9th to fetch the " Laura,"
which had been laid up for repairs, returning home the same night. The re-
mainder of the week he patrolled to Sailors' Encampment, west end of Mud Lake,
Hay Point, Hay Marsh, and on Saturday the 13th he was obliged to repair the
" Laura's " engine. During the remainder of the month he visited Hay Point,
Old Fort, Sterling Bay, Gordon's Creek — where it was reported that a beaver dam
was doing damage — Milford Haven, Gowas Bay, and Anderson's Bay.

On July 20th he visited the Soo and spent a night on the " Jessie T.," having
previously visited Cornwall Island, Bainsville, Duncan Island, Burnt Island,
Brown's Creek, Beef Island, where he visited the fishing station, Big Point, Marks-
ville, Kensington Point, Ei chard's Landing to Thorn Island and other small
islands. The following day on leaving the Soo he made for the head of St.
Joseph's Island and found that the tourists had not returned. On the 23rd he
visited Eichard's Landing and Llewellyn Beach, where he found some Americans
angling. He sold a permit and returned home.

On the 7th August he visited Portlock, Eichard's Landing, Town. Line,
Llewellyn Beach, and during the last week of this month he patrolled to Hay Point

8« THE KEPORT UPON No. 14

and Old Fort, from there to Elliott's Point, Duncan Island, Whiskey Bay the
following day, returning home on the 27th. He dragged around some island anrl
found a trap net.

On September Ist he went to Sailors' Encampment, dragged for nets in the
bay, and returned home. He also visited Bainsville, Oomwall, Eraser's Point,
during this month.

On October lith he visited Tenby Bay and Milford Haven, and on the 17th
he went to the Soo for gasoline. On the 26th he patrolled to A and TJ line, where
some beavers had a large dam on a creek, causing same to flood the road; he then
went on to Hay Marsh, returning home the same night.

During the year he seized about 500 yards of gill net, night lines containing
about 2,000 hooks, one boat, seven spars, fourteen sturgeon, five jacklights. He
found six people fishing illegally, and gave a good many others a warning which
stopped them from doing any illegal work.

REPORT OF WORK PERFORMED BY PATROL BOAT " CHRISTINA

MAO." ON" THE WESTERN PORTION OF LAKE SUPERIOR

DURIN& THE YEAR 1914.

This boat was rented for the season from Mr, John Maloney, of Port Arthur,
and was put in the charge of Capt. C. H. Boon.

On May 9th he patrolled to Rossport, and during the remainder of the month
he visited Battle Island, Woodbine Harbour, Bead Island, French Harbour, Dun-
eaii'g Cove, Jack Fish, White Sand Rfver, Wilson's Island (where he found ducks
very plentiful). Burnt Harbour, Gravel River, and McKay's Harbour. He fonind
that the fishing was not so good as other years, but ducks seemed to be plentiful.

On June 15th he patrolled two small streams with the row-boat, it haring
been reported that lime was used to drive fish out of the streams, but he found
this to be untrue.

On August 25th, Captain Boon having asked to be relieved, Captain Wright
took charge, and on the 26th and 27th patrolled to Port Arthur.

During September he visited Manitou Island, Sawyer's Bay, Silver Isle, Point
Mftgnet, Nepigon Straits, Flower Isle, Lamb Isle, Welcome Isle.

On October 2nd he visited Pie Island with District Warden Young on board.
On the 5th he located a gang who had been operating nets in Canadian waters. On
the 7th he had one, Andrew Lassilio, fined for fishing withoilt a license on St.
Mary's Island. On the 18th he investigated a report of moo?e being shot in
Moffat Straits, but could find nothing.

On November 2nd he seized 600 yards of gill net on the north side of Caribou
Island. On the 7th he patrolled to Hyder's Bay, below Green Point, with P. C.
Symons on board and brought in two Finlanders wlio had broken into A. Ficano's
net-house at Wild Goose Point and stolen four whitefish and one herring nef. He
secured three of the four nets and landed the prisoners in Port Arthur, who were
fined $25 each. On the 25th, 26th and 27th he reports heavy catches of herring.
On the 30th he received a report that a party of American hunters were operating
in the vicinity of Black Bay, but he only found a party of sur-^yors.

On December 7th he made an inventory of everything on the boat and re-
turned her to Captain Maloney.

1915 GAME AND FISHEEIES. 81

WORK PEKFOEMED BY PATROL BOAT " WENONAH " ON THE LAKE
OP THE WOODS DURING THE YEAR 1914.

Mr. Sterling began patrol work for the year on May ISth and on the 15th
he found two nets in Sioux Narrows which he destroyed. On the 30th he patrolled
to Shoal Lake and Snowshoe Bay, then on to Falcon River and paddled three
miles up the river. He is of the opinion that this part of his district should be
visited frequently, as there will be a great many men working on the Winnipeg
line. On the 24th he went to Clearwater Bay to settle a dispute between two
lieesoeed fishermen regarding their fishing grounds.

On the 3rd June he seized a net in Keewatin Channel which he destroyed.
On the 5 th he visited Cyclone Island to investigate a report that some Americans
were fishing in Canadian waters. On the 17th he patrolled to Long Lake, having
heard a report that the Indians had nets in the lake. He found two which he
made them take up. This lake was stocked with black bass some time ago and
there was very good fishing in it last summer. He also visited Bishop Point, Hay
Island, Blindfold Lake, Snake Bay, Cameron Island, Crow Rock, Cliff Island,
Poplar Bay, Horn Lake, Berry Lake, French Portage, Rush Bay, and Kenora.

On August Ist he visited Whitefish Bay, and had some trouble with Indians
catching fish and selling them to the fishermen. On the 25th he patrolled to
TThitefifih Rapids to investigate a report of illegal fishing on Pine Lake. He obtained
the name of the man from some Indians who were with him, and returned home
via Black Eagle and Sioux Narrows. During September and until the end of the
patrol season he visited the above named places as well as Shore Island, Big Stone
Bay, Rainy River, Red Water Bay, Black River, Nester Falls, Garden Island, and
Gra^y River. He investigated many reports of illegal fishing and hunting during
the season, some of which proved to be without foundation. On November 18th
the boat was laid up for the winter.

WO]?K PERFORMED BY LAUNCH " MERMAID " IN THE RIDEAU
WATERS DURING THE YEAR 1914.

Overseer McGuire, with the aid of his assistant, commenced fitting out patrol
boat " Mermaid " on May 15th, taking the engine to Brockville to have it over-
hauled and put in first-class condition for the season's work. On May 20th he
began patrol work by visiting the waters of Whitefish Lake as far as Seeley's
Bay, and on the 26th after locking the launch through he patrolled the different
lakes of the Rideau Canal as far as New'boro, on the return journey calling at
Chaffey'e Lock and visiting the Club House there. The boat was working well
and he had a successful trip. He kept up the patrol every day until the end of
the month with equal success, visiting Brewer's Mills, Opinicon Lake, Sand Lake,
Cranberry Lake, where he investigated a report of bass fishing, Dog Lake and
Rock Lake. The object he had in view was the protection of the bass during the
close season, this he found difficult as the people like to fish.

During the first two weeks of June he visited Brewer's Mills, Dog Lake, Bat-
tersea, Chaffey's Lock, Morton, Seeley's Bay, Opinicon Lake, and Sand Lake. On

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83 THE REPORT UPON No. 14

the 15th the bass season opened and tourists began to flock in. Looking after
them and selling angling permits occupied most of his time from now until the
end of the season. He went to Elgin to procure warrants for two strangers for
catching bass before th6 season opened. They both pleaded guilty and a fine of
$5 each was imposed. More non-residents visited the district for the purpose of
angling than in any previous year during the month of June, but later there were
not so many.

The angling season opened up in his district on the Rideau in a most en-
couraging manner, fishing never having been better. A greater percentage of the
tourists than ever before were Canadians from Toronto, Montreal, Kingston, etc.

During the remainder of the month of June he patrolled to Cranberry Lake,
Brewer^s Mills, Opinicon Lake, Sand Lake, ISTewboro, Seeley's Bay, Whitefish Lake,
Morton and Kingston, where he met Captain Fleming, of patrol boat " Kavarch.'^

During July there were not so many tourists as usual, formerly it ha? been
the best month of all, but this year June seemed to be more favourable. He
visited the above named places during his patrol service, and on the 10th inter-
viewed the Overseer at Newboro with, regard to fishery matters. On the 31st_he
again visited Newboro, returning by the back channel through Benson and Mos-
quito Lakes to Chaffey's Lock and then on to Jones' Falls.

August was an ideal month for the tourists. He has never seen them enjoy
themselves so well as they did this season. The only complaint he heard of was
at Chaff ey's Lock, where the bait was said to be of poor quality and sometimes
there was a shortage of it. A change will have to be made there another season.

He kept up an almost daily patrol of his district, running into Kingston once
a month and as far as New'boro the other way once each week. He also visited
Dog Lake and Battersea every week. This constant patrol kept him in touch with
the business all along the line of the Rideau Canal from Newboro to Kingston.
He disposed of 120 two dollar permits and one five dollar permit during August.

On August 10th he patrolled to the High Banks, River Styx, and returning
ran in to Dog Lake.

When September came in, although the weather was fine and the fishing good,
the tourists nearly all left for their homes and business was poor. He kept up the
patrol work regularly and had a good deal of trouble in the River Styx with
people shooting ducks before the season opened. He could not wholly prevent
this and he is satisfied that a number of ducks were killed in the close season. He
made several trips to this locality and stayed there all night each time. On one
occasion he seized a boat and chased some of the illegal workers, but was unable
to catch them.

During September he patrolled to Chaffey's Lock, Indian, Clear and Mud
Lakes, Newboro, Sand and Opinicon Lakes, Brewer's Mills, Dog Lake, Battersea.
Benson and Mosquito Lakes, Whitefish Lake, Cranberry Lake, Morton, River Styx.
Seeley's Lake, and Kingston.

When October came in there were only two American tourists in his dis-
trict, the angling season being almost over. On the 12th of the month his boat
was burned and he was obliged to finish the season's patrol work with another
boat. He had several reports of illegal shooting of ducks during this month, but
was unable to catch anyone. He kept up a constant patrol service of the waters
in his district. On the 23rd he visited Newboro and consulted with Overseer
Wight with regard to their official duties.

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1915

GAME AND FISHERIES.

83

From October 26th-39t}i he patrolled Loughboro Lake, but on grappling was
unable to find any nets, as the salmon had not commenced spawning.

Again on November 2nd he patrolled Loughboro Lake and was out all night.
On the night of the 3rd he came upon two men setting a net. The men got away
but he was able to seize the boat and net. On the nights of the 11th and 12th
he once more patrolled Loughboro Lake but was unable to apprehend any illegal
work. Patrol work with the launch was ended on October 18th, the weather being
very cold and ice forming on the water.

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]\'o. 14

LIST OF GAME AND FISHERY WARDENS.

Name.

Residence.

District.

Burt William

Simcoe

Niagara Peninsula

ChauTiii, Victor

Windsor

South Western District

McDonald, Donald . . .

Fort William

Rainy River and Thunder Bay Districts.

Metealf, J. H

Kingston

Eastern District.

Parks, G. M

North Bay

Districts of Nipissing, Sudbury and TemiskasaiDg.

Robinson, J. T

Sault Ste. Marie . . .

Districts of Algoma and Manitoulin.

Sterling, C. N

Kenora

District of Kenora.

Willmott, J. H

Beaumaris

Districts of Muskoka and Parry Sound.

Young, D. D. (Col.)..

Kingston

For the Province.

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GAME AND FISHEEIES.

85

LIST OF OVERSEERS.

Name.

Adair, William . .
Anderson, W. A. .

Andrews, Samuel

Armstrong, H. C.

Avery, Melzar

Avis, J. J

Aymer, William

Barr, G«orge . . .

Beatty, John . . .

Bemrose, John .

Birch, W, J

Blea, Daniel . . .
Bliss, L. E

Blunden. H. A,

Boate, J. R. ...
Boler, William .

Bonter, Robert . .
Bourgon, J. B. .
Boyd, J. H

Boyd, W. M. . . .
Brtidbury, J. R.

Residence.

District.

Norland
Cornwall

Micksburg

Gleri Ross

Sharbot Lake

Cockburn

Island

Fort Frances.

Harrow smith.

Old Port Mid-
land

Claude

Delta

South River
Nepigon

Sarnia

Fowler's Cors,

R. R. No. 2,
Lambeth . . . ,

Marmora . . . .
Rockland . . . .
Merrickville .

Kagawong . .
Blind River .

Townships of Laxton, Digby and Somervllle, in
the County of Victoria.

Counties of Stormont and Glengarry, with juris-
diction over so much of the River SL Law-
rence as lies in front of said counties.

For the Tps. of Bromley, [Stafford, and Ross, in
the County of Renfrew, with joint jurisdic-
tion over the Tp. of We«tmeath.

The Trent River, from its mouth to ChishoQm's
Rapids, and tributaries thereto, and to Tren-
ton Junction.

Townsihip of Oso, with joint jurisdiction over the
Township of Hinchinbrook, in the County of
Frontenac.

Cockburn Island, in the District of Manitoulin.

Fort Frances, from mouth of Rainy River to Emo
and District of Rainy River.

Tp. Portland, in Co. Frontenac, witjh joint juris-
diction over Desert and Knowlton Lakes.

With jurisdiction, with other overseers, over Tps.
Tay and Matchedash, Co. Simcoe.

In and for the Townships of iChinguacousy, Cale-
don, and Albion, in the County of Peel.

Upper and Lower Beverley lakes and rivers.

Province of Ontario.

The River Nepigon, Lake Nepigon, and waters
tributary to the said river and lake.

Coxinty Lambton, exclusive of Walpole and St.
Ann's islands.

Tp. Emily, In Co. Victoria.

River Thames, between London and boundary
line between Townships Delaware and West-
minster, County of Middlesex.

Tp. of Marmora; County of Hastings.

County of Russell.

Rideau River and tributaries, fronting on County
of GrenvIUe.

Kagawong Lake, with jurisdiction over North
Channel, in vicinity of Kagawong Village.

District of Algoma.

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LIST OP OYiERSBm{i&.— Continued.

Name.

Bradshaw, A

Briggs, George

Brisbin, Angus

Briscoe, W L

Killaloe Stn...

Brown, Alex

Welland

Brown, R. M

Milton

Burke, George

Pertli

Burns, D. E

Pembroke . . .

Burtcheall, C

Coboconk . . .

Carson, R. W.

Peterboro' . . .

Cassan, C. H

Oampbellford

Gates, Geo. S

Emo

Cheer, T. H

Brighton

Clark, Gordon

Westport

Clarkson, William .

Collins, W. E

Conway, Richard . .
Cook, H. G. A J

Residence.

District.

Lindsay . .
Bridgeburg
Picton

Lakehurst . . .

Strathroy

Madawaska . .
Niagara Falls

Townships Mariposa and Ops. Co, Victoria.
County of Welland.

For the waters of Lake Ontario, fronting Tps.
North and South Marysburg, including all
waters surrounding islands in said townships,
also Main Duck Islands, and that portion of
Bay of Quinte fronting itlhesl! townships, as
well as the waters of the Bay of Quinte,
known as Picton Harbor, in Tp. Hallowell.

Townships of Jones, Sherwood, Hagarty, Rad-
cliffe, Brudenell, Raglan, and Lynedoch, Co.
Renfrew.

For the County of Welland.

Townships of Nassagaweya and Esquesing in the
County of Halton.

For the Town of Perth, Townships of North
Elmsley, Drummond, North Burgess, and the
first two concessions of the Township of
Bathurst, County Lanark.

The waters between Allumette Rapids and Deux
Joachim.

Balsam and Mud Turtle Lakes, County Victoria.

Counties Simcoe, Ontario, Victoria, Peterboro,'
Durham, Northumberland, and York.

Trent River and tributaries, Oo. Northumberland,
from Campbellford to Trent Bridge.

Rainy River District, between Emo and the Town
of Rainy River.

For the waters of Lake Ontario, fronting Co.
Northumberland, also inland waters tributary
to said lake in said county.

Townsihip of North Crosby, in the County of Leeds,
and with joint jurisdiction with any other
overseer over Wolf I^ake, in said Township,
and the Township of Bedford, in County of
Frontenac.

West half of Township of Smith. Township of
Ennismore, west half of Tp. Harvey, Tps. of
Galway and Cavendish, Co. Peterboro.'

Townslhips of Adelaide, Metcalfe, and with joint
jurisdiction over Tp. Caradoc, Co. Middlesex.

Townships of Airy, Murchison, Sabine and Lyell,
in the District of Nipissing.

County Welland.

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LIST OF OYERSEEHS.— Continued.

Name.

Residence.

District.

Corsant, A.

Coulter, Samuel

Coultis, Ch'as. L. . . .

Covell, H. N. ...:
Cox, Matthew

Crotty, Jolin

Dafoe, P. W

Davy, N. W. .......

Deacon, Bphraim . .

Devine, John

Donaldson, W. J. . .

Drew, Henry

I

Masonville

Gilford

Leamington

Lombardy . .
Howe Island

Bothwell

Napanee

Drouillard, Arsas . .
Duncan, J. G

Dunk, Jno., Sr

Dunnigan, Jerry . . .
Dupuis, Ferdinand .

Morrisburg .
Bolingbroke .

Renfrew

Donaldson .

Long Lake

Walkerville
Callender .

Kearney

Castile

Hawkesbury

County Middlesex, east of boundary line between
the Townships of Westminster and Delaware,
London and Lobo.

Lake Simcoe, from the 10th concession, Town-
ship Innisfail, to the mouth of the Holland
River.

Tps. Maiden, North and South Colchester, North
and South Gosfield and Mersea, in the
County of Essex, with jurisdiction over so
much of the waters of Lake Erie as lie in
front of the said To^vuships, but not for the
Detroit River.

Township South Elmsley, County Leeds.

The waters of St. Lawrence River around Howe
Island.

River Thames, between Village of Wardsville and
easterly limits of County of Kent, in County
of Middlesex.

Tp. Richmond, with joint jurisdiction over Tp. N.
Fredericksburg, and for the waters known as
Napanee River, fronting Tps. Richmond and
N. Fredericksburg.

For the County of Dundas.

In and for the Townships of Bathurst and South
Sherbrooke, in the County of Lanark, includ-
ing Christy's Lake, and with joint jurisdic-
tion over the Township of Bedford, in the
County of Frontenac.

Townships, Horton, McNab, Admaston, Bagot,
Blythfield, Brougham, Griffith, and Mata-
watchan, in the County of Renfrew.

Townships of Palmerston, Clarendon, Barrie,
Miller, North Canonto, and South Canonto,
electoral district of Addington.

Townships Olden and Kennebec, with joint jur-
isdiction over Hinchinbrooke.

County of Essiex.

Districts of Parry Sound and Nipissing, with
jurisdiction on and over Lake Nipissing.

Tps. Perry, Bethune, Proudfoot, and Armour, in
District of Parry Sound, with jurisdiction
over Parry Sound.

For the Township of Algona.

County of Prescott. .

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LIST OP OVERSEERS— Con^nwed.

Name.

Residence.

Dusang, B. A

Edwards, Herbert .

Elliott, Robt

Panning, Geo. H. .

Peatherstone, John
Pindley, James —

Pitzsimon, Chas. . .

Pleming, E

Meming, John

Ployd, John

Forsyth, John
Pox, Eben R.

Praser, J. A

Gamimond, Pred. .

Gates, George ....

Gaudaur, C. G. . .

Waubaushene .

Nairn Centre

Port Hope

Sioux Lookout

Renwick

Richmond . . .

SaultSte.Marie
Hastings . .
Newiboro' . .

Nipissing . .

Bridgenorth
Northport .

District.

Prescott

Slate River

Kingston .

Atherley

Tps. of Preeman, Gibson, Baxter, Wood and
Morrison, in District of Muskoka, also over
Severn River.

Townships Merritt, Nairn, Lome, and BaJdwin,
in the District of AJgoma.

Tps. Hope and Cavan, in County Durham, with
joint jurisdiction over County of Dunham.

For that portion of the Kenora District begin-
ning at Quibell and east to the boundary
line between the Districts of Kenoora and
Thunder Bay.

Townships Romney, East Tilbury and Ra,leigh, in
Co. Kent.

For the Tp. of Goulburn, the westerly part of
Nepean Tp., and that part of the Tp. of Marl-
boroug'h adjacent to the Tp. of Goulbnm.

The Province of Ontario.

Village of Hastings.

Cos. Leeds, Prontenac, Lennox and Addington,
Hastings, Prince Edward, Northumberland.
Lanark, Carleton, Russel, Prescott, Glen-
garry, Stormont, Dundas and Grenville.

Per Lake Nipissing in the vicinity of Nipissing
Village.

The waters of Chemong Lake and Lovesick Lake.

For that portion of the Bay of Quinte fronting
Township Ameliasburg, east of Belleville
Bridge, and also Township Sophiasburg, and
over all the inland waters within- Township
/Sophiasburg, and with joint jurisdiction, with
any other overseer, over all Inland waters in
Township of Ameliasburg.

St. Lawrence River, from the head of Cardinal
Rapids west to Union Park.

Tps. of Neebing, Paipoonge, Pardee, Crooks.
Scobie, Blake, Pearson. Gillies, Marks, and
Lybster, in the Port William OMstrlct.

Rideau waters between Kingston Mills and
Brewer's Mills, with joint jurisdiction over
the Rideau waters between Kingston Mills
and the River St. Lawrence.

Lake Couchiching and the waters of Lake Simcoe
as far as Uptergrove, with joint jurisdiction
over Mud Lake, In the County of Ontario

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LIST OF OYERSEERS,— Continued.

Name.

Residence.

District.

Gault, T. G.

Gillespie, G. . . .
Gillespie, James

Gordon, "Walter
Green, Adam . . .

Green, Geo. G.

Gurren, Geo. H.

Haggerty, .John

Hall, Andrew

Halward, Chas. .

Hanes, P. A. . .
Hayes, Henry . .

Hembruff, Jos. , .
Henderson, H. A.
Hess, James . . . .

Deseronto .

Brechin .
Berkeley .

Port Arthur

R.R. No. 2,
Kinburn

Bradford

Sandhurst

GilmourP.O. .

Gore Bay . . .
Cannington .

Huntjsville . .
Murray

Manitowaning.
Pelee Island .
Hastings ....

Bay of Quinte, East Riding County of Hastings,
and for Moira River and other waters in said
riding.

Lake Simcoe and tributaries fronting Tp. Mara,
in Co. Simcoe.

Electoral District of Centre Grey and for Town-
ship of Glenelg in South Grey.

In and for^the District of Thunder Bay.

Townships Huntley and Fitzroy, County Carleton,

Holland River, on the north side in Township
West Gwillimbury, westward to the forks of
the river in County Simcoe.

Townships of Ernestown and South Fredericks-
burg fronting Lake Ontario and the Bay of
Quinte, but not Hay Bay, and with joint
jurisdiction with any other Overseer or Over-
seers who have been or may hereafter be
appointed over any of the townships fronting
those waters in the County of Lennox.

Tps. Grimsthorpe and Cashel, in Co. Hastings, and
with joint jurisdiction over Tps. Tudor, Lake,
Wollaston, Limerick, Faraday, Dungannon,
and Mayo, in said Co.

West end of Manitoulin Island, Including the Tps.
of Gordon and Mills, in the District of Mani-
touJin.

Beaver River, running through the Townships of
Brock and Thorah, and the Village of Sun-
derland and Cannington, in the County of
Ontario.

Townships Stephenson, Stisted, ChaCfey, Sinclair,
and Brunei, in District of Muskoka.

Bay of Quinte, as lies in front of the East Rid-
ing of Northumberland, for that portion of
the River Trent lying between the Townships
of Sidney and the Bay of Quinte, and for
the inland waters of the Townships of Mur-
ray. Drvden. Cramahe and Haldlmand.

Lake Mandtou, on Manitoulin Island, and the
streams tributary thereto.

1
For Pelee Island and the other islands in Lake
Erie, south of the county of Essex.

Trent River and tributaries in County Northum-
iberland, from Trent Bridge to Rice Lake.

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LIST OF OVERSEERS.— Ooniinited.

Name.

Residence.

District.

Holliday, Henry

Hood, Geo., Sr.

Hornsby, T. J. .
Huffman, E. M.

Irish, John E. . .
Irwin, David . . .

Wolfe Island.

Scugog

Penetang

Hay Bay . .

Vennachar

Little Current

Irwin, J. J

Jacksen, W. W.
Jermyn, J. W. .

Jewell, V. J. . . .
Jickling, Chas. ,

Johnson, Henry

Dalrymple . .
St. George .
Wiarton

Batchawana .
St. Paul's Stn.

Brantford

Township of Wolfe Island and for the islands of
Simcoe, Garden and Horseshoe, and any
other islands comprised in the Township of
Wolfe Island.

For the Township of Reach, in the County of
Ontario, and for the Township of Mariposa,
in the County of Victoria, and over so much
of the waters of Lake Scugog as lies in front
of the said townships, and for the westerly
half of Scugog Island, and over the waters
of Lake Scugog fronting thereon.

Tps. Matchedash, Tay, Medonte, Tiny, Flos, Sunni-
dale, and Nottawasaga, in the County of Sim-
coe, and over Christian, Bethwick, a,nd Giant's
Tomb Island.

Tps. N. Fredericksburg, Adolphustown, and S.
Fredericksburg, fronting on Hay Bay and Bay
of Quinte as far as Cole's Point, but not in-
cluding the Napanee River, in the County of
Lennox.

Tps. of Anglesea, Effingham, Ashley, Denbigh and
Abinger, in the County of Addington.

In and for that portion of the District of Algoma
lying east of the Village of Algoma Mills, and
for Cockburn and Manltoulin Islands, and in
and over the waters that lie in front of the
said District and which surround the said
islands, and with joint jurisdiction with any
other overseer who has been or may hereafter
be appointed.

Township Carden, in County Victoria, with juris-
diction over Mud Lake, in County Victoria.

South Dumfries, lying south of the Grand River,
in the County of Brant.

Georgian Bay, County of Bruce, lying east and
south of Tobermory Harbor, but exclusive of
the said Harbor.

Lake Superior, in the vicinity of Batchawana.

County Perth and for Townships East Nissouri
and East and West Zorra, in County Oxford.

!

That part of Grand River lying between the
southerly boundary of Town of Gait and the
boundary line between Tusoarora and Onon-
daga Townships in County Brant and the
Townships of Seneca and Oneida in Haldl-
mand County; also concurrent jurisdiction
with Overseer Kern over tributaries to the
Grand River in Burford, Oakland, and Brant-
ford Townships west of Grand River.

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LIST OF OYERSBEHRiS.— Continued.

Name.

Residence.

District.

Johnston, James..
Johnston, Thos. H.

Johnston, W. H. .
Jones, John

Kehoe, D.

Kennedy, J. A.

Kent, A. J. ...

Kent, Percy . .
Kern, Jacob . . .

Orangeville .
Royston ....

Harwood

Fenelon Falls

Millarton

Tichborne . .

Bewdley

Kentvale
Burford

Kerr, C. J

Laf ramboise, Rem! .

Lake, Atchlnson . . .

Lambkin, Richard .

r^ne, James E. .

Hamilton

Canard River

Inverary

Townships of Caledon and Albion, in the County
of Peel.

Townships of Lount, Machar, Laurier, Croft,
Chapman, Strong, Jolly, iSpence, Ryerson,
Armour, Proudfoot, Monteith, McMurrich,
Perry and Bethune, District of Parry Sound.

Rice Lake, in the Townships of Hamilton and
Alnwick, County Northumberland.

For the north end of Sturgeon Lake, and Cam-
eron Lake to Rosedale Locks, Burnt River
and Rosedale River, in the County of Vic-
toria.

That iMjrtion of County Bruce lying south of
Indian Reserve and Township of Amabel,
with jurisdiction over Lake Huron in front
of said county, south of Southampton.

Eagle Lake, in the Townships of Hinchinbrooke
and Bedford, and with joint jurisdiction over
the Township of Bedford, in the County of
Frontenac.

Rice Lake, from Ley's Point on the south shore
of said lake around the head of lake to
Barnard's Bay on the north shore of Rice
Lake.

For the whole of St. Joseph's Island.

County of Brant, comprising Townships* of Bur-
ford, Oakland and Brantford, west of Grand
River, but exclusive of said river.

County of Wentworth.

Detroit River, fronting Townships of Sandwich,
West Anderdon and Maiden, and also Cana-
dian islands in said river, County Essex.

Tp. Storrington, including Rideau waters from
Brewer's Mills to south limit .of the Town-
ship, with jurisdiction over all of Loughboro
Lake and the Lakes in the Township of Stor-
rington.

Lorlng Townships of Harrison, Burton, McKenzie, Ferrie,

Wallbridge, Brown, Wilson, Mills, Pringle,
Gurd, Himsworth, Nipissing, Patterson,
Hardy, McConkey, Blair, and Mowat, in the
District of Parry Sound.

Wellington . . . For the waters of Lake Ontario fronting the Tps.
of Hallowell and Athol, also for the Village
of Wellington, in the Tp. of Hillier, and for
the inland lakes and streams in the said Tps.
of Hallowell and Athol.

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LIST OP OVERSBEIRS. — Continued.

Name.

Residence.

District.

liaughlin, J. H.

Leadley, Robt.

New Lowell

Barrie

Lean, Wellington
Lee, James W. . .

Lewis, James . .
Little, Richard

Lockman, E. W.

Loveday, E. T.

McAllister, J. R, .

McArthur, John

McCaw, James . . .

McClennan, Kenneth

McDonald, Hector . . .

Apsley

Wellandport

Shoguiandah .
Wallaceburg

Dorset

Ottawa

Gore's Landing

Ice Lake
Bancroft

Aylmer .

Beaverton

Townships of Nottawasaga, Sunnidale and Flos,
in County Simcoe, with joint jurisdiction over
the Township of Vespra in said county.

For the Township of Vespra and the Town of
Barrie, in the Cktunty of Simcoe, and over so
much of the waters of Kempenfeldt Bay as
lies in front of the said town and township;
also, that portion of Kempenfeldt Bay lying
in front of tho Township of Oro.

i

Townships of Anstruther and Chandos, County of
Peterboro.

In and for the Townships of Moulton, Sherbrooke
and Wainfleet, in the Electoral District of
Monck, with jurisdiction over so much of the
waters of Lake Erie as lies in front of said
townships.

I

North Channel of Lake Huron, from the Soo to
the Bustards.

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County of Kent, fronting on Lake St. Clair,
exclusive of Dover West Township, also Wal-
pole and Ste. Annes Islands, County Lamb-
ton.

Tps. Maclean, Ridout, Franklin and Brunei, in
the District of Muskoka, and Tps. of McClin-
tock, Livingstone, Sherbourne and Havelock,
in the District of Haliburton.

In and for the Townships of Nepean, Gloucester,
North Gower and Osgood'e, in the County of
Carleton, with jurisdiction over so much of
the River Ottawa and the River Rideau and
the Rideau Canal as lies in front or within
said Townships, and over the tributanies to
the said rivers and canals.

Rice Lake, between Jubilee Point, and Lower
Close's Point and the waters tributary there-
to, in the Townships of Hamilton and Aln-
wick, County of Northumberland.

Tp. of Allan, in the District of Manitoulin.

Townships Faraday, Dungannon and Herschell,
In the County of Hastings.

Townships of Yarmouth, Malahide and Bayham,
with jurisdiction over so much of the waters
of Lake Erie as lies in front of the said
township and the tributaries thereto.

Waters of Lake Simcoe and tributaries thereto
fronting the Tp. of Thorah, In the County of
Ontario.

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LIST OF OVERSEERS.— Coniintted.

Name.

Residence.

District.

McFarlane, J. S,

McGinn, Wm.

McGowan, John
McGuire, J

McKenny, Thos.

McMurray, R. .
McPhee, D

McVittie, James

Major, William .

Mansfield, Thomas

Marsh, Thomas

May, J. C

Maybee, Manly

Mayor, Harry

Keene

Orillia . .

Tweed

Jones Falls .

Thombury .

Bayfield . .
Uptergrove

Melville, Henry .

Blenheim ....
Woodlawn . . .

Pickering

Collins Bay .
St. Catharines

Cameron P.O.

Pains wick . . .
Havelock ....

Townships Otonabee and Asphodel, in Co. Peter-
boro, with jurisdiction over so much of Rice
Lake as lies in front of sadd townships, and
joint jurisdiction over said Lake.

Townships of Orillia and Oro, in the County of
Simcoe, and over so much of Shingle and
Oarthews Bays and Lakes Oouchlching and
Simcoe as lies in front of said townships,
and over River Severn.

For the Townships of Hungerford and Hunting-
don, in the County of Hastings.

Rideau River, frontmg on the Township of
South Crosby, County of Leeds, with juris-
diction as far as Kingston Mills, and also
over Crippen Lake, in Leeds Township.

Co. Grey, exclusive of the Tps. of Proton, Bgre-
mont and Normanby, with jurisdiction over
so much of the waters of the (Jeorgian Bay
as lies in front of said county.

County of Huron.

Lake Simcoe, fronting on Township of Mara and
the tributaries thereto, and for Mud Lake in
the Townships of Mara and Garden.

Townships Orford, Howard and Harwich, Co.

Kent.

Townships of March and Torbolton, County
Carleton.

Electoral District of South Ontario, exclusive of
the Township of Reach,

For the Township of Kingston in the County of
Frontenac.

County of Lincoln and over so much of tihe
waters of Lake Ontario as lies in front of
the said county, and with jurisdiction over
the Niagara River between its mouth and
the Falls.

Sturgeon Lake, beginning at Day's Landing and
running south for five miles, including
McLaren's Creek, Sturgeon Point and Plea-
sant Point In Co. Hallburton.

Lake Simcoe, from Lovers' Creek, near Barrie,
on Kempenfeldt Bay, to concession 10 of tihe
Townsihip of Iiinisfll.

Townships of Belmont and Bethuen, County
Peterborough.

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LIST OF OVERSEERS.— Continu^^d.

Name.

Meneilly, F. H

Moffatt, George

Moore, F. J

Moore, James A.

Morton, John .
Muncer, W. G.

Myers, James .

farker, H. B

Parkin, C. W. ...
Patterson, Archibald.

Patterson, !S.

Peltier, George

Pepper, Wm.

Phillips, J. «.

Residence.

District.

Warkworth

Glencross .
Lakefield , .

Trenton

St. Ola .
Minaki .

Holstein

Bobcaygeon

Valentia
Bothwell

Uunkerron

Etover South

Lanark

Smith's Falls.

River Trent and tributaries, in Co. Northumber-
land, from Percy Boom to Campbellford
Bridge.

Townships 6f Mulmur, Mono and East Garafraxa.

Townships of Douro, Dummer, east part of
Smifli, Tp. of Burleigh and east half of
Harvey, Co. Peterboro.'

That portion of Co. Hastings fronting Bay of
Quinte from City of Belleville west to the
Trent River as far as Trenton Junction, with
joint jurisdictions over the waters of the Bay
of Quinte between bridge at Belleville and
Murray Canal and also Weller's Bay.

Townships Limerick, Tudor, Wollaston, Cashel
Lake and Grimsthorpe, County Hastings.

For that portion of the Kenora District between
Quibell and the boundary line between the
Province of Ontario and the Province of
Manitoba.

Townships of Proton, Egremont and Normanby,
County Grey, and Townships Minto, Arthur
land West Luther, County Wellington.

In and for the Township of Verulam, in the
County of Victoria and the Tp. of Harvey, in
the County of Peterboro.'

Townships Mariposa and Ops, County Victoria.

For that portion of the River Thames lying be-
tween the Village of Louisville and the east-
erly limits of Kent County, with jurisdiction
over any waters flowing into the Thames be-
tween the aforesaid limits, in the County of
Ken.

Holland River known as the north and west
branches in Tps. Tecumseh, and West Gwil-
limbury, in Co. iSimcoe.

River Thames from Lewisville to its mouth, also
the tributaries of said river between these
points; also the Township of Dover West,
County Kent.

Townships Drummond, Lanark, Darling, and
Lavant, in Co. Lanark, with joint jurisdic-
tion over waters in Tp. Drummond.

County Frontenac lying north of the Townships
of Kingston and Pittsburg, the Townships of
North and South Crosby, Bastard, South
Elmsley and Kitley, County of Leeds, and
the County of Lanark.

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LIST OF OVERSEERS.— Confinwed.

Name

Residence.

District

Pickell, S. G.

Purcell, H. R.

Pyette, David

Ramesbottom, John
Reid, H. W

Rivet, Jos.

Oshawa

Robertson, C

Robinson, T. W. . .

Robinson, Wm. . . .

Sargent, W. J

Sattler, Louis

Scherer, Edwin F..
Schliehauf, Albert

Senecal, John

Shearer, Amos

Slate, Geo. . . .
Small, John . .
Smith, J. S. .

Colebrook

Tehkumah . . .
Little Current
Parry Sound .

Sturgeon Fall?

Hillsburg . . .
Collingwood .

Kilworthy . .

Bronte

Berlin

NewHamiburg.

Rodney

Stormont . .

Roseneath

Rockport

Grand Valley.

Port Rowan

Co. Durham, with jurisdiction over so much of
the waters of Lake Ontario as lies in front
of said county.

Townships Camden and Sheffield, the County
Addington.

Manitoulin Island, in Lake Huron.

District of Manitoulin.

ITownships Shawanaga, Ferguson, iCarling, Mc-
(Dougall, McKellar, Christie, Foley, Parry
Island, Cowper, and Conger.

That portion of the District of Nipissing lying
west and north of the Townships of Widdi-
field, Merrick, Stewart and Osborne, exclu-
sive of Lake Timiskaming and its tribu-
taries.

Townships of Erin and West Garafraxa, County of
Wellington.

Townships Collingwood and Osprey, County of
Grey, and the Townships of Nottawasaga and
Sunnidale, County of Simcoe.

Severn River and Sparrow Lake,

County of Halton.

For the Township of Waterloo.

Township of Wilmot, in the County of Waterloo.

Townships of Southwold, Dunwich and Aid-
borough, exclusive of the River Thames, with
jurisdiction over so much of Lake Erie as
lies in front of the said townships and tribu-
taries thereto, in the County of Elgin.

The counties and waters fronting the Counties of
Stormont and Glengarry in the Province of
Ontario, and with joint jurisdiction with any
other Overseer or Overseers in the County of
Dundas, in the Province of Ontario.

That portion of Rice Lake in the Townships of
Hamilton and Alnwick, between Rock Island
and Webb's Landing, with waters tributary
thereto.

River St. Lawrence between Jackstraw Light and
Mallorytown Landing.

Townships of Melancthon, Amaranth and East
Luther, County Dufferin.

For the County of Norfolk.

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LIST OF OVERSEE]RiS, — Continued.

Name

Residence.

District

Smith, William
Spence, William
Stanzel, Fred. .

St Charles, C.
Stewart, Jas. H.
Stuart D

Tarry, A. B. .

Taylor, Oliver . . .
Temple, Jas. M.

Thompson, W. H.
TlUett R.

Gravenhurst ..
Athens ,

Carleton Place

Madoc

Brockville . . .
Codrlngton . .

Toronto

Niagara-on-ihe
Lake

Dorchester Stn

Bailieboro

Roadh's Point

Timlin, M. .
Titus, E, A.

Atherley

Wellington

Toner, George

Gananoque

Lakes Muskoka, Rosseau and Joseph, In the Dis-
tricts of Parry Sound and Muskoka.

Charlestpwn Lake and its tributaries, County
Leeds.

Townships Beckwith, Drummond, Ramsay and
Pakenham in County Lanark, and Town-
ships Fitzroy, Huntley and Goulbonm in
County Carleton, with joint jurisdiction over
the waters of the Township Drummond with
any other overseer.

Townships Madoc and Huntingdon, County Has-
tings.

Townships of Elizabethtown and the front of
Escott and Yonge, in the County of Leeds.

Trent River and tributaries. County of Northum-
berland, from Chisholm's Rapids to Percy
Boom.

Townships of Etobicoke, York and Scarboro, and
for the City of Toronto, in the County of
York, with jurisdiction over the inland
waters of said townships, and also over
Toronto and Ashbridge's Bays, and so much
of the waters of Lake Ontario as lies In front
of the County of York.

Niagara River, between Niagara Falls and the
mouth of the river.

Thames River, easterly to boundary line between
Oxford and Middlesex, and joint jurisdiction
over Oxford.

The Otonabee River, from Bensfort Bridge to
Rioe Lake.

North York, with jurisdiction over Holland River
and that portion of Lake Simcoe lying in
front of North Gwillimbury and Georgina
Townships.

Lake Couchiching and tributaries fronting Town-
ships Mara and Rama.

For that portion of the Bay of Quinte fronting
on Tp. Ameliasburg lying west of Belleville
Bridge, also for the waters of Lake Ontario
fronting on Tps. Ameliasburg and Hillier,
with the exception of Village of Weillington,
and including Weller's Bay, lOonsecon Lake,
and all inland waters in said townships.

River St. Lawrence, from head of Howe Island
to Union Park, and with joint jurisdiction
with any other overseer or overseers over
the Gananoque River from Gananoque to
Marble Rock.

'^^'

GAME AND FISHEEIES.

97

LIST OF OVERSEERiS.— Coniinued.

Name

Residence.

District.

Taole, Ira . .
Townsend, J.

Traves, J, A., Sr.

Trelford, John

Truelove, Wm.

Twamley, C. .
Yokes, James

Walker, R. J. • •

Watson, Hy. ..
Watson, J

Watt, John

Watts, Murdock.

West, Charles

West, Geo. W.

Wight, J. R.

Omemee

Long Point .

Fraserburg .

Southampton
Fermoy

Oavan

Nanticoke . .

Port Credit

Toronto
Caesarea

Peterboro . .

Byng Inlet

Holland Ddg.

Holland Ldg.

Newboro

Township of Emily, County of Victoria.

Lyndhurst waters south of Lyndhurst; also South
and Gananoque Lakes.

For the District of Muskoka, with joint jurisdic-
tion with any Game and Fisheries overseers
who have been or may be appointed over the
District of Parry Sound.

That portion of the County of Bruce fronting on
Lake Huron, and lying between the Town
of Southampton and Tobermory Harbor, both
inclusive.

The waters in the Tp. of Bedford, in County
Frontenac.

Townships Cavan and Manvers, Co. Durham.

For the Townships Walpole, Rainham, South
Cayuga, and Dunn, in Co. Haldimand, and
the waters of the Grand River, fronting the
Townships of Oneida, Seneca, S. Cayuga, N,
iCayuga, Canborough, and Dunn.

Lake Ontario, fronting County Peel, and for
Rivers Credit and Etobicoke, tributary to
said lake.

Province of Ontario.

Townships of Cartwright and Manvers, the waters
of Lake Scugog, fronting on said townships
and the waters tributary to said lake.

For that portion of the River Otonabee and
tributaries between Lakefield and Bensfort
Bridge.

River Magnetawan and for the waters of the
Georgian Bay lying between the said river
and French River.

Joint jurisdiction along the east bank of the
Holland River, through the Township of
East Gwillimbury and along the shore of
Lake Simcoe, through Township of North
Gwillimbury, in the County of York,

With joint jurisdiction along east bank of Hol-
land River, through Township of Gwillim-
bury, and along the shore of Lake Simcoe,
through Township of North Gwillimibury, in
the County of York.

Rideau waters, between Chaffeys Lock and New-
boro, including Indian Benson, Mosquito,
Clear, Mud and Loon Lakes, and also the
Upper Rideau. with jurisdiction over the
inland lakes and streams between these two
points in the vicinity of the Rideau waters.

7 G.

98

THE REPORT UPON

_10'

\*^

LIST OP OVERSEERS.— Continwed.

Name

Residence.

District

Wilson, A. H. G. . . .

Eganville

Townships S. Algona, N. Algona, Wilberforce,
Grattan, and Sebastopol, in Co. Renfrew.

Wilson, H

Elphin

Townships of Dalhousie and North Sherbrooke,
County of Lanark.

Wootton, E. A

Maynooth. ....

Townships of Bangor, Wicklow and McClure, in
County Hastings.

Wormworth, F. L. .

Arden

Townships Kennebec and Barrie, Co, Frontenac.

Young, William

Cloyne

Tps. of Kaladar and Barrie, in the County of
Addington, and with joint jurisdiction over
the Townships of Anglesea and Eflangham.

1915

GAME AND FISHERIES.

99

Statement of Revenue received from Game and Fisheries during tlie year ended

October 31st, 1914.

Game,

Trappers' Licenses . . .
Non-Resident Licenses

Resident Deer

Resident Moose

Game Dealers

Hotel and Restaurant

Cold Storage ,

Guides

Fines

Sales

300 25

7,400 00

24,961 73

6,250 00

1,158 20

244 00

100 00

1,486 00

6,084 44

2,772 49

60.707 11

Fisheries.

District.

■

Name of Overseer.

Amoumt.

Total.

$ c.

$ c.

Kenora and Rainy River District

Aymer, William

878 00

Muncer W G

382 00
2,349 00

Sterling, C. N

Young, D. D., Col. .

128 00

3.737 00

River Nepigon

Bliss L. E

1.005 00

1,005 00

Lake Superior

Armstrong, H. C

4 00

Armstrong, F. C

20 00

,

Boon Chas

2 00

Jewell, V. J

50 00

Gordon, Walter H

1,933 62

Robinson, J. T

1,942 00

Wright, Samuel

10 00

3.961 62

Lake Huron (North Channel)

Boyd, William

116 00

Bradbury, J. R

2,917 00

-

xjnii A

6 00
94 00

Hembruff, Jos

Tr'wiTi David

7,027 00
677 00

Ramesbottom, John

10,837 00

Georgian Bay

Dusang, B. A

863 25

Hornsby, T. H

195 05

1,118 60

Lamorandiere, P. R. . . .

8 00

McKenny, Thos

1,099 50

Newell, Chas. E

4 00

Oldfield, Miss E

44 00

Reid, H. W

1,640 50

Robinson, T. W

532 00

Watts, Murdoch

702 00

Wood, P. V

72 00

6,278 90

Lake Huron (proper) and River St.

Blunden, H. A

3,199 00

Clair

Gildersleeve, H. H

TCarr Richard

18 75
56 00

Kehoe, D

234 80
566 00

McMurray, Robt

Trelford, John

1,347 00

Carried fortoard . .

5.421 65

31.241 07

100

THE REPORT UPON

Xo. 14

Statement of Revenue received — Concluded.

District.

Name of Overseer.

Amount.

Total.

Brought forward .

Campbell, J. D

Chauvin, Victor

Crotty, John

$ c.

it
31 241 07

Lake St. Clair, River Thames and
Detroit River

43 00

2,355 30

12 00

414 00

1,787 50
717 50

_

Laframboise, Remi

Little, Richard

Peltier, George

Briggs, George

Brown, Alex

5,329 30

Lake Erie, Grand River and Niagara
River

1,609 00

28 00

192 00

20 Oo

4,770 25

82 00

2 00

10 00

2,633 00

40 00

1,063 00

5,582 00

4,110 00

32 00

682 00

3,775 00

10,191 00

4,796 00

4,212 00

Buckley, G. E

Burt, Dr. Wm

•

Featherstone, John

Greenwood, T. D

Hawkins, George

Harrison, L. iS

Henderson, H. A

Johnson, Henry

Lee, J. W

-

McClennan, K. . . . :

McVittie, Jas

Patterson, G. M

Phemister, George

Schliehauf, A. C

Scott, William

Smith, J. S

Vokes, Jas

Beer, G. S

Brisbin, Angus

Cheer, Thos

43,809 25

Lake Ontario and Bay of Quinte

96 00
751 00
344 00
361 00
208 00

25 00
763 00
763 00

48 00
237 00
138 00
762 00

68 00
387 18
578 00

62 00
262 00
208 00

13 00

12 00

68 00
172 00
404^ 00
309 00

20 00
480 00

75 00

'

Conger, David

Dafoe, P. W

.

Elliott, Robert

Fox, E. R

Gault, Thos

Grundy, E. W

Hayes, H. W

Higginbottom, P. V.

Holliday, Henry

Jenney, C. E

Kerr, C. J

May, J. C

Mansfield, Thos

Moore, Jas. A

Morgan, H. M

Pickell, S. G

Purser, M. W. G

Radcliffe. J. H

Reeves, H. J

Sargant, William

Tarry, A. E

Taylor Oliver

Titus, E. A

Walker, R. J

Angrove, James

Avery, Melzar

7,614 18

Counties Addington, Carleton, Fron-
tenac, Grenville, Lanark, Leeds,

218 00

105 00

47 00

71 00

Lennox Prescott, Renfrew and

Barr George

Russell

Rirch, W. J

Carried forward ..

1

87,993 80

1915

GAME AND FISHEEIES.

101

Statement of Revenue received — Continued.

District.

Name of Overseer.

Amount.

Total.

Counties Addington, etc. — Continued.

Northumberland, Peterboro, Victoria
and other inland Counties

Brought forward

Bourgon, J. B

Briscoe, W. L

Burke, George

Burns, D

Clark, Gordon

Clark, George T.

Davis, J. W

Deacon, E

Dupuis, F

Devine, John

Donaldson, W. J

Drew, Henry

Gates, George

Kennedy, J. A

Loveday, E. T

Lake, Atchinson

Metcalfe, J. H

Marsh, Thos

McGuire, John

Pepper, William

Phillips, J. «

Purcell, H. R

Stewart, J. H

iSpence, William

Townsend, James

Truelove, Wm

Toner, George

Van iDuven, L

Wartman, H. B

Wight, J. R

Wormwith, F. L

Young, Wm

Adair, William . . ,

Blea; Daniel

Bonter, Robert . . .

Boyd, J. H

Bradshaw, A

Burtcheall, C

Bennett, E. C.

Carson, R. W

Cassan, C. H

Clarkson, Wm. . . .
Crump, C. J. C. • . .

Dodds. W. S

Doolan, J. T

Dunk, John

Edwards. Herbert

Fenton, M. H

Forsythe. J. H. . .

Fraser, J. A

Gurren, Geo. H. . .

Goldie, W. D

Green, P. J

Haggertv. John . . .

Hanes, FA

Hess. .T. H

Hunter. Cant. A. .
Huffman, E. M

Carried forward

% c.

52 00

20 00
25 00

6 00
40 00
30 00
39 47

13 00
61 00

2 00
2 00

21 00
223 00
185 00

39 00
252 00

8 13
21 00

839 00
25 00

412 65

14 00
10 00

184 00
338 00
88 00
115 50
240 00

40 00
380 00

16 00
24 00

4 00

6 00

17 00

46 00

4 00

38 00

36 00

114 00

68 00

280 00

42 00

16 00

8 00

2 00

6 00

180 00

27 00

10 00

903 15

10 00

30 00

22 00

73 50

4 00

155 00

1,134 00

$ c.
87,993 80

4,206 75

92,200 55

102

THE REPORT UPON

No. 14

Statement of Revenue received — Continued.

District.

Northumberland, etc. — Continuedi

River St. Lawrence

Lakes Couchiching,
Sparrow

Nlpissing

Name of Overseer.

Amount.

Simcoe and

Brought forward

Irwin, J. J. •

Johnson, W. H

Johnson, Thos

Jones, John

Keller, Rod

Kent, A. J

Kearns, W. S

Killen, William

Lambkin, Richard . . .

Lockman, E. W

McFarlane, John

McAllister, J. R

Melville, Henry

'Moore, F. J

Morton, J. W

Parkin, C. W

Parker, H. B

Pomoroy, W. H

Rice, M. A

Sattler, Louis

.Smith, Wm

Stinson, F. S

Thompson, W. H. . .!

Toole, Ira

Watt, John

Widdup, J

Weldon, Jas. O

Willmott,* J. H

Wootton, E. A

Yates, Wm

Anderson, Wm. .
Senecal, John . . .
Coulter, Samuel .
Gaudaur, C. G. . .
Green, Geo. G. . .
Gillespie, Gilbert
Leadley, Robt. . .
Mayor, Harry . . .
McDonald, H. . . .

McPhee, D

McGinn, Wm

Robinson, Wm. . .
Tillett, Robt. . . .
West, G. W

Duncan, J. G
Elde- W. A.
Hindson, C. E.
Kent, Percy ,
Parks, G. iM.
Rivet, Jos. . . .
Woods, H. G.
Reid, R

$ c.

10 00

162 00

73 00

12 50

42 00

16 00

970 00

24 00

16 00

140 00

4 00

90 00

6 00

502 00

42 00

4 00

462 00

12 00

4 00

6 00

180 00

94 00

14 00

11 00

183 00

18 00

176 00

112 00

6 00

10 00

6 00
39 00

128 00
32 00
25 00
12 00
14 00
6 00

100 00
28 00
38 00

356 00

136 00
50 00

6 00

24 00
646 00

18 00
337 00

16 00
432 00

28 00

Total.
92.200 55

6,837 15
45 00

925 00

1,507 00

Rondeau Provincial Park
Unclassified

$1,889 21
925 71

$1(M,129 62

1915 ' GAME AND FISHEEIES. 103

WATERS STOCKEJD FROM 1901 TO 1913, WITH THE NUMBER AND KINDS OF

FISH PLANTED IN EACH.

1901.

Waters stocked. Species. Number.

Muskoka Lake Bass 1,205

Lake Rosseau Bass 700

Lake Joseph Bass 1,052

Fairy and Vernon Lakes Bass 244

Lake of Bays Bass 693

Thames River at Ingersoll ..Bass 225

Thames River at Woodstock Bass 225

Bear Creek at Strathroy Bass ^^^

Thames River at Dorchester Bass ^^^

Lake Couchiching Bass 4^"

Stoney Lake Bass '^''^

I^ke Simcoe at Jackson's Point Bass • • ^^^

Holland River Bass ^^^

Golden Lake Bass -^72

Severn River Bass 526

Grand River at Cayuga Bass 400

Grand River at Brantford Bass 274

Kempenf eldt Bay Bass 300

9,841

1902.

Waters stocked. Species. Number.

Muskoka Lake Bass 246

Lake Joseph Bass 256

Lake Rosseau Bass 227

T^ake Couchiching Bass 285

Bear Creek at Strathroy Bass 395

Stoney Lake Bass 330

Huntsville Lakes Bass 265

Winnipeg River Brook Trout 55

2,059

1903.
Waters stocked. Species. Number.

Bear Creek at Strathroy Bass 926

Lake Rosseau Bass 1,130

I>ake Joseph Bass 500

Muskoka Lake Bass 1,002

Lake of Bays Bass 371

Sparrow Lake Bass 650

Lake Couchiching Bass 258

Long Lake at Rat Portage Bass . 460

Golden Lake Bass 100

Mink Lake Bass 85

Clear Lake Bass ^

White Lake Bass 100

Lynn River at Lake Simcoe Bass 355

Grand River at Brantford Bass 425

104

THE REPORT UPON

No. 14

WATERS STOCKED FROM 1901 TO 1913, WITH THE NUMBER AND KINDS OF
FISH PLANTED IN EACH.— Continued.

1903— Continued.

Waters stocked. , Species.

Thames River at Ingersoll Bass . .

Thames River at London Bass . .

Thames River at St. Mary's Bass . .

Grand River at Fergus Bass . .

Grand River at Grand Valley Bass . .

Grand River at Paris Bass . .

Musselman's Lake Bass , .

Lake of Bays Bass . .

Nutnber .

75

200

.. 205

.. 100

70
.. 130
.. 200
.. 500

7,927

1904.

Waters stocked. Species. Number.

Credit River Bass 115

Lake Rosseau Bass 380

Green Lake Bass 135

Opinicon Forks Bass • 50

Lake near Barry's Bay Bass 30

Barry's Bay Bass ^00

Gorman Lake Bass ^5

Golden Lake Bass 565

iMink Lake Bass 60

White Lake Bass 160

Clear Lake Bass 50

Snell's Lake Bass 100

Lake Joseph Bass 725

Bass Lake Bass 200

Lake Couchlching Bass 230

Lake Joseph Bass 415

Lake of Bays Bass 530

Lake Slmcoe at Jackson's Point Bass 785

Beaver River at Cannington Bass 250

Balsam Lake Bass 400

Lake of Bays Bass Fingerlings 5,000

Oxbow River at Komoka Bass Fingerlings 1,200

Lake 'Scugog ; ; Bass Fingerlings 1,400

12,955

1905.

Waters stocked. Species.

Lake Scugog Bass

Stoney Lake Bass

Muskoka Lake Bass

Thames River at Stratford Bass

Thames River at Mitchell Bass

Lake Couchlching Bass

Gull Lake (near Gravenhurst) Bass

Lake of Bays Bass

Number.

400
, . . 600
, . . 500

250

350
. . . 500
, . . 100

400

3,100

I

1915 GAME AND FISHEEIES. 105

I . — ____

WATERS STOCKED FROM 1901 TO 1913, WITH THE NUMBER AND KINDS OP
FISH PLANTED IN EACH.— Continued.

1906.
Waters stocked. Species. Number.

Lake Simcoe Bass 450

Lake of Bays Bass 700

Gull River Bass 610

Grand River Bass 575

I>ake Scugog Bass 400

Muskoka Lake Bass 700

River Nith Bass 600

Lake Simcoe Bass 700

Lake Simcoe Bass 700

5,435

1908.
Waters stocked. Species. Number.

Sparrow Lake Bass 500

Haliburton Lake Bass 520

Puslinch Lake Bass Fingerlings 725

River vicinity Kenora Trout, Speckled, fry 2,000

3,745

1909.

Waters stocked. Species. Number.

Mohawk Lake Bass Fingerlings 1,000

Lake Rosseau Bass Fingerlings 1,500

Lake Muskoka Bass Fingerlings 1,500

Lake Joseph Bass Fingerlings 2,000

Lake of Bays Bass Fingerlings 2,000

Stoney I^ke Bass Fingerlings 3,500

Gull Lake Bass Fingerlings 200

Whiteman's Creek Bass Fingerlings 200

Cooley's Pond Bass Fingerlings 150

Sparrow Lake Bass Fingerlings 2,500

14,550

1910.

Waters stocked. Species. Number.

Rideau waters (near MerrickvlUe) Bass Fingerlings 3,000

Lake Rosseau Bass Fingerlings 3,000

Lake Joseph Bass Fingerlings .* 3,000

Lake Muskoka Bass Fingerlings 4.000

Gull Lake Bass Fingerlings lOO

Sturgeon Lake Bass Fingerlings 4,000

Cameron Lake Bass Fingerlings 3,000

Pigeon Lake Bass Fingerlings 3,000

Fairy Lake and vicinity of Huntsvllle Bass Fingerlings 8,500

Victoria Lake Bass Fingerlings 2,000

Grand River (at Brantford) Bass Fingerlings ; 300

Clear Lake Bass Fingerlings 2,000

Long Lake (vicinity of Utterson) Bass Fingerlings 1,725

Grand River (at Brantford) Parent Bass 50

Oakland Pond Parent Bass 25

Total Bass Fingerlings 37,625

Total Parent Bass T5

Grand Total 37,700

106

THE REPOKT UPON

Xo. 14

WATEKS STOCKED FROM 1901 TO 1913, WITH THE NUMBER AND KINDS OF FISH

PLANTED IN EACH.— Continued.

1911.

Waters stocked. Species.

Lake of Bays Bass

Lake Rosseau Bass

Lake Joseph Bass

Wagner Lake Bass

Gull Lake Bass

Fairy Lake Bass

Peninsula Lake Bass

Maitland River at Brussels Bass

Stoney Lake and Big Cedar Lake Bass

Sand Lake Bass

Trout Lake Bass

Grand River at Brantford Bass

Oakland Pond Bass

Number.

Pingerlings 12,000

Fingerlings 20,000

Fingerllngs 20,000

Fingerlings 2,500

Fingerlings 3,000

Fingerlings 5,000

Fingerlings 5,000

Fingerlings 2,000

Fingerlings 10,000

Fingerlings 3,000

Fingerlings 7,000

Fingerlings 500

Fingerlings 200

90,200

1915

GAME AND FISHEEIES.

107

WATERS STOCKED FROM 1901 TO 1914, WITH THE NUMBER AND KINDS OF
FISH PLANTED IN EACH— Continued,

Waters Stocked and Location.

Species.

Boyse Lake, District of Nipissing

Net Lake, " ' ' "

Rib Lake, " "

Waters in the vicinity of Thornbury, Grey County

Pigeon Lake, Peterboro' County

Sturgeon Lake, Victoria County

Wilno Lake, Renfrew County

Round Lake, ' ' ' '

Perrigo Lake, ' ' ' '

Goose Lake, " ' '

Golden Lake, " "

Kohahesliemagabog Lake, District of Muskoka

McKay's Lake, District of Muskoka

Muskoka River, ' ' ' ' '.

Skeleton Lake ' ' "

' Bass Lake, Hastings County

Beaver Lake, Lennox County

White Lake, ' ' "

Lime Lake, " "

Gannons Narrovv's, Peterboro' County

Stoney Lake, " "

Clear Lake " "

Round Lake ' ' "

Grand River at Paris, Brant County

Victoria Lake. Stratford. Perth County

Waters in the vicinity of Mitchell, Perth County

Scugog Lake, West Durham County

Round Lake, Peterboro' County

Denbigh Lake, Addington County

Rideau River, Grenville County

Long Lake, Frontenac County

Thirteen and Thirty Island Lakes, Frontenac County . .

Chain Lakes, Renfrew County

Cache Lake, Algonquin Park

Rainy Lake, District of Parry Sound

Fish Lake " " "

Sand Lake " " ' *

Grand River, Gait, Waterloo County

Grand River, Berlin, " "

Saugeen River, Bruce County

Lake of Bays, District of Muskoka

Moose Lake, District of Nipissing

Boyse Lake, " "

Rib Lake, " "

Long Lake " "

Kenogami Lake, District of Temiskaming

Sesesekenika Lake * ' "

Snell's Lake, Brampton, Peel County

Waters in the vicinity of Woodstock, Oxford County . .

Victoria Lake, Stratford, Perth County

Grand River, Brantford. Brant County

Whiteman's Creeks, Waterloo County

Waters in the vicinity of Simcoe, Norfolk County

Bell and Ewart Lakes, Grey County

Sti-eams in the vicinity of Simcoe, Norfolk County

Beaver River, Meaford, Grey County

Streams in the vicinity of Havelock, Peterboro' County
Sti-eams in the vicinity of Berlin. Waterloo County . . .
Streams in tne vicinity of Bethany, East Durham County

Advance Bass Fry

Bass

Fingerlings .

Parent Bass

Trout (Brown).
^ " (Brook)

Total Advance Bass Fry.
' ' Bass Fingerlings . .

' ' Parent Bass

' ' Trout (Brown) . . . .
" (Brook) ....

Grand Total

108

THE REPORT UPON

Xo. 14

WATERS STOCKED FROM 1901 TO 1914, WITH THE NUMBER AND KINDS OF
FISH PLANTED IN EACH.— Continued. 1912— .

Waters Stocked and Location,

Muskoka Lake in Muskoka District

Rosseau Lake

Gull Lake

Joseph Lake

Vernon Lake

Fairy Lake

Mary Lake

Peninsula Lake

Cache Lake

Sturgeon Lake

Balsam Lake " " "

Cameron Lake " " "

Loughboro and Collins Lakes in Frontenac County

Long Lake on Timiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway
Kenogami Lake " " "

Sesekinika Lake ' ' * ' "

Grand River

Belle and Ewart Lakes in Grey County

Streams in Norfolk County

Algonquin Park . .
Kawartha District .

Species.

Bass Fingerlings ,

Parent Bass

Trout (Speckled)

Total Bass Fingerlings .

' ' Parent Bass

" Trout (Speckled).

Grand Total

Number.

12,000

11,000

4,000

10,000

2,500

2,500

2,500

2,500

10,000

4,000

3,000

2,000

2,000

2,000

5,000

5,000

300

20,000

50,000

80,000

300

70,000

150,300

1913.

Waters Stocked and Location.

Fox Lake in Kenora District

Muskoka Lake in District of Muskoka

Joseph Lake " " " "

Rosseau Lake " ' ' ' ' ' '

Gull Lake " " " "

Windy Lake ' ' Sudbury District

Rumsey Lake ' ' " ' '

Horse Shoe or Pah-She-Gong -Ga Lake in Parry Sound

District

Trout Lake on the Timiskaming & Northern Ontario Ry.

Moose " " " "

Rib

Scugog Lake in the Kawartha District

Charleston Lake in Leeds County

Grand River in the vicinity of Breslau

Grand River in the vicinity of Brantford

Streams in the vicinity of King, York County

Rib Lake on the Timiskaming & Northern Ontario Railway

Gull Lake in Muskoka District

Muskoka Lake in " " ,

Sharbot " " Frjntenac County.

Clear " " " "

Speed River in vicinity of Hespeler

Streams in the vicinity of Simcoe, Norfolk County

Streams * * " "St. Paul's, Perth County

Bell and Ewart Lakes in Grey County

Utterson Lakes in Muskoka District

Squires Creek, in the vicinity of Spring Brook, in Hastings

County

Streams in the vicinity of Simcoe, Norfolk County

Species.

Number.

Bass Fingerlings

Parent Bass

* ' Pickerel
Trout (Brown).

" (Speckled).

Total Bass Fingerlings . .

* • Parent Bass

" " Pickerel . .

" Trout (Brown)...

" (Speckled).

Grand Total

15,000
10,000
8.000
7,000
5,000
5,000
5,000

5,000

5,000

5,000

5,000

5,000

5,000

5.000

400

200

25

20

20

100

50

1,000

1,000

1,000

30,000

20,000

20,000
10,000

90,400

265

150

3,000

80,000

173,815

1915

GAME AND FISHERIES.

109

Statement showing the number of fry distributed in the waters of the Province
by the Federal Government from Dominion hatcheries.

Years.

Newcastle
Hatchery.

Sandwich
Hatchery.

Ottawa
Hatchery.

Wiarton.

Samia.

Total.

1868-73

1,070,000
350,000
650,000
700,000
1.300.000
2.605.000
2,602.700
1.923.000
3.300.000
4.841.000
6,053,000
8,800,000
5.700.000
6.451.000
5.130.000
8.076.000
5.846.500
7.736,000
7,807,500
4.823,500
9,835,000
6,000,000
6,000,000
5,200,000
4,200,000
4,325,000
4,050,000
5,175,000
5,900,000
650,000
2,500,000
1,475,000
1.480.000
1.550.000
1.807.000
2,600,000
1,881,000
1,520,400
1,543,816
1,599,716

1.070.000

1874

350 000

1875

650.000
8.700,000

1876

8,000,000
8,000,000
20,000,000
12,000,000
13,500,000
16,000,000
44,000,000
72,000,000
37,000,000
68,000,000
57,000,000
56,500,000
56,000,000
21,000,000
52,000,000
75,000,000
44,500,000
68,000,000
47,000,000
73,000.000
61.000,000
72,000,000
71,000,000
73.000,000
90,000,000
67,000,000

100,000.000
90.000,000
75,000,000

106,000,000
88,000,000

103,000,000
79,000,000
66,500,000
76,000,000
77,000,000
29,000,000

1877

9,300.000

1878

22,605 000

1879

14.602,700

1880

15,423,000

1881

19,300,000

1882

48,841 000

1883

78.053.000

1884

45.800,000

1885

73,700 000

1886

63,451,000

1887

61,630,000

1888

64,076,000

1889

26,846.500

1890

5,732,000
7,043.000
4.909.000
6.208,000
4,480.000
3,210,000
3,950,000
4,100,000
3,020,000
3,700,000
3,450,000
3,410,000
1,245,000
1,201,000
877,000
1,103,000
1,123.000
1,152,000
2,010,000
1.575.000
1.478,000

65.468,000

1891

89,850,500

1892

54,232,500

1893....

84,043,000

1894

57,480,000

1895.

82,210,000

1896

70,150,000

1897

80,300,000

1898

78.345,000

1899

80,750.000

1900

98.625.000

1901

76,310,000

1902

101,895,000

1903

93,701,000

1904

77,352,000

1905

108,583,000

1906

90,673,000

1907

105,959,000

1908

4,955.666

8.100.000

12 088 000

51,000,000

159,500,000

71 nnn nnn

139,565,000

1909

237,556,000

1910

165 086 400

1911

12!249i500 iis'.^nn'nnn

204,293,316

1912

12.399,900

77,000,000

119,999,616

Totals...

155,057,132

2,172,000,000

64,976,000

49.792,400

475,000,000

2,916,825,532

110

THE REPORT UPON

No. 14

ONTARIO

Return of the number of fishermen, tonnage and value of tugs, vessels and boats, the

industry during the year 1913, in the Public

District.

Pishing material.

J

Tugs or Gasoline Launches.

Row or Sail Boats.

Gill-Nete.

8

o

55

No.

Ton-
nage.

Value.

Men.

No.

Value.

Men.

Yards.

Value.

1

2

Kenora and Rainy River.

Lake of the Woods

Crow, Oneman, Sandy and
Shoal Lakes

22

4
2

2

0

$

14,068

1,450
700

575
950

46
9

4

12
4

3

3
16

$

2.425

280
1.50

270

415
.4,210'

22

8
12

10

9
29

34,000

12.000
8,000

12,000

12,000
24.900

3,000
6,000

$

5,000

1.500
1 500

R

Lac Suele

4

5

Abram, Lost, Minnitakie, Peli-
can and Vermilion Lakes . .

Eagle, Indian, Isabester, Mani-
tou, Orang Outang and

8T5

1.800
1 625

6

Rainy Lake

7

Height of Land, Loon and
Pipestone Lakes

265

8

Clearwater, Elbow, Eva, Na-
makan and Steep Rock

3

950

7

Totals

32

17.743

64

43

8,700

97

111,900

12,565

Return of the kinds, quantities and values of fish caught during the

S5

District.

i

1

tS

•g
2

•c

a

i

m

J3
1

td
S

'3

i
i

m

£

i

1

•3

1

Kenora and Rainy River
Lake of the Woods

brls.

lbs.

brls.

lbs.

707.396

210,874
104,074

34,118

47.150
69,494

7,800
18,300

brls.

lbs.

26.075

16,233

lbs.

483.206

47,732
10,080

6,320

14,810
125,706

1,500
3.500

lbs.

556,209
77,800

2

Crow, Oneman, Sandy and
Shoal Lakes

3

Lac Suele

:::::::::;:":::::::

69,756
9,215

4

Abram, Lost, Minnitakie, Peli-
can and Vermilion Lakes..

15.433
14,267

5

Eagle, Indian, Isabester, Mani-
tou, Orang Outang and
Wabigoon Lakes

48,670

e

Rainy Lake

106 705

7

Height of Land, Loon and
Pipestone Lakes

3.400
14,650

5 500

8

Clearwater, Elbow, Eva, Na-
makan and Steep Rock
Lakes

6,100

Totals

1,199,206

90,058

692,854

879.955

Values

$ c.

119,920 60

$ c.

$ c.

9,005 80

» c.

55,428 32

$ c.

87,996 50

1915

GAME AND FISHERIES.

Ill

FISHERIES.

quantity and value of all fishing materials and other fixtures employed in the fishing
Waters of Kenora and Rainy River District.

Fishing material.

Other fixtures nsed in
fishins.

Seines.

Pound nets.

Hoop nets.

Dip nets.

Niirht lines.

Spears.

Freezers and
Ice Houses,

Piers and
Wharves.

o

55

Yard*.

Value,

d

5^;

Value.

d

Value.

d

Value.

No.
Hooks.

Value./

i

Value.

d

Value.

d

Value.

$

28

$

9.000

12

$

1,075

$

$

$

4

2

2

2

4

10

$

4.700

900
1.000

600

1.325
1,600

7

2
2

s

1 730

'

90

700

■

3

225

2

325

400

1

1

31

9.326

12

1.075

400

25

10.125

14

2,745

.... 1 ....... .

year 1913, in the Public Waters of Kenora and Rainy River Districts.

s

M

d

J3

o

J

a
"a
H

in

1

"SI
i

£

1

1
PQ

§

5

Oarp.

Value.

lbs.

84,800

lbs.

lbs.

lbs.
130.510
4.800

lbs.

17,006

lbs.

175.242

3,000
8,654

1.980
9,050

lbs.
2.175

No.

128

lbs.

$ c.

200.549 46
34 747 26

18.622 10

1.132

6.549 12

12 646 00

3,730

:::!::::::::::::::::

34,637

47,776
500

800

125

32 677 90

1 815 00

2,200

6,300

50

4,983 00

89,730

-

. 177.879

17,008 1 247,002

2.350

128

312.589 84

$ c.

$ c.

10.642 74

% c.
1,360 48

% c.

12.350 10

$ c.

2.350 00

$ c.

76 80

J c.

13,459 50

312.589 84

1

112

THE EEPORT UPON

No. 14

ONTARIO

Betum of the number of flshermen, tonnage and value of tugs, vessels and boats,

fishing industry during the year 1913,

District.

Pish

ing material.

5^

Tugs

or Gasoline Launches

Row or Sail Boats.

Gill-Nets.

8

a
5zi

No.

Ton
nage.

Value.

Men.

No.

Value.

Men.

Yards.

Value.

1
2

Lake Superior.

Pigeon River to Thunder Oape
(including Thunder Bay) . .

Thunder Cape to Simpson's Is-
land ( including Black Bay,
etc. )

2

4
8
2
3
1
1
1

72

115

210

30

32

20

8

5

$

9,000

15.200
24,000
5,900
10,800
7.500
2,500
500

10

16
22
9
15
10
6
2

5

2
5

$

345

135
150

9

4
8

102,000

49,000
144,000
32,000
109,300
74,100
38,500
25,000
51,000
72,000
34,400
12.000
29,000

10,000

$

5.700
3 400

^

8 250

4

Jackflsh and Port Coldwell . .

3 200

n

4
4

7
3
12

600
570

1,550
475

2,775

7
8

14
7

22

3,535

6

1,100

7

Lizard Islands

3,050

8

2,100

9

3,700

10

Richardson's Harbor

2

1
1
1

24
5
5
5

8,300
500
500
500

12
2
2
2

1 000

11

10

1.300

20

2.250

n

4,000

13

7
5

950
185

12
10

2,050

14

Lac des Milles Lac, Sturgeon

964

Totals

27

531

85.200

108

64

9,085

121

782.300

44.299

Return of the kinds, quantities and values of fish caught

J

s

0

District.

1

ea

QC

61

a

ea

c

13

"3

JS

S
"S

2

1

13

i

1

0

o

M

S
o

s

Q

o
"3

1

Lake Superior.
Pigeon River to Thunder Cape

brls.

lbs.

261.000

1,000
21,000

brls.

*""i66*

lbs.

23.136

45.191
40,985
24,000
29,835
15.005
58.228
10,056
25.650

7.974
34.700

4.400
17.100

37.208

brls.

500

600
171
220
163
135

lbs.

188.044

121.571

206.323

88.000

278.695

168.095

58,795

93,795

37,920

88,339

32,100

7,500

20,500

12.000

lbs.

lbs.

2

Thunder Cape to Simpson's Is-
land (including Black Bay,
etc. )

4,230
230

16,800'

g

8,750,

Jackflsh and Port Coldwell . .

6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14

2.000

6

2

23

30
50

44

2,000

450

200

6

1.000

1,000

12.000

Lac des Milles Lac, Sturgeon

32,661

77.274

Totals

12

299,000

102

373.468

2,262

1,401,677

38,201

104,068

Values

$ c.
120 00

$ c.

14,950 00

1,020 00

$ c.

37.346 80

$ ' c.

22,620 00

$ c.

140,167 70

$ c.
3,056 08

$ c.

10 406-80

1915

GAME AND FISHERIES.

113

FISHERIES.

the quantity and value of all fishing materials and other fixtures employed in the
in the Public Waters of Lake Superior.

Fishinsr material.

Other fixtures used in
fishing.

Seines.

Pound Nets.

Hoop Nets.

Dip Nets.

Night Lines.

Spears.

Freezers and
Ice Houses.

Piers and
Wharves.

No.

Yards.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.
Hooks.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

$

$

$

4

7

1

500

1.050

150

2

1,000

200

3

2,300
1,000

'*i!6o6'

500
3.000

3 000

6

3,000

3,000

1,000

1

1

200
300
100

400

100

500

1

" *

100

20

4,700

14

10,200

7,900

during the year 1913, in the Public Waters of Lake Superior.

a

s

ba

5

00

1

1

2
§

u

g

1

>
O

11

So

1

Value.

lbs. lbs.

lbs.

lbs.

lbs.

lbs.

lbs.

No.

lbs.

$ c.

39,168 00

2,380

3.. 395
3,395
80,000

25,271 35

380

29,610 95

17,400 00

32,483 00

19,760 00

19,000

12,712 30

!

10,641 90

; 1

4,500

6,686 00

14,131 30

1

6,700 00

1,430 00

4,860 00

873

241

15,835 61

2.760 ' •.,.

873

110,531

235,680 31

$ c.

414 00

i c.

52 38

5. .526 55

> C.

235,680 31

1 1

8 G.

114

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No. 14

ONTAEIO

Return of the number of fishermen, tonnase and value of tugs, vessels and boats,

fishing industry during the year 1913, in the

District.

Fishine material.

Tugs or Gasoline Launches.

Value. Men

Row or Sail Boats.

No. Value. Men

Gill-NeU.

Value.

Lake Huron, North Channel.

and Thessalon
St. Joseph Is-

Bruce Mines

(including

land)

Thessalon to Blind River . . .
Algoma Mills to Spanish (in

eluding John's Island) . . .
Gore Bay and Kagawong . .

Little Current

Manitowaning and Fraser Bays

Killarney

Sauaw. Rabbit and Fitzwilliam

Islands

South Bay and Providence

Bay

Duck Islands

Mississagi Straits, Meldrum

Bay and Cockburn Island.
Lake Kagawong

44

103

Totals

491

400
1.200

500
1.900
1,126
8,800
4,350

22,300

12,500
10,000

36

550
■ 925

745
175
605
533
23.100

835

262
2.000

197
181

89.875

159

30.108

122

21,000
10,000

36.750
61. .300
8.100
8.400
7,100

296,600

219.100
10,800

181.300
400

860.850

1,445

675

1,860
466
576
498

3.523

11.896

15,457
8,300

6,867
24

61,487

Return of the kinds, quantities and values of fish caught during

J

B

a

District.

i
1

a

•fi

a
■fc

a

"6

•s

2

JB

ta
&

Is

Trout, salted.

£

o
H

V

M

s

1
D

1

1

Lake Huron, North Channel.

Bruce Mines and Thessalon
(including St. Joseph Is-
land)

brls.

lbs.

brls.

250
1

lbs.

22,098
27.760

2.809

19.694

13.782

48. .329

145.828

220,138

15,975
6.000

75,932
795

brls.

lbs.

26.216
24,097

13.853
60.874
15.802
44.964
70.427

323.188

.366.528
302.698

471.1,30
120

lbs.

23.042
5,141

24.417
2.366
2,508
10.666
16.659

2.044

ibs.
9 787

2
3

46 155

Algoma Mills to Spanish (in-
cluding John's Island) . . .

l.'^S

19,223

185.644
26,427
13.480

4

5
-%
7

8

Manitowaning and Fraser Bays

1

4

106.936

13.141

Squaw. Rabbit and Fitzwilliam

70
13

353

9

South Bay and Providence
Bay

10
11

Mississagi Straits, Meldrum

400

72
347

.35.017

12

Lake Kagawong

Totals

155

19.623

251

599,140

87

1.719.897

87,262

436.949

Values

$ c.

1,550 00

$ c.

981 16

$ c.

2.510 00

$ c.

59.914 00

'$ c

870 00

$ c.

171.989 70

$ c.

6,980 96

$ c.

43,694 90

I

1915

GAME AND FISHERIES.

115

FISHEKIES

the quantity and value of all fishing materials and other fixtures employed in the
Public Waters of Lake Huron, North Channel.

Fishine material.

Other fixtures used in
fishinir.

Seines.

Pound nets.

Hoop nets.

Dip nets.

Xi^ht lines.

Spears.

Freezers and
Ice Houses.

Piers and
Wharves.

6

2;

Yards.

Value.

6

Value.

1

Value.

o

Value.

No.
Hooks.

Value.

6

Value.

d

Value.

d

Value.

$

3

18

1
5
4

25
8

13

$

800
5.000

150
1.500

550
7,000
2,800

3,500

$

$

$

$

5
6

4

$

600
2.500

550

1
4

100

:::::::::;::::::

1,100

1

1

' 1

1

9
U

2.800
3.900

!!::::::i::::

•♦7

28,000

15

3,650

5

1,200

I""

the year 1913, in the Public Waters of Lake Huron, North Channel.

B

s

1

u

Oh

1

Eh

Catfish.

Mixed and Coarse
fish.

i

o

1

n

5

Valae.

lbs.
57

lbs.

lbs.

2,430
200

2,873

lbs.

lbs.

lbs.

32,432
103,279

177,126

1.987

15,133

39, .574

8.632

lbs.

No.

lbs.

$ c.

11,905 11

8,596

74
1,857

210

28

16.901 75

9,876

35,353 02

1,624

11,231 73

2,138

980

200

5.650 29

6,329

23,844 23

400

1,000

375

24,843 92

170

55,256 92

1,105
20,000

30

38,446 60

500

.32,144 80

291

321

\

65.328

14i

61,576 06

119 26

29,981

7,804

21,1.35

2,506

443.491

252J

317,278 69

t c.

4,497 15

$ c.

390 20

$ c.

1,268 10

$ c.

200 48

$ c.

22,174 65

S c

252 5

$ c.

317.273 69

116

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No. 14

ONTARIO

Return of the number of fishermen, tonnage and value of tugs, vessels and boats, the

industry during the year 1913,

District.

Pishing material.

1

!25

Tugs

or Gasoline Launches.

Sail

or Row Boats.

Gill-Nets.

No.

Ton-
nage.

Value.

•Men.

No.

Value.

Men,

Yards.

Value.

Georgian Bay.

4
10

4.750
11,700

11
35

2
5
13
1
9

14

49

$

240

450

1,460

4

'"19"
2
15

23

60

71,500
249,600
41.600
34.450
112,500

380,950
184,650

1,693
13 500

9

3

30,300
1 182

n

5
10

15
13

16
53

"'11'

1.350
6,250

21,710
10.150

11
24

43
31

5
6

Collingwood «...

Meaford (including Owen

680

750
2,644

6.895

16.088
13,750

7

Colpoy's Bay to Tobermory..
Totals

57

109

50,910

155

93

6,224

123

1,075,250

83.408

Return of the kinds, quantities and values of fish caught

District.

i

i

s

"^

J3

J3

•g

S

Si

d

3

«

j:

.a

0

0

J4

^

^

H

ir

£

Georgian Bav

Byng Inlet

Parry Sound

Waubaushene

Penetanguishene

Collingwood

Meaford (including Owen

Sound Bay)

Colpoy's Bay to Tobermory.

Totals

Values

brls.

lbs.

37i

5,600
22,000

19.400
8.250

177i

55,150

$ c.

1,775 00

$ c.

2.757 50

brls.

79
26i
300

408

$ c.
4,080 00

lbs.

83,850

200.949

6.300

44,070

22,650

10,516
6.408

374,743

$ 0.
37,474 30

brls.

1,167
7li

* c.
13.895 00

lbs.

22,800

226,444

5.800

60,070

67,650

384,681
223,435

930.880

93,088 00

lbs.

14,235

3.067

19.605

76

$ c.

2,958 64

lbs.

33,217
8,004
4,400

45,621

$ c.

4,562 10

1915

GAME AND FISHERIES.

117

FISHERIES

quantity and value of all fishing materials and other fixtures employed in the fishing
in the Public Waters of the Georgian Bay.

Fishing material.

. Other fixtures used in
fishing.

Seines.

Pound nets.

Hoop nets.

Dip nets

Night Lines.

Spears.

Freezers and
Ice Houses

Piers and
Wharves.

6

Yards.

Value.

6

Value.

o

Value.

6

Value.

No.
Hooks.

Value.

d

'A

Value.

6

Value.

6

Value.

$

8

1,200

$

$

$

$

$

$

5
1

1.775
250

13

800

1

100

■

1
2

60

8

4,325

2 450

8

1.200

13

800

14

6.350

4

2,610

during the year 1913, in the Public Waters of the Georgian Bay.

a
%

1

P4

I

1

0

EH

<a
t

Caviare.

1

n
§

m

&

5

Value.

lbs.
1,689

lbs..

lbs.

lbs.

lbs.

75

lbs,
15,065

lbs.

75

No.

lbs.

$ c.

16,863 10

44,075 06

2,560

5,916

30,190

72

900

6,519 10

. .

12,533 86

5,200

1,300

760

14.780 00

46,159 70

63.700

28,333 80

6,889

3,860

63,703

5,990

46,227

835

169.264 62

$ c.

1,033 35

$ c.

193 00

$ c.

3,822 18

$ c.

479 20

$ c.

2,311 35

$ c.

835 00

$ c.

f c.

169,264 62

118

THE REPORT UPON

No. 14

ONTARIO

Ketum of the number of fishermen, tonnage and value of tugs, vessels and boats,

fishing industry during the year 1913,

District.

Fishine material.

¥.

Tugs or Gasoline Launches.

Row or Sail Boats.

Gill-Nets.

No.

Ton-
nage.

Value.

Men.

No.

Value.

Men.

Yards,

Value.

1
2

s

Lake Huron (Prop&r).

Tobermory to Southampton . .

Southampton to Pine Pt

County of Huron

12
3
10

172
"'21'

$

34.050
4.000
3.800

54
10
25

21
8

$

2,020
195

30
9

406,800
134,700
40.400

2.000

$

23,158
6.395
2,840

4

County of Lambton (includ-
ing River St. Clair)

37

6.325

58

Totals

25

193

31,850

89

66

8,540

97

583,900

32, 393

Beturns of the kinds, quantities and values of fish caught

1

B
0

District.

1"

1

n

1

a

•c

IH

a

i
i

<a

m

i

0

J3

a

0

o3
1
P

1
9.

Lake Huron (Proper).

Tobermory to Southampton . .
Southampton to Pine Pt

brls.

287

lbs.
75,462

brls.
14

bs.

21,395

600

5,575

8.647

brls.
351

lbs.

475,103
91,495
98,801

7.859

lbs.
153

lbs.
44

^

County of Huron

i8,535
48.407

12,861

4

County of Lambton (includ-
ing River St. Clair)

Totals

I

1,440

108,710

288

142.404

14

36.217

351

673,258

1,593

121 615

VahieB

$ c.

2.880 00

$ c.

7. ISO 20

f c.

140 00

$ c.

3,621 70

$ c.

3.510 00

$ c.

67,325 80

$ c
127 44

$ c.
12,161 50

1915

GAME AND FISHERIES.

119

FISHERIES.

the quantity and value of all fishing materials and other fixtures employed in the
in the Public Waters of Lake Huron (Proper).

Fishing material.

other fixtures used in
fishing.

Seines.

Pound nets.

Hoop nets.

Dip Nets.

Night Lines.

Spears.

Freezers and
Ice Houses.

Piers and
Wharves.

No.

Yards.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.
Hooks.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

No. Value.

$

2

$

300

$

jm

$ c.

$

i

3

2,800

• • • •

.... ...

8
55

1,800
13,800

3

135

150

1

25

....

1

400

.. ..

3

135

150

66

15,900

1

25

i

3,200

during the year 1913, in the Public Waters of Lake Huron (Proper).

"O

1

V

n

3
So

<B

•g

1

"3

a

•g

1

a
«

Z ID

M

6

g

1 .

Value.

lbs.

lbs.

lbs.

lbs.

lbs.

lbs.

lbs.

No.

lbs.

$ c.

3 000

20,320

243,800

15

60

76,104 74

9.209 50

1 700

25,085
3,953

8,975
50,883

• 70
847

14.678 45

9,482

3

169

7

1,600

20,176 15

14,182

3

49,358

243,800

184

59,858

967

7

1,600

120,168 84

$ c.

%

c.

$ C.

$ C.

$c.

$ c.

$ c.

$c.

*c.

$ c.

2,127 30

18

2,467 90

14.628 00

14 72

2,992 90

967 00

4 20

80 00

120,168 84

120

THE EEPORT UPON

No. 14

ONTARIO

Keturnllofithe number of fishermen, tonnage and value of tugs, vessels and boats,

fishing industry during the year 1913,

District.

Fishing material.

5

i

Tngs or Gasoline Launches.

Row or Sail Boats.

OiU-Nets.

No.

Ton-
nage.

Value.

Men.

No.

Value.

Men.

Yards.

Value.

1

Lake St. Clair.
Kent County (including River
Thames)

27

$

5, 900

39

23
31
28

$

945

5,670

583

34
69

72

$

9

3

Detroit River

9

29

6

300

21

Totals

6

6,200

60

d2

7,198

175

.

Eeturn of the kinds, quantities and values of fish caught during

1

B

District.

i

a

n

M

a

■c

w

•6
1

J3

ta
'2

i
1

2

Eh

1

3

2

Eh

o

Q

M

o

1

•3

1

Lake St. Clair.
Kent County (including River
Thames)

brls.

lbs.

brls.

lbs.

brls.

lbs.

lbs.

18,185
8,900
11,750

lbs.

17,787
40,745

8

12.350
58,000

8

100

8.490

Totals

100

70,350

38.835

67.022

Values

• ■ . ■

5 00

$ c.

7,035 00

$ c.

3.106 80

$ c.

6.702 20

1915

GAME AND FISHEEIES.

131

FISHERIES.

the quantity and value of all fishing materials and other fixtures employed in the
in the Public Waters of Lake St. Clair.

Fishine material.

Other fixtures used in
fishing.

Seines.

Pound nets.

Hoop nets.

Dip nets.

Night Lines.

Roll Nets.

Freezers and
Ice Houses.

Piers and
Wharves.

No.

Yards.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.
Hooks.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

i

2.532
1.200
1.315

$

1.110
300
915

$

104
59

1

$

5.775

3,760

15

7

$

160

2,400

2,150

300

$

46

106

10

24

$

810

9

$

2.500

14

$

2.650

19

12

2.900

28

2

45

*

44

5.047

2,325

12

2,900

164

9.550

7

160

4,850

162

24

810

9

2.500

16

2.695

the year 1913, in the Public Waters of Lake St. Clair.

s

a

1

.0
O

0^

1

a

5 .

u

1.

1
1

a

d
1

s '

-3

lbs.
6.743

lbs.

lbs.

47,227

23,215

5,050

lbs.

20,050

lbs.

26.988

42.840

600

lbs.

344,549
126.910
36,650

lbs.

No.

lbs.

12,765
66.700
63.200

$ c.

27,834 04

52.335

326

27,966 20

1,050

13,044 SO

60,128

75,492

20,050

70.428

508,109

326

132.665

68.844 74

$ C.

9,019 20

$ C.

3,774 60

$C.
1,203 00

5,634 24

$ c.

25,405 45

$ C.

'326 00

$ C.

6,633 25

$ c.

68.844 74

1^

THE EEPOET UPON

No. 14

ONTARIO

Return of the number of fishermen, tonnage and value of tugs, vessels and boats,

fishing industry during the year 1913,

District.

Fishing Material.

U4

Toes

or Gasoline Launches.

Row and Sail Boats.

QiU-Nets.

B

No.

Ton-
natre.

Value.

Men.

No.

Value.

Men.

Yards.

Value.

1

9

Lake Erie.
Pelee Island

4
58
39
29
32
18

7

13
3

65
116

50

69
176
600

56

90
19

$

11,800
46.880
27.950
10.950
20.575
110.500
22.100

32,150

3.850

26
129
66
79
92
115
44

58

6

4
6

$

325
490

11

9

57.000
10,600
20.000

9

36,500
7,350

<i

Kent West . .

'Cpnt East

2.000

4

i;

Elgin West

85.580

202.700

85.100

74.300

15.815

14.300

8 160

6

7
8

9

5
101

30

8

21

*4,66o
4,351

720

210

20

17
210

35

4

23

31 710

7.455

11.501

4 450

Haldimand County (to and
including the Grand River).
Port Maitland to Port Col-

10

Port Oolborne to Niagara
Falls

60

Totals

203

1,241

286.755

615

175

10,716

309

565.395

109,186

'

Return of the kinds, quantities and values of fish caught

District.

"S

JS

s

s

.a

M

ex

a

a

S

a

n

^

?

^

s

£

0

0

o

g

b*

Eh

Lake Erie.

Pelee Island

Rssex County

Kent West

Kpnt East

Elgin West

Elgin East

Norfolk County

Haldimand County (to and
including the Grand River).

Port Maitland to Port Pol-
borne

Port Colborne to Niagara
Falls

Totals

Values

brls. i

$ c,

lbs.

319,376
460,255
1.1.'>6,161
1.495.928
1.401.971
4.446.1.50
1.517.707

677,966

130,352

2,572

11,608,428

•• •. S C.
580,421 40

brls.

lbs.

75,692
733,125
75.380
87.318
147,893
458,229
1.37.255

210.131

13.969

904 1.938,992

S c. $ c
2,040 00 193,899 20

brls.

lbs.

219
1,.540

1.769

$
176 90

lbs.

10,100
227 102
737.029
599.693
513.626
14.253
48.043

118.627

19,129

2,287.602

$ c.
183.008 16

lbs.

3,410
287,914
46,977
10,923
103,898
103.969
125.28;^

342,866

4,075

.34.355

963.670

$ c.
96.367 00

1915

GAME AND FISHERIES.

123

FISHERIES.

the Quantity and value of all fishing materials and other fixtures employed in the
in the Public Waters of Lake Erie.

Fishine material.

Other fixtures used in
fishins:.

Seines.

Pound Nets.

Hoop Nets.

Dip Nets.

Night Lines.

Spears.

Freezers and
Ice Houses.

Piers and
Wharves.

No.

Yards.

Value.

No.,

Value.

No.

Vajue.

No.

Value.

No.
Hooks.

Valu^.

No.

Value.

!No.

Value.

No.

Value.

$

5
165

77
69
59

1.250
73.220
45,300
27,400
32.000

f

$

$

$

3
21
18
24
26
21
12

12

$

12,300
6,575
20.500
12.100
14,350
8,550
6.000

7,500

1.300

$

1,300
100

2.ieo

61

25
575

o

2

1

11
11

4 800

1

1,370

1

1

4

44

13 3 050

4S

15,881

290

6.185
250

2
31

6

1,000
11,500
2.500

■■•■|

2,400
925

72
5

2 7ftn

4

!
1

26

6
3

45

5

1 000

1

4,850

19,6;i

— f

7,096

414 194 170

1

40

91

8,175

77

141

89,175

42

10.920

(

during the year 1913, in the Public Waters of Lake Erie.

i

.a
o

&

1

■3
Eh

.0

CD

6

i
0

•a
a
a

.S<a

6

m

505
00

a

6

a

lbs.

206

lbs.

lbs.

35,527
99,552
240,453
129.367
87.983
201.396
105,511

50.029

3.611

lbs.

lbs.

245
13,256

lbs.

10.221

320,832

125.300

41,093

46,625

13. .359

193.257

37.766

9,580

19.347

lbs.

31

l,147i

1581

101

266i

No.

Ibe

t c.

27,055 90
175 115 02

12,969

42.668

96

80.800

3,144

147 923 85

2,784

3,782

1,600

60

5.612

■ 557

1,434

67.00'<

145 291 42

2.123

27'

143,811 08

290 411 71

3,780

132

343

81

420

190.966
35,140

133,679 15
97 531 92

13,999

15

92

1,663

10,967 04
6,119 40

7.308

1.400

35

47,976

954.829

42,710

26,546

817.380

2,680J

168

373,948

1,177,896 49

$ c.

7,196 40

$ c.

47,741 45

$ c.

2,. 562 60

$ c.

2.123 68

$ c.

40.869 00

« c,
2.680 50

« c.

112 80

f c.

18.697 40

$ c.

1.177.896 49

124

THE REPOET UPON

So. 14

ONTARIO

Eetum of the number of fishermen, tonnage and value of tugs, vessels and boats, the

industry during the year 1913.

District.

Fishing material.

s

Tugs

sr Oasoline Launches.

Row

or Sail Boats.

Gill-Nets.

^

o

Ton-
Dage.

Value.

Men.

6

Value.

Men.

Yards.

Value.

1

Lake Ontario.

Lincoln County

Wentworth County

Halton County

Peel County

York County

Ontario County

Durham County

Northumberland County ....
Prince Edward County ....
Bay of Quinte (Proper) . . .
Bay of Quinte (Eastern
Channel)

14
3

16
2
3
1
1
4
6

37

34
6

""s

16

"hS

3
5i

$

7,225

2,700

4,835

1,100

775

160

250

1,250

1,150

3.482

1,655
1,050

4

10

32

5

6

2

2

9

9

65

48
11

1
14

1

59
410

""26

•58.703 1
40,100
92,000
11,135
13,700
4,250
3,000
31.000

196.419
71.100

66,840
33,200

1

2

2,300
4,200

4

1
4
4

2

9

8

600

5
6

7

475
125

1,750
220
300

8
9

10
11

26
85
180

910
6,944
7,526

33
163
293

2,190
5,735
3,219

790

12

Wolfe Island and Vicinity . . .

Totals

1

25

1,435

37

^1,655

127

841

25,632

203

340

17,875

571

•621,447

22,959

•3 of these are machines used in the Niagara River.

Return of the kinds, quantities and values of fish caught

DiBtrict.

12

Lake Ontario.

brls.

Lincoln County

Wentworth County

Halton County

Peel County

York County

Ontario County

Durham County

Northumberland County . .
Prince Edward County . .
Bay of Quinte (Proper) . .
Bay of Quinte (Eastern

Channel)

Wolfe Island and Vicinity

18}

10
59

100

Totals

Values

182i

$ c.

1.825 00

lbs.

147,547

88.100

67,600

8,002

12,613

820]

5,500

36,670

25,000

288,459

5,500

685,81li

34,290 57

brls.

20i

223}

$ c.
2.235 00

lbs.

25.578

21,640

6,250

5,000

24,330

3,985

4,600

9,927

154,746

127.812

68,113
21,186

473.167

47,316 70

brls.

100

28

128

$ c.
1.280 00

lbs.

5.155

5.410

16,000

5.530

6,995

612

1,500

27.036

863,735

100

90.149
25.581

lbs.

24.336
1,300

800
'524"

35,129
84,766
114,538

1,850
8,588

647.803

221,331

54,780 30

17,706 48

lbs.

2,100
650

2,592
880

26,748

$ c.
2.674 80

1915

GAME AND FISHERIES.

125

FISHERIES.

quantity and value of all fishing materials and other fixtures employed in the fishing
in the Public Waters of Lake Ontario.

»

Fishing material.

Other fixtures used in
fishing.

Seines.

Pound nets.

Hoop nets.

Dip nets.

Night Lines.

Spears.

Freezers and
Ice Houses.

Piers and
Wharves.

1

Yards.

Value.

6

Value.

0

Value.

•

6

Value.

No.
Hooks.

Value.

6

Value.

Value.

6

Value.

$

$

«'

$

$

$

1

t52
15
2

$

(

6

7,266

340

1

5

^ 600

6

50

75

■■ 1,100

1,245

400

....

■

28

58

266

580

978

7,520

4,120
4,900

2,800
400

25
42

12
30

7

90

60
10

10
5

....

1

1

53

1,410

5

490

1

200

7

7.270

355

405

10,488

1

5

12.820

115

50

75

t82

t3,325

1

200

tSO of these are spearing houses valued at $500

during the year 1913, in the Public Waters of Lake Ontario.

a

s

M

s

i

1

1
1

(S

<a

6

o
u

a

II

i

.2

1

a
o
(t>

s

1

a

tS

1

OB • '

s
■3
>

lbs.

lbs.

300

2,100

550

300

lbs.

1,808
1,300

lbs.

lbs.

lbs.

8.338
1.950

lbs.

No.

lbs.

lbs.

$ c.
13,132 83

45.100

9 822 50

88,900

14,528 00

1,010

500

885

3,590

58J

8.000

43,460

54,064

184.315

17.250

34.021

100

1 634 85

3.942 65

49

548 32

1,285 00

3,300
40,236
57.390
71.222

15,877

84.712
15,210
194.997
830
43.121

12,823 08

89

8,930
84,422

1,590
25,800

1.000

64,803 39

3,000

1.900

71,979 50

24,790 12

SCO

13,150 09

89

191,275

124.909

3,000

279.370

355.93li

1.000

47.600

88.900

232.440 33

$ c.

13 30

$ c.

11,476 50

1 c.

6,245 45

$ c.

180 00

$ c.

22.349 60

$ c.

17.796 58

$

1.000

$ c.

2.380 00

$ c.

8.890 00

$ c.

232,440 33

126

THE REPORT UPON

No. 14

ONTAKIO

Return of the number of Fishermen, tonnage and value of tugs, vessels and boats,

fishing industry during the year 191B,

District.

Fishing Material.

Tugs

or Oas

nline Launches.

Row or Sail Boats.

No.

Ton-
nage.

Value.

Men.

No,

Value.

•

Men.

Gill-Nets.

Value.

Inland Waters.

and

Prontenac County

Lanark, Leeds, Lennox

Addineton Counties . .
Renfrew, Carlston, Russell and

Prescott Counties

Lake Simcoe

Nipissini; and Timiskaming

Districts

Totals

225

1.000
3,800

650

5,675

133

9

291

$

847

635

1,488
225

3,235

124
151

131
12

3.380
2.860
3.860

3.900

14.000

$

264
230
112

946

Return of the kinds, quantities and values of fish caught

i

&

0

District.

i

ts

M

a
1

i

s

a

S
is

i

<a

i
1

1

•s

s

o

e3

1

o

1

1

2

Inland, Waters

brls.

lbs.

7,040
85

brls.

lbs.

brls.

lbs.

lbs.

31.891
8,023
1,836

lbs.

Lanark. Leeds. Lennox and

48i

1.582

5

3

Renfrew, Carieton, Russeli and

815

1

375
1.940

5,354
3.905

9,236
1,500

5

Nipissine and Timiskaming;

8,320

9,990

Totals

9,440

48i

10,841

5

10.736

50.070

10.805

Values

$ c.

$ c.

478 00

$ c.

485 00

$ c.

1.084 10

$ c.

50 00

$ c.

1.073 60

$ c.

4.005 60

$ c.

1.080 50

1915

GAME AND FISHERIES.

127

FISHERIES.

the quantity and value of all fishing materials and other fixtures employed in the
in the Public Inland Waters.

FishinB material

•

Other fixtures used in
fishing.

Seines.

Pound nets.

Hoop nets.

Dip Nets.

Night Lines.

Spears.

Freezers and
Ice Houses.

Piers and
Wharves.

No.

Yards.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.
Hooks.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

11

123
40

$

135

$

28
80
13

S

605
1,179

110

f

400

7,000

'l 0.660
2.000

i

$

$

■ «

2

13
8

40
16

24

1
2

2

750

25
700

500

250
23

ti

2,000

880

53

185

2

100

1

i i

1

2

19

2.163

1,015

I....I

122

1,894

26 1 Ml 9n nfio

273

53 1 i«-'i

29

1,975

100

) i

1

1

during the year 1913, in the Public Inland Waters.

m

1

J3

5

u
g .

i

1

1

1

n

e

s

a

d

0

td

0
Q

lbs.

lbs.

7,406

36,461

1,875

lbs,
4,475
3,819

415

17,678

100

lbs.

lbs.
45,599
68,063
9,8.50

lbs.

.59,542

34,841

62,285
79,678

4,252

lbs.

No.

lbs.

No.

$ c.

10,196 4t

10,904 9»

545

130

50
116,262

4.426 13

12,158 6&

1 200

1,167

900

2 841 72

1.745

45,742

26,487

1,167

124,412

240,598

1.30

116,312

40,527 90

1 C.

261 TB

$ c.

8,744 52

% c.

1,324 35;

V c.
70 02

$ c.

9,952 96

f c.

12.029 90

$ c-

78 00

$ c.
5.815 60

$ c.

40 627 90

128

THE EEPOET UPON

is^o. 14

ONTAKIO

KecapitulatioQ of the number of fishermen, tonnage and value of tugs, vessels and boats,

industry during

District.

Fishing material.

Tags 01 Qasoline Launches.

Ton-

Sail or Row Boats.

No. Value. Men

Gill-Nets.

Yards.

Value.

Kenora and Rainy River Dis-
tricts

Lake Superior

Lake Huron (North Channel)

Georgian Bay

Lake Huron (Proper)

Lake St. Clair, etc

Lake Erie

Lake Ontario

Inland Waters

Totals

32

27

531

38

491

57

109

25

193

29

6

203

1,241

127

84

18

656

2.655

17.743
85.200
89,875
50,910
31,850

6,200
286.755
25,632

5,675

599,840

64

43

108

64

159

70

155

93

89

66

60

82

615

175

203

.340

23

291

1,476

1,224

$

8,700

97

9,035

121

30,108

122

6,224

123

8,540

97

7,198

175

10,716

309

17,875

571

3,235

420

101,631

2.035

111,900
782,300
860,850
1,075,250
583,900

565,. 395

»621,447

14.000

•4,615.042

12,565
44,299
51,487
83,408
32,393

109,186

22,959

946

*3 of these are machines used in the Niagara River.

Recapitulation of the kinds, quantities and values of

District.

Kenora and "Rainy
River Districts

Lake Superior ....

Lake Huron (North
Channel)

Georgian Bay

Lake Huron (Proper)

Lake St. Clair, etc..

Lake Erie

Lake Ontario

Inland Waters

Totals

Values

brls.

155

1771

288

$ c.
,iiin 00

lbs.

299,000

19,623

55,150

142,404

100

11,608.428

685,811i

9,440

12,819,9564

$ c.
640.997 82

brls.

102

251

408

14

204
223i
481

$ c.
12.510 00

lbs.

1,199,206
373,468

599.140

374.743

36.217

70.350

1.938,992

473,167

10,841

brls.

2,262

87

1 .389i

351

128
5

5.076,124 4,222i

> c. I *
507.612 40 42.225 00

lbs.

90.058
1,401,677

1,719,897
930,880
673,258

1,769

547,803

10,736

5,376,078

lbs.

692,854
38,201

87,262

36,983

1,593

38,835

2.287,602

221,331

50,070

lbs.

879,956
104,068

436,949
45.621

121,615
67,022

963.670
26.748
1(),805

3,454.731 2.656.453

27R..378 48 265.645 30

lbs.

89,730
2,760

29. 98 J

6,889

14,182

60,128

47.976

89

1,745

253,480

38,022 00

1915

GAME AND FISHERIES.

129

FISHERIES.

the quantity and value of all flshiag material and other fixtures employed in the fishing
the year 1913.

Fishing material

— Continued.

Other fixtures used in
fishing.

Seines.

Pound nets.

Hoop nets.

Dip or Roll
nets.

Night Lines.

Spears.

Freezers and
Ice Houses.

Piers and
Wharves.

No.

Yards.

Value.

No.

Value,

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.
Hooks.

Value.

No.

Value.

No-

Value.

No.

Value.

$

31
20
97
8

66

12

414

$

9,325

4,700
28,000

1,200
15.900

2,900
194,170

$

$

400

$

$

25
14
15
14

4

9
141
82t
29

$

10.125
10,200
3,650
6.350
3,200
2,600
89.175
3,325+
1,975

14

7
5
4

2,745

7,900

1,200

13

1
164

800

25

9,550

2,610

3

135

5.047
19.671
7,270
2.163

150
2,325
7.096

355
1,015

44

31

40

970
91

4.850

8,175

12,820

20,060

162

77

115

273-

16

42

1

2

2,695

55

10,920

7

405
122

10,488
1,894

50
53

75
185

200

19

26

56

100

128

34,286

10,941

648

253.295

■

705

22.757

97

1,117

46.305

627

103

260

333t

130,500t

91

28.370

toO of these are spearing houses valued at $500.

fish caught during the year 1913.

ID --

•B

tJ

pq

eg

o

<d

M

O

03

lbs.

191,27
45,742

237,020

lbs.

7,804
3,860
49,358
75,492
954,829
124,909
26.487

1.242.739

lbs.

177.379

873

21,135

63.703

243.800

20.050

42,710

3.000

1.16

573.817

lbs.
17.006

2,506

5,990

184

70,428

26,546

279,370

124,412

lbs.

247,002

110.531
443.491
46.227
59.858
508.109
817.380
355. 931 J
240.598

526,442

2,829,127i

lbs.

252J
835

967

326

2,680i

1,000

8.411

7

"m

453

lbs.

1 .600

132,665

373,948

47,600

116,312

672,125

lbs.

88,900

88,900

lbs.

lbs.

312.589 84-

235,680 31

317,273 69

169,264 62

120,168 84

68,844 74

1,177,896 49

232,440 33

40,527 90

2,674,686 76

14,221,20

J.13695

34.429 02

42,115 36

141,456 38

.41100

$

271 80

$

33.606

25*8

$ c.

,890 00

* C.
.. 2,674,686 76

8 O.

130

THE REPORT UPON

Ko'. 14

Comparative Statement of yield for 1912-13, according to Districts.

1912.

1913.

Increase.

Decrease.

Kenora and Rainy River District:

Herring bbls

Herring lbs. . . .

Whiteflsh bbls. . . .

Whitefish lbs. . . .

Trout bbls....

Trout lbs. . . .

Pike " ...

Pickerel (Dore) " ...

Sturgeon " ...

Eels " ...

Perch ' ' ...

Tullibee " ...

Catfish " ...

Mixed and Coarse fish " ...

Caviare ' ' ...

Sturgeon Bladders No. . . .

Buffalo Fish lbs. . . .

Lake Superior :

Herring bbls. . . .

Herring lbs. . . .

Whiteflsh bbls. . . .

Whitefish ". lbs. . . .

Trout bbls. . . .

Trout lbs. ...

Pike " ...

Pickerel (Dore) " —

Sturgeon " —

Eels " —

Perch " ...

Tullibee " ...

Catfish " ....

Mixed and Coarse fish " . . . .

Caviare ' ' . . . .

Sturgeon Bladders No. —

Carp lbs. —

Lake Huron, North Channel:

Herring bbls

Herring lbs. ...

Whitefish bbls

Whitefish lbs

Trout bbls

Trout lbs. ...

Pike " ...

Pickerel (Dore) " ...

Sturgeon ' ' ...

Eels " ...

Perch " ...

Tullibee " ...,

Catfish ' ' ...

Mixed and Coarse fish ' ' ...

Caviare " —

Sturgeon Bladders No. ...

Carp lbs. ...

Georgian Bay :

Herring bbls ....

Herring lbs ....

Whitefish bbls. . . ,

Whiteflsh lbs ... ,

Trout bbls...

Trout lbs...

994,428
1,000
55,643
456,994
669,311
117,933

1,199,206

90,058
692,854
879,955

89,730

105,579

28,450

33,893

2,796

213

91,076

1,763.315

573,674
690
,475,924
122,631
217,847
3,567

550

276
400

660,160^

1,0021

,690,708

68,516

424,556

22,018

11,454

3,260

2,486

302,491

405

1,123 J

67,350

40

287,161

913^

.027.027

177,379

17,006

247,002

2,350

128

12

299,000

102

,373,468

2,262

1,401,677

38,201

104,068

2,760

873
"ii6*.53i'

155

19,623

251

599,140

87

1,719,897

87,262

436,949

29,981

7.804

21,135

2,506

443,491

252i

177J

55,150

408

374,743

1,389J

930.880

204,778

34,415
235,860
210,644

71,800
'2i3li09'

12

"'io2"

'i',572'

323

iio'.ssi'

19.223

248^
61,020

91 5 J

29,189~

18,746

12,393

7,963

17,875

20

141,000

368

87,582

476

1,000

28,200

11,444

446

85

1,464,315
*20o!266*

74,247

84,430

113,779

807

121

3,650

152i

946
12,200

96,147

191J

GAME AND FISHERIES.

131

Comparative Statement of yield for 1912-13, according to Districts— Continued.

'

1912.

1913.

Increase.

Decrease.

Georgian Bay — Continued :
Pike

..lbs.

34,326

58.012

976

36,983

45,621

6,889

2,6.57

Pickerel (Dore)

Sturgeon

12,391

5,913

Eels

Perch

...' 3,000

35.414

1,067

42,363

..:■: 100

3,860
63,703

5,990

46,227

835

860

28,289

4,923

3,864

735

Tuilibee

Catfish

Mixed and Coarse Fish

Caviare

Sturgeon Bladders

. . No. .
..lbs,

. bbls.

..lbs.

.bWs.

..lbs.

.bbls.
..lbs..

Carp

8,100

117

...: 150,524

8,100

Lake Huron (proper) :
Herring

288

142,404

14

36,217

351

673,258

1,593

121,615

14,182

3

49,3.58

243,800

184

59,858

967

7

1,600

171

Herring

8,120

Whiteflsh

14

Whitefish

38,738

6381

631,225"

752

187,177

48,663

. . . 1 405

...! 61,499

...1 277,200

. . . ; 146

90,373

1,777

11

100

2,521

Trout

287.^

Trout

42,033
841

Pike

Pickerel (Dore)

Sturgeon

65,562

- 34,481

Eels

402

Perch

12,141

Tuilibee

33,400

Catfish - "

38

Mixed and coarse fish

!;no.!

..lbs.

ibbls..
..lbs.,
.bbls.

30,515

Caviare

810

Sturgeon Bladders

4

Carp

1,500

Lake St. Clair and Detroit River
Herring

Herring

100

100

Whitefish

Whitefish

..lbs..
. bbls .

158,442

70,350

88,092

Trout

Trout

..lbs.

(

Pike

37,339
57,917
48,818

38,835
67,022
60,128

1,496

9,105

11,310

Pickerel (Dore)

Sturgeon

Eels

]'. " ;

Perch

80,649

75

51,396

462,828

1,035

75,492

20,0.50

70,428

508,109

326

5,157

Tuilibee

19,975
19,032
45,281

Catfish

:• ;: '■

Mixed and coarse fish

Caviare

709

Sturgeon Bladders

...No.
.. lbs.

.bbls.
..lbs.
.bbls.
...lbs.
.bbls.
. lbs.

Carp

73,060

4,619
... 13,041,418

1.720
... 2,236,428

132,665

59,605

Lake Erie :

Herring

4,619

Herring

11,608,428

204

1,938,992

1,432,990

Whitefish

1,516

Whitefish

297,436

Trout

Trout

... 2,489

... 1,485,166

975,180

52,267

1,769

2,287,602

963,670

47,976

720

Pike

802,436

Pickerel (Dore)

11,510

Sturgeon

" •• '

4,291

Eels

133

THE REPORT UPON

No. 14

Comparative Statement of yield 1912-13, according to Districts.

1912.

1913.

Increase.

Decrease.

Lake Erie. — Continued:

Perch lbs

Tullibee "

Catfish ^ .... "

Mixed and coarse fish "

Caviare j "

Sturgeon Bladders No.

Carp lbs

Lake Ontario ;

Herring bbls .

Herring lbs .

Whiteflsh bbls.

Whiteflsh lbs.

Trout bbls.

Trout lbs.

Pike " .

Pickerel (Dore) " .

Sturgeon " .

Eels " .

Perch " .

Tullibee " .

Catfish " .

Mixed and Coarse fish " .

Caviare " .

Sturgeon Bladders No.

Carp lbs .

Herring, Smoked " .

Inland Waters :

Herring bbls .

Herring ' lbs .

Whiteflsh bbls.

Whiteflsh lbs.

Trout bbls.

TrDut lbs.

Pike " .

Pickerel (Dore) " .

Sturgeon ' " .

Eels " .

Perch " .

Tullibee " .

Catfish " .

Mixed and Coarse fish " .

Caviare " .

Sturgeon Bladders No. .

Carp i lbs .

Dog fish " .

1,110,201

150

52,267

880,593

3,430

652

899,525

51

539,760

355

514,923

180

595,162

236,017

75,126

8,590

225,497

122,985

9,719

387,855

373,300

36,170
123,900

39
12,205

2,388

7

6,361

31,459

487

6,400

26,680

3.391

107,728
146,155

123,871
4,200

954,829

42,710

26,546

817,380

2,680i

188

373.948

1821
685,8111
223^
473,167
128
547,803
221,331
26,748
89
191,275
124,909
3,000
279,370
355, 93U
1,000

47,600
88,900

9,440

m

10,841

5

10,736

50,070

10,805

1,745

45,742

26,487

1,167

124,412

240,598

130
116,312

42,560

13U
146, 05U

52

8,501
'i!924'

1,000
'iii436'

48*
8,453 I

4,375
18,611
10,318

19,062,

23,096

1,167

16,684

130

155,372

"25!72i"
63,213

749J
464
525,577

1311
41,756

"'47!359*
14,686
48,378

"34! 222*

108,485
17,368J

35,000

39
2,765

4,655

95,443

7,559
4,200

1915

GAME AND FISHEKIBS.

133

Comparative Statement of the yield of the Fisheries of the Province.

Decrease,

Herring bbls. ,

Herring lbs. ,

Whitefish bbls. ,

Whiteflsh lbs. ,

Trout ...bbls..

Trout lbs.

Piiie "

Pickerel (Dore) " ,

Sturgeon "

Eels "

Perch " ,

Tullibee "

Catfish "

Mixed and Coarse fish "

Caviare "

Sturgeon Bladders No.

Carp lbs

Herring, smoked "

Buffalo Fish "

Dog Fish "

Total Barrels

Total Pounds

Total Decrease of Barrels, 1913
Total Decrease of Pounds , 1913

6.225i

15,574,972

2,1171

5,466,342

4,4311

5,484.539

2,473,200

2,665,613

309,232

252,582

1,393,179

431,947

632.095

2,330,996

9,543

876

1,140,826

123,900

91,076

4,200

815 I

12,819,956i;

1,251 !

5,076,124

4,222^

5,376,078 I

3,454,731 i

2,656,453

253,480 i

237,020 I

1,242,739 1

573,817 i

526,442 •:

2,829,127^;

8,411 1

453 I

672,125 I

88,900 I

1,081,531

5,410i

2,755,015*

866^

390,218'

209

108,461

141,870

498,1311

9,160

55,752

15,562

150,440

105,653

1,132

423

468,701

35,000

91,076

4,200

12,774JI
38,385,118 I

6,288^1
35,815,857

6,486
2,569,261

Statement of the yield and value of the Fisheries of the Province for the year 1913.

Kinds of Fish.

Quantity.

Price.

Value.

Herring bbls

Herring lbs

Whitefish bbls

Whiteflsh lbs

Trout bbls

Trout lbs

Pike "

Pickerel (Dore) "

Sturgeon "

Eels "

Perch "

Tullibee "

Catfish "

Mixed and Coarse Fish "

Caviare "

Sturgeon Bladders No.

Carp lbs

Herring, smoked "

Total

815

12,819,956i

1,251

5,076,124

4, 222 J

5,376,078

3,4.54,7.31

2.656,453

253,480

237,020

1,242,739

573,817

526,442

2,829,127i

8,411

453

672,125

88,900

$ c.

10 00
05

10 00
10

10 00
10
08
10
15
06
05
06
08
05
1 00
60
05
10

$

8,1,50 00

640.997 82

12,510 OO

507,612 40

42,225 00

537,607 80

276,378 48

265,645 30

38,022 00

14,221 20

62,136 95

34,429 02

42,115 36

141,4.56 38

8,411 00

271 80

33,606 25

8,890 00

$2,674,686 76

134

THE EEPOBT UPON GAME AND FISHEEIES.

No. 14

Value of Ontario Fisheries from 1870 to 1913, inclusive.

Years.

1870.
1871.
1872.
1873.
1874.
1875.
1876.
1877.
1878,
1879.
1880.
1881.
1882.
1883.
1884.
1885.
1886.
1887.
1888.
1889.
1890.
1891.

- Value.

264

193

267

293

446

453

437

438

348

367

444

509

825

1,027

1,133

1,342

1,435

1,531

1,839

1,963

2,009

1,806

,982
,524
,633
,091
,267
,194
,229
,223
,122
,133
,491
,903
,457
,033
,724
,692
,998
.850
,869
,123
.637
,389

Years.

Carried forward $19 , 379 , 564

Brought forward

1892

1893

1894

1895

1896

1897

1898

1899

1900

1901

1902

1903

1904

1905

1906

1907

1908

1909

1910

1911

1912

1913

Total

Value.

$

,397,
,042,
,694,
,659,
,584,
,605,
,289,
,433,
,477,
,333,
,428,
,265,
,535,
.793,
,708,
,734,
,935,
.100,
,2.37,
,348,
,419,
,842,
,674,

c.
564 00
198 00
930 00
968 00
473 00
674 00
822 00
631 00
815 00
293 00
078 00
705 00
144 00
524 00
963 00
865 00
024 90
078 63
544 41
269 57
178 21
877 09
686 76

$59,525,011 57

Statement

of the number and value of the Tugs, Vessels and Boats, Nets, Spears, Ac, used in the
Fishing Industry of the Province of Ontario, during the year 1913.

Number.

Value.

Tugs and Gasolines (2,655 tons)

Boats (Sail and Row)

Gill-Nets r

Seines (.34,286 yds)

Pound-Nets

Hoop-Nets

Roil and Dip Nets

Baited Hooks

Spears

Freezers and Ice-Houses

Piers and Wharfs

Total

556

1,224

4,615,042 yds.

128

648

705

97

46,305

103

833

91

599,840

101,631

357,243

10,941

253,295

22,757

1,117

627

260

130,500

28,370

1,506,581

Number of men employed on Boats (Tugs and Gasolines).
" " Boots (Sail and Row)

1,476
2,035

3,511

Ninth Annual Report

OF THE

GAME AND FISHERIES
DEPARTMENT

1915

PRINTED BY ORDER OF
THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ONTARIO

TORONTO:
Printed and Published by A. T. WILGRESS, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty

1916

^ Printed by
WILLIAM BRIGGS
Comer Queen and John Streets
Toronto

To His Honour Sib John Strathearn Hendrie^ K.C.M.G., C.V.O., a Colonel in
the Militia of Canada, etc., etc., etc.

Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of Ontario.

May It Please Your Honour:

I have the honour to submit herewith, for the information of Your Honour
and the Legislative Assembly, the Ninth Annual Eeport of the Department of
Game and Fisheries of this Province.

I have the honour to be,

Your Honour's most obedient servant,

P. G. Macdiarmid,
Minister of Public Works.
Toronto, 29th March, 1916.

[.'^1

Ninth Annual Report

OF THE

Department of Game and Fisheries] of

Ontario

To the Honourable Mr. F. G. Macdiarmid,

* Minister of Public Works.

SiK, — I have the honour to submit the Ninth Annual Keport of the Depart-
ment of Game and Fisheries, which is for the fiscal year ending October 31st, 1915.

Examination of Inland Waters.

Mr. J. B. Fielding's services were secured with a view to examining inland'
waters and to map out a scheme of fish propagation. He has gone into the matter
thoroughly and the Department has gained much valuable information from his
report. One of the most important steps taken in this direction was the construc-
tion of a hatchery at Normandale.

Fisheries.

The Department of the Naval Service of the Federal Government, upon whom
the administration of the laws and regulations are conferred, consulted with this
Department with regard to amendments to the fishery regulations of the Province
of Ontario, the result being the passing of new regulations, which, it is thought,
will be a decided improvement upon those before existing. The wishes of this
Department with regard to these new regulations were given every consideration
by the officials at Ottawa, and the cordial manner in which their suggestions were
received was much appreciated.

"A change in the issuing of licenses for tug fishing in Lake Erie was inaugurated
allowing tugs from any port on Lake Erie, in the Province of Ontario, to fish the
entire lake under certain restrictions; formerly they were confined to a particular
area, the result being that despite the most careful vigilance, violations would con-
stantly take place. The gill net fishermen have expressed in no uncertain terms
their gratification, and have promised that the conditions of their licenses will be
faithfully observed, the sincerity of which the Department has every reason to
believe.

The successful hatching of bass fry, and, for the first time this year, speckled
trout fry, for restocking purposes, was most encouraging, and great praise is due
to Mr. J. T. Edwards, Superintendent of the Mount Pleasant Hatchery, whose
devotion and energy have made this a credit to the Province. The economy he has
always practised, both in the construction and maintenance, has resulted in a
minimum of expenditure.

[5]

THE REPORT UPON" No. 14

Much to our surprise, the tourist traffic, instead of increasing, fell off to a
considerable extent owing undoubtedly to the war. Many Americans were of the
opinion that they would be required to obtain passports before entering Canada.

Mr. Henry Watson, who has for many years served the Department faithfully,
was appointed a Warden, thereby extending his powers considerably and increasing
his usefulness.

The overseers on the whole have performed their duties satisfactorily. Some
of them, however, have enlisted, their duty to their Empire quite properly being their
first consideration, their positions in the meantime being kept open for them.

The railway and navigation companies have rendered much assistance to
the Department and their co-operation has made more effective enforcement of
the Act.

Game.

The amendments made to the Act at the last session of the Legislature have
worked very well indeed, and the time has now arrived when further amendments
should be made. Our inspectors, who travel about the Province a great deal, state
that it seems almost the unanimous opinion of the trappers that they should be
licensed, and I would respectfully suggest that provisions be made for doing so at
the coming session of the Legislature, but in doing so I would suggest that at the
present time farmers and farmers' sons be exempt when trapping upon their own
lands.

I would also suggest (owing. to the fact that beaver having increased to such
an extent, in many cases causing serious damage to the private property and publid
highways) that provision be made for an open season for beaver and otter during
the fall and winter of 1916-17, upon such terms and during such periods as may
be prescribed by the Lieutenant-Governor-in-Council, If a small royalty on each
beaver and otter skin taken was imposed, no doubt a very substantial addition
would be made to the revenue of the Department, which would very materially help
to provide more efficient enforcement of the Game and Fishery laws, more especially
in the northern and north-western portions of the Province.

Reports concerning game in general continue favorable, but a Treaty between
Great Britain and the United States for the better protection of both migratory game
and none-game birds in the United States and Canada is now being considered.
When completed no doubt some changes will have to be made in our laws in order
to comply with the terms of the Treaty.

I must again tender my warmest thanks to £he Superintendent of the Pro-
vincial Police, his Inspectors and Constables, who are always anxious and willing
to assist the Department in enforcing the Game and Fishery Laws, especially in the
northern portions of the Province, where officers of this Department are too few to
patrol such a vast extent of territory.

I have the honour to be. Sir,

Your obedient servant,

A. Sheriff,
Deputy Minister of Game and Fisheries.

ToEONTO, March 29th, 1916.

1916 GAME AND FISHERIES. 7

A. Sheriff^ Esq.,

Deputy Minister of Game and Fisheries.

Sir, — I have the honour to submit my report for 1915, which I trust will meet
with your approval.

It is satisfactory to know that nearly every species of game in the Province
has been equal to past seasons, and particularly in some species, notably quail, the
close seasons and a mild winter having had the desired effect of largely increasing
the number of these grand useful little game birds.

Ruffed grouse, better known as partridge, are reported to have been numerous
in many localities ; in others the unusual wet nesting season was not so favorable to
an increase, even though they had not the large destructive forest fires of other
years to contend with.

Ducks and Other Waterfowl: The mild weather prevailing enabling the ducks
to stay out in the open waters, the shooting has not been as satisfactory as
otlier years.

Moose and Deer: The Government and your Department should be congrat-
ulated on the amount of large game still to be found in the northern woods of the
Province. That they are not decreasing, I assure you is most gratifying to me. I
was not over-sanguine twenty years ago that we would succeed in preserving and
keeping up the supply of big game. When we take into consideration the very
large increase in the number of big game hunters and increased destructive power
of rifles, it is a wonder to me that my most sanguine anticipations have been more
than realized. No doubt this is in a large measure due to reducing the number
from two to one that each hunter could legally kill. This has had the good result
of a far larger proportion of bucks being killed, the hunters wanting a large deer
instead of two small ones, as in past years.

Eur-bearing animals are reported to be as numerous as usual. There should
be a restricted open season for beaver to prevent the usual claims and complaints
for uooding caused by these clever little engineers.

Fish: Your being conversant with all partaining to the fisheries of the Pro-
vince, it would be presumption for me to make extended reference thereto. But I
consider it my duty to refer briefly to the new special fishing regulations for this
Province. I cannot bring myself to approve of the abolition of the close seasons
in the great lakes, which seem to me to ignore the laws of Nature.

The Depaj'traent during the past year had the misfortune to lose by death oi^e
of its most efficient and faithful officers, the late special officer Daniel Blea, at South
Bay. lie was fearless and most effective in the discharge of his duties, in which
he was frequently opposed by those who should have rendered him valuable assistance.

Your obedient servant,

E. TiNSLET.

A. Sheriff, Esq.,

Deputy Minister of Game and Fisheries.

Sir, — I beg to submit my annual report for 1915.

I understand that the commercial fishermen have had an average year with
the exception of Lake Erie, which I understand is below the average.

THE REPOET UPON No. 14

The tourists visiting Ontario during 1915 were less in number than in 1914,
although the angling was never better, caused no doubt by the frequent re-stocking
of our waters from the Brantford Hatchery.

I am glad to inform you that enforcing the angling fee on American tourists
on the St. Lawrence is proving an unqualified success. I would recommend that
the present non-resident angling fee be increased to $3.00 and $6.00; also a fee of
$1.00 be charged on resident anglers who fish in Ontario waters twenty miles from
their homes.

Ducks are reported as being plentiful, but I would recommend that not more
than 200 ducks should be killed from any one point or hide. This I think would
prevent the sale of ducks. Small game of all kinds are reported plentiful.

I would recommend that on all foxes killed between November 1st and March
1st a royalty of fifty cents per skin be collected.

Let me again call your attention to the benefits arising from a trapper's and
rod license on residents of Ontario.

Owing to the fact that ling and other coarse fish are increasing in the Ka-
wartha Lakes, I would recommend granting hoop net licenses in those lakes for
the purpose of removing those voracious kinds of fish. The opening of these inland
lakes for hoop net fishing would give employment to a large number of men, and
there is no doubt but that the lakes would be greatly benefited. The inhabitants
of the adjacent cities and towns would be able to consume the fish caught, and it
would thereby decrease the present cost of living.

Your obedient servant,

Alf. Hunter,

Inspector.

Thunder Bay and Eainy Eivek.

Warden Donald McDonald, of Fort William: I have the honour to submit
you my report on Thunder Bay and Eainy Eiver Districts, for the year ending
October 31st, 1915.

'Commercial Eishing: With the exception of that portion of Lake Superior
lying between the Kaministiquia Eiver and the International Boundary at Pigeon
Point, fishermen report that the fishing was better this season than it had been for
several years, and especially the herring catch in Thunder Bay.

Inland lake fishing is reported to be about the same as last year, except Eainy
Lake, w^iere a number of the fishermen were using four-inch mesh gill nets for
pickerel during the seasons for 1913 and 1914, During the season of 1915, this
practice was stopped, and it is only reasonable to believe that there will prove to be
a falling off in the catch of pickerel for the year, but which should be normal for
the coming season.

This being international water, I would recommend that the two governments
adjust the regulations in order to place fishermen on both sides on an equal basis.

Angling: Sportsmen report good catches, and especially on the famous
Nipigon Eiver. Men who are authorities on this subject claim it to be the best
speckled trout stream in the world. Sportsmen commend the Department on the
good work done during the season in the taking of suckers and pike out of said
waters.

1916 GAME AND FISHERIES. 9

Fur-Bearing Animals: On account of lack of demand and low prices offered
for furs since the war commenced, very little trapping has been done, consequently
there is a great increase in all fur-bearing animals, especially beaver, which are
becoming so numerous that they are causing considerable trouble, in many places
flooding cultivated lands. I would recommend an open season.

Wolves, especially the species known as the brush wolf, are on the increase,
and very destructive on young deer, as well as on small game. I would strongly
recommend that the present bounty of $15.00 on timber wolves be abolished, and
instead a bounty be paid on all properly cured pelts of wolves as follows : Grown
wolf, $10.00; cub wolf, $3.00. This on the surrender of the pelt to the Department.

Game: Moose and deer are plentiful. Caribou are on the decrease along the
railway lines.

Ducks are scarce.

Partridge are on the decrease at an alarming rate. I would recommend a close
season for at least three years, and for further protection, would recommend a
general gun license, according to season. This would greatly assist the officers
of the Department in the protection of game.

Violations: The area of Thunder Bay and Rainy River Districts are so great
that I was unable to cover all the territory. I, however, visited the most important
parts possible, and regret to report that I found the Game and Fishery Laws abused
in many places. Personally I secured thirty convictions, seized three gasoline
boats, one rowboat, eleven gill nets, one seine net and six hook lines of about 2,500
hooks. Of the eleven gill nets seized, nine were of illegal size mesh, and were
destroyed.

Warden J. H. Willmott, Beaumaris: I beg to submit my annual report in
respect to the game and fish in that portion of the Province under my charge.

The angling at the commencement of the season was not so good as usual
owing to weather conditions, but improved as the season advanced, and towards
the end was in every way equal to any previous year.

There is no doubt that netting is carried on in a small degree in many of our
inland lakes, principally by settles for their own use, and as nets are only liable
to confiscation when in actual use or on evidence of illegal use, it is a difficult
matter to apprehend the culprits. I would therefore recommend that anyone own-
ing a net should be charged a nominal fee for the possession of such net; that they
be allowed the privilege of netting herring during the month of November, and
at the close of this month to leave the nets in charge of overseers until the com-
mencement of the following November, and that anyone found in possession of nets
in the intervening time should be held liable to prosecution. Many of our inland
lakes teem with herring, which would be a great help to many poor settlers' families
if they could be caught, but netting is the only means of procuring them.

Deer, I am glad to say, are reported as holding their own as regards number,
in fact they are increasing in many sections where they had l)een killed off, and
where the remaining few have not been molested and have had a chance to increase.
Too much care cannot be exercised in the disposal of licenses. I have heard it
reported that in some cases members of hunting clubs have had the disposal of
licenses and have only sold to members of their own party who have been successful
in procuring their deer, the unsuccessful ones getting off free.

Beaver have been the source of more trouble than anything else in the game
or far line. These animals have increased to such an extent that in many places

10 THE EEPOKT UPON No. 14

they have become a perfect nuisance. Many farmers have been unable to cut their
beaver hay, which they relied on to a great extent to help out the feed for their
stock, owing to the flooding of their meadows caused by beaver dams. We have
dynamited a number of these, but in many cases they have 'been rebuilt in a fcAV
days.

Many shooting accidents have occurred during the past year owing to the care-
lessness of handling firearms, especially to boys. I would strongly recommend a
general gun license, and this only to be issued to parties above a certain age. This
I am convinced would be a preventative to many accidents, would do away with the
illegal shooting by the foreign labouring element, and would also debar boys from
shooting everything they came across with their '' 22 " rifles, and would also
materially help in the preservation of insectivorous bird life.

Warden William Burt, Simcoe: —

I have the honour to submit my report for the season of 1915.

Commercial Fish : The fishermen report that the gill net fishing has not 'been
good. The seines have been successful. The carp ponds continue to be successful
and carp are increasing in Long Point Bay; the price has been much higher than
in most previous years. A general report of the commercial fish in my district
indicates that the catch is not as good on the average as last year.

Speckled Trout: The catch of this species of fish has been greater than in
former years, owing to the planting of fry supplied by the Department.

Brown Trout: The planting of this fish in the brooks in my district has been
most successful. These fish appear to be fitted for the streams where the water
becomes too warm for brook trout.

Bass: The fishing in Long Point Bay has been as good as in former years,
and the fish have been much larger. The hatchery at Mount Pleasant continues
to be an unqualified success, and the supply of fry was much greater than last year.

Quail and Ruffed Grouse: Quail are almost extinct. Ruffed grouse are
much more plentiful than last year and show a very great increase over previous
years.

Mongolian Pheasants: There are a few of these birds in Norfolk county, but
the experiment is on such a small scale that no great results have heen obtained.
The birds seem to stand the winter well. They are very plentiful in the Niagara
district.

Woodcock : The number of woodcock remains about the same as last year.

Wild Geese : Conditions regarding these birds are about the same as formerly
reported. There are practically none in the district.

Wild Ducks: The Long Point district shows no sign of a decrease. Black
ducks,- mallard and pintail being quite numerous. The canvasback, redhead and
blue bills appear in about the same numbers as in former years.

Black iSquirrels: There is a large increase in the number of squirrels, par-
ticularly in Norfolk county and the other counties where they are being protected.

Fur-bearing Animals: Muskrats continue to increase. The trappers report
good catches last spring. Mink seem to be showing some increase.

There have been a number of infringements of the game laws, but on the
whole they have heen fairly well observed. The Deputy Warders and Overseers
have performed their duties well.

Warden V. Ghauvin, Windsor, — I have the honour to submit my report for
the season of 1915. I have visited all the fisheries in my district and the majority
have reported good fishing.

1916 GAME AND PISHEEIES. 11

The catch of whitefish and herring was very fair last fall, in view of the
storms in the lakes.

All the whitefish and herring spawn that the Hatchery could handle was ob-
tained, but I think there should be more hatcheries built, especially on Lake Erie.

The whitefish have started to show good this fall in Lake Erie and there are
a few in the Detroit Eiver and Lake St. Clair.

There has been a good catch of sturgeon, perch and white bass in Lake St.
Clair and part of Lake Erie, but there should be a regulation in regard to the size
of sturgeon, perch, white bass and blue pickerel. A great many of these fishes are
taken too small for the market.

Black bass are reported plentiful around St. Clair Flats, Mitchell Bay and
Pelee Island, and the anglers claim to be making good catches.

German carp are increasing all along different lakes and rivers.

Quail are reported by the farmers and sportsmen more plentiful than in years
past.

Hungarian partridge which were distributed by the Department a couple of
years ago are doing fine in the Counties of Essex and Kent. The farmers have
seen a great many young birds every season. Other partridges are about the same,
not increasing.

Woodcock were very plentiful early in the season, but very few of them were
shot this fall.

English pheasants are reported doing well along Peelee marsh.

Snipe has only just started to make a show this fall.

Black and grey duck Mallard were plentiful early in the season and a lot of
them bred in the marshes of Lake Erie, Detroit Eiver and Lake St. Clair. All the
species of ducks — canvasback, blue bill, red head — have not showed very much
this fall, but they were plentiful in the end of 1914, especially in Lake St. Clair,
Eondeau and Lake Erie.

Wild geese are about the same as other years.

Black and grey squirrels in Essex and Kent are scarce and there should be a
close season in these two counties for these squirrels.

Muskrats are beginning to show up well in their building houses in the
marshes. Last fall they were plentiful and the catch was very fair, but the season
to catch rats should be February 15th to April 10th the same year.

All the overseers and Deputy Game Wardens in my district have performed
their duties well and always readily assist me in enforcing the law.

Warden G. M. Parks, North Bay: — '

I beg to; submit my annual report for the year 1915.

I have travelled my district extensively during the past year, and am pleased
to say that I find a general improvement in both game and fisheries, with the ex-
ception of partridge, which are very scarce. I would like to recommend a close
season for 1916, the bad fires during the early part of the last two years having
destroyed the eggs and young birds.

Wild ducks are reported plentiful throughout the district, and wild geese,
though scarce in this locality, abound in the north. Snipe and plover are also
plentiful.

Moose, many of which have already been brought in by the hunters, and deer,
appear to be increasing. A number of caribou have been reported along the Trans-
continental Railway.

12 THE REPORT UPON No. 14

Beaver are rapidly increasing. In many places they are causing damage to
roads and private lands. Would recommend an open season in the near future, and
that trappers be charged a license of at least one dollar for each skin taken. Would
suggest that license be issued with shipping coupons attached. One of these could
be attached to each skin when presented for shipment. Otter, though enjoying the
same protection as beaver, have increased little, if any.

Mink and muskrat, and all other fur-bearing animals, show no signs of de-
crease. Owing to the low price of furs last season many trappers did not go out.
Wolves appear to be increasing in number.

Regarding the fishing, I find a general improvement all over the district.
Fishermen operating in the small inland lakes for home markets report good
catches all through the season.

I would like to recommend a general gun license as a measure that would help
to suppress illegal hunting, also a trapper's license for residents.

Warden J. T. Robinson, Sault Ste. Marie: —

I beg to submit my annual report for the year 1915.

Speckled trout are plentiful on the north shore of Lake Superior and the
inland lakes and streams in that part of West Algoma up to Otter Head and
Pigeon River. East of the Soo speckled trout are not so plentiful.

Rainbow trout will get a good chance to increase in St. Mary's Rapids as no
fishing has been allowed in the Rapids since the war started. I think when the
war is over these fish will be plentiful.

Bass of all kinds abound east of Sault 'Ste. Marie along the north shore of
Lake Huron and in the inland lakes of that district. There are also some of
ttiese fish along the Algoma Central Railway, also on the north shore of Lake
Superior, but not in such numbers as in the East.

Pickerel are increasing in Lake Superior and seem to be holding their own
in Lake Huron.

Perch also are increasing in all the waters of this district. Pike are very
plentiful in all the bays of Lake Superior and Lake Huron.

Sturgeon are comparatively scarce. There are a few to be found in,
Batchawana Bay, also some in Goulais Bay in Lake Superior, also Lake Huron
and Georgian Bay. As these fish are becoming scarce I would recommend that
there should be a close season put on them for three years.

Whitefish and, lake trout are holding their own in Lake 'Superior. They are
not so plentiful in Lake Huron and Georgian Bay.

Herring are plentiful in all the waters of Lake Superior and Lake Huron.

There are no eels, catfish nor carp.

Reports from fishermen from all over my district would indicate a good
season, although the weather was very stormy during most of the fishing season.
I think when all the returns are in they will show a larger catch than in 1914.

Partridges are plentiful in this district, but plover, snipe and wild geese are
scarce.

Wild duck? of all kindsi are fairly plentiful.

Mink hold their own, while muskrats are plentiful.

Martin and fisher are scarce. These animals should be protected, as their
fur is valuable.

Otter is very scarce in this district, but beaver are very plentiful and are
doing a great deal of damage to timber and roads, also to farm property.

1916 GAME AND FISHEEIES. 13

Moose are very plentiful in my district.' Although there are quite a number
taken each hunting season they are increasing each year.

Elk and caribou, there are none in this district south of the main line of
the C. P. R.

Eed deer are increasing in numbers each year.

Wolves are not as plentiful as they were in 1913 and 1914.

Owing to getting one of my eyes hurt in a trip I made through the Goulais
Bay District I have not been able to cover as much of my district as I would like
^ to have done, but I am satisfied that the law has heen well observed. Considering
the war and the hard times we have had there have been few violations.

The patrol boats in my district have given good service during the season in
looking after the fisheries. The Overseers also have been very active in enforcing
the law.

Warden C. N. Sterling, Kenora: —

I beg to submit my report for the year 1915 as follows: —

Commercial Eishing: Commercial fishing in the Lake of the Woods has been
fully twenty per cent, better than that of last year. This is largely due to high
water. Where pound net fishing has been carried on, the catch has been much
larger than usual. • On the inland lakes, where winter fishing takes place, opera-
tions were not carried on during the whole of the season, and consequently the
catch was not up to the standard of previous years.

Black Bass: On Long Lake black bass fishing has been fully up to the stan-
dard of last year, and some good catches have been made in the Lake of the Woods
in proximity to the outlet of this lake.

The fingerlings, which your Department sent up this year, were placed, with
very little loss, in Fox Lake and in a few years should give very good results.

Moose and Caribou : In this district moose seem to be increasing in numbers
and caribou appear to be going north into the District of Patricia.

Red Deer: Red deer are not quite as plentiful as last year, and unless some-
thing is done towards the extermination, of the brush wolves I am afraid that they
will continue to decrease.

These animals are getting very numerous. They have been known to come
into the barnyards of the settlers and kill the fowl. This, I think, is due to the
scarcity of rabbits, which was their principal food supply in previous years.

Beaver and Otter: Beaver are increasing very rapidly and are giving some
trouble to the railways and settlers by flooding their lands.

Otter seems to be on a par with previous years; but it is hard to estimate
whether they are increasing or not.

Mink and Muskrat : According to the best information which I can get, mink
are increasing, and this is probably due to the fact that the price of this fur is low
and the trappers are few.

Muskrat are fully as numerous as other years, and I have had much less
trouble this year with the Indians, who had a habit of breaking open the houses.

Partridge: Partridge are almost a complete failure. This is largely due to
the brush wolf and in a measure to the wet, backward spring. There is little
doubt but the brush wolf is the main cause.

Ducks and Geese: Ducks and geese are not plentiful, but are about the same
as last year.

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Law Observance : With respect to the observance of the Game Laws, may say
that with the assistance of the Overseers, Deputies, and the launch Wenonah, there
has been a decided improvement.

I would, however, recommend that a gun license and also a trapper's Jicense
be issued by your Department, and that all parties who hunt or trap be required
to take one out. In this way the officers of the law would be in a better position
to keep check on offenders and evaders.

I have put in a good deal of time along the boundary line of Minnesota and
the Province of Manitoba on account of the reports of poachers who were coming
across. 1 was able to seize and destroy a number of nets, and on one occasion
imposed a fine which had a good effect.

A. SHEErFF, Esq.,

Deputy Minister Game and Fisheries.

Sir, — I beg to submit annual report for the year 1915.

The licensed fishermen, in this vicinity had a very poor year, their catch being
smaller than ever before. The small amount of restocking that is carried on does
not show any results whatever. It was expected that the new trunk sewer would
improve things. It no doubt has stopped the pollution and purified the water, but
the lake fishing does not get any better, neither has it improved the rod fishing any.

Illegal shipments, fish, game and furs, coming to and passing through Toronto
by express, get less and less every year. The express companies willingly give every
assistance possible to help stop the illegal traffic.

Returning hunters report the deer in most places as plentiful as ever, but all
report the partridge as very scarce, in some parts practically extinct, and unless
given two years of a close season right away it will require years of protection to
bring them back.

The small mouth black bass hatchacy at Mt. Pleasant had a very successful
'year and good results should soon be in evidence from the very large number of
both fry and fingerling that have been planted in the bass waters of the Province.

Yours respectfully,

Henry Watson, Warden.

1916 GAME AND FISHERIES. 15

GAME AND FISHERIES OVERSEERS.

Addington County.

From Overseer W. J. Donaldson, of Donaldson, for Townships of Palmerston,
Clarendon, Barrie, Miller, North Canonto and South Canonto.

Quite a number of tourists visited my district, who all report good angling.

Deer are, in my opinion, about holding their own, but wolves are making
a great slaughter of them. Many carcases of deer which had been destroyed by
wolves have been found in marshes by parties cutting wild hay. The wolves also
destroyed a number of sheep and calves.

Partridge are very scarce, which in my opinion is due to the cold wet spring
destroying the broods.

Ducks are scarce, as there is very little feed for them in the waters of my '
district.

Fur-bearing animals of all kinds are scarce.

A great number of deer hunters visit this district and it is very difficult
to watch them. I am of the opinion that many of them hunt without a license.
I beg leave to submit that it would be easier enforcing the law if some one
person in each district handled the licenses for that district so that the overseers
could have access to the records. He would then know who had a license and
who had not. • '

I am of the opinion that it would improve matters if each man carrying a
rifle during the hunting season wore a badge on the lapel of his coat or some
other conspicuous place. This badge might constitute a license. I am of the
opinion that something of this kind should be done to put a stop to illegal hunting.

From Overseer John E. Irish, of Vennachar, for the Townships of Anglesea,
Effingham, AsKley, Denbigh and Abinger.

Deer are quite plentiful, also partridge and ducks.

Wolves also are numerous and have destroyed several sheep.

Otter are becoming more plentiful, and if they have protection for a short
time they will l)e quite numerous.

From Overseer H. R. Purcell, of ColehrooTc, for Townships of Camden and
Sheffield.

Fishing was good this summer.

Deer are fairly plentiful.

The catch of muskrats last spring was good, but few mink were caught.

Ducks were plentiful this fall.

I would recommend a close season for partridge for three years, and that any
party carrying a gun off his own land should pay one dollar. All trappers should
pay a small licence fee.

From Overseer William Young, of Cloyne, for Townships of Kaladar and
Barrre.

The fishing was good in all the lakes in my territory this season, especially in
the lakes that have been stocked with bass. There were very few non-resident
tourists, bub many resident tourists, and all report good catches of bass and grey
trout. Pike in Long Lake are becoming numerous.

Deer are as plentiful as last season.

Partridge are rarely seen.

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Muskrats and mink are scarce.

Beaver becoming plentiful; one can see quite a lot of fresh work on some
little lakes.

I would recommend tliat open season for partridge be from Nov. 1st to 15th,
and for deer from Nov. 15th to 30th, for as a rule the weather from Nov. 1st
to 15th is rather warm to save venison, and furtherijaore, there are quite a lot
of deer wounded and get away and die, whereas if the season was changed there
is generally snow about the 15th Nov., and any wounded deer could be tracked
and found.

Wolves are plentiful in the northern part of my territory.

Algoma District.

From Overseer J. R. Bradbury, of Blind River, for the District of Algoma.
There was considerable falling off in the pickerel catch, especially in connec-
tion with winter fishing. In fact, the winter catch was almost nil in the eastern
part of this district except in the small inland lakes for which some small licenses
were granted for gill nets. In these some fine pickerel were caught and the
privilege was a source of profit and assistance to the settlers. The catch of
whitefish was fair' though perhaps not quite up to the average, still, as these fish
are much in demand, especially the Jumbo size, four to five pounds and upwards,
for the New York market shipped in the round, they bring fancy prices. The
trout catch was normal near here, but extra good, I understand, in the deep
water fished with tugs.

Very few pike are caught in the channel waters. The smaller fish, perch and
herrings, do not show much change from 1914 and very little attention is given
to catching them.

The catch of mullets has dropped off forty per cent.

The American fish buyers speak very highly of the class . of fish shipped
from this district and the fine condition in which they reach the markets of
New York, Chicago and Detroit.

Bass seem quite numerous though there has been very little angling, and
there has been practically no interest shown by the very limited number of tourists.
Red deer appear to be plentiful in some localities, but the wolves are becom-
ing so numerous and bold that they are in a fair way to exterminate the deer
in this district and are slaughtering them so fast that the deer must either migrate
to some other part or become exterminated by the wolves. I very strongly
recommend that the bounty on wolves be increased to $20 to further encourage their
destruction.

Moose are numerous in the far-back townships and some splendid specimens
are seen from time to time. The fact that such large animals are very difficult
to bring out of the woods hinders many hunters from shooting them.

Mink and muskrats appear scarce and not much attention has been given
to trapping on account of the low prices for furs.

Partridge are very scarce as a general thing though some small bags are
secured in some localities. 1 have travelled for several days in likely places and
have not seen a bird all day. The wet season and the unusual number of owls
have had something to do with killing off the young birds.

I wish to urge on the Department the advisability of changing the hunting
season for deer and moose to read November 10th to November 30th, particularly
on account of the fact that a large percentage of the meat killed during the

1916 GAME AND PISHEEIES. 17

first ten days — November 1st to lOtli — ^becomes spoifed because of the mild weather,
the season having changed very much during the last few years.

From Overseer Herbert Edwwrds, of Nairn Centre, for the Townships of
Merritt, Nairn, Lome, Baldwin, Foster and Goshen.

Black bass and pickerel are plentiful in the lakes around here.

Last hunting season there were lots of deer, 136 being shipped out of here,
and there seems to be lots of them this season.

1 think the hunting season for deer should be put 15 days later, as it was
warm weather last year, and it is warm again this year; under such conditions
I am afraid meat will not keep.

There are a few moose but not very many.
Partridge are very scarce.
Muskrats and mink are plentiful.

Beaver are very numerous, and are increasing very fast; most of the creeks
around are dammed up by them.

From Overseer Charles Fitzsimon, of Sault Ste. Marie, for the Province
of Ontario.

Moose: From all accounts, moose are fairly plentiful. Quite a number have
been seen this summer north of the Montreal River, where they have been very
scarce in previous years. Further north, in the region between the Canadian
Northern and National Transcontinental Railways, moose are to be found in
considerable numbers. South of Espanola, on the Algoma Eastern Railway,
there are very good moose hunting grounds. Taking a radius of say fifty miles
from the Soo, while there are moose enough to furnish sport for all who care
to go after them, conditions last year, where there were two cows to every bull —
often — and very young bulls, there will be fewer heads this season than, last.

'Caribou: Very few caribou. A few used to be found in the Bruce country
south of Michipicoten Mission, but the Indians have probably cleaned them
out. Some small bands cross the Algoma Central Railway between Franz and
Oba during the early winter, but caribou are not in numbers sufficient to provide
material for a hunt. North of Hearst they may be hunted with good chances
of success.

Red deer: Fairly plentiful. Are finding their way further north. Quite
numerous in the near vicinity of the Soo.

Bear: Have been numerous.

Ruffed Grouse: Cold and wet season generally accounts for small broods and
few birds this fall. Birds were fairly plentiful last season, but very scarce and
very wild this season; mostly old birds.

Spruce Partridge: Very few. This species seems to be fast disappearing.

Duck: Some fair bags have been made in the Echo Bay waters this fall.
There are no large flights; a few scattered flocks drifting in to these waters to
rest and feed, on their long southern flight. The deep channels and bays of
the Grand Manitoulin Channel offer fine feeding and resting grounds for wild
ducks, and much larger flights and better opportunities for sport are to be found
there.

Some wild rice was planted in one of the larger lakes north of the Soo last
summer, but I have not as yet a report on the success of the experiment.

Hare: Quite plentiful. Very numerous around Franz and Oha.

2 G.

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Beaver: Increasing very "rapidly. Few creeks in this North Country that
do not contain their workings. Heavy continuous rains during the last two
months have caused several heavy floods here, which have destroyed railway em-
bankments and bridges, road bridges, washed out culverts, dams and river im-
provements, and caused thousands of dollars of expense. So much brush has been
noted in the flood debris that there is little doubt the beaver contributed greatly
to the cause, innumerable beaver dams holding back large areas of water, and failing,
the great volume of water carried everything hefore it. It would seem that some
regulation providing for the judicious taking of some beaver, should now be
considered.

Marten, Fisher, Mink: Few. My opinion is these animals should be given
at least a couple of years' protection.

Otter : Few. Are not increasing even under protection. It is to be admitted
that otter are being killed illegally, and the pelts disposed of " under our noses,"
with small chances of discovery.

Speckled Trout: Owing to very indifferent weather, intermittent heavy rains
and high water throughout the season, this fine game has not given the sport
afforded in former years. Some fair catches have been made in some of the
inland lakes and streams, but generally the angler met with disappointment.
Weather conditions, however, are not the only causes for his lack of sport. That
a number of the lakes and streams in the vicinity of the Soo have become seriously
depleted, is very apparent to the observing fishermen, whose catches have been
shrinking rapidly of late years.

Black Bass: There are but a few lakes in this vicinity which contain bass.
Some fine fishjiave been taken in the lakes adjacent to the Canadian Pacific Rail-
way Soo Line, some few miles east of the Soo. The lakes and channels in the
vicinity of Little Current are maintaining their good reputation as splendid bass
fishing grounds.

A number of lakes north of the Soo could be planted with black bass with
surety of success.

Lake Trout: The greater number of the inland lakes in this district contain
this splendid fish in great number and size. I have seen gray trout taken out
of Trout Lake, Mile 57, Algoma Central Eailway, of over a yard in length, and
weighing some twenty-eight pounds dressed. These fish do not take the hook
(readily. They come out of deep water onto the shoals, sometimes as early as
September, for the purpose of spawning, when they are easily taken by shooting,
spearing, gaffing or netting, all of which means are of course illegal. The law
as I interpret it, gives this species protection under the name of " Salmon-Trout "
during the entire month of November, which period, much too short in the case
of Lake Superior and Lake Huron fisheries to make certain that the processes
of reproduction are safely cared for, is, in the case of the smaller inland lakes,
about two months too late for any protection of this nature. A close season
similar to the speckled trout is a necessity for the gray or lake trout in the inland
lakes; and the Great Lakes gray trout should have protection from September
I5th to November 30th, at least, in my humble opinion, if this fine but fast
decreasing food fish is to have at the least a fighting chance- for existence.

Several cases have been reported of netting in inland lakes. These have been
investigated and a seizure of nets made.

Commercial Fishing : By all accounts this past season generally has been more
successful than for several years, in whitefish especially. Lifts fell away during

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the summer, but ran heavy towards close of season. Trout is not holding its
own. Comparison of the catch per annum of lake trout is eloquent evidence
that attention must be given the conservation of this species. The present inade-
quate close season, its frequent shortening by special legislation, the throwing
open at times of propagating grounds specially reserved and heavy over-fishing
are the causes of the decline of this delicious food fish.

Illegal fishing has been reported in the Lake Superior waters in proximity to
the Soo and in the channels and smaller lakes east of this point. American
poachers have for years exploited these waters. A fast gasoline cruiser, capable
of standing a bit of rough sea, with a live man in charge, is an absolute necessity
for the purpose of properly patrolling these waters.

Coarse Fish: Suckers are multiplying with rapidity and infesting the spawn-
ing grounds in Lake Superior, doing incalculable harm to the fisheries. A market
for all such coarse fish is open in the larger cities of the Eastern States.

Eainbow Trout: Some splendid specimens of this wonderful game fish have
been taken in the Ste. Marie Eapids at the Soo, this season. So far as I know the
record rainbow taken with fly this season was a beautiful specimen, weighing
13 lbs. 14 oz. Mr. T. B. Harris, an officer of the Department and a keen angler,
was the successful fisherman. Mr. Harry Knapp, son of Mr. Con Knapp, of the
Algoma Hotel, Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., landed a rainbow weighing 12 lbs. 6 oz.
Many rainbow have been taken running from 9" lbs. up. This species is finding
its way up the east shore of Lake Superior and will doubtless within a few years
be found in the rapid waters of the various streams flowing into the big lake.
Recommendations have been made from time to time to have this most acceptable
addition to our game fishes protected by law. Especially is this now required,
when the rainbow trout is to be found on the commercial fishing grounds of
Lake Superior. As the law stands, a close season from September 30th to June
30th should amply protect the rainbow, which is, by the way, not' native to
Ontario waters but which was introduced to Ste. Marie Rapids by Superintendent
Harry Marks of the Michigan State Fish Hatchery, some fifteen years ago, and
which has thriven and increased beyond all expectations. This species spawns
in the spring.

Wolves: Still in such numbers as to destroy far more deer than the hunters
kill in the season. The present bounty is so small and so much time is lost in
securing it, that there is no inducement for hunters to go after wolves.

Observance of Law: During the summer a party of Finns located in the
vicinity of Trout Lake, living on the game and stealing from caches and ware-
houses of a lumber company. Made several trips to the locality, and located
camp which had recently been hurriedly vacated by the Finns. Party broke up
and scattered. In the search for this camp, found beaver pelt, nets, night lines
and some venison in a jobber's camp. Later located owner in the Soo, who is
to appear to answer charges this month.

With the fast increasing population caused by the opening up of this new
country north of the Soo, the necessity arises for more assistance in enforcing
the Game and Fishery Laws. The district is of such great dimensions and the
means of patrolling it so meagre, while the opportunities of the illegal hunter
and trapper are so numerous, that to cover the territory at all, more men and men
better fitted for the work are required.

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Algoma Disteict.

Fom Overseer P. W. Kent, of Kentvale, for the whole of St. Joseph's Island.

Trout in this district are about the same as last season, but lake fishing^
with net has been a little better. Bass are very scarce. A few more tourists
than usual came back this season.

Game of small sorts such as rabbits, partridge, etc., are scarce. Owing to a
disease which took rabbits during the winter they were found dead everywhere,
and the season being wet the partridge eggs did not hatch properly.

Beaver are doing damage everywhere, there being so many of them they
now are to be found on nearly every little stream on the island.'

Bears remain about the same, also muskrats, mink and weasels.

A few lynx and fisher have been seen. Foxes are very plentiful.

Deer and moose are plentiful but we would be better without an extended
season this year.

"From Overseer James Shappee, of SauU Ste. Marie, for the electoral District
of Sault Ste. Marie.

The fishermen did fairly well and I have heard no complaints from them
though a number lost their nets during the month of November.

The rabbits were plentiful, as also were wild ducks, especially on the north
shore of Lake Superior.

Partridge were also plentiful on the same shore, but were very scarce on
St. Joes Island.

Deer were fairly thick, but there were not so many as last year, the wolves
seemingly have killed a number of them. I saw five carcasses in a bunch partly
eaten by wolves. I would recommend the bounty on wolves be raised to $2?
as they are certainly destructive animals on deer. The trappers do not bother
much with them now, but if the bounty were raised they would trap more of
them.

Moose are fairly thick. In regard to moose I would recommend that cows
be killed same as bulls as at present all the bulls are getting killed off and in a
few years moose will be very scarce. I personally saw this spring nine cows in a
bunch and no bull.

Speckled trout were quite plentiful and a number of tourists who were up
the lake got good catches.

Brant iCounty.

From Overseer W. W. Jackson, of St. Oeorge, for South Dumfries, lying-
south of the Grand River.

Game of all kinds such as squirrels (black and grey) and partridge and
cotton-tail rabbits show a large increase over other years. I do not remember
ever seeing so many black and grey squirrels.

I would like to see a license put on all guns and a limit on squirrels, and
also a trapper's license.

From Overseer Henry Johnson, of Brantford, for that part of Grand Eiver
lying between the southerly boundary of Town of Gait and the boundary line
between Tuscarora and Onondaga Townships in County Brant and the Town-
ships of Seneca and Oneida in Haldimand County.

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Owing to continued wet weather throughout the early part of the summer,
angling has not been very good, but during the month of October fishing has
been fairly good.

Sturgeon are on the increase in the Grand Eiver.

Black and grey squirrels are on the increase.

Eabbits are about the same.

Duck and woodcock are about the same as last year.

Muskrats, no doubt owing to the low price of furs, are increasing rapidly.
Mink are about the same as in my last report.

Coons are on the increase. I would like to call your attention to tiie fact
that a considerable amount of coons are being destroyed during the summer when
these furs are of no value and would recommend a close season for them.

I would recommend both a gun license and a trapping license.

From Overseer Jacob F. Kern, of Burford, for the Townships of Burford,
Oakland and Brantford, west of Grand Eiver, but exclusive of said river.

The fishing for the year has been very light. I have never seen so few
people enjoying the sport.

Game seems plentiful, this may be especially noted in black squirrel.

Partridge are also increasing in number, and as for rabbits they are becoming
a scourge.

Bruce County.

From Overseer D. Kehoe, of Millarton, for the portion of County Bruce
lying south of Indian Eeserve and Township of Amabel.
The fishermen had a fair catch this year.
Game is very scarce in my division.

From Overseer B. J. Stead, of Wiarton, for Georgian Bay, east and south
of Tobermory Harbour, but exclusive of the said harbour, and extending south
to the town.

Deer are quite scarce still in this county. Although they have been protected
for some years I think they should be protected for three years more as one year
hunting would clear them all out.

Trout and white fish have been more plentiful than last year. They arrived
on the spawning beds about ten days earlier than last year. The reason was that
the water of Georgian Bay was colder earlier than in 1914.

Partridge are not very plentiful. They have decreased since last year.

Hares are less plentiful having been attacked by some disease and are found
lying dead in the bush.

Cotton-tail rabbits are very scarce and seldom seen.

Black bass are about the same as usual, and it is only a good fisherman that
can get more than the law allows.

Pickerel are becoming a scarce fish in these waters.

Black squirrels are becoming more plentiful, but are scarce yet.

From Overseer John Trelford, of Southampton, for that portion of the County
of Bruce fronting on Lake Huron, and lying between the Town of Southampton
and Tobermory Harbour, both inclusive.

The fishing was very good up till September 15th, but from then on it has
been very light up till the 1st of November.

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In regard to the angling fishing it has not been quite as good as other years.

As far as the game is concerned the rabbits seem to be plentiful this year,
also ducks, but partridge are rather scarce.

The fur-bearing animals in the district are very good, that is mink, muskrat
and skunks. An odd fox is caught occasionally, although they are not plentiful.
There are very few black squirrels, but the red are plentiful.

From Overseer J. M. White, of WalTcerton, for the Townships of Brant and
Greenock.

The Saugeen River which runs through the Township of Brant for a dis-
tance of about 15 miles was stocked with black bass two years ago and this fish
appears to be doing well. There is also brook trout and rainbow trout in this
river. There are also many small lakes in which there is trout and black bass,
besides many small spring creeks that have brook trout in them.

Wood hare or cotton-tail rabbits are very plentiful and appear to be increasing
very fast.

Partridge are more plentiful than they were three or four years ago.

There are some small black ducks on the river but not plentiful and a few
snipe and plover.

Mink and muskrat are plentiful, while otter and marten are holding their own.

Cableton County.

From Overseer W. J. Findley, of Richmond, for the Township of Goulburn,
westerly part of ISTepean Township, and that part of the Township of Marlborough
adjacent to the Township of Goulburn.

There was good fishing this year. Pike and pickerel and a big run of red-
fin suckers in the spring.

Partridges were plentiful but there were not many ducks.

We have a good many deer in this locality and they seem to be increasing
owing to the gauie law being observed.

From Overseer A. Greene of Kinhurn, for the Townships of Huntley and
Pitzroy.

Fishing has been very good, all kinds of coarse fish being plentiful.
Deer seem to be numerous and many hunters are taking out licenses.
Ducks are scarce, but partridge are plentiful.

From Overseer E. T. Loveday, of Ottawa, for the Townships of Nepean,
Gloucester, North Gowef and Osgoode.

Owing to scarcity of work last winter a number of poor men took out dip net
licenses to fish in Dow's Lake and the Rideau River, the $1.00 fees being paid by
" Good Samaritans." By means of these nets tons of suckers and other coarse
fish were taken from the above mentioned waters, which, I believe, will do gbod.

Muskrats were and are very plentiful. Last spring quite a number were
trapped within the City limits.

Reports state that partridge are scarce, while deer are plentiful everywhere.
Ducks about as usual.

Bass fishing was very good at times, although the fish ran slightly less in
weight. The best I got was one measuring 183^ inches and weighing 4^/2 lbs.

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Pickerel dore were fairly numerous, but maskinonge scarce. Lots of sturgeon.

From Overseer William Major, of Woodlawn, for the Townships of March and
Torbolton.

Eishing was very poor this season. Bass and pickerel were scarce, though pike
and bullheads were plentiful.

Ducks came in large numbers but geese and partridge were scarce.

Deer are few around here.

Beaver are still on the creek.

Muskrats are not as plentiful as usual and otheo: fur-bearing animals are also
scarce.

DuFFERiN County.

From Overseer George Mojfatt, of Qlencross, for the Townships of Mulmur,
Mono and East Garafraxa.

Muskrat are not as plentiful as last year, but fox and mink are just about the
same as in former years.

Black and red squirrels are quit© plentiful again.

Trout were more plentiful than last year, the streams being higher on account
of so much rain.

From Overseer JoJin Small, of Grand Valley, for the Townships of Melancthon,
Amaranth and East Luther.

Deer are getting more plentiful on account of close season in Dufferin County.

Ducks are very plentiful this season.

Foxes and rabbits are increasing.

Mink are scarce, but muskrats are plentiful.

Fishing was not so good as last season.

DuNDAS County.

From Overseer N. W. Davy, of Morrishurg, for the County of Dundas.

Game as known in this county is chiefly restricted to partridge, hare and ducks.

Partridge have this year been possibly a little more plentiful than usual.

Hare are quite numerous and not much hunted in most sections.

Ducks, during the usual hunting season, are not much inclined to stop hei'e,
i.e. the better class of ducks — redheads, bluebills, canvas backs, etc. During the
winter months this section together with the rapids section of the St. Lawrence
affords feeding ground for whistlers and merganzers.

In the spring before the lakes open large numbers of bluebills, etc., use this
section for feeding grounds.

Black ducks during the past few seasons have in increasing numbers been
nesting in this section and with careful watching this should become a good hatch-
ing ground. They leave too early in the fall to provide sport for the huntsman.

A few pheasants have been seen and these have come from New York State
where eggs have been given to the farmers who have had them hatched and then
liberated the birds. My opinion is that throughout this district a close season for
five or ten years should be enforced thus giving these magnificent game birds a
chance to propagate.

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Eegarding the fishing pickerel have been more numerous the past season than
for several years while bass have been a good average for here.

If greater co-operation can>be secured in protecting the bass in their spawning
grounds on the opposite side of the river we should, in a few years, have far better
bass fishing than has existed.

Other kinds of fish have been about as usual as mentioned last year. Eels
and suckers work havoc with the game fish spawn in the creeks during the spring
months. The dog fish has made its entrance to these waters though as yet in. small
numbers and it is to' be hoped will not become plentiful.

Most of the commoner fish exist to some extent in the waters of the St.
Lawrence in these parts.

Durham County.

From Overseer Robert Elliott, of Port Hope, for the Townships of Hope and
Cavan.

The catch of whitefish was greatly in excess of last season. They are in-
creasing every year. Salmon trout were about the same as last year.

Angling in the harbour has not been as good as last year owing to so much
dredging and blasting, perch, eel, bullheads, carp and suckers being the fish mostly
caught.

In regard to brook trout I would recommend the close season from September
1st as the female trout begin to ascend the streams to spawn and are easy to catch.
There are a great number -caught between the first and fifteenth of September.

I would also recommend that Sunday fishing for brook trout be prohibited as
a number* use automobiles to go Sunday fishing. I regret this very much as the
creeks will soon be void of trout if it is allowed to continue.

Partridge, black squirrel, wood hare and cotton tail rabbits are quite numerous.

Ducks are not very plentiful.

Muskrat are very plentiful, but mink are scarce.

Weasel and skunk are quite plentiful.

I would recommend a gun license, say on© dollar, as there are so many boys
running about with guns shooting everything in sight, overseers could then protect
the game much better.

From Overseer 8. 0. Pickell, of Bowmanville, for County of Durham.
Ducks are as plentiful as last year.

Hares and partridges, despite the wet season, are increasing. The small fur-
bearing animals are holding their own.

Fishing I find is about the same as former years.

From Overseer C. Twamley, of Cavan, for Townships of Cavan and Manvers.

Black bass were more numerous than ever when they came up to spawn.

Speckled trout also were plentiful.

The partridge and black ducks were very numerous. _^

Mink are scarce but muskrats are plentiful.

Black squirrels are very scarca

Hares are often seen.

From Overseer John Watson, of Caesarea, for the Townships of Cartwright
and Manvers, the waters of Lake Scugog, fronting on said Townships and the
waters tributary to said laka

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Mink are very scarce and I think the open. season~~for them should be from the
first of November to the first of January.

Muskrats are plentiful but I would say that the open season for these should
be from the first of March to the first of May.

The white rabbits and the cotton tail rabbits have died out owing to some
disease that has attacked them during the past two or three years.

Partridge are not so plentiful as the wet season destroyed the young birds to
some extent.

Ducks are numerous but I would say that the shooting season should not open
before the 15th of September.

Elgin County.

From Overseer Kenneth McClennan, of Aylmer, for Townships of Yarmouth,
Malahide and Bayham.

The herring fishing in the fall of 1915 was almost a total failure the smallest
catch in a number of years.

The spring run of 1915 was very good especially at the west end of the lake.

The catch of blues has been very good but the prices for that class of fish has
been low.

I think the catch of whitefish has been below the average.

The pound net fishing has been lighter than last year up to the 1st of October,
but since that time the catch of blues has been very heavy.

I think the new regulations are working out well under the supervision of
Captain Corson in command of the Ontario patrol cruiser LaSalle.

The game in this section consists of black and grey squirrel. They are more
plentiful this year than usual.

Partridge are quite plentiful this season.

Essex County.

From Overseer Ghas. L. Coultis, of Leamington, for the Townships of Maiden,
North and South Colchester, North and South Gosfield and Mersea.

Ducks are generally decreasing, the marsh varieties (grays and black mallards)
are limited to small numbers. Seal are very scarce and wood ducka nearly extinct.
Open water ducks such as bluebills, redheads, ruddies, golden eyes and butter
ball are very scarce also.

English pheasants are fairly plentiful.

Hungarian partridge have done well and are meeting with favor as a sub-
stitute for quail.

Woodcock are nearly extinct.

Black squirrels are very scarce existing only in some localities.

Muskrats are not increasing, the long open season is much against them.

Rabbits (cotton tails) are plentiful.

The catch of commercial fish has been very light up to this time, October 31st.

From Overseer A. Drouillard, of Tecumseh, for the County of Essex.

Spring fishing was good especially in Lake. St. Clair, the catch of rough fish
being exceptionally good, but the amount caught this fall has been insignificant,
in fact practically no whitefish has been caught at all in Lake St. Clair as compared
with former seasons.

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The ducks have not been numerous this year.
Muskrats about the same as other years.

From Overseer H. A. Henderson^ of Pelee Island, for Pelee Island and the
other islands in Lake Erie.

Commercial fishing in this district has not been as good as in former years,
although I think the white fish are on the increase. Angling also was very poor.

There is no game here except wild geese and they were very plentiful ip the
fall and spring.

From Overseer Remi Laframhoise; of Loiselleville, for Detroit Eiver, fronting
Townships of Sandwich, West Anderdon and Maiden, and also Canadian islands
in said river.

The fishermen report that the fishing season has been quite satisfactory as a
whole although there have been very few white fish caught in the Detroit Eiver this
present fall to date.

The carp fishing has been very good and the price higher than in previous
years.

Bass, pickerel and perch are about holding their own.

Quails are very plentiful.

Black and gray squirrels are very scarce.

Black and grey mallard ducks were plentiful early in September.

Canvas back, blue bills, red heads, were not as numerous last spring as they
have been in the last few years.

Muskrat and rabbits seem to be quite numerous.

Feontenao County.

From Overseer Melzar Avery, of Sharhot Lake, for Township of Oso.

The fishing in Crow Lake, Eagel Lake, St. Georges' Lake and Sharbot Lake
has been very good this season.

Partridge, ducks and deer are very plentiful and should afford good sport for
the hunters.

From Overseer George Barr, of Harrowsmiih, for Township of Portland.

Angling in Fourteen Island, Eock Silver, Long, Mud and Desert Lakes was
excellent this year.

First and Second Depeau Lake should be stocked with pickerel.

Napanee Lake being over-stocked with catfish and there being no game fish
I would recommend one set of hoop nets being allowed.

Trapping was poor last season, due, I think, to weather conditions and to the
long season allowed for trapping. This could be remedied by shortening the trap-
ping season, and charging a small license fee.

Game of all kinds is increasing.

From Overseer Matthew Cox, of Howe Island, for the waters of St. Lawrence
Eiver around Howe Island.

The anglers report fishing has been very good this season.
Ducks were plentiful also.

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From Overseer Henry Drew, of Long Lake, for Townships of Olden and
Kennebec.

Fishing in my district has improved greatly.

Partridge are very plentiful.

Deer are more plentiful around than they have been in years.

Mink and fur-bearing animals are very scarce.

Deer seem to be scarce. I would strongly recommend that hunting with dogs
be stopped at least for a time, as it is very evident that the dogs are driving the
deer out of that part of the country.

From Overseer Oeorge Qutes, of Kingston, for the Eideau waters between
Kingston Millai and Brewer's Mills.

This has been a very good year for fishing, game fish being very plentiful.

Ducks are very scarce, very few being seen on account, I think, of the very
mild weather.

I have seen quite a number of black squirrels on my travels, but have not
seen many partridge in this district.

From Overseer Henry Holliday, of Wolfe Island, for the Township of Wolfe
Island and for the Islands of Simcoe, Garden and Horseshoe.

The fishing in my district has been good with the exception of bass in the first
part of the season, but later all fishing was good, maskinonge being very plentiful,
and the anglers had a good season.

The hoop net fishermen report not as good a season as in 1914. They think
the reason is on account of 'the water being so low.

The gill net fishermen report the salmon and whitefish to have been as good as
in former years.

Wild ducks were not very plentiful until the 20th of October, and since then
there have been great quantities.

The muskrats are becoming very scarce. I would recommend that the season
should not open until March 15th. There would then be no breaking of houses or
runways.

From Overseer J. A. Kennedy, of Tichhorne, for Eagle Lake, in the Townships
of Hinchinbrooke and Bedford.

The Americans who visited the waters of this district this year report fish
plentiful, in fact they could catch their number in a few hours.

I think the opening of Bobs Lake to hoop net fishing will remove many coarse
fish which are numerous in these waters, particularly ling, a fish very destructive to
other kinds.

Partridge and ducks are very plentiful this fall.

Muskrats are very thick in Bobs Lake, but mink are scarce.

Foxes and skunks are plentiful.

From Overseer B. A. Lake, of Inverary, for the Township of Storrington, in-
cluding Rideau Waters from Brewer's Mills to south limit of the Township.
Bass fishing has been good this year but few salmon have been caught.
Ducks are very scarce this fall.
Black squirrels are plentiful.
Partridge are very numerous.

28 THE REPORT UPON N©. 14

From Overseer Thos. Marsh, of Collins Bay.

Bass are Tery scarce in this Bay but pike seem to be quite plentiful this fall as
well as perch and other small fish.

Ducks were very numerous this spring, more so than now.

Partridge are reported to be scarce in this locality.

Black squirrels are very plentiful, more so than grey squirrels.

Cotton tail rabbits are very plentiful and becoming a nuisance, especially to
the gardens, etc.

Muskrats are still plentiful, but skunk seems to be decreasing.

From Overseer Wm. Truelove, of Fermoy, for the Township of Bedford.

Red deer seem about as usual.

Partridge are quite plentiful.

Ducks are scarce.

Black squirrels are getting very numerous, the farmers grumbling about their
taking corn out of their corn cribs.

Muskrats are quite plentiful. t

Mink are rather scarce.

Foxes seem plentiful and are still killing hundreds of turkeys in this ieotiou.

We have no beaver nor otter in this section.

Bass fishing was not very good in Wolf Lake this summer, but good in most
other lakes.

I planted some fifty salmon trout, parent fish, taken from Garter Lake in
Wolf Lake last March, which vras much approved of by the residents and tourists
that own cottages on the Lake.

Herring fishing last fall was extra good in all the lakes where they were fished
for, especially Devil Lake vehere I saw some extra large catches, one fish being of
a good size.

I only saw two salmon trout caught, though some think that a lot of trout are
caught while herring fishing, they are mistaken especially as to Devil Lake.

The hoop net fishermen in Bobs Lake are getting more ling than all other
kinds put together. I believe the hoop nets' will help that lake.

From Overseer 0. W. Dine, of Kingston, for City of Kingston and waters
fronting the City of Kingston.

There has been poorer fishing this year than last on the bass grounds in this
district on account of low water no doubt on the shoals. The whitefish and
salmon trout have been very plentiful.

Ducks don't seem to be very plentiful this fall.

Deer don't seem to be quite so plentiful as last year.

From Overseer F. L. Wormworth, of Arden, for the Townships of Kennebec
and Barrie.

The deer hunting during the fall of 1914 was the best in a great many years.
I sold about ninety licenses, the most of the hunters getting their number.

There were a few bears caught in this district also a few wolves.

Ducks are quite scarce.

Partridge are on the increase.

Muskrats and mink are quite plentiful.

Fishing was very good but tourists were not so numerous as last year.

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Geenville County.

From Overseer J. H. Boyd, of Merrickville, for Eideau Eiver and tributaries.

Deer have greatly increased in number.

Muskrats are also numerous in this vicinity, but I think it would be advisable
to prohibit fall and winter trapping.

The ducks seem to be decreasing this season in this division.

Partridge seem to be quite plentiful. The hunters in my district think it
would be advisable to have the partridge open season start the same day as the
deer season opens. Some hunters have found deer strung up to tree* just before
November 1st. They are quite convinced that it was the work of partridge hunters.

From Overseei* James A. Fraser, of Prescott, for St. Lawrence River, from the
head of Cardinal Rapids west to Union Park,

During the past year in my district not many fish were caught. The majority
of boats were always fishing for what we call Channel Perch which were fairly
plentiful. Bass being very very scarce. A few pike, pickerel, and an occasional
maskinonge were caught- and I would strongly advise that some bass fry be put in
this part of the St. Lawrence.

Partridge are fairly plentiful, ducks also, but very wild.

After the close season ducks get more plentiful and very tame during the
winter. This is accounted for by no shooting to scare them.

Geey County.

From Overseer James Gillespie, of Berkeley, for Electoral District of Centre
Grey and for Township of Glenelg in South Grey.

In this territory there are a great number of inland lakes and streams which
contain speckled trout and I am giving particular attention to them so as to
prevent, as far as possible, the illegal taking of these fish.

I keep the regulations posted up around the lakes and along the streams, and
in other places where the public can see them.

In April last I assisted Mr. H. Watson to deposit several thousand speckled
trout fry in Ewart's Lake which connects with Bell's and several others in the
Townships of Holland and Glenelg, in August last I also assisted him in depositing
several thousand speckled trout fingerlings in the same place.

I am of opinion that far more success will be obtained in stocking those lakes
by putting in fingerlings, as I have been watching for results and believe that the
chub and sunfish destroy many of the fry while the fingerlings seem to be better
able to take care of themselves.

The usual number of campers were around those lakes during the summer but
anglers were not very successful, their catches in most cases were small. I believe
we have about stopped the netting in those lakes.

Herring is believed to be plentiful in those lakes as Iiundreds were caught each
season years ago with nets. No one has been known to get any with hook and line.

Partridge are about as plentiful as last season, while ducks are scarce.

Beaver seem to have left some of their old haunts and are not as plentiful as a
few years ago.

Hares are plentiful, and I am still of the opinion that much damage is done
by dogs hunting them in the spring months.

I am of the opinion that it would be a step in the right direction if a small
fee was charged for carrying a gun, I find many people in favor of it.

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From Overseer James Myers, of Hoist ein, for the Townships of Proton, Egre^
mont and Normanby, County Grey, and Townships of Minto, Arthur and West
Lutheo", County of Wellington.

The chief fish in my district are speckled trout and black bass. The trout
catches were very good.

Deer are also increasing owing to the protection of a close season for three
years.

Hares are plentiful.

From Overseer Thomas McKenny, of Thornbury, for County Grey^ exclusive
of the Townships of Proton, Egremont and Normanby.

I find that there is divergence of opinion amongst the fishermen as to the
advisability of issuing hook and line licenses. The lines and hooks catch in their
nets and when tangled with their nets make lifting very dangerous.

The action of your Department in getting the closed season abolished in this
Bay this year has beeai highly appreciated, particularly in view of the scarcity of
work and high prices for food during these hard war times. It is also the belief of
some, that if instead of a close season hatcheries were built the country would be
benefited by fishermen getting full grown fish in exchange for fry and the waters
not be depleted.

Haldimand County.

From Overseer James ^Y. Lee, of Wellandport, for the Townships of Moulton,
Sherbrooke and Wainfleet.

Last fall the fishermen reported their catch as being as good as they had had
for several years. Herring was quite plentiful. Perch, pickerel and coarse fish
were up to the average. Whitefish were fairly good. This season fishing has not
been quite so good.

Owing to the cold and backward spring coupled with the wet summer, tourists
were few this season and as a result there was not so much angling in the Grand
River.

Quail are quite plentiful but there are no woodcock or plover.

Partridge and pheasants are very scarce.

Wild ducks are quite plentiful and a number of wild geese harbored in this
district last fall.

Black and grey squirrels are very plentiful and seem to be on the increase.

!{^Iuskrats are very plentiful and greatly on the increase. I think on account
of the low price of furs they haven't been trapped or shot as much as usual. Mink
are very scarce.

Cotton-tail rabbits are very numerous.

From Overseer James Vohes, of NanticoTce, for Townships of Walpole, Rain-
ham, South Cayuga and Dunn, and the waters of the Grand River, fronting the
Townships of Oneida, Seneca, S. Cayuga, N. Cayuga, Canborough and Dunn.

The gill net fishermen at Port Dover and Port Maitland have had fair fishing.
Nothing big with the whitefish. In the early spring the tugs operating from Port
Maitland brought in big catches of pickerel and herring. The late fall fishing in
1914: was very good.

The pound net fishermen last fall had a very poor season, owing to very high
winds and the whitefish went off shore early. The summer fishing has also been

1916 GAME AND EISHEKIES. 31

below the average, herring, pickerel and perch being scarce. Sturgeon about as
usual. The fishing this fall is also very poor, the whitefish not being present in
any quantity so far.

Black squirrels are on tha increase, the close season in this County having a
beneficial effect. It is rather a hard matter to keep the young sports from getting
after them, but nevertheless their numbers have rapidly increased the last two
years.

Muskrats are quite plentiful again, the low price of furs last winter and spring
not being much attraction to the trappers to take them.

Mink are very scarce.

Quail and partridge are still very scarce in this section.

The ducks are reported as very scarce so far this fall along the Grand River
and but very few are seen along the lake shore.

Coon, skunk and rabbits are very plentiful all over the County.

I would again strongly urge that all trappers be licensed, as it is the only way
to keep control over them, and make the close seasons observed.

Haliburton County.

From Overseer Manly Mayhee, of Cameron, for Sturgeon Lake, beginning at
Day's Landing and running south for five miles, including McLaren's Creek,
Sturgeon Point and Pleasant Point.

The spring was unfavorable for the trappers on account of late ice and rough
weather. Mink were not so plentiful. I am of the opinion that the close season
for mink should be from the 1st of March to the 1st of December, as the fur fades
badly in the March sun.

The extreme cold, rough weather this spring was a great protection to the
fish in spawning season. Angling was good both for maskinonge and bass this
season.

Ducks seem to be as plentiful as usual.

Partridge and rabbits are as plentiful as ever.

There are a few beaver in this locality and no black or grey squirrels.

Poxes, coons and skunks are plentiful.

Theire are no deer in this locality.

Halton County.

From Overseer R. M. Brown, of Milton, for the Townships of Nassagaweya
and Esquesing.

Partridge fairly numerous on the mountain range, but not very plentiful on
the lower ground.

Woodcock very scarce.

Quail, two years ago we had a few in the Township of Nelson, but this season
I have not heard of one in the whole County.

Black and grey squirrels very plentiful.

Raccoon fairly plentiful.

Mink very scarce.

Muskrat about the same as last two years.

Speckled trout gradually disappearing. A stream here that used to be one
of the best, owing to cleaning up of brush and the proprietors using no means of
protection it is almost depleted.

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Cotton-tail rabbits are very plentiful although a great many were taken last
year.

Hares are getting very scarce here owing to so many swamps being cleaned up.

I trust that before next season a suitable gun license will be imposed, every
sportsman in this part I am sure will be prepared to pay a dollar license, as it would
stop a lot of the shooting that goes on at all seasons with the 23 rifles.

On a line with the prohibition to hunt ducks from motoii boats, it will soon
be time to stop hunting with automobiles. They are driven along the roads and
the dogs dropped into any good looking bush, and after taking what they can get
away they go to another place. Something will have to be done or the game will
soon be cleaned out.

From Overseer W. Sargant, of Bronte, for County of Halton.

The catch of herring in this district will probably show a larger increase than
any previous year since I have been in office and that is over twenty-five years.
They are large and a fine sample of fish.

I am also pleased to report that whitefish are increasing.

Trout are about the same as previous years.

All the fish that have been taken have been disposed of for home market and
prices have been fair.

Angling in the 12 and 16 mile creek has been about the same as in former
years.

The close season for black and grey squirrels and partridge in the County of
Halton has resulted in a great increase in the squirrels and I think a small increase
in the partridge.

I am of the opinion that any one who goes hunting or shooting in the woods
should take out a license especially foreigners.

Hastings County.

From Overseer II. 0. Armstrong, Glen Ross, for the Trent River, from its
mouth to Chisholm's Rapids,and tributaries thereto, and to Trenton Junction :

Bass, maskinonge and pickerel are very scarce on account of no fish slides in
the eight dams between Trenton and Glen Ross.

Suckers are very numerous and they destroy a lot of spawn.

Sturgeon are very plentiful. They can be seen by the dozen trying to get up
over the dams.

Summer ducks are very plentiful.

"Winter ducks were very numerous last winter.

Partridge are quite thick.

Black and grey squirrels are increasing very fast.

Mink are scarce and muskrats are plentiful.

Cottontail rabbits are very numerous and increasing every year.

From Overseer Robert T. Bonier, of Marmora, for Township of Marmora:
Most of the hunting parties that I have heard from got their number of deer,

and moved out before the season was half ^ver. Strange to say fully 80 per cent.

of the deer killed in this district were bucks.

Black bass and maskinonge fishing have been good this season. Yellow bass

not so good as in former years, due no doubt to scrub fish, such as bullheads,

ling and eel destroying their spawn.

1916 GAME AND FISHEKIES. 33

Mink and muskrats are quite plentiful.
Beaver and otter are very plentiful. ^

Ducks are not very numerous, no doubt owing to high water drowning out the
rice.

Partridge are plentiful.

From Overseer Thos. Gault, of Deseronio, for the Bay of Quinte, East Riding
County of Hastings, and for Moira Eiver and other waters in said Riding.

The catch of fish in my district has been very good this season.

There were not as many anglers as usual, the war no doubt being the cause.

Bass were very plentiful, white fish and salmon extra good. Cbarse fish were
caught in great quantities.

Ducks are numerous.

Muskrats are more abundant than in former years.

From Overseer John Haggerty, of Gilmour P.O., for townships of Grimsthorpe
and Cashel. • ■

Partridge are very scarce. '

Deer are plentiful.
Beaver numerous and increasing.
Mink quite plentiful, but muskrats less so.
Otter and fisher are quite scarce.
Speckled trout and bass are very plentiful.
Wolves are very thick through centre of township of Grimsthorpe.

From Overseer James McCaw, of Bancroft, for Townships of Faraday, Dun-
gannon and Herschell.

The past season has been one of the best on record with regard to Baptiste
Lake. Some very fine catches have been taken. A lady captured a trout weighing
2714 lbs., and another fisherman caught some bass weighing 4 and 5 lbs. each. This
lake if given publicity would soon become one of the best summer resorts in this
Province, as train services are good.

Other lakes and creeks have been as usual with regard to fish. Speckled trout
and bass are getting plentiful, but of small size.

Mink and muskrats are not so plentiful.

Beaver and otter are getting more plentiful.

I would recommend that the close season for partridge should be from Novem-
ber 1st to Nov. 15th in each and every year so long as deer season remains aa at
present — November 1st to November 15th in each year.

From Overseer J. W. McGowan, of Tweed, for the Townships of Hungerford
and Huntingdon.

Fishing has not been as good as in former years but somi^ nice large maskin-
onge have been caught.

Ducks were scarce during the first of the season, but are more plentiful now.

Partridge are quite numerous.

Black squirrels are very plentiful.

Rabbits are not so abundant as in other years.

Mink and muskrat are quite scarce.

Bears have been seen and a few killed.

Deer are quite plentiful in this district.

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From Overseer J. A. Moore, of Trenton, for that portion of County of Hast-
ings fronting Bay of Quinte from City of Belleville, west to the Trent River, as far
as Trenton Junction.

Angling was very little indulged in this last season, and only one license was
taken out by tourists for that purpose, but the tourist traffic was practically nil,
and this should have an effect upon the increase of bass and other game fish, though
local anglers reported great scarcity and very few catches.

Ducks were very scarce during this last season and few have ibeen killed.
Whether the number is decreasing, or whether they have stopped tarrying in these
waters in the fall I cannot say, but all the hunters reported very few ducks. It
may be that the manner heretofore used of shooting for the market by a great
number of persons is the cause of it, and if such be the case to prohibit the sale of
wild ducks would aid in protecting these birds.

Partridges are very scarce and very wild, and hunters from the north of this
county report a scarcity of birds, and it would appear from this that the effect of
the two years' clbse season has worn off.

Black squirrels are quite plentiful this year, but .there had been a great
slaughter of these animals prior to the opening of the season, as in the country
districts outside of the limits of the town there does not appear to be any protec-
tion whatever, and I am told that shooting was 'going on all through September
and October, so that when the season opened for shooting squirrels they were prac-
tically exterminated in this vicinity. I would recommend, therefore, that there be
a change in the black squirrel season, say, from the 15th October to the 1st
November, and that for the next two years shooting of black squirrels in the County
of Hastings and Northumberland be entirely prohibited, which would give these
animals a chance.

From Overseer J. W. Morton, of St. Ola, for the Townships of Limerick, Tudor,
Wollaston, Oashel Lake and Grimsthorpe.

Bass and trout fishing was fairly good this season.

Deer are reported to be plentiful, also a number of moose have been seen.

Partridge seem to be quite plentiful.

Ducks are scarce but I hope to see more next year as we Wave planted wild rice,
celery, and duck potatoes.

Not many muskrat and mink are seen.

Beaver and bears, also wolves, are quite numerousk

From Overseer E. A. Wootton, of Maynooth, for the Townships of Bangor,
Wicklow and McClure.

Deer are reported plentiful in certain sections, especially in the neighborhood
of Algonquin Park, and we hear of quite a number of moose being seen.

Partridge are reported in better flocks than last year, and are, I think, on the
whole more plentiful, but in some sections where bush fires occurred last year very
scarce.

Ducks are comparatively scarce.

Fur-bearing animals are getting very scarce except the beaver, which seems
to be increasing fast and are plentiful, and we hear of most of the streams being
dammed that are not too near the settlers.

Fishing has been very good, both brook and salmon trout being plentiful.

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Huron County.

From Overseer Robert McMurray, of Bayfield, for the lOounty of Huron.

Fishermen in my division have had a fairly good season. The gill net fisher-
men say trout has been more plentiful this year than they were in 1914, and the
pound net fishermen report their catch as very good, much better than it was in
1914. I think, taking the season of 1915 as a whole, the fishermen have very little
to complain of.

Bass fishing was not very good.

Perch were plentiful in the early part of the summer and also in the fall.

Partridge are becoming more scarce each year in consequence of nearly all the
woods being cut down.

Eabbits are numerous.

Kenoea District.

From Overseer George H. Fanning, of Sioux LooTtout, for that portion of the
Kenora District beginning at Quibell and east to the boundary line between the Dis-
tricts of Kenora and Thunder Bay.

The sale of moose and deer hunting licenses has been very good, but not quite
up to last year. Neither has there been anything like so many killed, although they
are very plentiful. This is owing to the fact that every available man has been
working on the Government railway helping to rush the wheat east.

Thei resident trappers and small dealers are buying licenses almost to a man.
They say that they think it would be well if the Government would raise the cost
of licenses to five dollars, as that would have a tendency to keep a great many people
from dabbling in the fur trade.

From Overseer W. 0. Muncer, of Minaki, for that portion of the Kenora Dis-
trict between Quibell and the boundary line between the Province of Ontario and
the Province of Manitoba.

" Fishing on the Winnipeg River and the Trout Lakes has been splendid. Some
of the finest specimens of maskinonge that were ever caught, weighing over 40 lb.
each, lake trout from 15 to 20 lb., have been taken. Pickerel also were of very fine
size. Fish of all kinds appear to be plentiful, and the lakes throughout the district
are in excellent condition.

Red deer appear to be Just as plentiful as ever.

Moose and caribou are not so numerous.

Fox, mink, lynx, and muskrat are plentiful.

3rush wolves are very numerous and are becoming a serious menace, causing
fearful destruction to the deer and small game.

Duck, partridge and rabbits are very scarce indeed.

I would recommend that the small game season be closed ^or two or three years.
I attribute the scarcity of small game to the wolf. These animals are bad on the
eggs of small birds during the breeding time. I have never known partridge or
rabbits to be so scarce during the past nine years. I would also suggest that a
bounty for the brush wolf and coyote be paid. This will encourage the public to
hunt them.

Beaver have put in an appearance both east and west of Minaki.

The following lakes have been stocked during this spring with salmon trout
fry, viz.: Red Deer, Star, Farlane, Vermilion, Sand and Fox Lakes. Sportsmen
are anxiously looking forward for black bass stocking of the Winnipeg River, Gun
Lake, Pistor Lake. I can recommend these waters for bass.

36 THE EEPOKT UPON No. 14

Kent County.

From Overseer John Grotty, of Bothwell, for the Eiver Thames between village
of Wardsville and easterly limits of County of Kent.

Game birds are more plentiful, especially partridge and woodcock. Thanks
to protection, there is a very noticeable increase in the number of quail.

Black squirrel seems quite plentiful.

A few muskrats are the only fur-bearing animals in the district.

From Overseer John Featherston, of Wheatley, for Townships Romney, East
Tilbury and Ealeigh.

The fishing during the months of November and Deceniber .(1914) was about
up to the average.

Some fine catches of whitefish were brought in from the pound nets, and the
price being very high brought the result well up to the average year.

The tugs fishing gill nets made some large catches of whitefish and pickerel
during the early spring, but later their catch was only fair fishing. The pound nets
during the present season have had very light catches and nearly all fish seem very
scarce, especially herring, which has in the past been our great commercial fish, in
fact this year it seems almost to be depleted, but no good reason for this is offered
by the fishermen. Some say we have had too much east wind, while others say we
are allowing too much fishing with gill nets, and others are of the opinion that Lake
Erie is fast being depleted Cf herring. The catch of Blue Pike seems- to be the
most profitable this season, with good prices except in the spring, when there was a
glut.

Quail seem to be very plentiful, and with proper protection as at present will
increase.

Squirrels are more numerous than for years.

From Overseer Richard Little, of Wallacehurg, for County Kent, fronting on
Lake St. €lair, exclusive of Dover West Township, also Walpole and (Ste. Annes
Islands, County Lamb ton.

Commercial fishing has been exceptionally good; carp were caught in great
numbers during the spring and summer, but the quantity has fallen off somewhat
during the autumn months ; in fact, at present almost none are being caught.

Angling for bass and other game fish has not been as good as in former seasons ;
this is, no doubt, accounted for by the bad weather conditions.

The lake and marsh ducks are here in great quantities.

Quail are reported to be increasing in some sections of this district; snipe
and woodcock seem to be not appreciably decreasing.

From Overseer James McVittie, of Blenheim, for the Townships of Orford,
Howard and Harwich.

During the* spring of 1915 and all through the summer till date of writing ihe
fishing has been very poor and the pound net fishermen will not make enough this
summer to pay their help, unless the fall season is better. Some of the gill net
men had the best spring fishing they ever had, the catch being jvery large and the
prices good.

Ducks are not very plentiful yet, as the hides have to be put on shore and not
built out in the water this year the poor man who goes for a day's shooting has just
as good a chance as the fellow who could stay there all season in his box, big enough

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to live in 200 yards from the shore and no person to bother him, this year he stays
on shore with the other fellow and takes his chances as he ought to.

We had better angling fishing this summer than for seven years, $500.00 being
collected from Americans for angling in Eondeau Bay.

^From Overseer Archibald Patterson, of Bothwell, for that portion of the Eiver
Thames lying between the Village of Louisville and the easterly limits of Kent
County.

There were not many fish caught in my district this season, as when the river
got low enough to fish the water got very clear in a short time, and they do not
catch many fish in clear water.

Black squirrels are very numerous and quail have increased wonderfully owing,
no doubt, to the close season declared last year.

Partridge and woodcock are scarce.

From Overseer George Peltier, of Painconrt, for Eiver Thames from Lewisville
to its mouth, also the tributaries of said river between these points; also Township
of Dover West.

The number of fish caught by the licensed fishermen on Lake St. Clair was
about the same as last year.

The roll nets in the Eiver Thames used by the farmers proved very satisfactory,
enough fish being caught for home use.

Ducks are plentiful this fall, but quail and other game are very scarce in my
district.

Mink and muskrat are also scarce, the latter owing to the water being so low
this year,

Lambton County.

(From Overseer H. A. Blunden, of Sarnia, for County Lambton, exclusive of
Walpole and St. Ann's Islands.

The pound net fishermen began operations at about the usual time during the
month of May. During the season some got very good lifts.

Wild geese were plentiful during the spring flight, particularly in the eastern
part of this county, but they do not seem so plentiful this fall.

Black squirrels seem numerous this fall, so when the season opens I think
sports will find plenty.

Quail do not appear to be increasing.

Muskrats and other fur-bearing animals do not seem to be as plentiful as they
were a few years ago.

I am making every effort through interviewing sportsmen and putting up
posters in all parts of the. country to encourage the observance of the Game and
Fishery Laws.

Lanark 'County.

From Overseer G. BurJce, of Perth, for the ToAvnships of North Elmsley, Drum-
mond, North Burgess and the first two concessions of the Township of Bathurst.

Partridge are plentiful this fall and deer also. Last year there were a number
of deer shot within half a mile of the limits of the town.

There were not many fur-bearing animals caught around here last spring, as
prices were down and the boys did not trap.

Ducks are plentiful.

38 THE REPORT UPON No. 14

I went out to Christie's Lake to watch the pickerel run this spring. The run
was well on about the 15th and lasted till the 27th, then the suckers and catfish
came on. The night of the 27th the catfish were standing on their heads in the
rapids picking up the pickerel spawn. A man had to see it to believe it.

Catfish and suckers should be taken out Adhere ver there is game fish. It is a
good thing to give the people a license for whitefish, also to fish hoop nets, as the
latter clean up the coarse fish and give the game fish a chance.

From Overseer Ephraim Deacon, of Bolinglroohe, for the Townships of
Bathurst and South Sherbrooke, including Christy's Lake.

Pickerel were very numerous on the spawning beds this spring and seemed
to be on the increase.

Ducks appear to be very scarce this season, but partridge are quite plentiful.

Mink and muskrats are not so plentiful as a few years ago.

The angling has been very good this year, although not quite so many non-
residents applied for permits as last year.

From Overseer Wm. Pepper, of Lanarh, for the Townships of Drummond,
Lanark, Darling and Lavant.

Eish apparently have been more plentiful this year than at any time hereto-
fore for several years. This may be accounted for by the lessening amount of
angling. The Mississippi and the Clyde River with their enlargements are be-
coming well stocked with pickerel and black bass, but the quantity of pike in
these waters is appreciably declining. In the other waters of the district pike
are plentiful, also perch, rock bass and bullheads.

In the regions where deer are to be found they seem to be more plentiful
this year than usual, and some have been seen in various places where they had
not hitherto been noticed.

Partridge this season are not so numerous as formerly. This undoubtedly is
owing to the eggs having been spoiled by the wet weather during the nesting or
hatching season.

There was also a perceptible falling off of the number of wild duck usually
found in the lakes and rivers of the district.

From Overseer J. H. Phillips, of Smith's Falls, for County of Frontenac
lying north of the Townships of Kingston and Pittsburg, the Townships of
North and South Crosby, Bastard, South Elmsley and Kitley, County of Leeds
and County of Lanark.

During November kept a patrol of Rideau Lake during the whitefish run.
had a launch rented for a week after patrol boat Ella C. was laid up. Found
many fishermen that were licensed, all fishing legally and pleased to get a few
whitefish.

December, January, February and March were not busy months, but I made
frequent trips over my district to see no illegal work was being done.

In June started with Ella C. and patrolled Rideau waters steadily until
October 31st. Though there were not many tourists from the United States
the Rideau was crowded by residents of the Province. Permits sold were about
the same as last year.

The salmon fisliing was excellent; the bass fishing was also good. I think
it would be a good thing to shorten the time for fishing whitefish to ten or
fifteen days.

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- The black ducks were very plentiful more so than they have been for twenty
years.

From Overseer Fred Stanzel, of Carleton Place, for Townships of Beckwith,
Drummond, Ramsay and Pakenham in the County of Lanark, and Townships
Fitzroy, Huntley and Goulbourn in County Carleton.

Black bass are about normal, but pickerel are greatly increasing. Coarse
fish are plentiful.

Mink and muskrat are about normal.

Partridge are about the same as last year. " '

Frogs are very scarce.

Leeds iCountt.

From Overseer W. J. Birch, of Delta, for upper and lower Beverley lakes
and rivers.

Taking into consideration the large number of hunters in this locality for
duck, partridge and squirrels they were all quite numerous. However, I would
advise that the squirrel season should open at the same time as the partridge
season. I consider that the way it is now that it is too much of a temptation for
the hunter to shoot squirrels while hunting partridge and at the same time not
giving the game warden a chance to get after them.

A few deer have been seen in this locality this summer a good proof that
they are on the increase.

Our lakes were not as well patronized as formerly, a number of cottages
being empty and very few non-residents and visitors, however, the fishing was good.

Muskrats were very plentiful being caught up into the thousands in my
district.

A few mink were caught but they are reported very scarce.

I strongly recommend a trapper's license, they are all expecting it.

From Overseer Gordon Clark, of Westport, for the Township of North Crosby.
Deer have been quite plentiful.
Muskrats are numerous but mink are very scarce.

Fishing has not been quite as good as in former years on account of the
water being low and probably because the fish have changed their feeding grounds.
Ducks are numerous and partridge are very plentiful.

From Overseer Herbert R. Covell, of Lomhardy, for the Township of South
Elmsley.

The fishing in Bass Lake was not as good as usual, owing, I think, to the ling
being so numerous. I would like to see the ling fished out of Bass Lake as
they are very destructive.

The fishing in Otter Lake is reported better than usual. There were a
few salmon caught this summer, the first that I have known to be caught in
this lake. I am keeping a close watch that there is no netting going on in these
waters.

Ducks, squirrels and partridge are about as numerous as usual.

From Overseer John Fleming, of Newhoro, for the Counties of Leeds, Fron-
tenac, Ijennox and Addington, Hastings, Prince Edward, Northumberland, Lanark,
Carleton, Russell, Prescott, Glengarry, Stormont, Dundas and Grenville.

m • THE REPOET UPON No. -14

In the course of my work of patrolling the Bay of Quinte and other eastern
waters, I found the bass fishing good, in many places better than in former years.

In the Eiver St. Lawrence I believe the regulations to have been well enforced
and I found very few opposed to the enforcement, that of requiring the taking
out of angling permits by non-residents.

Ducks and partridge are plentiful.

I beg to recommend that the season for trapping muskrats be from the first
of March to the first of May as I think niany are caught in their houses and
in banks.

From Overseer John McGuire, of Jones Falls, for Rideau River, fronting
on the Township of South Crosby.

During the winter months of 1914 and 1915 nothing very extraordinary
occurred, I did considerable driving, mostly on the ice after the ice was safe to
drive on, my object being to look after the trappers who if not watched closely
by the overseer will be breaking the law by cutting into the muskrat houses.
They cannot catch muskrats in winter at all without doing this and nothing
but real earnest perseverance will prevent them cutting into the houses or into
the runways leading to the house, one is as bad as the other. There are none
but unprincipled men will offer to trap for muskrats in the winter season for
they know before they commence that they are going to break the law. They
cannot get any muskrats without breaking the law. The muskrats are all down
under the ice during the months of January and February the ice is thick and the
snow is deep, no possible way to get to the rats only by cutting into their houses.
The honest trapper never tries to do anything in the trapping line until the month
of March when the ice begins to thaw out around the shores, then the muskrat
comes up and can be caught without violating the law. Aften ten years' ex-
perience as overseer and after a lot of study I have come to the conclusion that
the open season should not commence until the first of March, the months of
March and April are or should be the open season. J earnestly suggest that
this change be made the two months mentioned. March and April are open
season enough, any honest trapper will recommend this.

Muskrats were never so plentiful as this last spring owing, I think, largely to
the vigilant warfare that I carried on during the winter months. I watched the
trappers so close that they gave it up and there were very few muskrats caught
during the winter and when the proper time came the rats were plentiful in the
district. Our best trapper here at Jones Falls, former springs used to get in
the neighborhood of three hundred muskrats during the months of March and
April. During last season (1915) this same trapper caught 500 rats in the
vicinity of Jones Falls. This trapper recommends the cutting out of the winter
trapping until the months of March and April.

. Fishing through the ice is carried on quite extensively in this district and
to protect the bass requires a lot of exertion on the part of the overseer as it is
carried on in so many different places at the same time.

Last season from the time of setting hoop nets until the time of taking tliem
up, viz., the 15th of April the fishing was good.

The fishermen of my district wore a smile certainly last spring. Good fishing,
large catches and good prices — part of the season as high as 12c. per pound for
dressed bullheads and 6c. for rough or undressed sunfish was realized by the hoop
net fishermen. At the present time the prices are not quite so good as last

1916 GAME AND FISHERIES. 41

winter or the first part of the present year, but the fishermen that have set their
nets and commenced fishing report good catches.

On the 10th of June the first non-resident tourists came to Jones Falls and
commenced fishing for pike putting back into the water any bass that by chance
would take the hook until the 15th of June when the season opened for all
species of bass.

For the remaining half of June the number of American tourists to the
hotels and fishing in the waters of this district were just about equal to other
seasons, but later on it was a long way short of previous years.

While the number of non-resident tourists during the month of July decreased
the resident tourist traffic was greater than ever. The hotels and boarding
houses as well as the guides made as much as any previous season.

I never saw the tourist fishermen as well pleased with the fishing as they
have been in this district this present season, I never saw as fine catches or as
large bass as I saw this season spread out on the lawns of the hotels at Jones
Falls and Chaffey Lock.

I feel compelled, however, to refer to a class of tourist coming mostly from
Ottawa, Toronto, Kingston and Hamilton, who live on their own boats. They
spend no money in the district yet destroy and take away large quantities of
fish. The season just passed has been a very severe season on the fish in the
waters of my division, especially on the bass, largely owing to the class of tourist
mentioned above. The Canadian tourist certainly is harder on the fish than the
American tourist and this has been the hardest season on the fish in the Rideau
Canal waters in ten years, but all the same the bass fishing has remained good
right up to the close of the angling season.

Ducks are very scarce on the Eideau this fall, more so than I have ever seen.

Partridge also are pretty, scarce.

Eabbits are plentiful and I have heard complaint from some of the farmers
of damage being done by them in the grain fields.

Black squirrels too are very plentiful and a lot of complaints have been
made by the farmers of damage to the cornfields.

While the angling continues good in this district I would recommend in
reducing a day's catch of bass to five, this would help to maintain the supply
and it would satisfy the tourists just as well as eight the present number.

From Overseer William Spence, of Charleston, for Charlestown Lake and
its tributaries.

Angling was better than in former years, although fewer tourists visited
the lake. The salmon fishing never was better.

Ducks were plentiful on both Charleston and Wiltse Lakes.

Mink, muskrats and black squirrels are scarce.

Partridge are quite plentiful.

From Overseer J. H. Stewart, of Brockville, for the Townships of Elizabeth-
town and the front of Escott and Yonge.

The past season has been a most favourable one for both fish and game.

Maskinonge fishing never was better than it has been this season, especially
in the vicinity of American and Black Charlie Island.

Bass and pickerel fishing was also good.

Ducks, partridge and snipe are quite plentiful.

42 THE EEPOET UPON N-o. 14

From Overseer George Toner, of Oanonque, for the River St. Lawrence from
head of Howe Island to Union Park,

The tourist traffic during this year has not been up to the standard. Many
of the island cottages were not occupied during the season. Some who usually
spend several months among the Thousand Islands each year were here for only
a few days this season. They told me that owing to the fact that they were
filling war contracts it was necessary for them to be constantly at their places
of business.

The fishing in these waters seems to improve each year. The quantity and
quality of all kinds of game fish have been better this season than for years.

During the spring of 1915 ducks were very plentiful but they have been
very scarce on the Eiver St. Lawrence this fall.

Partridge, black and grey squirrels are very plentiful. There are also many
snipe and plover.

Muskrats, if one can judge from the number of rat houses that appear, are
more numerous than for many years.

I respectfully recommend that the open season for muskrats be from March
1st to May 1st and the close season for the remaining months of the year.

With reference to the imposition of the rod license for non-residents of the
Province, I beg to report that of all those from whom I collected the license fee
only two offered any objection whatever. They very willingly paid the fee after
an explanation had been made to them. The majority of them expressed their
appreciation of the fact that the waters of the river were being protected from
illegal fishing and piracy of all kinds, and their desire to pay the fee demanded
of them for the privileges they enjoyed.

From Overseer James Townsend, of Lyndhurst, for Lyndhurst waters south
of Lyndhurst, also South and Gananoque Lakes.

Pishing has been fair, some fine catches of bass being made during the first
two weeks of October.

Game is fairly plentiful especially partridge for each of which I would
recommend both a trapper's and a gun license. A small fee of $2.00 might
be charged.

From Overseer J. R. Wight, of Newloro, for the Rideau waters between
Chaffeys Lock and Newboro, including Indian, Benson, Mosquito, Clear, Mud and
Loon Lakes, and also the Upper Rideau.

The fishing has been exceptionally good this year, and although the number
of tourists here this year was smaller than in previous years, it may be accounted
for by the war.

Bass fishing has been better this year than ever.

The partridge have been plentiful this year and also there have been a
great many ducks.

The catch of muskrat for this year has heen about as usual, but I think that
it might be better to limit the open season to March and April as this would do
away with trapping the bank holes.

The mink are scarce around this district, in fact it is a very rare case where
one is seen.

I

1916 GAME AND FISHEEIES. 43

Lennox County.

From Overseer P. W. Dafoe, of Napanee, for the Township of Richmond,

Angling has been a success. Many black bass have been taken.

Commercial fishing on the whole has been fairly good, prices being high
and while a good deal went to the American market our own markets were well
supplied.

Deer do not seem to have come south yet.

Ducks are in abundance.

Partridge are holding their own in point of numbers.

Muskrat, mink, black squirrels and the coarse fur-bearing animals are not
decreasing so far as I can make out.

From Overseer 0. H. Gurren, of Sandhurst, for the Township of Ernestown
and South Fredericksburg fronting Lake Ontario and the Bay of Quinte, but
not Hay Bay.

Commercial fishing has been very good all season. Whitefish and lake trout
have been quite plentiful in this part of Lake Ontario, and some excellent catches
of both have been made.

Whitefish in the Bay of Quinte have been very scarce, only a few good
catches being made before the close season.

Eels have not been so plentiful as in other years.

Perch are becoming very plentiful in the bay and I am under the impression
they should be netted to a greater extent as they are a great enemy to the young
fry in these waters.

The laying out of the gaps has been a great help both for the Department
and the fishermen, as previous to this each fisherman had his idea of where
the lines were supposed to be, and now the buoys may be seen quite distinctly.

Bass fishing has been excellent all season although the anglers were not
quite so numerous. Those that came report good fishing.

Ducks have not been so plentiful as in former years.

Black and grey squirrels are yet very scarce and partridge more so.

Red foxes are on the increase.

Muskrats are quite plentiful.

From Overseer E. M. Hufm^n, of Napanee, for the Townships of North
Fredericksburg, Adolphustown, and South Fredericksburg, fronting Hay Bay and
Bay of Quinte as far as Cole's Point, but not including the Napanee River.

Angling has been very good this season.

Black squirrels almost extinct.

Wild geese scarce.

Partridge plentiful.

Ducks are quite plentiful. If the sale of wild duck were prohibited for a
few seasons it would be a benefit.

I would like to recommend a shorter season for muskrats.

Lincoln County.

From Overseer Oliver Taylor, of Niagara-on-the-Lahe, for the Niagara River,
between Niagara Falls and the mouth of the river.

Herring, pickerel and small whitefish are very plentiful.

U THE KEPORT UPON No. 14

Large whitefish have been scarce, very few have been caught this season.
The machine nets above Queenston have not done very well this season and the
seine fishing in the river has not been very profitable.

Quite a number of sturgeon have been caught in the river by hooks.

The angling in the river this season has been poor.

Pheasants, the principal game in this district, were not as numerous as a
year ago.

A quantity of ducks are moving around the lake this fall.

The fur-bearing animals are not very plentiful with the exception of a few
muskrats in the ponds.

From Overseer J. C. May, of St. Catharines, for the 'County of Lincoln and
over so much of the waters of Lake Ontario as lies in front of the said county.

Fishing has been very good this year. The fishermen being well satisfied
with their catches. Herring and whitefish are very plentiful.

English pheasants are about the only game in this district and they are
not very numerous.

Manitoulin Distbict.

From Overseer W. M. Boyd, of Kagawong, for Kagawong Lake.

The past season opened with a cold wet spring and the partridge in this
district at least have suffered more than any other of the game birds. Very
small broods and very scarce to find at any time after the hatching season.

Ducks have been and are quite numerous, more plentiful than for four or
five years.

The tourist season started in somewhat later than usual but has been fully
as good as usual, keeping on into September.

Fishing in Kagawong Lake for small mouthed black bass has been a revela-
tion to the angling world. Nothing to approach it has been reported from any fish-
ing point that any of the visitors were acquainted with, and I believe we had
the largest variety of towns, cities and states represented here this season of any.

Perhaps the most eventful thing in this lake is the number of otter appear-
ing at different points.

Mink, too, appear to be doing well. Muskrat only fair.

Deer seem to be quite plentiful notwithstanding the objectionable provision
which allows a farmer to get one deer without taking out a license. How easily
many people get to think they are farmers for the moment, at least.

I am more thoroughly impressed than ever that no man or boy should be
allowed to hunt without first procuring a license and I still think that if the
fee is to remain at two dollars the licensee should be allowed two deer or otherwise
one dollar and one deer.

I would further recommend a close season for partridge for a couple of
years at least. The scarcity appears to be general from every point I have
heard from, and I think we should give them an opportunity to increase.

From Overseer Andrew Hall, of Gore Bay, for west end of Manitoulin Island,
including the Townships of Gordon and Mills, in the District of Manitoulin.

Commercial fishing has been very good in this district. Brook trout are
fairly plentiful but not as many as usual were caught.

1916 GAME AND FISHEEIES. 45

Bass are plentiful but fewer tourists than usual appeared this summer.

Partridge are very scarce. I would suggest a close season for one or two
years.

Ducks are fairly plentiful.

Eed deer are very plentiful although large numbers are taken each season.

In my opinion it would be better if the season for hunting deer was from
Nov. 15th to 30th as it would be easier to follow a wounded deer as we usually
have snow at that time. As it is at present, a great many deer are wounded
and it is hard to track them, they lie down and die and are wasted.

Fur-bearing animals are scarce according to reports.

From Overseer Joseph Hemhruff, of Manitowaning, for Lake Manitou on
Manitoulin Island and the streams tributary thereto.

The angling for bass has been fairly good. They were larger than last year.

Speckled trout are not very plentiful.

Partridge are very scarce this year. I think there should be a close season
for about three years.

Ducks are plentiful.

Deer are more plentiful than they have been for years.

There have not been as many tourists here this year as in former years.

From Overseer David Irwin, Little Current, for that portion of the District
of Algoma lying east of the Village of Algoma Mills, and for Cockburn and
Manitoulin Islands, and in and over the waters that lie in front of the said
district and which surround the said islands.

This season has been well up to the average according to reports from the
fishermen. This season was unusual in that the whitefish run came on in August
instead of June and July. The catch of pickerel was fully maintained.

Bass are plentiful but do not seem to bite.

Maskinonge fishing was poor, very few having been caught.

Brook trout do not appear to increase in numbers.

Muskrat are fairly numerous, but mink are scarce.

Partridge are very scarce and I would suggest a close season for two years.

Eed deer are more plentiful than they have been for many years, but moose
have not increased.

From Overseer James Lewis, of Sheguiandah, for north channel of Lake
Huron, from the Soo to the Bustards.

There were not as many tourists as usual this season and the catches of
black bass. did not come up to other seasons but maskinonge were more plentiful.

Eed deer are much more plentiful, but moose are getting very scarce.

Ducks are as numerous as in past years.

Partridge are very scarce and I would recommend that there be no open
season for these birds for at least two years. If there is not something done
they will shortly disappear.

On examining a lot of the deer when brought out to be clipped I found
many practically spoiled owing to the weather being so warm the first part of
November.

I think it would be better to have the season longer so that the hunter would
be able to get his deer in cooler weather.

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I would recommend that all camp help for fishing and hunting parties have
to take out guide's license as a lot of them go as camp help when they are
actually guides which is not fair to the licensed guides and it is almost impossible
to keep track of them all.

I would recommend that a higher price be charged for angling permits to
tourists.

From Overseer John McArthur, of Ice Lake, for the Township of Allan,

Fishing was about the same as usual, pike and bass being quite plentiful.

Partridge, ducks and rabbits are not as numerous as last year.

Mink and muskrat show no signs of decrease.

Otter are scarce.

Deer are increasing every year.

From Overseer David Pyette, of Tehkummah, for Manitoidin Island.
Speckled trout are not nearly so plentiful as a few years ago, but tourists
report bass fishing good.

Partridge and wild ducks are very scarce.

Small fur-bearing animals such as mink and muskrat are plentiful.

Red deer are becoming more plentiful each year in this district.

From Overseer J. Rameshottom, of Little Current, for the District of
Manitoulin. '

I find that partridge are very scarce, and think a close season for two or
three years would help to increase them.

Red deer and moose are very plentiful and seem to be getting more so.

Ducks are scarce in this locality, but that can be accounted for by the scarcity
of suitable feed for them,

Beaver seem to be increasing.

Bass were not so plentiful this year as last and were hard to catch. They
began biting in September more than in earlier months.

Middlesex 'County.

From Overseer William Boler, of Lamheth, for River Thames, between
London and boundary line between Townships Delaware and Westminster.

Black squirrels are slightly on the increase.

We have one small flock of quail here.

Several wild ducks have hatched here during the past summer.

Partridge are very scarce.

I would ask the Department to put a fee of $2.00 per annum on persons
not owning any land who prowl around to shoot at anything. This would help
to pay off the war debt.

From Overseer J. D. Campbell, of Parkhill, for the River Aux Sauble and
tributaries.

The coarse fish in Aux Sauble River were not up to the average as the
season was late and some net fishermen complain of a poor catch.

Ducks are not as plentiful as in 1914.

Squirrels seem to be numerous.

Partridge are scarce.

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I would once more recommend a small license for fish pedlars and that
their wagons carry the same number as their license. It would be much easier
to trace those that break the law.

From Overseer TF. E. Collins, of Strathroy, for the Townships of Adelaide
and Metcalfe.

The fishing in this district has been good, especially for pike and pickerel.

Black and grey squirrels have been plentiful.

There are not many quail or partridge.

Muskrats, mink, raccoon and fox are holding their own.

From Overseer Arthur Corsant, of London, for County Middlesex, east of
boundary line between the Ti)wnships of Westminster and Delaware, London and
Lobo.

Angling was very fair, mullets and suckers were quite plentiful.

Black bass are not very plentiful.

Muskrats. mink and coon are very scarce.

Eabbits are very plentiful.
■ Black and grey squirrels are on the increase, but I think every person carrying
a gun should have a license, the fee to be $2.00 per year and the number of
squirrels for each day's shoot limited to ten, and their sale prohibited. My reason
for such a recommendation is that 1 have seen farmers bringing as many as seventy
squirrels at a time to the London market for sale, and if there isn't something done
to stop it they will soon become extinct.

Partridge, quail and woodcock are almost birds of the past in my district.

From Overseer R. E. Jury, of London, for the City of London.

There were very good catches of pickerel and bass during the month of July.
Since then the Eiver Thames has been very high and not much fishing done, a
good thing as there are lots of bass left for breeding. There were more coarse
fish such as pike, mullet and suckers, caught this year than there has been for
years. The people seemed delighted to get them.

Rabbits and black squirrels are very plentiful.

There are several bevy of quail in the neighborhood but partridge are scarce.

As to our fur-bearing animals such as muskrats and mink, they are on the
increase. I see a great number of them as I go along the rivers.

I think putting the license on fur dealers was a step in the right direction and
would recommend a gun license.

From Overseer Jas M. Temple, of Dorchester Station, for the Thames River
easterly to boundary line between Oxford and Middlesex.

The fishing in this section is of but little account, as the gam© fish in the
River Thames are bass, and they are very scarce." There seem to be more pike this
year than last, but not what there used to be on account of there being no fish
slides in Hunter's Dam, and the Waterworks Dam not being in proper repair.

Game is more plentiful than last year. There are a goodly number of
partridge, but few woodcock.

Black squirrels are numerous, but in my opinion there should be a limit for
black squirrels, say twenty a day would be a good bag.

No ducks except a stray flock occasionally.

Woodhare or cotton-tail rabbits are so very plentiful that they are becoming
a nuisance to the farmers. I believe it would be advisable to extend the shooting

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season for the woodhare till the first of April or else they will become a trouble to
deal with.

Mink are scarce, but muskrats, I think, will be. more plentiful than a year ago.
Still there should be both a gun and a trapping license.

MusKOKA District.

From Overseer F. A. Uanes, of Huntsville, for the Townships of Stephenson,
Stisted, Chaffey, Sinclair and Brunei.

Deer are more plentiful in and around this part than last year and reported
so by parties living in difEerent parts. i

Partridge appear to be more plentiful but ducks are very scarce, are not more
than two or three together and very wild.

Beaver are increasing very fast. They are in all the lakes and creeks.

Mink, muskrats and otter are scarce.

Fishing was not as good as last year but I think it was owing to the season
being cold as there appear to be lots of bass, both large and small, in the lakes, and
there were some good catches of both bass and speckled trout.

From Overseer William Uohin^on, of Kilworthy, for the Severn River and
Sparrow Lake.

The fishing has been better this season than for some time.

Deer seem to be plentiful.

Beaver and otter are increasing fast. Every stream in my division has beaver.

Muskrat and mink are plentiful.

Ducks are less numerous than last season.

Partridge are quite plentiful.

I would like the Department to put a license on every one that carries a gun
for it se<ems that young people cannot go out without a gun.

From^ Overseer William Smith, of Oraverihurst, for Lakes Muskoka, Rosseau
and Joseph, in the Districts of Parry Sound and Muskoka.

I put in considerable time at South Falls and other places in the spring as
the fish run up to these places to spawn till about June 15th, and if not watched
there would be a big loss of these fish as they are taken often illegally.

There were not so many tourists on the lakes as in former years, still I sold
more permits than last year. The fishing seemed to be good and compared favor-
ably with other years, especially for trout and pickerel which were above normal.

I notice beaver are getting plentiful.

Mink and muskrat remain about the same.

Partridge are about what could be expected after a wet season.

There are not many deer in this district but hunters seem to get their amount.

From Overseer John A. Traves, 8r., of Fraserlurg, for the District of Muskoka.

Last season I visited quite a number of hunter's camps in the four townships
and found they have no complaints to make of scarcity of deer and partridge. The
majority of the hunters got their deer and quite a number of partridge and rabbits.
One party got sixty-two rabbits. The latter are very numerous. Beaver are also
very thick and muskrats are plentiful, while mink are increasing. Wild ducks
were plentiful last fall.

1916 GAME AND FISHERIES. 49

Fishing was fairly good in the spring in Bigwing Lake and some other lakes
in our four townships. In the North Branch River there was good iishing for
black bass and trout.

In my travels through the winter I saw several wolves' tracks and this summer
about July there was a bunch about a mile from my home. A settler of ours heard
them and killed two of them.

Norfolk County.

From Overseer J. S. Smith, of Port Rowan, for the County of Norfolk.

The fishing both in the Inner Bay and Outer Bay has been about an average
catch.

The prices for the di^erent kinds of fish have been fair.

The wild duck are very plentiful in the marshes, but the shooting in the Bay
has not been so good owing perhaps to the mild weather.

The plover, snipe and quail are very scarce.

The bass fishing was up to the average though not as many permits sold this
year as other years.

The black squirrels and partridge are very numerous.

NiPISSING DiSTEIGT.

From Overseer Richard Conway, of Madawasha, for Townships of Airy,
Murchison, Sabine and Lyell.

Game is scarce in the Townships Murchison, Lyell and Airy. Partridge are
few and there are not many deer. In the Townships of Sproule and Clancy, north
of here, deer and partridge are plentiful.

The kinds of fish we have here are speckled trout, gray trout, black bass, perch
and mud pout, but the waters are rather poorly stocked.

From Overseer Joseph Rivet, of Sturgeon Falls, for that portion of the District
of Nipissing lying west and north of the Townships of Widdifield, Merrick, Stewart
and Osborne, exclusive of Lake Timiskaming and its tributaries.

The catch of bass and maskinonge has not been very good this year but
sturgeon, pickerel and pike afforded good sport, in fact, much better than in
previous years.

Muskrats abound in this region.

Ducks and partridge are very numerous.

Northumberland County.

From Overseer Thomas H. Cheer, of Brighton, for the waters of Lake Ontario
fronting County of Northumberland, also inland waters tributary to said lake in
said County.

The catch of trout has been very good, about the same as last year.

Whitefish have been very plentiful, the largest catch in years.

Coarse varieties were also caught in good quantities.

Ducks of all species were very plentiful here before the season opened the 15th
of September, but in a few days they were- very scarce.

Partridge are still very scarce here, but there were, I think, a few more than
last year.

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Black and grey squirrels continue to be scarce. I cannot see any difference
from last season.

Muskrats are not very plentiful and are not likely to be until only spring
trapping for them is allowed in order to protect their dens and houses. I think
open season from the 15th day of March until the last day of April would help.

Mink are almost extinct in this vicinity.

Deer are reported to be fairly plentiful this season, which I think is owing to
the limit of " One man one deer/' which, in my opinion, is a good thing.

From Overseer H. W. -Hayes, of Trenton, for the Bay of Quinte, as lies in
front of the East Riding of Northumberland, for that portion of River Trent lymg
between the Townships of Sidney and the Bay of Quinte, and for the inland
waters of the Townships of Murray, Dryden, Cramahe and Haldimand.

The fishermen report a good year for herring but very few trout. Coarse
fish were fairly good.

Mink are very scarce. Very few muskrats were caught last fall as the price
was low, consequently muskrats may increase.

Black ducks and teal are not so plentiful as last year and very few deep water
ducks have shown up as yet. I would advise that the sa^le of ducks be prohibited.

Partridge hunters report that partridge were plentiful north, but they are
very scarce here.

From Overseer J. H. Hess, of Hastings, for the Trent River and tributaries
from Trent Bridge to Rice Lake.

The fishing at the beginning of the season was good and the quality abova
the average. Later in the season it was almost impossible to catch maskinonge, but
I cannot account for it as there seem to be plenty of these fish in the waters.

Wild ducks are plentiful this season.

From Overseer W. H. Johnson, of Harwood, for Rice Lake in the Townships
of Hamilton and Alnwick.

This has been an extra good year for spawn, and the little fish could get out in
deep water before the water went down.

Very few tourists visited Rice Lake this year.

Fishing was good the first of the season and a lot of fine fish were caught.
Later the fishing was not so good.

Black and wood duck are not so plentiful as last year, other species of duck
are about the same.

Woodcock, quail and partridge are very scarce.

Black and gray squirrels are iiot very plentiful.

Cottontail rabbits are very numerous.

Mink are very scarce.

Muskrats are plentiful.

I beg to recommend that trappers pay a license and that persons owning and
using gasoline launches for fishing and taking parties out to fish should pay a
license fee of not less than ten dollars as I think it only fair to other guides.

From Overseer A. J. Kent, of Bewdley, for Rice Lake, from Ley's Point on
the south shore of said lake around the head of lake of Barnard's Bay on the north
shore of Rice Lake.

1916 GAME AND FISHEEIES. 51

Bass and maskinonge were plentiful in the marshes and creeks last spring, and
the close season was very well observed.

Fishing was not good during the summer, high winds and so much rain were
the main causes. Tourists reported poor fishing in most of the lakes and rivers.
It certainly was an off season.

A fair number of muskrats were caught last spring, but owing to the low water
and the low prices for fur the rats had a good chance to increase for another year.

Quite a number of ducks this year. I think the duck season should open on
the 15th of September, and that the line dividing the two districts should be
changed.

Partridge are scarce. Black squirrel are plentiful, but automobile parties
carrying guns before squirrel season are a source of annoyance, and something
should be done to stop the squirrel shooting before the season opens. An overseer
cannot cover very much ground in an afternoon, but an automobile party can take
in a good many woods, and unless the overseer has some such conveyance he has
no chance to catch them.

Partridge, black squirrel and rabbits should come in all together on the 15th
of October, then no person would have any reason to carry a gun through the woods
before the season opened.

From Overseer J. R. McAllister, of Gore's Landing, for Rice Lake, between
Jubilee Point, and Lower Close's Point and the waters tributary thereto, in the
Townships of Hamilton and Alnwick.

Muskrats were very plentiful last spring and there. are more now than there
were in the spring as they were not trapped too close.

Ducks are in the lake in great numbers just now, but not many of them have
been killed.

Grouse are as numerous as usual.

Black and grey squirrels are plentiful.

Fishing in Rice Lake has been very poor indeed. Both bass and maskinonge
were hard to catch except the first two weeks in October when there were a number
of nice maskinonge taken. People who live around Gore's Landing say it is the
high water that is the cause of poor fishing.

The fish are as plentiful in the marsh as usual in April and May when they
are spawning so that there is apparently no decrease.

From Overseer F. H. Meneilly, of WarTcworth, for the River Trent and tribu-
taries from Percy Boom to Campbellford Bridge.

The fishing was good here this season and all kinds of fish seem to be in-
creasing rapidly. When the Trent Canal is finished and the water is kept at a
certain level they will, I believe, increase more so. All the fish caught here is by
local fishermen as not many tourists come here.

Partridge are quite plentiful this year.

Black squirrels are very thick.

Rabbits are also increasing very fast and threaten in a few more years to be a
pest.

From Overseer A. L. Reindeau, of Campbellford, for the Trent River and
tributaries from Campbellford to Trent Bridge.

Maskinonge fishing was extra good in the first of the season but not as good
in August.

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Bass fishing was not very good. I would certainly recommend that the waters
be stocked with bass as fishing for this species of fish is simply no good.
Ducks were not plentiful this season for some reason.
Black squirrels, rabbits and partridge are numerous.

From Overseer Amos Shearer, of Roseneath, for that portion of Eice Lake in
the Townships of Hamilton and Alnwick, between Eock Island and Webb's Land-
ing, with waters tributary thereto.

Fishing in Eice Lake has not been as good this year as in previous years. A
lot of poaching was going on at the lower end of the Lake in the spring.

I would advise that the Lake be restocked with black bass.

Duck shooting has been poor.

Muskrat are qiute plentiful but mink are scarce.

Partridge and black squirrel are quite numerous.

From Overseer D. C. Stuart, of Codrington, for Trent Eiver and tributaries,
from Chisholm's Eapids to Percy Boom.

All kinds of fish are plentiful and trout fishing has been extra good. A lot of
trout were caught in Marsh Creek where there never was known to be trout until
this year.

Partridge are plentiful and black squirrels have not been so numerous in years.

Ducks are ahout as usual.

The creeks and marshes are full of muskrats. I never saw as many rat houses
as there are at the present time.

From Overseer W. H. Thompson, of Bailiehoro, for the Otonaheel Eiver, from
Bensfort Bridge to Eice Lake.

'Fishing has been very poor this season, black bass not biting well.

Maskinonge had a spell of biting in August, and again about the last of
October.

Ducks are about the same as last season.

Trapping was good last spring, and muskrats are very plentiful this fall, and
they are very busy at the present time building their winter homes.

Partridge are not so plentiful as last season. Black squirrels are very scarce.

I would recommend a close season for frogs, as they are very scarce and should
bee protected during their spawning season.

Ontakio County.

From Overseer Gilbert Gillespie, of Brechin, for Lake Simcoe and tributaries
fronting Township of Mara.

The winter fishing for whitefish along this shore was not very good owing to
too much slush under the ice. October fishing for salmon trout was very good and
bass fishing was also very good, but the run small. The lake is full of whitefish.

Very few ducks were seen.

Partridge are plentiful.

Muskrats are numerous but mink are not to be seen, being very scarce.

From Overseer Charles Ealward, of Canningion, for Beaver Eiver, running
through the Townships of Brock and Thorah, and the Villages of Sunderland and
Cannington. - "

1916 GAME AND FISHERIES. 53

This has been a favourable year for game of all kinds, ducks were unusually
plentiful, partridge and rabbits seem to be slightly increasing.

Mink and muskrats, owing to the low price of furs, are not being trapped as
much as usual, and they show signs of being more plentiful.

From Overseer George Hood, of Scugog, for the Township of Eeach, in the
County of Ontario, and for the "Township of Mariposa, in the County of Victoria,
and over so much of the waters of Lake Scugog as lies in front of the said Town-
ships, and for the westerly half of Scugog Island, and over the waters of Lake
Scugog fronting thereon.

. Maskinonge are very plentiful this season in Lake Scugog and bass are in-
creasing.

Black ducks are very plentiful, also red heads and blue bills.

Partridge are on the increase.

Muskrats are plentiful and mink seem to be keeping up.

From Overseer Hector McDonald, of Beaverton, for Waters of Lake Simcoe and
tributaries thereto fronting the Township of Thorah.

Whitefish and salmon are increasing in Lake Simcoe.

As the season was bad for bass iishing and tourists few, I think bass will have
a chance to increase and be more plentiful for next season. As it was, I saw
splendid specimens caught.

Ducks and geese seem to be as numerous as in former years.

Partridge are on the increase in this district.

Fur-bearing animals, mink and muskrats, are about the only kind in this terri-
tory. They seem to be as numerous as in former years.

From Overseer D. McPhee, of Uptergrove, for Lake Simcoe, fronting on Town-
ship of Mara and tributaries thereto, and for Mud Lake in the Townships of Mara
and Carden.

In Lake Simcoe, trout, whitefish and herring have been plentiful, but carp
have decreased. Bass are about the same as in former years, and maskinonge are
plentiful.

In Mud Lake, pickerel, maskinonge and bass have afforded good fishing.

Ducks and partridge are more numerous than last year.

Muskrats keep up, but mink are scarce.

From Overseer Thomas Mansfield, of PicJcering, for Electoral District of South
Ontario, exclusive of the Township of Eeach.

Fishing has been up to the average taking all things into consideration, and
the fishermen were pleased at the Department's consideration in allowing them to
fish in the usual close season to help out the rather hard times caused by the war,
and also benefitting the consumers.

Ducks have not been as plentiful as usual, and in my opinion it was due to this
fall being rather open. The ducks have not all come down yet and so far have come
in smaller flocks.

From Overseer Michael Timlin, of Atherly, for Lake Couchiching and tribu-
taries fronting Townships Mara and Rama.

The fishing ihas been very good here, and some good catches of lunge and
pickerel have been reported.

Partridge and ducks are more plentiful.

Muskrat and mink are scarce.

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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.

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From Overseer Henry W. Reid, of Parry Sounds for Townships of iShawanaga,
Ferguson, Carling, MeDougall, McKellar, Christie, Foley, Parry Island, Cowper and
Conger.

The fishermen in this division inform me that they ihave had a good average
season. The trout in the spring were very good, better than for many years, and they
believe that it is the result of good work done by the hatcheries on the Georgian
Bay. Some of them recommend tliat a hatchery should be established at Parry
Sound, as plenty of spawn could be procured here to supply it.

The fall fishing has not been very good. Plenty of fish, but the weather con-
ditions prevented the men from working. I do not think that the close season being
taken off has been of much benefit to the fishermen on this shore, as owing to the
low price it did not pay them to take the risk and they have stopped operations.

The bass fishing was not very good this season, but we did not have many
tourists, no doubt owing to the w5r. There were a great number of the fishing
clubs did not come at all. Pickerel fishing was very fair.

Mink and muskrat are reported plentiful.

A large number of hunters passed through here during the hunting season.
Deer were plentiful and the hunters were well satisfied.

Partridge are getting very scarce in most parts of this district. In conversa-
tion with a lumberman, who spends' nearly all the year in the woods, I asked ihim
if he could account for the scarcity. He blames the foxes for it. During the cold
nights the birds bury themselves in the snow and the fox comes along and eats them.
He says he sees plenty of evidence of this every winter, and he believes that the
foxes are just as bad on the birds as the wolves are on the deer.

Peel County.

From Overseer John Bemrose, of Claude, for the Townships of Chinguacousy,
Caledon, and Albion.

Last season was a very unusual one, it was so wet the speckled trout got lots
of feed without taking the bait. Still anglers made fairly good catches.

Bass were very scarce.

Other fish such as suckers were plentiful in the spring.
' Partridge have been very numerous this season, much more than I looked for
after such a late and wet spring. I think we can thank the short open season for
them.

Ducks have been plentiful; there was so much water laying ^about the farms a
person could see them almost any day all summer.

Fur-bearing animals are getting very scarce, especially mink and muskrats. I
think it would be well to stop the taking of them for about three years to give them
a chance to increase.

Cottontail rabbits are numerous.

Black squirrel are increasing, but to save them, also the red ones, and all small
birds, I would recommend making every boy under 18 years of age pay a license
fee of two or three dollars before they could carry either a shotgun or rifle, as I
find it is mostly young fellows that are killing off squirrels and small birds.

From Overseer W. H. Harrison, of Port Credit, for the waters of Lake Ontario
fronting on the County of Peel, and for the Kivers Credit and Etobicoke tributary
to the said lake.

The game laws have been well observed in this district, though the foreign
!:!lement has given me trouble over their practice of shooting insectivorous birds.

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After considerable warning they appear to have decided to observe the law. I
would, however, suggest such a practice might be overcome by requiring anyone
carrying a gim to take out a license.

Whitefish seem to have been scarce in this district, no doubt owing to the heavy
current in the lake.

Salmon trout fishing has been fairly good.

Herring catches so far have been very good.

The angling has not been very good on account of the heavy rains making the
water in the rivers muddy. lOatches therefore have been very light.
. Black squirrels seem to be plentiful.

Eabbits are also plentiful.

Partridge are very scarce.

Ducks are plentiful in the lake but seldom come inland.

Perth County.

From Overseer Charles Jichling, of St. Mary's, for the County of Perth and for
Townships East Nissouri and East and West Zorra, in County of Oxford.

Black and grey squirrel are more plentiful than they have been in many years.

Partridge are holding their own.

Ducks are flying in large numbers and quite frequently lighting on the small
streams.

Mink and muskrats seem to be more plentiful owing to so little trapping having
been done last winter.

I think something should be done to protect the raccoon, as there' are so many
killed before pelts are any good. -.

The pickerel planted in the lake at Lakeside are doing well. I went over to the
lake in June and I caught two about 17 inches long.

The brown trout planted in Otter Creek are growing, but are much harder
to catch. Some have been seen estimated to weigh 2_^^ lbs.

Cottontail rabbits are very numerous. I hear reports that they are dying of
some disease and quite often I see the dog carrying home one which apparently he
had found dead.

Peel County.

From Overseer James Johnston, of Orangeville, for the Townships of Caledon
and Albion.

From reports the first of the fishing season was the best, the latter part not
being so good on account of the continuous rainfall and high waters.

Partridge are plentiful and appear to be on the increase.

Mink and muskrat have decreased. I would strongly recommend for the pro-
tection of those fur-bearing animals to make every trapper take out a license.

Peterboko €ounty.

From Overseer Wm. ClarTcson, of Lakehurst, for west half of Township of
Smith, Township of Ennismore, west half of Township of Harvey, Townships of
Gralway and Cavendish.

Bass and maskinonge are holding out well. The fishermen are not complain-
ing. Trout are also up to the average.

Deer are more plentiful than last year.

Ducks are scarce, but partridge are plentiful.

Mink are about the same as last year.

Muskrats and beaver are more plentiful.

1916 GAME AND FISHERIES. 57

From Overseer Edw. Fleming, of Hastings, for the Village of Hastings.

Angling and trolling did not afford as good sport as usual this year. Although
I think that there were lots of maskinonge, they did not bite as usual. Bass were
not so plentiful as in former seasons.

Ducks were fewer.

Muskrats plentiful last spring, but there should be a license for trapping.

Black squirrels are very plentiful this fall.

Partridge are very good, although I have seen them more plentiful. I do not
think it would do any harm to give the partridge a close season for two years.

Cottontail rabbits are getting very thick here, and do a lot of harm to young
trees.

From Overseer J. H. Forsyth, of Bridgenorth, for the waters of 'Ohemong Lake
and Lovesick Lake.

Maskiuonge fishing was good this year. Bass fishing was not so good. Last
spring was good for the spawn on account of the water being kept up until the
spawn was hatched.

The close season for bass and maskinonge should be from the first day of De-
cember until the first day of June.

Eats seemed to be scarce last spring.

Partridge are not very numerous in this district.

Deer hunting is likely to be as brisk as ever, as reports are that deer are plenti-
ful.

From Overseer Wellington Lean, of Apsley, for the Townships of Anstruther
and Ohandos.

Partridge are very scarce in this district this year, owing, I think, to so much
wet weather early in the season, which would be bad for the young chickens.

Beavers are becoming very numerous, being found on almost all the lakes both
large and small, as well as on the creeks in my district.

iPishing was about as good as usual.

Deer are quite numerous in some localities.

Wolves are not so numerous as in past years, but bears are more plentiful.

All other game about as usual.

From Overseer John McFarlane, of Keene, for Townships of Otonabee and
Asphodel.

Fishing in this district was about the same as last year. At times maskinonge
fishing was good and bass fishing fairly good. In fact the fishing would compare
very well with other years.

There was a lot of mudcats taken out by angling in the spring and shipped,
they did not appear to be so plentiful through the summer.

Suckers were very plentiful, also other small fish.

Brook trout fishing was about the same as last year, not very numerous. I
think it would be well to protect the brook trout for about three years and not
allow any to be taken. A number of people not living in this district do consider-
able! fishing and keep them from increasing.

, Black ducks were quite numerous this season. The fall ducks were late coming
in and rafted in the middle of the lake and would not decoy very well. They ap-
pear to know decoys and shy away from them.

Muskrats were plentiful this spring, the trappers all had good catches, but the
price was not so good this year.

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The beaver are increasing and I don't think they are molested.

Mink are scarce.

Black squirrels are plentiful.

Rabbits are not as numerous this year.

Partridge are about the same as last year, very wild and hard to get. I think
the skunks, which are plentiful, keep them from increasing, as they get them in
the hatching season.

From Overseer Henry Melville, of Havelock, for the Townships of Belmont
and Methuen.

Red deer seem much more plentiful than for some time past.

Moose have also been reported to have been seen in several localities.

Mink are reported practically extinct, and muskrat are scarce.

Otter and; beaver are very scarce, so scarce that it is a rare thing for one to
be seen on these waters.

Partridge seem to have decreased, while other land birds are reported to be
about the same as last season.

Fish I think are more plentiful, but owing to the high water they have not
been so easily taken.

I would strongly recommend that the hounding of the deer be discontinued in
Belmont and Methuen Townships by an Order-in-Council, and that hounds be not
allowed to run at large at any time to see what effect it would h9,ve on the increase
of deer, also that a license should be required to carry a gun.

From Overseer F. J. Moore, of Lakefield, for the Townships of Douro; Dum-
mer, east part of Smith, Township of Burleigh, and east half of Harvey,

Last spring was an exceptionally good season for bass and maskinonge spawn-
ing in the Kawartha Lakes, as the water was kept up, giving the spawn a chance to
mature.

Fishing for bass and maskinonge has been very good this season with rod and
spoon. I would again recommend that Stoney Lake be restocked with bass, as it
is a great summer resort for tourists from all parts of the States as well as our own
Province. There has not been as many tourists here this season as other seasons,
owing to the war conditions I presume.

Regarding the matter of angling permits, I would recommend that the tour-
ists pay a little more for them, providing the fish is kept up to the usual standard,
as they seem very much taken up with these lakes.

Deer appear to be very plentiful this season.

Partridge are numerous, while ducks are not.

Muskrats are plentiful but mink are scarce.

Beaver are getting to be very plentiful, and there are quite a lot of otter signs.

From Overseer John Watt, of Peterhoro, for that portion of the River Otonabee
and tributaries between Lakefield and Bensfort Bridge.

Partridge are reported to be abundant.

The deer hunters last season were fairly successful, making about an average
shoot.

Some good captures of maskinonge and bass were made at the first of the open
season, but owing to so much rain and high water the catch fell off in the summer
improving later.

For the same reason, namely, high water, the ducks have been able to keep
away from the open water, feeding back in the ponds. At present they are rafting
and in Rice Lake you can see them by the mile, but they keep far out.

1916 GAME AND FISHEEIES. 59

In the spring while the fish are running a lot of game fish are destroyed by
the practice of snagging or gaffing, and at present there is no law to prevent it.
If a maskinonge or bass is gaffed while the officer is present the fisherman will of
course release it saying he did not mean to as he was gaffing for suckers, but in
many cases the fish die from the injury received, and if no one who would report
happens to be present the fish is bagged. It wo;ald require a man on, watch all the
time, and there are several places with over twenty operating at the same time.

I would recommend some enactmeait to prevent this very destructive and un-
sportsmanlike custom. If in the definition of angling, the Avord decoy or bait,
alive or artificial, was inserted, it would overcome the difficulty.

Pkescott County.

From Overseer F. Dupuis, of Hawheshury, for the County of Prescott.
Fishing was about the same as last year. If the fish ladders at Carillon Dam
were open it would enable the fish to get up the river.
Ducks are numerous but very wild.
Partridge are very scarce.
Muskrat and mink are in fair quantities.

Peincb Edwaed County.

From Overseer Angus Brishin, of Picton, for the waters of Lake Ontario,
fronting Townships of North and South Marysburg, including all waters surround-
ing islands in said Townships, also Main Duck Islands, and that portion of Bay
of Quinte fronting these Townships, as well as the waters of the Bay of Quinte,
known as Picton Harbor, in Township Hallowell.

Gill net fishing has been as good as usual if not a little better, but the high .
winds in the latter part of September and October prevented the fishermen from
getting to their nets when they should. There was a great increase in whitefish
this year. The eels were about the same as last year, but the price was not so good.

Bass were also plentiful.

Partridge and black squirrels are also more plentiful.

Ducks have not appeared in their usual numbers, but I think it is on account
of the warm weather.

From Overseer E. R. Fox, of Northport, for that portion of the Bay of Quinte
fronting Township Ameliasburg east of Belleville Bridge, and also Township
Sophiasburg, and over all the inland waters within Township Sophiasburg.

Bullheads are as plentiful as in any year since I have been overseer and pike
are more plentiful this fall than usual.

The whitefish came quite early in October. About the 5th there were some
caught. The seine started about the 25th and they have caught them in great
numbers, one seine in one haul had 1,700 whitefish. The herring are also very
plentiful.

Black duck are about the same as last year but the fall ducks are quite scarce.

Partridge are increasing.

Muskrats, by the looks of their houses, are increasing very much but mink arc
very scarce.

From Overseer FranJc Huff, of West Lake, for the waters of Lake Ontario
fronting the Townships of Hallowell and Athol, also for the Village of Wellington
in tlio Townships of Hillier and for the inland lakes and streams in the said Town-
ships of Hallowell and Athol.

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Trout fishing has not been near as good as last season. Whitefish was much
more plentiful.

Hoop net fishing in West Lake has been fair. There seems to be lots of sun-
fish and dogfish. Other fish scarce.

Ducks in the spring are very plentiful and feed close to the shores in great
quantities, but in the fall they are hunted so very hard that they become scarce and
are very wild.

Partridge are very scarce.

Cottontails and black squirrels are very plentiful.

From Overseer Jos E. Lane, of Wellington, for the waters of Lake Ontario
fronting the Townships of Hallowell and Athol, also for the Village of Wellington,
in the Township of Hillier and for the inland lakes and streams in the said- Town-
ships of Hallowell and Athol.

The fishermen report fishing for white fish the best for many yeary, while
trout are not so plentiful. Hoop net fishing has been extra good, as much as a ton
of dogfish and sunfish being taken from one set of hoop nets at one lift.

Carp are becoming quite a nuisance in West Lake.

Partridge are increasing.

Ducks were very plentiful last spring, at the time of writing are jusfbeginning
to come back.

Mink are very scarce. Muskrats are becoming more plentiful.

Eainy River District.

From Overseer E. L. Davis, of Fort Frances, for the District of Fort Frances.
Moose and deer are a great deal more numerous than they were ten years ago.
Caribou are very scarce.

. As to partridge but few have been seen this last year.
All kinds of fish seem to be as plentiful as ever with the exception of sturgeon.

RENFREV7 County.

From Overseer Samuel Andrews, of Mickshurg, for the Townships of Bromley,
Stafford and Ross.

Bass, maskinonge, trout and pickerel are scarce and very few have been caught
this season, while pike, suckers, mudpout and perch are plentiful.

Muskrat and mink are scarce.

Ducks and partridge are also scarce. Very few ducks have been shot this
season. Owing, I thing, to the high water in the marshes they keep out of reach of
the hunters.

Deer are increasing in this district and are often seen in the settled parts of
the county.

From Overseer W. L. Briscoe, of Killaloe Station, for Townships of Jones,
Sherwood, Hagarty, Radcliffe, Brudenell, Raglan and Lynedoch.

Game generally has got more plentiful than in previous years notwithstanding
the trouble caused by Indians who consider they are entitled to hunt when they like
and where they like.

Moose have been roving through the districts as they are often seen.

Red deer are not as plentiful as they were in 1914.

1916 GAME AND FISHEKIES. 61

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.

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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.

1916 GAME AND FISHERIES. 63

Plover, snipe, woodcock and other shore birds and water fowl show a decrease
compared to other years owing to the shores being occupied by summer cottages.

Partridge show a decided increase on account of favorable weather for young
birds in this locality.

Pishing in this vicinity has been good. Whitefish during the winter were
plentiful and the fishermen who bob for this species of fish report good catches.

Spearing for salmon trout during February and March showed a good average.

Spring trolling for salmon trout was good and some good catches were made
at the " Deep Hole " and other places. Speckled trout or brook trout were
above the average in the creeks and rivers in this locality.

Fly fishing for herring during June was the sport of the season as the natural
fly could be caught and used for this species of fish.

Black bass were as plentiful as in past years and some good catches were
reported.

Maskinonge in Lake Couchiching and Big Mud Lake were plentiful and the
anglers enjoyed some fine sport.

Pickerel at Washago during the spring were numerous. Salmon trout during
October were so plentiful that trollers enjoyed a profitable sport.

Eock bass, perch, sunfish, suckers, catfish and German carp were in abundance.

Fur-bearing animals such as mink, muskrats, etc., in this vicinity are as
plentiful as in other years.

Hares are quite numerous in our vicinity and the local hunter always comes
home with his hunting bag well filled.

I think night line license in Lake Simcoe should be dealt with very carefully
as it gives the holder of the license an open chance to handle a net if he so wishes,
and it does not give an overseer a chance if he sees him out on the Lake for he will
always say he was looking at his night line. You would simply have to catch him
red handed.

From Overseer 0. G. Qreen, of Bradford, for the Holland River, on the north
side in Township West Gwillimbury, westward to the forks of the River.

The fishing this year was very good, particularly with the bass and maskinonge,
perhaps the best in years.

Game as usual is very scarce, duck I would say not more than 300 being on
the marsh..

Snipe very few owing to the high water which has driven them either away
or to the high ground.

Partridge are reported about as usual, but very few are ever killed here.

Rabbits on account of the high water will be scarce.

From Overseer J. H. Laughlin, of New Lowell, for the Townships of Not-
tawasaga, Sunnidale and Flos.

I find the game increasing.

Deer are quite plentiful also partridge. I would recommend having the open
season for partridge and rabbits cover the same period. Rabbits are not so plenti-
ful as formerly.

The fish are getting scarce in this district. There are several good trout
streams but they are fished out.

I have had several applications for trappers' licenses, and would recommend
that all trappers be required to take out a license. Good trappers would approve
of it and it would facilitate the work of the officers of the Department in protecting
fur-bearing animals.

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From Overseer Robert Leadley of Barrie, for the Township of Vespra and the
Town of Barrie, and over so much of the waters of Kempenfeldt Bay as lies in
front of the said Town and Township, also, that portion of Kempenfeldt Bay lying
in front of the Township of Oro.

The most trouble I have had has been to stop dogs running deer as there are
quite a number of deer in the north west portion of the Township of Vespra.

Muskrats are fairly plentiful and do "not seem to be decreasing though the
Indians trap through the Township every season.

Trout and whitefish have not been as plentiful in Kempenfeldt Bay this season
as in other years.

From Overseer Harry Mayor, of Painswick, for Lake Simcoe, from Lovers'
Creek, near Barrie on Kempenfeldt Bay, to concession 10 of the Township of
Innisfil.

In the earlier months of the year when the Lake was frozen over large
quantities of whitefish were caught through the ice by means of angling, and from
information gained from the fishermen I understand there is no diminution in
the quantity compared with former years, but I believe the supply could be greatly
increased by the introduction of a larger species of whitefish as this Lake appears to
be particularly adopted for them.

There has been about the usual number of trout taken this season but there
seems to be no visible increase in their number. The very wise change in the close
season for trout and whitefish for LaEe Simcoe to an earlier date, although made
too late to be of any benefit this year, I am sure if continued will have very bene-
ficial result.

Bass are almost a thing of the past, unless some means be devised for their
protection or young fry introduced into the Lake we might as well say good-bye to
this game fish and sportsman's delight.

Herring are not so numerous in this division this year but as they frequently
■change their runs it does not follow that they are on the decrease as I believe there
is an abundance of them in the Lake.

The coarser varieties of fish seem to be on the increase.

As regards to game am pleased to report a decided increase of partridge, "hares,
cotton-tail rabbits and black squirrel.

Of fur-bearing animals, there seems to be an increase of raccoon and fox, but
mink are •scarce.

From Overseer Samuel Patterson, of Scliomherg, for the Holland Eiver, known
as the north and west branches in Townships Tecumseh and West Gwillimbury.

Pickerel and maskinonge were not as numerous as in 1914, but black bass and
other small fish were more plentiful.

Partridge and wild ducks are seen in greater numbers.

Black squirrel are scarce.

From Overseer Thos. W. Eohinson, of Gollingwood, for the Townships r f Col-
lingwood and Osprey, County of Grey, and the Townships of Nottawasaga and
Sunnidale, County of Simcoe.

Whitefish were more plentiful than the salmon trout, being very much the
same as last season.

Sturgeon fishing was below the average of last year.

From Overseer AdoJpJius Woods, of Orillia, for the Townships of Orillia and
Oro.

1916 GAME AND FISHERIES. 65

Bass fisliiug in Lake 'Couchiching and this end of Lake Simcoe' has been very
poor this season. There were hardlv any caught during the summer, and at the
Limestone, wliere it is generally extra good at this season of the year, it is not worth
while going at all. The blasting at the canal, I think, is responsible for this.

There are lots of rock bass and smaller fish such as perch and sun fish. Mask-
inonge are on the increase here. There were more taken out of Lake Couchiching
than in any previous year.

Salmon trout and whitefis'h are quite plentiful. Trolling for trout during the
last two weeks has been very good, everybody seemed to be well satisfied with what
they could catch, which I believe accounts for netting not being reSorted to.

The tourist season this year was not very good. Visitors seem to think there
should be something done towards re-stocking our lake with bass.

Hares are increasing rapidly.

Black (luck were quite plentiful at the opening of the season, and there are
quite a few partridge and fall duck.

Very few mink and muskrat in this district, and practically no other fur-
bearing animals.

Stoemont County.

From Overseer W. A. Anderson, of Cornwall, for the Counties of Stormont and
Glengarry.

The fishing was not as good as in former years.

Ducks are on the increase.

Partridge are numerous, also black squirrels.

From Overseer John Senecal, of Cornwall, for the 'Counties and waters fronting
the Counties of Stormont and Glengarry.

There have been more tourists this year than last.

Tlie fish were as abundant as last year, but were harder to catch on account
of the water being muddy, due to the dredging carried on in the Massina River.

Ducks are increasing.

Bush game very scarce.

Fur-bearing animals are increasing.

Thunder Bay District.

From Overseer L. E, Bliss, of Nepigon, for the River Nepigon, Lake Nepigon,
and waters tributary to the said river and lake.

Our tourist parties this season show a decided falling off, caused no doubt by
the general unsettled condition brought about by the war, The tourists that were
here were one and all well satisfied with the fishing, which was splendid this season ;
a larger number of big fish being caught than usual.

Moose are very plentiful in the Reserve, it being no uncommon sight when
going up the river to see three or four in the water.

Deer are on the increase. Up until a few years ago there were no deer in this
part of the district, but they are fairly plentiful now.

Pike fishing : The men employed at this work this season accomplished wonders,
as large quantities of pike and suckers were caught and destroyed. It is most
noticeable now after the two seasons of pikei fishing, the comparative absence of
pike in the s'hallow grassy bays, T would very strongly recommend that these men
be placed at this work next season, as it is only by keeping right at it that we can
hope to overcome this detriment to the trout.

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66 THE EEPORT UPON No. 14

Partridge this season are not very plentiful. The wet cold spring being too
much for the young birds.

Duck are plentiful. Lake Nepigon being a splendid feeding ground for them.

From Overseer Fred Gammond, of Slate River, for Townships of Neebing, Pai-
poonge, Pardee, lOrooks, Scobie, Blake, Pearson, Gillies, Marks, and Lybster.

I find that moose and red deer are becoming very scarce, and I would like to
impre^ upon the Department the necessity of making some alterations in the Game
Laws.

Firstly, the season opens too early and is too long, and with the extension of
the open season for one month in 1914, and now also for 1915, I am afraid that it
means the complete extermination of the noble game throughout these townships.
This has been one of the best sections, also one of the most closely hunted in the
whole district owing to their close proximity to the cities of Fort William and Port
Arthur and very easy of access.

Partridge and rabbits are very scarce. I have seen only four partridge and
three rabbits in a trip of about one hundred miles through the woods.

Beaver are very plentiful.

Muskrats are also on the increase.

Otter, mink, fisher, marten and lynx are very scarce, and I would recommend a
close season of two or three years.

From Overseer Joseph YorTc, of Gravel Lahe, for the District of Fort William.

Moose and red deer are fairly plentiful.

Partridge and rabbits are very scarce, which, in my belief, is due to the numer-
ous packs of brush wolves. The district is overrun by them. It has beenj reported
to me that several carcasses have been found in the bush which have been killed by
brush wolves. I would strongly recommend a bounty to be put on those animals,
also that the partridge season should be closed for at least three years.

Victoria County.

From Overseer Wm. Adair, of Norland, for Townships of Laxton, Digby, and
Somerville.

Maskinonge and bass fishing was not nearly so good afe previous years, owing,
I think, to the very rainy season and extremely high water. Trout fishing to the
north was about the same as usual.

Beaver are very plentiful owing to the long protection given them. I would
say, in fact, they are becoming a nuisance and a source of damage to farmers in this
district.

Otter are still' increasing, while muskrat and mink are getting scarce.

Partridge are scarcer than usual, which I think would also attribute to the wet
season.

There are very few ducks in this district at any time.

Deer are reported as plentiful as ever.

From Overseer J. R. Boate, of Fowler's Corners, for the Township of Emily
Angling was not as good as in 1914. The kinds of fish here are bass, maskin-
onge, perch, catfish, eels and sunfish.

Muskrats have been plentiful here this season, but mink are scarce.
Raccoon are more plentiful than in previous years.
Partridge more numerous than in past seasons.

From- Overseer A. Bradshaw, of Lindsay, for the Townships of Mariposa and.
Ops.

1916 GAME AND FISHEKIES. 67

The season of 1915 was much the same as the previous year regarding the
quantity of fish and game taken in this section, with the exception that a great
number of larger fish were caught at the opening of the angling season.

Bass and maskinonge are the principal game fish which are found in these
waters. There is a great number of coarse fish also here, such as catfish, suckers,
perch, sunfish and minnows, but with the exception of catfish the other species are
only valuable as food for bass and maskinonge, although suckers are taken in spring
by many who use them.

A large number of people come from the principal cities and towns of this
Province, notably to Sturgeon and Scugog Lakes for the fishing season, and they
are generally rewarded by good sport. This year there has been a larger number of
such visitors here than usual.

The employment of special patrols resulted in the maskinonge and bass being
allowed to deposit their ova in comparative safety. If the usual percentage reaches
maturity it will lead to a marked increase in the number of these fine game fish.

The number of ducks was about the same as usual, though the high water
during their brooding season flooded the rice beds and caused them to change their
usual haunts considerably.

Partridge, plover and snipe were in goodly numbers this season.

Large numbers of mink and rats were caught by trappers in the trapping season
but the prices of the skins were not as high as usual.

From Overseer C. Burtclieall, of Coloconh, for Balsam and Mud Turtle Lakes..

Game and fish are not very plentiful this season.

There were not as many good catches this summer as last. Maskinonge in par-
ticular were very scarce and the bass were much smaller.

Ducks are extra scarce around here, and partridge also. The latter were
beginning to increase until the last two years, but they seem to be very scarce this
fall.

Mink, otter, beaver and muskrat are all very scarce, it being a rare thing to
see a mink at all. I think there should be a close season of a term of three or five
years.

The deer are also very thin and scarce, and, as for moose, I don't think there
are any near here.

From Overseer J. J. Irwin, of Sebright, for Township of Garden.

In the canal waters carp and suckers are the principal fish, but maskinonge
are increasing.

Bradford Fishing Co. shipped about twenty-six ton of carp from the Lift Lock
this season.

Mink are increasing, but muskrats are not.

Ducks are very plentiful in the vicinity of the canal.

On Mud Lake angling was good for maskinonge and pickerel. Those fish are
improving. Bass arc not so good.

Mink and otter are about the same as formerly, but muskrats have increased
in the Mud Lake district. Frogs also are more numerous.

Ducks and partridge do not show any decrease.

Deer are about the same as last year.

Frojn Overseer C. W. Parkin, of Valentia, for Townships of Mariposa and Ops.
Fishing was unusually good both for maskinonge and bass.

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Nearly all winter the muskrat houses were covered with snow, which was a
great protection, as poachers will not disturb them when there is a danger of being
tracked. The nights were cold during the spring season, so the catohesi were not as
large as usual.

Wild geese were seen in large numbers. As the ice did not leave the lake until
April 17th, it afforded, them protection.

Wild ducks are becoming more numerous every year. Except the wood duck,
and they are almost extinct.

Partridge, mink and hares are on the increase.

From Overseer II. B. Parker, of Boh cay g eon, for the Township of Verulam, in
the County of Victoria, and the Township of Harvey, in the Cbunty of Peterboro,

The spawning season for maskinonge and bass was very favorable, as the
water was carefully handled by the different officials of the canals and waterways
on this route, making it beneficial especially for the maskinonge to spawn.

The bass fishing was as good as in previous years, but maskinonge was not up
to the mark. The only reason I can give is that the water in all the lakes of this
district was kept high for the benefit of navigation.

The high water also drowned out the wild rice and thus ruined the feeding
grounds of the different species of wild ducks, which made them very scarce this
fall as they went to better feeding grounds.

The deer are very plentiful. There were not as many wolves last winter and
less hunting in close season by poachers should make considerable difference.

Partridge show no signs of increasing.

Beaver are on the increase all through the north district.

Muskrat and mink are about the same as usual.

I would recommend that all trappers be licensed.

/

From Overseer Ira Toole, of Omemee, for the Township of Emily.

Trolling has not been nearly so good for maskinonge this year, owing, I think,
to the water being very high all summer and the fish having miles of deep water
instead of being confined pretty much to the channel of the river as in other years.

Bass fishing has been very good, but not many people fish for them here.

Muskrat are about as numerous as usual, holding their own pretty well, but I
think it would give them a better chance if the season opened a month later,
namely, January 1st.

Mink continue to be very scarce.

(Black duck were fewer on account of the wild rice beds being flooded out this
year. The fall ducks seem to be coming in quite plentiful for so early in the
season.

Partridge are not increasing, but rabbits, snipe, plover and other small game
appear to be as plentiful as they have been in years past.

Waterloo County.

From Overseer Louis Battler, of Berlin, for the Township of Waterloo.
Fishing along the Grand River was not good owing to the high water, due to
heavy rains. The pollution of the water by the sugar factory has abated.
Partridge are reported on the increase.
Mink continue scarce.
Cotton-tail rabbits are becoming quite a nuisatfce.

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N"umerous varieties of our song birds are reported to have been observed near
Berlin. Farmers claim the blackbird should receive a measure of protection as they
believe it assists in destroying the army worm.

Numerous complaints have been made over careless shooting by boys. Cases
are reported where human life was endangered. Two cases were reported where
cattle were killed.

I am strongly of the opinion that every man that carries a gun or rifle should
be compelled to take out a license. A nominal fee could be charged by the Depart-
ment. This would check indiscriminate shooting and the " Game-hawks " could be
more easily handled.

From Overseer Edwin F. Scherer, of New Hamburg, for the Township of Wil-
mot.

Black bass were not caught as freely as last year, the water was too high in the
river for good fishing.

•Cotton-tail rabbits are very numerous, and it would be a benefit to the farmers
if the season were open one month longer.

Mink are very scarce.

Muskrats are plentiful.

Black and grey squirrels have become scarce, but now that there is a close sea-
son for three years it will give them a good chance to increase.

^ Welland County.

From Overseer Geo. J. Briggs, of Bridgehurg, for the County of Welland.

Fishing in lower end of Lake Erie and Niagara River is reported by fishermen
to be the poorest in thirty years. Black bass being caught, though those caught
were of fair size.

Blue pickerel and perch are very scarce.

Squirrels and pheasants are plentiful.

From Overseer A. D. Brown, of Welland, for County of Welland.

The fishing this year has been exceptionally poor, both angling and dip nets.

Muskrats have been very scarce but are becoming more plentiful. I think
the Department should not, allow trapping in December, as they catch too many
kittens.

Mink are very scarce.

Partridge are very scarce.

Of squirrels very few are to be seen.

Cotton-tail rabbits are quite plentiful.

Quite a few duck hatched out here this year.

Wild geese are quite plentiful in some seasons in the fall and open winters in
the marsh south of here.

Plover : I have heard of none this fall.

English or Mongola pheasants are getting quite plentiful.

From Overseer H. G. A. CooTc, of Niagara Falls, for County of Welland.

The quantity of fish in the Welland River, the Niagara River, and the several
tributary streams is fairly plentiful, and the law generally observed. I have had
several complaints, but after investigation I found that the parties who made the
complaints would not testify to its correctness. The same thing applies to game,
and I am of the opinion that the law is not violated in very many cases. I am doing
everything in my power to protect the fish and game in this district.

ro THE KEPOKT UPON No. 14

From Overseer James Crysler, of Port Colborne, for the Townships of Wainfieet
and Cumberstone.

Grey squirrel in this district are plentiful.

Grouse are very scarce.

Quail are scarce.

Ducks of all kinds are plentiful.

Angling was very poor this year.

English pheasants are quite plentiful in this district.

Wellington.

From Overseer Colin Rolertson, of Hillslurg, for Townships of Erin and West
Garafraxa.

The Caledon Mountain Trout Company still own or control a large portion of
the waters here. Members of the company have had a good season, and quite a
large number of beautiful brook trout have been caught and taken away by the
members. The company also have a hatchery here and do quite a business along
that line. I believe it is a success, as they hatch large quantities of young fry,
some of which are sold, and the balance are placed in the creeks leading to their
ponds.

The Guelph fishing club that control one of the ponds here also report a good
season.

Mink, foxes and rabbits are plentiful.

Muskrat, partridge and wild ducks are scarce. There are not many otter,
beaver or large game in this section.

Wentwoeth County.

From Overseer 0. J. Kerr, of Hamilton, for County of Wentworth,

The catch of whitefish and trout by the fishermen in my district shows no in-
crease, the take and catch being about the same as last year. During November they
got all the herring they could handle.

All the fishermen complain about the farmers and fruit growers throwing the!
prunings and limbs and brush from their orchards and vineyards over the banks
into the Lake. This gets swept out by the storms and damages and destroys a lot!
of nets. Something should be done to stop this.

The licensing of fish peddlers and fish dealers is another question that has
come to my notice. I find that the municipality here charges a license to fish
peddlers and storekeepers who sell fish, also those who sell fish in the Hamilton
market. This should be controlled by your Department, and then we could keep out
unprincipled fish peddlers and dealerg^who have no respect for the law, the same
as we charge a license for game dealers.

There should also be a license for fur trappers. This is the wish of most of
the trappers I know.

All aliens at least should pay a fee to carry a gun, I have had about a score
of applications from Italians for gun licenses. They are all willing to pay a
license fee. I hope something will be done on these lines this next year. I can
easily collect $100 by this means here.

I had the usual complaints of the duck shooters fighting among themselves
during the shooting season, apparently there are too many shooters who shoot
every day of the season and shoot for the market. Men like this should be counted
as market gunners, not as sportsmen, and should be called upon to pay a reasonable
license fee, and the decoy limit from shore should be placed at sixty yards. This

1916 GAME AND FISHERIES. 71

would equalize things up and the poor man who can only aSord a few days shooting
during the season would have a change to get a duck and not he controlled by the
S(!i(;oi)crs.

Ducks were pleutifui, but duck sljootei-s txtn increasing at the same tihie.

All other game appears fairly plentiful.

I am pleased to say that this fall the catch and take of herring never was
better, also the size of the fish show a good increase. This is owing to the cutting
out of the 2% mesh herring nets.

YoEK County.

From Overseer Albert E. Tarry, of Toronto, for Townships of Etobicoke, York
and Scarboro, and for the City of Toronto.

Fishing continues to be poor as regards salmon trout and whitefish. I cannot
account for the scarcity of the fish in the lake. The fishermen report that the
herring is a little better this fall.

Angling is a thing of the past. There are no fish to be caught by hook and
line. All the-waters where angling is done are over-run by carp.

All ducks are very scarce except cowene and sawbills.

There are no muskrats to be had as their grounds have been destroyed by the
harbor reclamation work.

From Overseer lloht. Tilhtt, of Roach's Point, for the Township of North
York.

The granting of spearing licenses was a good thing for the men that depend on
fishing for a living, as they all report good catches.

Salmon are very plentiful, fishermen say they never saw them so thick as they
were last winter. They can see the benefit of protecting the fish by a close season.

There was good trolling for maskinonge this summer, some very large ones
l)eing caught.

Bass were very plentiful aroimd the islands and were larger than usual.

There are very few fur-bearing animals here.

Ducks, geese and partridge are very scarce and there are no woodcock here.

From Overseer Charles West, of Holland Landing, for Holland River in
County of York.

I have every reason to believe that there has been a satisfactory increase in all
kinds of game fish, especially black bass, which are becoming very numerous.

The duck shooting has been very poor so far this fall owing to the fine weather
and the scarcity of feed, no rice growing here this year.

Partridge are quite numerous.

Black squirrels and rabbit^ are becoming more plentiful each year.

From Oveme'er 0. W. West, of Holland Landing, for east bank of Holland

River, through Township of Gwillimbury, and along the shore of Lake Simcoe,
through Township of North Gwillimbury,

Maskinonge arc on the increase and there has been good trolling.

Large and Small Mouth Black Bass also are increasing.

Other game fish are holding their own.

Game is quite scarce owing to the scarcity of feed and on account of the wet
cold season.

Black squirrels are fairly plentiful.

Mink and muskrat are making a very good showing as far as I can see.

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LIST OF GAME AND FISHERY WARDENS.

Name.

Residence.

District.

Burt. William

Simcoe

Niagara Peninsula

phauviu, Victor

Windsor

South Western District

McDonald, Donald. . .

Fort William

Rainy River and Thunder Bay Districts.

Metcalf, J. H

Kingston

Eastern District.

Parks, 6. M

North Bay

Districts of Nipissing, Sudbury and Temiskaming.

Robinson, J. T

Sault Ste. Marie . . .

Districts of Algoma and Manitoulin.

Sterling, C. N

Eenora

District of Kenora.

Willmott, J. H

Beaumaris

Districts of Muskoka and Parry Sound.

Young. D. D. (Col.)..

Kingston

For the Province.

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LIST OF OVERSEERS.

Name.

Residence.

District

Adair, William . . ,

Anderson, W. A.

Andrews, Samuel

Norland

Cornwall

Micksburg

Armstrong, H. C. . . Glen Ross

Avery, Melzar | Sharbot Lake

Barr, George Harrowsmith

Beatty, John .
Bemrose, John

Birch, W. J.
Bliss, L. E. .

Blunden, H. A

Boate, J. R

Boler. William

Bonter, Robert
Bourgon, J. B.
Boyd, J. H. . . .

Old Fort Mid-
land

Claude

Delta . .
Nepigon

Sarnia .

Fowler's Cors.

R. R. No. 2,
Lambeth

Marmora . .
Rockland ■ • •
Merrickville

Boyd, W. M ; Kagawong .

Bradbury, J. R. ... Blind River

Bradshaw, A Lindsay . . .

Brlggs, George Bridgeburg

Townships of Laxton, Digby and Somerville, in
the County of Victoria.

Counties of Stormont and Glengarry, with juris-
diction over so much of the River St. Law-
rence as lies in front of said counties.

For the Tps. of Bromley, (Stafford, and Ross, in
the County of Renfrew, with joint jurisdic-
tion over the Tp. of Westmeath.

The Trent River, from its mouth to Chisholm's
Rapids, and tributaries thereto, and to Tren-
ton Junction.

Township of Oso, with joint jurisdiction over the
Township of Hinchinbrook, in the County of
Frontenac.

Tp. Portland, in Co. Frontenac, with, joint juris-
diction over Desert and Knowlton Lakes.

With jurisdiction, with other overseers, over Tps.
Tay and Matchedash, Co. Simcoe.

In and for the Townships of Chinguacousy, Cale-
don, and Albion, in the County of OPeel.

Upper and Lower Beverley lakes and rivers.

The River N-epigon, Lake Nepigon, and waters
tributary to the said river and lake.

County Lambton, exclusive of Walpole and St.
Ann's Islands.

Tp. Emily, in Co. Victoria.

River Thames, between London and boundary
line between Townships Delaware and West-
minster, County of Middlesex.

Tp. of Marmora, County of Hastings.
County of Russell.

Rideau River and tributaries, fronting on County
of GrenviUe.

Kagawong Lake, with jurisdiction over North
Channel, in vicinity of Kagawong Village.

District of Algoma.

Townships Mariposa and Ops. Co, Victoria.

County of Welland.

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LIST OF OYiERSKEHS.— Continued.

Name.

Residence.

District

Brisbin, Angus

Briscoe, W. L,

Brown, Alex.
Brown, R. M.

Burke, George

Burns, D. E.

Burtcheall, C.
Carson, R. W.

Cheer, T. H.

Clark, Gordon

Clarkson, William

Collins, W. E. ...

Conway, Richard

Cook, H. G. A. . .
Corsant, A

Coulter, Samuel .

Picton

KlUaloe Stn.

For the waters of Lake Ontario, fronting Tps.
North and South Marysburg, including all
waters surrounding islands in said townships,
also Main Duck Islands, and that portion of
Bay of Quinte fronting tlhese townships, as
well as the waters of the Bay of Quinte,
known as Picton Harbor, in Tp. Hallowell.

Townships of Jones, Sherwood, Hagarty, Rad-
clifEe, Brudenell, Raglan, and Lynedoch, Co. #
Renfrew.

Welland For the County of Wellamd.

Miltoi^
Perth

Pembroke . .

Coboconk . .
Peterboro' .

Brighton

Westport ....

Lakehurst . . .

Strathroy

Madawaska . .

Niagara Falls.
Masonvllle

Gilford

Townships of Nassagaweya and Esquesing in the
County of Halton.

For the Town of Perth, Townships of North
Elmsley, Drummond, North Burgess, and the
first two concessions of the Township of
Bathurst, County Lanark.

The waters between Allumette Rapids and Deux
Joachim.

Balsam and Mud Turtle Lakes, County Victoria.

Counties Simcoe, Ontario, Victoria, Peterboro,'
Durham, Northumberland, and York.

For the waters of Lake Ontario, fronting Co.
Northumberland, also inland waters tributary
to said lake in said county.

Township of North Crosby, In the County of Leeds,
and with joint jurisdiction with any other
overseer over Wolf Lake, in said Townshljp,
and the Township of Bedford, in County of
Frontenac.

West half of Township of Smith, Township of
Ennismore, west half of Tp. Harvey, Tps. of
Galway and Cavendish, Co. Peterboro.'

Townslhips of Adelaide, Metcalfe, and with joint
jurisdiction over Tp. Caradoc, Co. Middlesex.

Townships of Airy, Murchison, Sabine and Lyell,
In the District of Nipisslng.

County Welland.

County Middlesex, east of boundary line between
the Townships of Westminster and Delaware,
London and Lobo.

Like Simcoe, from the 10th concession, Town-
sihlp Innisfail, to the mouth of the Holland
Riveir.

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LIST OP OVERSEERS.— ConMwtted.

Name.

Residence.

District

Coultls, Chas. L.

Oovell, H. N

Cox, Matthew ....

Crotty, John

Crysler, James . . ,
Dafoe, P. W.

Davis, E. L.

Davy, N. W

Deacon, John . . .

Devlne, John . . . .

Dine, C. W

Donaldson, W. J.

Drew, Henry

Droulllard, Arsas

Duff, R. A

Duncan, J. Q. . . .

Dunk, Jno., Sr. .
Dunnlgan, Jerry

Leamington .

Lombardy . .
Howe Island

Bothwell

Port Colborne
Napanee

Fort Frances.

Morrlsburg . .
BoIIngbroke. .

Renfrew ....

Kingston

Donaldson . .

Long Lake . .

Walkervllle .
Sundridge . . .
Callender . . .

Kearney

Oastlle

Tps. Maiden, North and South Colchester, North
and South Gosfleld and Mersea, in the
County of Essex, with jurisdiction over so
much of the waters of Lake Erie as He In
front of the said Townships, but not for the
Detroit River.

Township South Elmsley, County Leeds.

The waters of St. Lawrence River around Howe
Island.

River Thames, between Village of Wardsville and
easterly limits of County of Kent, In County
of Middlesex.

For the Townships of Walnfleet and Humberstone
in the County of Welland.

Tp. Richmond, with joint jurisdlotion over Tp. N.
Fredericksburg, and for the waters known as
Napanee River, fronting Tps. Richmond and
N. Fredericksburg.

For District of Fort Frances, County of Rainy
River.

For the County of Dundas.

In and for the Townships of Bathurst and South
Sherbrooke, in the County of Lanark, Includ-
ing Christy's Lake, and with joint jurisdic-
tion over the Township of Bedford, in the
County of Frontenac.

Townships, Horton, McNab, Admaston, Bagot,
Blythfleld, Brougham, Griffith, and Mata-
watchan, In the County of Renfrew.

For the City of Kingston and waters fronting the
City of Kingston, in the County of Frontenac,

Townships of Palmerston, Clarendon, Darrle,
Miller, North Canonto, and South Canonto,
electoral district of Addlngton.

Townships Olden and Kennebec, with joint jur-
isdiction over Hinchinbrooke.

County of Essex.

Province of Ontario.

Districts of Parry Sound and Nlplsslng, with
jurisdiction on and over Lake Nlplsslng.

Tps. Perry, Bethune, Proudfoot, and Armour, In
District of Parry Sound, with jurisdiction
over Parry Sound.

For the Township of Algona.

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Xo. 14

LIST OP OVERS^ERB.— Continued.

Name.

Residence.

District.

Dupuis, Ferdinand
Dusang, B. A

EJd\rards, Herbert

Elliott, Robt

Fanning, Geo. H. .

Featherstone, Jolin
Findley, James . . .

Pitzsimon, Chas. . .

Fleming, E

Fleming, John

Floyd, John

Forsyth, John ....
Fox, Eben R

Fraser, J. A. . .
Gates, George .

Gaudaur, C, G.

Hawkesbury . County of Prescott.

Waubaushene. Tps. of Freeman, Gibson, Baxter, Wood and
Morrison, in District of Muslcolta, also over
Severn River.

Nairn Centre Townships Merritt, Nairn, Lome, Baldwin, Foster,
and Goshen, in the District of Algoma, with
joint jurisdiction with Overseers for Town-
ships of Carlyle and Humboldt.

Port Hope . . . Tps. Hope and Cavan, in County Durham, with
joint jurisdiction over County of Durham.

Sioux Lookout For that portion of the Kenora District begin-
ning at Quibell and east to the boundary
line between the Districts of (Kenora and
Thunder Bay.

Renwick Townships Romney, Bast Tilbury and Raleigh, in

Co. Kent.

Richmond ...J For the Tp. of Goulburn, the westerly part of
Nepean Tp,, and that part of the Tp. of Marl-
borough adjacent to the Tp. of Goulburn.

SaultSte.Marie The Province of Ontario.

Hastings
Newiboro'

Nlpissing . .

Bridgenopth
Nortbport .

Prescott . . .
Kingston . .

Atherley . .

Village of Hastings.

Cos. Leeds, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington,
Hastings, Prince lEdward, Northumberland,
Lanark, Carleton, Russel, Prescott, Glen-
garry, Stormont, Dundas and Grenville.

For Lake Nipissing in the vicinity of Nlpissing
Village.

The waters of Chemong Lake and Lovesick Lake.

For that portion of the Bay of Quinte fronting
Township Ameliasburg, east of BellevHle
Bridge, and also Township Sopihiasbuirg, and
over all the inland waters within Township
Soiphiasburg, and with joint jurisdiction, with
any other overseer, over all inland waters in
Township of Ameliasburg.

St. Lawrence River, from the head of Cardinal
Rapids west to Union Park.

Rideau waters between Kingston Mills and
Brewer's Mills, with joint jurisdiction over
the Rideau waters between Kingston Mills
and the River St. Lawrence.

Lake Couchiching and the waters of Lake Simcoe
as far as Uptergrove, with Joint jurisdiction
over- Mud Lake, in the County of Ontario.

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LIST OF OVERSEERS.— ConWniied.

Name.

Residence.

District.

Gault, T. G...

Gillespie, G. ...
Gillespie, James
Green, Adam . . .
Green, Geo. G. .

Gurren, Geo. H.

Deseronto....

Brechin

Berkeley

R.R. No. 2,
Kinburn

Bradford

Sandhurst

Haggerty, John

Gilmour P.O.

Hall, Andrew i Gore Bay

Halward, Chas. . .

Hanes, F. A. ...
Harrison, W. H. .

Cannington . ,

Huntsville . .
Port Credit . '.

Hayes, Henry

Hembruff, Jos. . .
Henderson, H. A.
Hess, James

Murray

Manitowanlng.
Pelee Island .
Hastings ....

Bay of Quinte, East Riding County of Hastings,
and for Moira River and other waters in said
riding.

Lake Simcoe and tributaries fronting Tp. Mara,
in Co. Simcoe.

Electoral District of (Centre Grey and for Town-
ship of Glenelg in Soutih Grey.

Townships Huntley and Fitzroy, County Oarleton.

Holland River, on the north side in Township
West Gwillimbury, westward to the forks at
the river in County Simcoe.

Townships of Erneatown and South Fredericks-
burg fronting Lake Ontario and the Bay of
Quinte, but not Hay Bay, and with joint
jurisdiction with any other Overseer or Over-
seers who have been or may hereafter be
appointed over any of the townships fronting
those waters in the County of Lennox.

Tps. Grimsthorpe and Cashel, in Co. Hastings, and
with joint jurisdiction over Tps. Tudor, Lake,
Wollaston, Limerick, Faraday, Dungannon,
and Mayo, in said Co.

West end of Manitoulin Island, including the Tps.
of Gordon and Mills, in the District of Mani-
toulin.

Beaver River, running through the Townships of
Brock and Thorah, and the Village of Sun-
derland and Cannington, in the County of
Ontario.

Townships Stephenson, Stlsted, Chaffey, Sinclair,
and Brunei, in Dl^rict of Muskoka.

For the waters of Lake Ontario fronting on the
County of Peel and for the Rivers Credit and
Etoblcoke, tributary to the said Lake.

Bay of Quinte, as lies in front of the East Rid-
ing of Northumberland, for that portion of
the River Trent lying between the Townships
of Sidney and the Bay of Quinte, and for
the inland waters of the Townships of Mur-
ray, Dryden, Cramahe and Haldimand.

Lake ManJtou, on Manitoulin Island, and the

streams tributary thereto.

I
For Pelee Island and the other islands in Lake

Erie, south of the county of Essex.

Trent River and tributaries in County Northum-
iberland, from Trent Bridge to Rice Lake.

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No. 14

LIST OF OVERSEERS.— Coniinited.

Name.

Residence.

District.

Holliday, Henry

Hood, Geo., Sr.

Wolfe Island.

Scugog.

Hornsby, T. J. ..

Huff, Frank

Penetang

West Lake

Huffman, E. M.

Irish, John E. .
Irwin, David . .

Napanee

Vennachar . . .
Little Current

Irwin, J. J

Jackson, W. W.
Jickling, Chas. .

Johnson, Henry

Sebright ....

St. George

St. Paul's Stn.

Brantford

Township of Wolfe Island and for the islands of
Simcoe, Garden and Horseshoe, and any
other islands comprised in the Township of
Wolfe Island.

For the Township of Reach, in the County of
Ontario, and for the Township of Mariposa,
in the County of Victoria, and over so much
of the waters of Lake Scugog as lies in front
of the said townships, and for the westerly
half of Scugog Island, and over the waters
of Lake Scugog fronting thereon.

Tps. Matchedash, Tay, Medonte, Tiny, Flos, Sunni-
dale, and Nottawasaga, in the County of Sim-
coe, and over Christian, Bethwick, and Giant's
Tomb Island.

For the waters of Lake Ontario fronting the Town-
ships of Hallowell and Athol, also for the
Village of Wellington, in the Township of
Hlllier, and for the inland lakes and streams
in the said Townships of Hallowell and Athol.

Tps. N. Fredericksburg, Adolphustown, and S.
Fredericksburg, fronting on Hay Bay and Bay
of Quinte as far as Cole's Point, but not in-
cluding the Napanee River, in the iCounty of
Lennox.

Tps. of Anglesea, Effingham, Ashley, Denbigh and
Abinger, in the County of Addington.

In and for that portion of the District of Algoma
lying east of the Village of Algoma Mills, and
for Cockburn and Manltoulin Islands, and in
and over the waters that lie in front of the
said District and which surround the said
islands, and with joint jurisdiction with any
other overseer who has been or may hereafter
be appointed.

Township Carden, in County Victoria, with juris-
diction over Mud Lake, in County Victoria.

South Dumfries, lying south of the Grand River,
in the County of Brant.

County Perth and for Townships East Nlasourl
and Bast and West Zorra, in County Oxford.

That part of Grand River lying between the
southerly boundary of Town of Gait and the
boundary line between Tusoarora and Onon-
daga Townships in County Brant and the
Townships of Seneca and Oneida in Haldl-
mand County; also concurrent jurisdiction
with Overseer Kern over tributaries to the
Grand River in Burford, Oakland, and Brant-
ford Townships west of Grand River.

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79

LIST OF OVERSEERS.— Oonfinwed.

Name.

Residence.

Johnston, James . .
Johnston, Thos. H.

Johnston, W. H. .
Jones, John

Jury, R. E. .

Kehoe, D.

Kennedy, J. A. —

Kent, A. J.

Kent, Percy
Kern, Jacob

Kerr, C. J

Laframboise, Reml .

Lake, Atchlnson. . .
Lambkin, Richard .

Orangevllle

Royston

Harwood

Fenelon Falls

London

Mlllarton

Tichbome

District.

Bewdley

Kentvale
Burford

Hamilton . . . .
Canard River

Inverary

Lorlng

Townships of Caledon and Albion, in the County
of Peel.

Townships of Lount, Machar, Laurier, Croft,
Chapman, Strong, Jolly, iSpence, Ryerson,
Armour, Proudfoot, Monteith, McMurrich,
Perry and Bethune, District of Parry Sound.

Rice Lake, in the Townships of Hamilton and
Alnwick, County Northumberland.

For the north end of Sturgeon Lake, and Cam-
eron Lake to Rosedale Locks, Burnt River
and Rosedale River, in the County of Vic-
toria.

For the City of London, with joint jurisdiction
over the County of Middlesex, with any other
Overseer or Overseers who have been or may
hereafter be appointed.

That portion of County Bruce lying south of
Indian Reserve and Township of Amabel,
with jurisdiction over Lake Huron in front
of said county, south of Southampton.

Eagle Lake, in the Townships of Hinchinbrooke
and Bedford, and with joint jurisdiction over
the Township of Bedford, in the County of
Frontenac.

Rice Lake, from Ley's Point on the south shore
of said lake around the head of lake to
Barnard's Bay on the north shore of Rice
Lake.

I For the whole of St. Joseph's Island.

County of Brant, comprising Townships of Bur-
ford, Oakland and Brantford, west of Grand
River, but exclusive of said river.

County of Wentworth.

Detroit River, fronting Townships of Sandwich,
West Anderdon and Maiden, and also Cana-
dian islands in said river, County Essex.

Tp. Storrington, including Rideau waters from
Brewer's Mills to south limit .of the Town-
ship, with jurisdiction over all of Loughboro
Lake and the Lakes in the Township of Stor-
rington.

Townships of Harrison, Burton, McKenzle, Ferrle,
Wallbridge, Brown, Wilson, Mills, Prlngle,
Gurd, Himsworth, Niplssing, Patterson,
Hardy, McCoukey, Blair, and Mowat, In the
District of Parry Sound.

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Xo. 14

LIST OF OVERSEERS.— Con^nwed.

Name.

Residence.

District.

Lane, James E i Wellington

Laughlin, J. H.

Leadley, Robt.

New Lowell

Barrie

Lean, Wellington
Lee, James W. . .

Lewis, James .
Little, Richard

Loucks, John.

Loveday, E. T.

McAllister, J. R.

McArthur, John
MeOaw, James .

Apsley

Wellandport

Sheguiandah .
Wallaceburg

Dorset

Ottawa

Gore's Landing

Ice Lake
Bancroft

McClennan, Kenneth. Aylmer

For the waters of Lake Ontario fronting the Tps.
of Hallowell and Athol, also for the Village
■of Wellington, in the Tp. of Hillier, and for
the inland lakes and streams in the said Tps.
of Hallowell and Athol.

Townships of Nottawasaga, Sunnidale and FloB,
in County Simcoe, with joint jurisdiction over
the Township of Vespra in said county.

For the Township of Vespra and the Town of

Barrie, in the County of Simcoe, and over so
» much of the waters of Kempenfeldt Bay as

lies in front of the said town and township;

also, that portion of Kempenfeldt Bay lying

in front of the Township of Oro.

Townships of Anstruther and Chandos, County of
Peterboro.

In and for the Townships of Moulton, Sherbrooke
and Wainfleet, in the Electoral District of
Monck, with jurisdiction over so much of the
waters of Lake Erie as lies in front of said
townships.

North Channel of Lake Huron, from the Soo to
the Bustards.

County of Kent, fronting on Lake St. Clair,
exclusive of Dover West Township, also Wal-
pole and Ste. Anne's Islands, County Lamb-
ton.

For the Townships of Maclean, Ridout, Franklin
and Brunei, in the District of Muskoka and
Townships of McClintock, Livingstone, Sher-
bourne and Havelock, in the District of
Haliburton (in the County of Muskoka.)

In and for the Townships of Nepean, Gloucester,
North Gower and Osgoode, in the County of
Carleton, with jurisdiction over so much of
the River Ottawa and the River Rideau and
the Rideau Canal as lies in front or within
said Townships, and over the tributaries to
the said rivers and canals.

Rice Lake, between Jubilee Point, and Lower
Close's Point and the waters tributary there-
to, in the Townships of Hamilton and Aln-
wick, County of Northumberland.

Tp. of Allan, in the District of Manitoulin.

Townships Faraday, Dungannon and Herschell,
in the County of Hastings.

Townships of Yarmouth, Malahide and Bayham,
with jurisdiction over so much of the waters
of Lake Erie as lies in front of the said
township and the tributaries thereto.

y

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GAME AND PISHERIES.

81

LIST OF OVERSEERS.— ConfinMed.

Name.

Residence.

District.

McDonald, Hector.. Beaverton

McFarlane, J. S. . .

McGowan, John . .
McGuire, J

Keene

Tweed

McKenny, Thos. . .

McKibbin, H. A. .

McMurray, R

McPhee, D

McQuatt, Wm

McVittie, James . . .
Major, William . . .
Mansfield, Thomas
Marsh, Thomas . . .
May, J. C

Maybee, Manly

Mayor, Harry

6 G.

Jones Falls .

Thornbury . .

Port Arthur .

Bayfield

Uptergrove .

Macdonald's
Corners . . .

Blenheim

Woodlawn

Pickering

Collins Bay. ..
St. Catharines

Cameron P.O. .
Painswick

Waters of Lake Simcoe and tributaries thereto
fronting the Tp. of Thorah, In the County of
Ontario.

Townships Otonabee and Asphodel, in Co. Peter-
boro, with jurisdiction over so much of Rice
Lake as lies in front of said townships, and
joint jurisdiction over said Lake.

For the Townships of Hungerford and Hunting-
don, in the County of Hastings.

Rideau River, frontmg on the Township of
South Crosby, County of Leeds, with juris-
diction as far as Kingston Mills, and also
over Crippen Lake, in Leeds Township.

Co. Grey, exclusive of the Tps. of Proton, Egre-
mont and Normanby, with jurisdiction over
so much of the waters of the Georgian Bay
as lies in front of said county.

In and for the District of Thunder Bay.

County of Huron.

Lake Simco6, fronting on Township of Mara and
the tributaries thereto, and for Mud Lake in
the Townships of Mara and CSarden.

In and for the Townships of Dalhousie and North
Sherbrooke.

Townships Orford, Howard and Harwich, Co.
Kent.

Townships of March and Torbolton, County
Carleton.

Electoral District of South Ontario, exclusive of
the Township of Reach.

For the Township of Kingston in the County of
Frontenac.

County of Lincoln and over so much of the
waters of Lake Ontario as lies in front of
the said county, and with jurisdiction over
the Niagara River between its mouth and
the Falls.

Sturgeon Lake, beginning at Day's Landing and
running south for five miles, including
McLaren's Creek, Sturgeon Point and Plea-
sant Point in Co. Victoria.

Lake Simcoe, from Lovers' Creek, near Barrie,
on Kempenfeldt Bay, to concession 10 of the
Township of Innlsfll.

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No. 14

LIST OP OVERSEERS.— Confintted.

Name.

Residence.

District.

Melville, Henry
Meneilly, F. H .

MofEatt, George
Moore, F. J

Moore, James A.

Morton, John . . . .
Muncer, W. G, ...

Myers, James

Parker, H. B. ...

Havelock . . .
Warkwortli

GlencrosB .
Lakefield . .

Trenton

Parkin, 0. W

Patterson, Archibald

Patterson, S.

Peltier, George

Pepper, Wm.

St. Ola .
Minaki .

Holstedn

Bobcaygeon

Valentia
Bothwell

Dunkerron .

Dover South

Lanark

Townships of Belmont and Bethuen, County
Peterborough.

River Trent and tributaries, in Co. Northumber-
land, from Percy Boom to Campbellford
Bridge.

Townships of Mulmur, Mono and East Garafraxa.

Townships of Douro, Dummer, east part of
Smith, Tp. of Burleigh and east half of
Harvey, Co. Peterboro.'

That portion of Co. Hastings fronting Bay of
Quinte from City of Belleville west to the
Trent River as far as Trenton Junction, with
joint jurisdictions over the waters of the Bay
of Quinte between bridge at Belleville and
Murray Canal and also Weller's Bay.

Townships Limerick, Tudor, Wollaston, Cashel
Lake and Grimsthorpe, County Hastings.

For that portion of the Kenora District between
Quibell and the boundary line between the
Province of Ontario and the Province of
Manitoba.

Townships of Proton, Egremont and Normanby,
County Grey, and Townships Minto, Arthur
(and West Luther, County Wellington.

In and for the Township of Verulam, in the
County of Victoria and the Tp. of Harvey, in
the County of Peterboro.'

Townships Mariposa and Ops, County Victoria.

For that portion of the River Thames lying be-
tween the Village of Louisville and the east-
erly limits of Kent County, with jurisdiction
over any waters flowing into the Thames be-
tween the aforesaid limits, in the County of
Ken.

Holland River known as the north and west
branches in Tps. Tecumseh, and West Gwil-
limbury, in Co. Simcoe.

River Thames from Lewisville to its mouth, also
the tributaries of said river between these
points; also the Township of Dover West,
County Kent.

Townships Drummond, Lanark, Darling, and
Lavant, in Co. Lanark, with joint jurisdic-
tion over waters in Tp. Drummond.

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GAME AND FISHERIES.

83

LIST OF OYiERSBERS.— Continued.

Name

Residence.

District.

Phillips. J. H..

Pickell, S. G. .

Purcell, H. R.

Smith's Falls. County Frontenac lying north of the Townships
of Kingston and Pittsburg, the Townships of
North and South Crosby, Bastard, South
Elnasley and Kitley, County of Leeds, and
the County of Lanark.

Oshawa

Pyette, David

Ramesbottom, John
Reid, H. W

Rivet, Jos.

Robinson, T. W. .

Robinson, Wm. . .
Sargent, W. J. ...

Sattler, Louis

Scherer, Edwin F.
. Senecal, John ...

Colebrook . ,

Tehkumah ...
Little Current
Parry Sound .

Sturgeon Falls

Collingwood .

Kilworthy . . .

Bronte

Berlin

NewHamhurg
Stormont

Shappee, James.
Shearer, Amos

Sault Ste.
Marie . .

Sills, Edward

Small, John .
Smith, J. S. .

Roseneath

Sydenham .

Co. Durham, with jurisdiction over so much of
the waters of Lake Ontario as lies In front
of said county.

Townships Camden and Sheffield, the County
Addington.

Manitoulin Island, in Lake Huron.

District of Manitoulin.

fTownships Shawanaga, Ferguson, Carlfng, Mc-
(Dougall, McKellar, Christie, Foley, Parry
Island, Cowper, and Conger.

That portion of the District of -Niipissiug lying
west and north of the Townships of Widdi-
fleld, Merrick, Stewart and Osborne, exclu-
sive of Lake Timlskaming and its tribu-
taries.

Townships Collingwood and Osprey, County of
Grey, and the Townships of Nottawasaga and
Sunnidale, County of Simcoe.

Severn River and Sparrow Lake.

County of Halton.

For the Township of Waterloo.

Township of Wilmot, in the County of Waterloo.

The counties and waters fronting the Counties of
Stormont and Glengarry in the Province of
Ontario, and with joint jurisdiction with any
other Overseer or Overseers in the County of
Dundas, in the Province of Ontario.

For electoral district of Sault Ste. Marie

That portion of Rice Lake in the Townships of
Hamilton and Alnwick, between Rock Island
and We(bb's Landing, with waters tributary
thereto.

For all the Lakes of the Town'fehips of Loughboro,
with the exception of Loughboro Lake.

Grand Valley, j Townships of Melancthon, Amaranth and East
Luther, County Dufferin.

Port Rowan ..| For the County of Norfolk.

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No. 14

LIST OF OYERSEmiS.— Continued.

Name

Residence.

District.

Smith, William
Spence, William
Stanzel, Fred. .

Stead, R. J

St. Charles. C.
Stewart, Jas. H.
Stuart, D

Tarry, A. E.

Taylor, Oliver ..
Temple, Jas. M.

Thompson, W. H.
Tillett, R.

Timlin, M. . . .
Toner, George

Gravenhurst

Athens .

Carleton Place.

Wiarton.

Madoc

Brockville
Codrington

Toronto

Niagara-on-the-
Lake

Dorchester S'tn

Bailiehoro

Roach's Point.

Atherley

Gananoque

Lakes jMuskoka, Rosseau and Joseph, in the Dis-
tricts of Parry Sound and Muskoka.

Charlestown Lake and its tributaries, County
Leeds.

Townships Beckwith, Drummond, Ramsay and
Pakenham in County Lanark, and Town-
ships Fitzroy, Huntley and Goulbourn in
iOouhty Carleton, with joint jurisdiction over
the waters of the Township Drummond with
any other overseer.

For that portion of the County of Bruce fronting
on Georgian Bay and lying East and South
of Tobermory Harbour, but exclusive of the
said Harbour and extending South to the
Town.

Townships Madoc and Huntingdon, County Has-
tings.

Townships of Elizabethtown and the front of
Escott and Yonge, in the County of Leeds.

Trent River and tributaries, County of Northum-
berland, from Chisholm's Rapids to Percy
Boom.

Townships of Etobicoke, York and Scarboro, and
for the City of Toronto, in the County of
York, with jurisdiction over the inland
waters of said townships, and also over
Toronto and Ashbridge's Bays, and so much
of the waters of Lake Ontario as lies in front
of the County of York.

Niagara River, between Niagara Falls and the
mouth of the river.

Thames River, easterly to boundary line between
Oxford and Middlesex, and joint jurisdiction
over Oxford.

The Otonabee River, from Bensfort Bridge to
Rice Lake.

North York, with jurisdiction over Holland River
and that portion of Lake Simcoe lying in
front of North Gwillimbury and Georgina
Townships.

Lake Couchiching and tributaries fronting Town-
ships Mara and Rama.

River St. Lawrence, from head of Howe Island
to Union Park, and with joint jurisdiction
with any other overseer or overseers over
the Gananoque River from Gananoque to
Marble Rock.

916

GAME AND FISHERIES.

LIST OF OVERSEERS.— Oon^ntted.

Name

Residence.

District

Toole, Ira . .
Townsend, J.

Traves, J. A., Sr.

Trelford, John

Truelove, Wm.

Twamley, C. .
Vokes, James

Watson, Hy,
Watson, J. . .

Watt, John .
Weet, Charles

Omemee

Lyndhurst

Fraserburg .
Southampton

Fermoy.

Oavan

Nanticoke

Xoronto
Caesarea

Peterboro . .

Holland Ldg.

West, Geo. W Holland Ldg.

White, J. M

Wight, J. R

Walkerton . . .
Newboro

Wilson, A. H. O.

iBganvllle

Township of Emily, County of Victoria.

Lyndhurst waters south of Lyndhurst; also South
and Gananoque Lakes.

For the District of Muskoka, with joint jurisdic-
tion with any Game and Fisheries overseers
who have been or may be appointed over the
District of Parry Sound.

That portion of the County of Bruce fronting on
Lake Huron, and lying between the Town
of Southampton and Tobermory Harbor, both
inclusive.

The waters in the Tp. of Bedford, in County
Frontenac.

Townships Cavan and Manvers, Co. Durham.

For the Townships Walpole, Rainham, South
Cayuga, and Dunn, in Co. Haldimand, and
the waters of the Grand River, fronting the
Townships of Oneida, Seneca, S. Cayuga, N.
Cayuga, Canborough, and Dunn.

Province of Ontario.

Townships of Cartwright and Manvers, the waters
of Lake Scugog, fronting on said townships
and the waters tributary to said lake.

For that portion of the River Otonabee and
tributaries between Lakefield and Bensfort
Bridge.

Joint jurisdiction along the east bank of the
Holland River, through the Township of
East Gwillimbury and along the shore of
Lake Simcoe, through Township of North
Gwillimbury, in the County of York.

With joint jurisdiction along east bank of Hol-
land River, through Township of Gwillim-
bury, and along the shore of Lake Simcoe,
through Township of North Gwillimbury, in
the County of York.

For the Townships of Brant and Greenock, in the
County of Bruce.

Rideau waters, between Chaffeys Lock and New-
-'boro, including Indian Benson, Mosquito,
Clear, Mud and Loon Lakes, and also the
Upper Rideau, with jurisdiction over the
inland lakes and streams between these two
points in the vicinity of the Rideau waters.

Townships S. Algona, N. Algona, Wilberforce,
Grattan, and Sebastopol, in Co. Renfrew.

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No. 14

LIST OF OVERSEERS.— Continued.

Name

Residence.

District.

Wood, Adolphus

Orillia

In and for the Townships of Orillia and also in
the County of Simcoe and over so much of
Shingle and Carthew Bays and Lake Couohi-
ching and Simcoe as lies in front of said
Townships, with joint jurisdiction oVer the
said Bays and Lake and over the River
Severn, with any other Overseer.

Wootton, E. A

Maynooth

Townships of Bangor, Wicklow and McOlure, in
County Hastings.

Wormworth, F. L. .

Arden

Townships Kennebec and Barrie, Co. Frontenac.

Young, William ...

Oloyne

•

Tps, of Kaladar and Barrie, in the County of
Addington, and with Joint jurisdiction over
the Townships of Anglesea and EflSngham.

York, Joseph

Gravel Lake..

For the District of Port William.

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1916

GAME AND FISHEEIES.

87

Statement of Revenue received from Game and Fisheries during the year ended

' Oct. 31st, 1915.

Gamu,

Trappers' Licenses

Non-resident Licenses

Resident Deer Licenses

Resident Moose Licenses

Game and Fur Dealers' Licenses
Hotel and Restaurant Licenses . .

Cold Storage Licenses

Guides' Licenses

Fines

Sales ,

Total Game .

52,956 68

Fisheries.

District.

Name of Overseer.

Amount. Total.

Kenora and Rainy River District

River Nepigon
Lake Superior .

Lake Huron (North Channel).

Georgian Bay

Davis, E. L

Fanning, Geo. H .

Muncer, W. G

Sterling, C. N...
Young, Col. D.D.

Bliss, L. E

Armstrong, H. C . ,
Fitzsimmon, Chas.
McDonald, Donald .

Robinson, J. T

Wright, Samuel . . .

Boyd, Wm. M

Bradbury, J. R

Hall, A

Hembruff , Jos

Irwin, David

Ramesbottom, John

Best, G. S

Dusang, B. A

Ely, R.A

Farnsv?orth, H

Homsby, Thos. H....

Jermyn, J. W

Knight, Mrs. Chas . . .
Lamorandiere, P. R.

Lewis, Jas

McKenny, Thos

Oldfield, Miss E

Robinson, Thos. W..

Reid, H. W

Roderich, J. D

Reid, C. R

Watts, Murdoch

Stead, J

Wood, P. V

$ c.

1.096 00

15 70

378 25

2.665 00

58 00

957 00

13 50

90 00

1.335 72

2,651 00

4.831 40

175 00

3.086 00

10 00

84 00

7.102 65

467 00

12 00
466 00
401 33
8 00
208 00
283 00

44 00

10 00
302 34
761 00

26 00

352 15

1.529 00

6 00

50 00
610 00
412 00
146 00

$ c.

4,212 95
957 00

8,921 62

10,924 65

5,626 82

Carried forward . 80.643 04

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Statement of Reveuue received— Continued.

No. 14

District.

Lake Huron (proper) and River St. Clair.

Lake St. Clair, River Thames and
Detroit River

Lake Erie, and Grand Riverjand Niagara
River *

Lake Ontario and Bay of Quinte

Brought forward

Blunden, H. A

Karr, Richard

Kehoe, D

McMurray, Robert

Trelford, John

Campbell, J. D

Chauvin, Victor . , .

Crotty, John

Little, Richard

Laframboise, Remi

Patterson, H. A

Peltier, George

Briggs, George

Brown, Alex

Buckley, Geo. E

Burt, Dr. Wm

Coultis, Chas. L

Crysler, Jas

Drouillard, A

Eyers, Jacob

Featherstone, John.
Greenwood, T, D . . .
Henderson, H. A., .

Hutchinson, Jas

Johnson. Henry

Lee, J. W

McClennan, K

McVittie, Jas

Phemister, George. .

Prescott, W. B

Schliehauf , A

Smith. J. S

Vokes, Jas

Beatty, Samuel

Beer, G. S

Brisbin, Angus

Cheer, Thos

Dafoe, P. W

Elliott, Robt

Fox, E. R

Gault, Thos

Grundy, W

Hayes, Henry

Higginbottom, F. V .

Holliday, Henry

Huffman, E. M

Hunter, Capt. A

Huff, Frank

Kerr, C.J

Lane, Jas. E

May, J. C

Mansfield, Thos

Moffatt, W. J

Moore, J. A

Morgan, H. A

Carried forward

$ c.

3,320 00

18 00

228 00

770 00

1,580 00

18 00
932 42

13 00

1,677 00

463 00

52 00
774 00

1,671 50

54 00

132 00

285 00

9,825 00

18 00

1,355 00

12 00

5,025 00

117 00

3,242 00

14 00

10 00

1,245 00

6,932 00

4,625 00

384 00

32 00

4,421 81

^ '■

00

4.490 00

10 00

6 00

1,182 00

383 00

223 00

45 00
962 00
647 00

30 00
250 00
140 00
1.135 00
1,072 00
496 00
374 00
555 00
678 00
602 00

37 00
142 00
208 00
116 00

9,293 00

$ c.
30.643 04

5,916 00

3,929 42

49,271 31

89,759 77

1916

.GAME AND FISHERIES.

89

Statement of Kevenue received— Continued.

District.

Name of Orerseer.

Amount.

Total.

Lake Ontario and Bay of Quinte — Con.

Counties Addington, Carleton, Frontenac,
Grenville, Lanark, Leeds, Lennox,
Prescott, Renfrew and Russell

Northumberland, Peterboro',
and other inland Counties . . .

Victoria

Brought forward .

McCallum. H

Pickell, G. S

Reeves, H. J ,

Sargant, Wm

Tarry, E. A ,

Taylor, Oliver ,

Titus, E. A

Walker. R. J

Watson, John

Waddell,R

Walker, A. R

Woodruff, W. D

Avery, Melzar ,

Barr, George ,

Birch, W. J

Bourgon, J. B ,

Briscoe, W. L ,

Burke, Geo ,

Bums, D. E

Clark, Gordon ,

Clark, G. T ,

Cox, Matthew ,

Covell, H. N

Dupuis, F ,

Dine, C. W

Drew, Henry

Duff, R. A

Deacon, E ,

Fleming, John

Gates, Geo ,

Kennedy, J. A ,

Lake, Atchinson ,

Loveday, E. T

Marsh, Thos

Mallett, W. H

Montgomery, J. S ,

McGuire, John ,

McLaughlm, J. H ,

Phillips, J. H

Purcell, H. R

Sills, Edward

Smith, Wm

Spence, Wm

Stewart, J. H ,

Townsend, Jas ,

Truelove, Wm ,

Toner, George ,

Trousdale, Thos

Wight, J. R ,

Wilson. A. G. H

Wormwith, F. L

Young, Wm

Adair, Wm

Barber, H. R

Blea, D

Bonter, Robt

Boyd, J. H

Carried forward . .

$ c.
9,293 77

74 00
18 00

164 00
501 00
314 00
159 00
220 00

75 00
8 00

100 20

10 00

140 00

90 00

35 00

69 00

108 00

7 00

$ c.
89,759 77

11,076 20

20 00

12 00

174 00

14 00

80 00

2 00

105 00

398 40

22 00

2 00

49 00

35 00

230 00

153 00

351 00

66 50

91 00

8 00

8 00

709 00

1 00

357 00

18 50

18 00

210 00

175 00

14 50

348 00

76 00

1,228 00

13 00

522 00

1 00

15 00

2 00

5.837 90

25 00

2 50

2 00

2 00

33 00

64 50

106,673 87

90

THE EEPOET UPON

No. 14

Statement of Revenue received — Continued.

i)isti"ict.

^anie of Overseer,

Amoiini.

Total.

Northumberland, etc. — Continued .

River St. Lawrence.

Lakes Couchiching, Simcoe and Sparrow

Brought forward

Bradshaw, A.

urtcheall, C

Bennett, E. C

Carson, R. W

Clarkson, Wm ; . .

Crump, C. J. C

Dunk, John

Dixon, John

Edwards, Herbert

Forsythe, J.H

Fenton, M. H

Eraser, Jas. A

Gurren, Geo. H

Goldie, W. D

Green, R. J

Gunther, W. F

Haggerty, John

Hanes, F. A

Hess, Jas

Irwin, J. J

Jones, John

Johnson, W. H

Johnston, Thos. .......

Jackson, W. W. ....... .

Kearns, W. S

Kellar, Rod

Killen, Wm

Kent, A. J

Lambkin, R

Lockman, E. W

McFarlane, John

McAllister, J. R

Melville, Henry

Moore, F. J

Morton, J. W

McCaw, Jas

McGowan, J. W

McMillan, A

McMillan, J. C

Parker, H.B

Roach, H. W

Riendeau, A. L

Rice, M. A

Sherer, Amos

Stinson, F. S

Smith, W. J

Thompson, W. H

Toole, Ira

Watt, John

Widdup.J. W.

Willmott, J. H

Wootton, E. A

Anderson, Wm

Senecal, John

Stewart, Capt. Jas

Coulter, SamueL

Gaudaur, C. C

Gillespie, Gilbert

Carried forward

f $ c.

$ c.

! 64 50

106,673 87

1 18 00

i 56 00

i 30 00 ;

i 164 00

284 00

12 00

8 00

I 59 61

! 4 00

58 00

154 00

2 00

1,085 00

8 00

12 00

2 00 1

30 00

58 00

9 50

23 00

106 00

44'O0

48 00

25 00

826 00

54 00

36 00

6 00

14 00

128 00

11 00

74 00

"

2 00

402 00

34 00

2 00

25 00

2 00

4 00

372 00

16 00

20 00

8 00

2 00

54 00

4 00

27 00

27 00

60 00

20 00

106 00

14 00

4,714 61

10 00

125 00

174 00

•>An an

148 00

48 00 {

8 00

204 00

111,697 48

1916

GAME AND FISHERIES.

91

Statement of Revenue received.— Continued.

District.

Name of Overseer.

Amount.

Tola].

Lakes Couchiching, etc. — Continued,

Brought forward

Green, Geo. G

Leadley, Robert . .
McDonald, Hector.
McPhee, Donald . .

McGinn, Wm

Robinson, Wm. . . .

Spencer, John

Timlin, M

Tillett, Robert . . .

West, G. W

Wood, Adolph

Nipissing .

Duncan, J. G

Elder, W. A

Hindson, C. E. . . .

Kent, Percy

Myers, James . . .

Parks, Geo. M

Parliament, W. C.

Rivet, Jos

Woods, Harry . , .

Eondeau Provincial Park
Unclassified

Total Fisheries
Grand Total...

t c.
204 00

25" 00
22 00

102 00
36 00
25 00

266 00
25 00
20 00

201 50
50 00
16 00

10 00
20 00

470 00

26 00

2 00

501 00
30 00
12 00

220 00

1,291 00

1,602 46
223 35

115,806 79

$ c.
111,697 48

992 50

$168,763 47

92

THE e|:poet upon

No. 14

WATERS STOCKED FROM 1901 TO 1915, WITH THE NUMBER AND KINDS OF

FISH PLANTED IN EACH.

1901.

Waters stocked. Species.

Muskoka Lake Bass

Lake Rosseau Bass

Lake Joseph, Bass

Fairy and Vernon Lakes Bass

Lake of Bays Bass

Thames River at IngersoU Bass

Thames River at Woodstock Bass

Bear Creek at Strathroy Bass

Thames River at Dorchester Bass

Lake Couchiching Bass

Stoney Lake ^ Bass

Lake Simcoe at Jackson's Point Bass

Holland River Bass

Golden Lake Bass

Severn River Bass

Grand River at Cayuga Bass

Grand River at Brantford Bass

Kempenfeldt Bay Bass

Number.

. .. 1,205

700

. .. 1,052

. . . 244

693

226

225

396

696

. . . 436

... 751

603

387

. . . 372

... 526

400

. . . 274

. . . 300

Waters stocked.

1902.

I
Species.

Muskoka Lake Bass

Lake Joseph Bass

Lake Rosseau Bass .......

Lake Couchiching Bass .......

Bear Creek at Strathroy Bass

Stoney Lake Bass

Huntsville Lakes Bass

Winnipeg River Brook Trout

9,841

Number.

246
256
227
285
395
330
265
55

2,059

Waters stocked.

1903.
Species.

Bear Creek at Strathroy Bass

Lake Rosseau Bass

Lake Joseph Bass

Muskoka Lake Bass

Lake of Bays Bass

Sparrow Lake Bass

Lake Couchiching • Bass

Long Lake at Rat Portage Bass

Golden Lake Bass

Mink Lake Bass

Clear Lake Bass

White Lake Bass

Lynn River at Lake Simcoe Bass

Grand River at Brantford Bass

Number.

926

. .. 1,130
500

. .. 1,002
371
650
258

. . . 460

100

85

85

100

355

. . . 425

1916

GAME AND FISHERIES.

93

WATERS STOCKED FROM 1901 TO 1915, WITH THE NUMBER AND KINDS OF
FISH PLANTED IN EACH.— Continued.

1903— Continued.

Waters stocked.

Species.

Thames River at Ingersoll Bass

Thames River at London Bass

Thames River at St. Mary's Bass

Grand River at Fergus Bass

Grand River at Grand Valley Bass

Grand River at Paris Bass

Musselman's Lake Bass

Lake of Bays Bass

Waters stocked.

1904.

Species.

Credit River Bass

Lake Rosseau Bass

Green Lake Bass

Opinicon Forks Bass

Lake near Barry's Bay Bass

Barry's Bay Bass

Gorman Lake Bass

Golden Lake Bass

Mink Lake Bass

White Lake Bass

Clear Lake Bass

Snell's Lake Bass

Lake Joseph Bass

Bass Lake Bass

Lake Couchicjjing Bass

Lake Joseph .• Bass

Lake of Bays Bass

Lake Simcoe at Jackson's Point Bass

Beaver River at Cannington Bass

Balsam Lake Bass

Lake of Bays Bass

Oxbow River at Komoka Bass

Number

75

200

205

. . . 100

70

130

. . . 200

. . . 500

7,927

Number.

115

380

135

50

30

100

75

565

60

160

50

100

725

200

230

415

530

785

250

400

Fingerlings 5,000

Fingerlings 1,200

Lake Scugog Bass Fingerlings 1,400

12,955

Waters stocked.

1905.
Species.

Lake Scugog i Bass

Stoney Lake Bass

Muskoka Lake Bass

Thames River at Stratford Bass

Thames River at Mitchell Bass

Lake Couchiching Bass

Gull Lake (near Gravenhurst) Bass

Lake of Bays Bass

Number.

... 400

... 600

... 500

. . . 250

... 350

... 500

... 100

... 400

3,100

94 THE EEPORT UPON No. 14

WATERS STOCKED FROM 1901 TO 1915, WITH THE NUMBER AND KINDS OF
FISH PLANTED IN EACH.— Continued.

1906.

Waters stocked Species Number.

Lake Simcoe Bass 450

Lake of Bays ^ Bass : 700

Gull River Bass 610

Grand River Bass 575

Lake Scugog Bass 400

Muskoka Lake Bass 700

River Nith Bass 600

Lake Simcoe Bass 700

Lake Simcoe Bass 700

5,435

1908.
Waters stocked. Species. Number.

Sparrow Lake Bass 500

Haliburton Lake Bass 520

Puslinch Lake Bass Fingerlings 725

River vicinity Kenora '. Trout, Speckled, fry 2,000

3,745
1909.

Waters stocked. " Species. Num'ber.

Mohawk Lake Bass Fingerlings 1,000

Lake Rosseau Bass Fingerlings 1,500

Lake Muskoka Bass Fingerlings 1,500

Lake Joseph Bass Fingerlings 2,000

Lake of Bays Bass Fingerlings 2,000

Stoney Lake Bass Fingerlings 3,500

Gull Lake Bass Fingerlings 200

Whiteman's Creek Bass Fingerlings 200

Cooley's Pond Bass Fingerlings 150

Sparrow Lake , Bass Fingerlings 2,500

14,550

1910.
Waters stocked. Species. ' Number.

Rideau waters (near Merrickville) Bass Fingerlings 3,000

Lake Rosseau Bass Fingerlings 3,000

Lake Joseph Bass Fingerlings 3,000

Lake Muskoka Bass Fingerlings 4,000

Gull Lake Bass Fingerlings 100

Sturgeon Lake Bass Fingerlings 4,000

Cameron Lake Bass Fingerlings 3,000

Pigeon Lake Bass Fingerlings 3,000

Fairy Lake and vicinity of Huntsville Bass Fingerlings 8,500

Victoria Lake Bass Fingerlings 2,000

Grand River (at Brantford) Bass Fingerlings 300

Clear Lake Bass Fingerlings 2,000

Long Lake (vicinity of Utterson) . . 1 Bass Fingerlings 1,725

Grand River (at Brantford) Parent Bass 50

Oakland Pond Parent Bass 25

, Total Bass Fingerlings 37,625

Total Parent Bass 75

Grand Total 37,700

1916

GAME AND FISHERIES.

95

WATERS STOCKED FROM 1901 TO 1915, WITH THE NUMBER AND KINDS OF
• FISH PLANTED IN EACH.— Continued.

1911.

Waters stocked.

Species.

Number.

Lake of Bays Bass

Lake Rosseau Bass

Lake Joseph Bass

Wagner Lake Bass

Gull Lake Bass

Fairy Lake Bass

Peninsula Lake Bass

Maitland River at Brussels Bass

Stoney Lake and Big Cedar Lake Bass

Sand Lake .'. Bass

Trout Lake Bass

Grand River at Brantford Bass

Oakland Pond Bass

Fingerlings 12,000

Pingertings 20,000

Fingerlings 20,000

Fingerlings 2,500

Fingerlings 3,000

Fingerlings 5,000

Fingerlings 5,000

Fingerlings 2,000

Fingerlings 10,000

Fingerlings 3,000

Fingerlings 7,000

Fingerlings 500

Fingerlings 200

90,200

1912

Waters Stocked and Location.

Species.

Number.

Muskoka Lake in Muskoka District

Rosseau Lake "

Gull Lake "

Joseph Lake "

Vernon Lake "

Fairy Lake "

Mary Lake "

Peninsula Lake "

Cache Lake in Algonquin Park

Sturgeon Lake in Kawartha District

Balsam Lake " "

Cameron Lake " "

Loughboro and Collins Lakes in Frontenac County. .
Long Lake on Tlmiskaming & Northern Ontario Ry.
Kenogami Lake " "

Sesekinika Lake " " "

Grand River

Belle and Ewart Lakes In Grey County

Streams in Norfolk County

Bass Fingerlings

Parent Bass

Trout (Speckled)

Total Bass Fingerlings.

" Parent Bass

" Trout (Speckled)

Grand Total

12.000

11,000

4,000

10.000

2.500

2,500

2,500

2,500

10,000

4.000

3.000

2,000

2,000

2,000

5,000

5,000

300

20,000

50,000

80,000

300

70,000

150,300

96

THE EEPOET UPON

No. 14

WATERS STOCKED FROM 1901 TO 1915, WITH THE NUMBER AND KINDS OF
FISH PLANTED IN EACH.— Continued.

1C13.

Waters Stocked and Location.

Number.

Fox Lake in Kenora District

Muskoka Lake in District of Muskoka

Joseph Lake " . "

Rosseau Lake " " ■ • • •

Gull Lake " " .

Windy Lake in Sudbury District

Rumsey Lake in Sudbury District

Horse Shoe or Pah-She-Gong-Ga Lake in Parry Sound

District

Trout Lake on the Timiskaming & Northern Ontario

Railway

Moose Lake " "

Rib Lake " " "

Scugog Lake in the Kawartha District

Charleston Lake in Leeds County

Grand River in the vicinity of Breslau

Grand River in the vicinity of Brantford

Streams in the vicinity of King, York County

Rib Lake on the Timiskaming & Northern Ontario

Railway

Gull Lake in Muskoka District

Muskoka Lake in Muskoka District

Sharbot Lake in Frontenac County

Clear Lake in Frontenac County

Speed River in vicinity of Hespeler ^

Streams in the vicinity of Simcoe, Norfolk County. .
Streams in the vicinity of St. Paul's, Perth County.

Bell and Ewart Lakes in Grey County

Utterson Lakes in Muskoka District

Squires Creek, in the vicinity of Spring Brook, in

Hastings County

Streams in the vicinity of Simcoe, Norfolk County . .

Bass Fingerlings.

Parent Bass

Pickerel
Trout (Brown)

(Speckled)

Total Bass Fingerlings .

' Parent Bass

' " Pickerel . .

' Trout (Brown)...

(Speckled)

Grand Total

15,000
10,000
8,000
7,000
5,000
5,000
5,000

5,000

5,000
5,000
5,000
5,000
5,000
5,000
400
200

25

20

20

100

50

1,000

1,000

1,000

30,000

20,000

20,000
10,000

90,400

265

150

3,000

80,000

173,815

1914

Waters Stocked and Location.

Species.

Number.

BoysS' Lake, District of Nipissing

Net Lake, " "

Rib Lake, " "

Waters in the vicinity of Thornbury, Grey County

Pigeon Lake, Peterboro' County

Sturgeon Lake, Victoria County

Wilno Lake, Renfrew County

Round Lake, " "

Perrigo Lak-e, " "

Goose Lake, " "

Golden Lake, " "

Kohaheshemagabog Lake, District of Muskoka . . .

Advance Bass Fry.

15,000

10,000

10,000

6,000

25,000

25,000

25,000

15,000

5,000

5,000

22,500

14,000

1916

GAME AND FISHEKIES.

97

WATERS STOCKED FROM 1901 TO 1915, WITH THE NUMBER AND KINDS OF
FISH PLANTED IN BACH.— Continued.

1914.— Continued

Waters Stocked and Location.

Species.

Number.

Advance Bass Fry.

McKay's Lake. District of iMuskoka

Muskoka River, " "

Skeleton Lake, " "

Bass Lake, Hastings County Bass Fingerlings .

Beaver Lake, Lennox County

White Lake, " "

l^ime Lake, " "

Gannons Narrows, Peterboro' County

Stoney Lake, " "

Clear Lake, " "

Round Lake, " "

Grand River at Paris, Brant County

Victoria Lake, Stratford, Perth County

Waters in the vicinity of Mitchell, Perth County

Scugog Lake, West Durham County

Round Lake, Peterboro' County

Denbigh Lake, Addingtoh County

Rideau River, Grenville County

Long Lake, Frontenac County

Thirteen and Thirty Island Lakes, Frontenac County.

Chain Lakes, Renfrew County ,

Cache Lake, Algonquin Park ,

Rainy Lake, District of Parry Sound

Fish Lake, " "

Sand Lake, " "

Grand River, Gait, Waterloo County

Grand River, Berlin, " ,

Saugeen River, Bruce County ,

Lake of Bays, District of Muskoka

Moose Lake, District of Nipissing ,

Boyse Lake, " " ,

Rib Lake, " "

Long Lake, " " ,

Kenogami Lake, District of Temiskaming

Sesesekenika Lake, " "

Snell's Lake, Brampton, Peel County ,

Waters in the vicinity of Woodstock, Oxford County. Parent Bass

Victoria Lake, Stratford, Perth County " "

Grand River, Brantford, Brant County " "

Whiteman's Creeks, Waterloo County Trout (Brown)

Waters in the vicinity of Simcoe, Norfolk County.. " "

Bell and Ewart Lakes, Grey County " (Brook) .

Streams in the vicinity of Simcoe, Norfolk County. . "

Beaver River, Meaford, Grey County " "

Streams in the vicinity of Havelock, Peterboro' Co'ty. "

Streams in the vicinity of Berlin, Waterloo County. "

Streams in the vicinity of Bethany, E. Durham Co'ty. j

Total Advance Bass Fry
" Bass Fingerlings. .

" Parent Bass

" Trout (Brown) ...
'• (Brook)

Grant Total.

12,000

4,000

12,000

30,000

14,000

6,000

20,000

10,000

10,000

10,000

5,000

5,000

10,000

5,000

10,000

1,000

1,000

10,000

4,000

4,000

1,000

30,000

4,000

2,000

2,000

8,000

8,000

15,000

10,000

3,000

6,000

4,000

10,000

10,000

5,000

1,500

225

21

84

800

1,500

30,000

15,000

15,000

25,000

10,000

21,000

205,500

274,500

330

2,300

116,000

598,630

98

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No. 14

WATERS STOCKED FROM 1901 TO 1915, WITH THE NUMBER AND KINDS OF
FISH PLANTED IN EACH. — Continued.

Waters Stocked and Location.

Rideau River, Grenville Gounty

Gull Lake, Muskoka District

Gloucester Pool, " " '

Koshe Lake, " "

Lake of Bays and Fifteen and Sixteen Mile Lakes,

Muskoka District

Pennisular Lake, Muskoka District

Trout Lake, Nipissing District

Temagami Lake, " "

Long Lake, Frontenac County

Eagle Lake, " "

Sharbot Lake, " "

Mississippi Lake, Lennox County

Rideau River, Grenville County

Waters in vicinity of King, York County

Fox Lake, Kenora District

Loon Lake, Thunder Bay District

Trent River, Northumberlond County

Shanty Creek, Waterloo County

Gingericks Creek, " "

Weavers Creek, " "

Webber Creek, " "

Waters in vicinity of Berlin, Waterloo County ....
Waters in' vicinity of Tillsonburg, Oxford County . .

Bell and Ewart Lakes, Grey County

Waters in vicinity of Penetang, Simcoe County

Waters in vicinity of Mount Forest, Wellington C'ty.
Waters in vicinity of Dundas, Wentworth County . .

Beaver River, Meaford, Grey County

Streams in vicinity of Norwood, Peterfboro' County.
Streams in vicinity of Havelock, Peterboro' County.

Eagle Creek, Frontenac County

Sharbot Lake, " "

Grand River, Brant County

Trent River, Northumberland County ^-^

Speed River, Hespeler, Waterloo County /Ti

Lake of Bays, Muskoka District ^"

Manakie Waters, Kenora District

Temagami Lake, Nipissing District

Rideau Lakes, Grenville and Lanark Counties

Temiskaming Lake, Temiskaming District

Patterson"3 Creek, Norfolk County

Kent's Creek, " "

Barbers Creek, Paris, Brant County

Bell and Ewart Lakes, Grey County

Species.

Advance Bass Fry .
Bass Fingerlings . .

Trout Fingerlings.

Parent Bass .

rout Brown .
Lake . .

Brook.

Total Advance Bass Fry
" Bass Fingerlings.
" Trout Fingerlings.

" Parent Bass

" Trout (Brown) . . . .

" (Lake)......

" (Brook)

Grand Total

Number,

50,000

125,000

10,000

15,000

125,000

50,000

50,000

75,000

15,000

15,000

30,000

60,000

30,000

10,000

100,000

10,000

60,000

10,000

10,000

10,000

10,000

15,000

12,000

20,000

20,000

30,000

25,000

10,000

20,000

30,000

30,000

40.000

175

250

25,000

100,000

60,000

100,000

100,000

100,000

10,000

15,000

5,000

60,000

50,000

780,000

292,000

425

25,000
460,000

90,000

1,697,425

1916

GAME AND FISHEEIES.

99

Statement showing the number of fry distributed in the waters of the Province
by the Federal Government from Dominion hatcheries.

Years.

Newcastle. Sandwich.

Ottawa.

Wiarton.

Samia.

Total.

1868-73

1874,..,

1875...,

1876...,

1877...,

1878...,

1879....

1880...,

1881...,

1882...,

1883...,

1884...,

1885...,

1886...,

1887...,

1888...,

1889...,

1890...,

1891...,

1892...,

1893...,

1894...

1895...

1896...,

1897...

1898...

1899...,

1900...

190!...

1902...,

1903...

1904...

1905...

1906...

1907 . . .

1908...

1909...

1910...

1911...

1912...

1913...

1914...

.>x

Total....

1,070,000
350,000
650,000
700,000
1,300,000
2,605,000
2,602,700
1,923,000
3,300,000
4,841,000
6,053,000
8,800,000
5,700,000
6,451,000
5,130,000
8,076,000
5,846,500
7,736,000
7,807,500
4,823,500
9,835,000
6,000,000
6,000,000
5,200,000
4,200,000
4,325,000
4,050,000
5,175,000
5,900,000
650,000
2,500,000
1,475,000
1,480,000
1,550,000
1,807,000
2,600,000
1,881,000
1,520,400
1,543,816
1,599,716
2,207,500

517,264,632

20
12
13
16
44
72
37
68
57
56
56
21
52
75
44
68
47
73
61
72
71
73
90
67

100
90
75

106
88

103
79
66
76
77
29
59
65

,000,000
,000,000
,000,000
,000,000
,500,000
,000,000
,000,000
,000,000
,000,000
,000,000
,000,000
,500,000
,000,000
,000,000
,000,000
,000,000
,500,000
,000,000
,000,000
,000,000
,000,000
,000,000
,000,000
,000,000
,000,000
,000,000
,000,000
,000,000
,000,000
,000,000
,000,000
,000,000
,000,000
,500,000
,000,000
,000,000
,000,000
,000,000
,000,000

2,296,000.000

5,732
7,043
4,909
6.208
4,480
3,210
3,950
4,100
3,020
3,700
3,450
3,410
1,245
1,201,
877,
1,103
1,123
1,152
2,010
1,575,
1,478

000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000

64,976,000

4,955,000

8,100,000

12,088,000

12,249,500

12,399,900

8,556,800

6.796,000

65,145,200

51.000,000
159,500.000

74,000,000
113,500,000

77,000,000

94,000,000
120,000,000

1.070

350

650

8,700

9,300

22,605

14,603

15,423

19,300

48,841

78,053

45.800

73.700

63.451

61.630

64.076

26,846

65,468

89,850

54,232

84,043

57,480

82,210

70,150

80,300

78,345

80,750

98,625

76,310

101,895

93,701

77,352

108,583

90.673

105,959

139,565

237,556

165,086

204,293

119,999

689.000,000

Years.

Collingwood.

Thurlow.

Port Arthur.

Southampton

Kenora.

Total

1913

50, 000, 000 1.
46,800,000;

.

32.112,950
P9 189 7nn

6,9.57.000
2 372 000

/

252,834,250
.^Q1 320.700

1914

46 .^00 000

71 fn(\ onn

Total

96,000,000

)

46,. ^00, 000, 64.595.650

)

9.329.000

71.370.000

G

rand Total..

3.560,980,482

100

THE RBPOET UPON

No. 14

ONTARIO

Return of the number of flshermea, tonnage and value of tugs, vessels and boats, the

industry during the year 1914, in the Public

District.

Fishing

material.

Tugs.

Gasoline Launches.

Sail

!

or Row Boats. Gill-Nets.

No.

Ton-
nage.

"Value.

Men. No.

Value.

Men.

No.

Value.

Men. Yards.

Value.

1

Kenora and Rainy River.

4
1

37

1
11,100

1,500

8
3

23

3
3

1^
1
4

8,650

725

950

1,600
2,675

180 ■

1,000

59
6

10
20

2

7

5

8

4

9
9

$

335

875

330

620
570

10

17

19
9

32.000

20,000

14,000

24,000
24,800

4,800

8.000

•

5,435

2

Lac Suel, Upper and Lower Mani-
tou. Pelican Lake, High Lake,
Gibbey Lake, Hilley Lajce, Ele-

2,885

3

Isbister Shoal. Wabigoon, Orang
On tang. Canyon, Eagle and Big

1.465

4

Star, Indian. Crow, Minnitakie,
Abraham. Big Vermillion,

2,445

1

3

1

13

10

1,100
1,250

6

2,165

6

Namaken, Eva, White Otter, Lit-

691

7

Clearwater, Steep Rock, Elbow

1

100

1

1.120

Totals

9

59

11,9.50

19

49

15,780

105

36

2,830

64

127.600

16.206

Return of the kinds, qnantities and values of fish caught during the

s
e

0

'A

District.

1

d
«

JS

»

bi

B

ts

•6
1

S

'S

£

'2

i
1

2

Eh

.a
g

o

o

o

1

Kenora and Bainy River.

brls.

lbs.

brls.

lbs.

437,450

40,192

282,170

122,552
80,. 322

17,405

14,9,50

brls.

[lbs

30,196

24.566

44,750

34,952
99

S,()00

18,. 550

lbs.

313,260

16.332

149.250

109,214
166,820

2,998

2,650

lbs.

420,622

2

Lac Suel. Upper and Lower Mani-
tou. Pelican Lake, High Lake,
Gibbey Lake, Hilley Lake. Ele-

.53,518

3

Lsbister, Shoal, Wabigoon, Orang
Outang, Canyon, Eagle and Big
See Lakes

125,885

4

Star, Indian, Crow, Minnitakie,
Abraham, Big Vermillion,

117.110

><

182,242

6

Xaniaken, Eva, White Otter, Lit-

19,111

7

Clearwater, Steep Rock, Elbow
Lakes

150

4,450

Totals

150

995,041

1

161,713

760,554

922,968

.

$ c.

l.iiOO 00

1 c.
99,504 10

$ c. ,

$ c.
16,171 30

$ c.
60.844 32

!f C.
92,296 80

1916

GAME AND FISHERIES.

101

FISHERIES.

quantity and value of all fishing materials and other fixtures employed in the fishing
Waters of Kenora and Rainy River District.

Fishine material.

Other fixtures used in
fishine.

Seines.

PoDnd nets.

Hoop nets.

Dip or
roll nets.

Nieht lines.

Spears.

Freezers and Piers and
Ice Houses. Wharves,

e

S5

Yards.

Value.

d

Value.

e

Value.

d

Value.

No,
Hooks.

Value.

6

25

Value.

d

!z;

Value,

d

1?

Value.

$

28

$

9.350

14

$

2,075

$

$

$

4

$

6.700

4

$

1,450

!

1

1 1

1

1
4

200

■

;

75

8

2.175

9 l-5!>0

500

1
2

200
300

1

100

•

36

11.R9K

14

9 n7S

16

8.750

11

2.325

° J

XI , ..,

,.

year 1914, in the Public Waters of Kenora and Rainy River Districts.

i

0

1

i

1

a
"3

Eh

•s
6

Oarp.

g

w

s .

i

1

2
•S

1

n
§

Value,

lbs.
72,000

lbs.

lbs,
500

lbs,

83,370

lbs,

66,280

lbs.
120,730

lbs. lbs.
53,501 1.441

No.
93i

t c.

141,603 95

■

3,595

1,720

17,610
79,549

6,885

2,000

13.263 91

2,281

57,443 36

4,000

37,161 42

7,098

40,967
515

244

47,856 07

16,706

140

7,646 69

5,607 00

95,804

500

127,1.33

66,420

124,730

163,860

t.fiftj;

93i

310,082 40

$ c.

$ c.

25 00

$ c.

7.627 98

1 c.

5.313 60

1 c.
2,494 60

$ c. ! $ c.

8 193 00 ' 1 <t)>^ f^

» c.
56 10

$ c.

14,370 60

810,082 40

102

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No. 14

ONTAEIO

Eeturn of the number of fishermen, tonnage and value of tugs, vessels and boats,

fishing industry during the year 1914,

District.

Pishing Material.

i

Tug's.

Gasolene Launches

Sail or Row Boats.

Gill-Nets.

No.

Ton-
nage.

Value.

Men.

No.

Value.

Men

No.

Value. Men.

Yards.

Value.

1
9

Lake Superior.
Thunder Bay and Thunder Cape. .

1
4

6

3

1

28
39

92

26
2

$

5,000
20,000

14,800

2,900

2,500

8
17

19

9
2

1

$

250

1

3
3

5

6

3

2
12

3
11
11

2

185
650

360

420

145
65

630

200
1,500
1,245

450

6
4

9

10

4

3

23

4

22

22

4

12,. 320
145,400

154.000

121,500

11,000
1,350
43,00(1
21,000
38.500
45,000
14,000
60.000
140,500
23,000

$

940
6,250

9 090

8

Pigeon River, Jackfish, Port
Coldwell, Black Bay, Simpson's
Island, Trout Lake, Arrow Lake

Nepigon Bay, Nepigon Straits,
Dog Lake, Swede Island, Stur-
geon Bay, Moffat's Straits

Bay's Plat, Burnt Harbour, Steel
River, Pie Island

4

2,680

5

650

R

77

7

1,470

8

1

600

3

1 415

9

2^405
1,700

10

Goulais Bay

11

1
1
2

23

48
44

5,000
7,500
9,. 500

9

10
14

3,400

12

3,000

13

3
1

1,500
500

7
3

6
3

215

3i>0

8

7

7 060

14

1,875

15

Sandy Island

16

1
1
1
5

150

100

500

1,490

2
2
2

10

4,. 500

6,000

5,000

23.500

150

ir

Garrett's Harbour

270

1H

150

19

2,2.50

Totals i

19 1 -=^02

6(',200

88

6

2,860

14

78

8,695

142

869,570

44 832

i

Eeturn of the kinds, quantities and values of fish caught

s

Disti-ict

i
i

0)

w

bii
G

W

0)

J2
1

<a
S

i

a
o

J3

0)
b.
Cm

a

O

in

0)

a
o
O

o
o

1
9.

Lake Superior.
Thunder Bay and Thunder Cape.

brls.
"'*ii325'

580

lbs

364
244

580
000

brls.
300

lbs.

16,. 300'
19,500

45,604

27.405

17,073
3.000
26.923
13.226
30.950
37.700
13,033
20,582
37.017
11,295
9,331
2.000
250
3,000
3,375

brls

3

223

253

lbs.

27.400
244.800

248.400

137.000

36,800

1,200

34.228

16,250

26.. 590

32,500

68 698

112.085

231,428

111,646

3,151

1,000

6.172

3,500

95.994

lbs.

1,600
100

12,602

2,200

lbs.

14,. 500
1,300

3

4

Pigeon River, Jackfish, Port
Coldwell, Black Bay, Simpson's
Island, Trout Lake, Arrow Lake.

Nepigon Bay, Nepigon Straits,
Dog Lake, Swede Island, Stur-
geon Bay, Moffat's Straits

16,000
146,000

31,570
200

5

Bay's Plat, Burnt Harbour, Steel

81,045

6

7

11.000

11

8

q

Batchawana Bay ,

5

4,000

300

10

10

355

11

18
36
95i
19i

42,210
67,995

70.380

12

Richardson's Harbour

13

Michipicoten Island

6

14

51

15

Sandy Island . . , . ; ,

391

16

200

50

17

Garrett's Harbour

18

Indian Harbour

19

7

26

Totals

1,915

$ c.
19,150 00

781,flS5

313

33?, 564

690

1.438,842

201,287

129,307

39,09

c.

6 75

$ 0.

3,130 00

$ c.
33,7.56 40

$ c.
6,900 00

$ c.

143,884 20

$ c.
16,102 96

$ c.
12,930 70

1916

GAME AND FISHERIES.

103

FISHERIES.

the quantity and value of all fishing materials and other fixtures employed in the
in the Public Waters of Lake Superior

FishinK Material.

Other fixtures used in
fishinc.

Seines.

Pound Nets.

Hoop Nets.

Dip or
Roll Nets.

Night Lines

Spears.

Freezers and
Ice Houses.

Piers and
Wharves.

No.

Yards.

Value.

No.

Value No.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.
Hoops.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

N6

Value.

$

$

$

6

12

11
5

.900

2,650

2,030
800

1

::::::::::::

1

■..-

7

2

1

5,400

1.200
100

2

350

■■'■

i

1

2

250

o

700

2

1

700

1

300

100

i

3

3.000

2

1 000

V

1
1

100
300

1
2

200

■■"I

1,000

2 250

* *l

1

100

1

200

1

"'"

1

1

....1

38 « f<<^0

1

19

11,200

11

3,550

1

'

1

during the year 1914, in the Public Waters of Lake Superior.

V

C3

O

O

-o

n

a

9

.

a

gS

Value.

A

^

Si

a

•^ A

1^

s^

s-

^

t-t

d

sj

3S

.2«

ca

3J3

'/>

(xi

Oi

H

O

o

S

O

M

lbs.

400

lbs

lbs

lbs.

400
4,200

500

lbs.

lbs.

- lbs.

6,000
14,000

lbs.

No,

$ c.
27,591 00

100

■

56,215 00

7.998

43,925 26

i

3,460

24,213 30

1

13,491 80

1

420 00

i

6,775 10

{

2,947 60

150

6,151 50

:::::::::::*::::::::::::

7,137 75

630
770
740
213

'.'.'.'..'.'.'.'.'.'.

11,767 70
19.113 50

, *

■.","■". i

............

83,534 30

_^ ^^

22

12,.'>08 08

'

1,287 .SO

4

...... .1

6,000

621 60

A 1

642 20

::: ::"■■■■■■

650 00

1 !

:::::::;::

10 266 90

i

8.. "502

. ..

1150

7,4.53

8,460

26.022

278,258 89

$ c.

1,275 30

7 50

$ C.

447 18

$ c.

276 80

$ c.
520 44

$ c.

278,258 89

i

(

104

THE EEPORT UPON

No. 14

ONTARIO

Return of the number of fishermen, tonnage and value of tugs, vessels and boats,

'~ fishing industry during the year 1914, in the

District.

'

Fishing material.

%

a

0

sz;

Tugs.

Gasoline Launches.

Sail

or Row Boats.

Gill- Nets.

No.

Men.

No.

Value.

Men.

No.

Value.

Men.

Yards.

Value.

1

Lake Huron, North Channel.

*

1
1
1
1

$

225

300

600

450

1
2
2
3

2
9

10

1
4

2

5

4

7

3

7
6
1
1
1

5

$

45
650
670

75
300

75

280

120'

500

100

427

525

80

25

60

130

2
12
13

1
6

2

7

3

6

2
10
12
2
2
2

6

3.700
17,800
17.000
1,200
8,700

2.100

8.300

12,700

8,100

200

59,800

73,300

251,000

151,500

214.000

134,400

12,400

19,920

$

218

1,260

1,100

50

9

3

4

«i

441

6

Iron Bridge, Grant Islands,

1

1
2
2
1

450
500

3;>u

1.200
800

3
4
3
2
3

105

7

Hilton. Milford. Brimon Harbour,

490

8

Cutler Bay, Nesterville, Spracrge,
Little Detroit

1
3

10
74

1,000
14,000

?
15

1.008

465

10
4,002
3,030
12,950
10,870
14,700

6,013

575

9
10

John's Island, Buswell's Point,

Flat Point, St. Patricks Point..

Caterack Lake, Lake Chibleau.

11

Gore Bay, Lake Kagawong

Killarney

3

42

7,600

12

19

9
3
9

2,600

825

4,100

19
6
19

13
14
l^i

Squaw and Rabbit Islands

Fitzwilliam and Duck Islands ...
South Bay and Providence Bay...
Mississauga Straits, Meldrum Bay

4
3
5

3

2
1

83
60
85

90

40

28

11.000
12,000
15,000

13,000

6.000

3.000

20
16
25

15

8

4

16

2
3
3
3

660

950

2,200

1.300

6

7
8
6

17

Little Current.Manitowaning Bay.

Centre Island, Grandine Point..
Sheguindah Bay, Heywood Island

Strawberry Island. Rouse Islanc
Wekwemikong Bay, Burnt Island

18
19

5

270

9

1,075

Totals ' . . .

■

• • •

1 25

512

82.600

117

43

17,500

94

73

4,322

97

996,120

58,368

Return of the kinds, quantities and values of fish caught during

District.

-d

.£3

M

M

S

a

H

n

{Lake Huron, North Channel.

brls.

1 Bruce Mines...

2 Spanish Mills .
SJThessalon.
4
5
6

Algoma Mills. St. Joseph Island.!

Blind River, Lake Laboine i

Iron Bridge, Grant Islands,

Lacloche Lake

Hilton, Milford, Brimon Harbour,

Cedar Island

Cutler Bay, Nesterville, Spragge,

Little Detroit

John's Island, Buswell's Point

Flat Point, St. Patricks Point..
Oaterack Lake, Lake Chibleau,

Mississauga Island

Gore Bay. Lake Kagawong

Killarney

Squaw and Rabbit Islands

Fitzwilliam and Duck Islands. . . .
South Bay and Providence Bay.. .
Mississauga Straits, Meldrum Bay,

Oockburn Islands

Little Current,Manitowaning Bay,

Centre Island, Grandine Point
Sheguindah Bay, Heywood Island,

Strawberry Island, Rouse Island
Wekwemikong Bay, Burnt Island,

Lonely Island

lbs.

1,795

Totals.

$ c,

Values 1,450 00

145

150
6,277

8,803

brls.

lbs.

355
2,560
2.807
7.170

460

15,350

brls.

22

12,047

$ c,
602 35

1,534

18,885

8,290
100,327
146,712
165.195
50,000
35.461

65,005

39,130

14.249

43,206

716.696

$ c. $

40 00 71,669 60

lbs.

3.830
12.200
19,323

9,420
890

13.150
2,125
4,632

18,029

12,385

88,889

56,778

174,455

337.938

404,497

307,968

12,573

16,368

8,228

ibs.

490

9,117

26,675

3,078

1,435

200

7,930

6,766

11,590

5,444
14,151
10.049

lbs.

75

1,488

130

2,198

120

1,600

455

9,191

199,255

25,315 •
18,947
16,458
5,041

20

9,907

20,055

190

1.503.678

126,096

$0. $ c. $ c.

680 00 150,367 80 10,087 68

38,394

94,359

450

408.464

40,846 40

1916

GAME AND FISHERIES.

105

FISHERIES

the quantity and value of all fishing materials and other fixtures employed in the
Public Waters of Lake Huron, North Channel.

Fishing materia

Other fixtures used in
fishinsr.

Seines.

Pound nets.

Hoop nets.

Dip nets.

Nisht lines.

Spears.

Freezers and
Ice Houses.

Piers and
Wharves.

d

Yards.

Value.

1 Value.

6

Value.

d

Value.

No.
Hooks.

Value.

d
Hi

Value.

d

Value.

d

Value.

$

$

$

$

$ 1 $

$

'

i

• • • •

"

1

!

2

20)

1

i

,

3

550

1
2

2

2

1

6

1
3

100
325

500

300

100

2,100

500
1,600

1

o

1
1

6

1
3

300

4
4

2

24

8
10

3

8
8

16

13

10
8

1,000

1,000

400

ClOO

2,000
5.000
3,000
1,500
3.000
2,000

5,675

3,300

3,000

2,400

1

1 1

700

1

1 1

1300

1

i

\""\

100

' 1 1

5,500

2,000

'■■■ i

4,550

1

1

". ■!'... J

::::::::i::::i::::::::

••"l

■■■■|

1 3,900

180

1

i 1 600

1
1

•1

550

■■■■| ■

1 1

1,000

1

!

1 1

1

300

300

i

'''TTzyzjj::.::::.

I

1

1

i

1

400

1 1 500

1

1

1" ■ 'i

1

'l26

39.!' 25

....

1 3,900

___ 180 1 1

23

7.025

20

15.800

the year 1914, in the Public Waters of Lake Huron, North Channel.

a

M

s

4

J

3

a

.a

CO

1

1

Mixed a d Coarse
fish.

6

1
1

CQ

a
0

S

Value.

lbs.

lbs.

lbs.

lbs.

lbs.

lbs.

1 lbs.
i 4.780
20,260
! 1?,629
i 11,577
1 1,860

27,800

1 4,.70

1 2.5,972

lbs.

No.

$ c.

T34 20

:::i:: ■::;■•:

1,735

::::::::::i::::::::::::

i

4,113 66

3,300
1?0

!...!!!

i

5,406*45

121

190

2, ^31^34

;

.. . '

354^80

600

!

1,.)06 00

1,510

500

1,382

1

1,191 40

1 040

485

3,393 70

18.844
0 200

805

1 152,045

1 78,000

' 43,»06

2,063

4,669

187
100

36,30r 30

8,929 00

""375

5,302
610

212

'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.

23.506 34

21t

1,250

23.442 78

35.536 47

85,505

44,074 10

246

6,104

46

190
500

44,829 86

90

350

5,600
36,918
56,448

37,760 00

1.117

16

11,845 51

5,470

100

1

17,760 .30

110

1

5,220 10

30,428

14.909

91,821

2,055

1.416

1 491,697

303

311 643 31

1

1 c.

4.564 20

$ c.

745 45

1 c.

5.509 26

$ c.

164 40

% c.

28 32

! $ c.

94.584 85

.303 00

i

$ c.

311.643 31

106

THE REPORT UPON

No. 14

ONTARIO

Return of the number of fishermen, tonnage and value of tugs, vessels and boats, the

industry during the year 1914,

District.

Fishing

material.

u

Tugs.

Gasoline Launches.

Sail

or Row Boats

Gill-Nets.

No.

Ton-
nage.

Value.

Men.

No.

Value.

Men.'

No.

Value.

.Men.

Yards.

Value.

1

Georgian Bay.

1
5

84

50

$

4.000
14,000

5
26

4

5

$

3,200
1,750

2

3
9

17
6

10

20

23

$

215
1,155
1,480

185

840

1,315
2,430

4
12

61,750
336,000

%
3.100

<>

15,770

3

22

41,500

3,850

4

Penetanguishene

1
2

6
3

6
50

118
63

300
6.000

18,500
9,200

3

10

23
15

1

7

13

6

150
2,300

3,695

2,025

2
14

16
13

12

17

24
33

38,100
143,300

300,340
173,000

1,875

7,555

6

7

Meaford (including Owen Sound

Bay)

Colpoy's Bay to Tobeimory

Totals

17,149
JL0,820

18

305

.52,000

82

36

13,120

54

87

7,620

124

1,093,990

60,119

Return of the kinds, quantities and values of fish caught

District.

•a
"5

u

a

w

w

(1>

is

■6

0

o

EH

J3
1

"5

o

(-•
en

o
Q

o

1

Georgian Bay.

brls.
160

lbs.

brls.

350
2

lbs.

75,486

300,191

3,005

9,250

11,950

6.050
9,871

brls

lbs.

.38,706

212,434

9,359

12,600

.57,851

285,026
219,800

lbs.

19,095
2,956
51,993

lbs.
38,285

2

22

13

27

300

39
157

8,983

3

20,900

4

39
4

24
3

200

5

21,979

9,580
3,695

6

Meaford (including Owen Sound
Bay)

r/

Oolpoy's Bay to Tobermory

Totals

36

12

160

239

.35,254

.391

415,803

558

835,776

74,044

67,828

Values

$ c.

2,390 00

$ c,

1,762 70

$ 0.

3,910 00

$ c.
41,580 30

$ c.

5,5a0 00

$ 0.

83,577 60

$ c.
5,923 .52

f c.

6,782 80

1916

GAME AND FISHERIES.

107

FISHERIES.

quantity and value of all fishing materials and other fixtures employed in the fishing
in the Public Waters of the Georgian Bay.

Fishing material.

Other fixtures used in
fishing.

Seines.

Pound Nets.

Hoop nets.

Dip or
Roll Nets

Night Lines.

Spears

Freezers and
Ice Houses.

Piers and
Wharves.

o

Yards.

Value.

d

Value.

d
1^

Value.

6

Value.

No.
Hooks.

Value.

1

Value.

6

!z;

Value.

d

Value.

$ ,

7

1

3,250

$

$

$

$

$

,

6

1,150

5

600
295
620

12

aso

::::)::.;::::

:;:.

" ■ ■■ ■■■'(

.'"l

4

■17K 1 A

)

|....|. .::::::

(....

11,700
5,200

1,860
350

7

765

3

360

2

650

. • ■ •

• • • •

9

3,900 12

850

16,900

1,710

1

20

2,465

15

1,805

. ' 1 /

1

during the year 1914, in the Public Waters of the Georgian Bay.

a

3

43

u

1
"3

J3

Carp.

Mixed and coarse
fish.

u

.2

'>

O

■a

73

a

n

a
o

w

Value.

lbs.
1,423

lbs.

lbs.

lbs.

lbs.

lbs.

lbs.
12,263

lbs.
150

No.

$ c.
2?, 851 90

52,567 28
10 100 81

5,052

2,919
5

1,900

33,597

101

300

3,105 40

5,400

1,754

600

4,700

775

13,068 75
29,976 60

.. .. ..

19,500

1,000

26,976 85

6.823

6,806

19,500

2,924

2,500

51, ."ie)

1,026

300

158,108 .59

$ C.

1,023 45

$ c.
340 30

$ c.

1,170 00

$ c.

2.83 92

$ c.
50 00

$ c.

2,578 00

$ c.

1,026 00

$ c.

180 00

$ c.

158,108 59

108

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No. 14

ONTARIO

Return of the number of fishermen, tonnage and value of tugs, vessels and boats ,

fishing industry during the year 1914 ,

District.

Fishing material.

s

Tugs.

Gasoline Launches.

Sail or Row Boats.

Gill-Nets.

e

a
55

No. Ton-
[nage.

Value.

Men.

No.

Value.

Men.

No.

Value.

Men.

Yards. Value.

Lak« Huron (Proper).

Tobermory to Southampton

(including Saugeen River)

Southampton to Pine Point

8

1

16-2

20

$

26,100
3,000

42

5

3

1
5

8

$

1,300

500

2,450

3,400

7
3
14

11

34

10

8

41

$

2.608

450

1,270

2,775

52
13
14

60

431,260
78,890
58,320

24.441
3,513
3,177

County of Lambton (including

3

12

830

10

' Totals

13

194

29,950

57

17

7,. 550

35

93

7,103

139

568,470

31,131

Returns of the kinds, quantities and values of fish caught

1
e

a
2

District.

t

i

"3

a

.d

V

61

a

u

w

i

"a

«a
•&
!d

(V

2

a

"3

o

1..
Eh

a

0

o
Eh

.u

c

o
o

o

Laha Huron (Proper).

brls.

lbs.

brls.

lbs.

brls.

lbs.

lbs.

lbs.

1

9

Tobermory to Southampton
(including Saugeen River)

445

17 925

i!ooo

12,039
133,108

39

161717

685

5,780

38.626

289i

20|
9

462,396

115,017

76,826

15,86".

57

50

^

9,726

4

County of Lambton (including
River St* Clair)

23

1,005

181,414

Totals

468

163,372

39

61,808

319

669,604

1,062

191,190

$ c.
4.680 00

$ c.
8.168 60

$ c.
390 00

S c.
6,180 80

$ c.

3,190 00

$ c.
66,960 40

$ c.
84 96

$ c.
19,119 00

1916

GAME AND FISHERIES.

109

FISHERIES.

the quantity and value of alljflshing materials and other fixtures employed in the
in the Public Waters of Lake Huron (Proper).

FishinB material.

Other fixtures used in
fishing.

Seines.

Pound nets.

Hoop nets.

Dip or
Roll Nets.

Night Lines.

Spears.

Freezers and
Ice Houses.

Piers and
Wharves.

No. Yards.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.
Hooks.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

$

2

$
400

1 $

1

1 «
1
5 9

$

$

^

4,300 : 2

$
250

8

2.000

[ 'j

3

800 1 2

650 i....

30

7 m

410

58 17,550

!

24

41

...

.... . .

7 324

410

68

19,9.50

29

50

It

5,750 ■ 4

280

I""

during the year 1914, in the Public Waters of Lake Huron (Proper).

Sturgeon.

1

1

.a

<a

6

Carp.

_

Mixed and coarse
fish.

O

00

«
1

i

3

Value.

Jbs._
37

lbs.

lbs.

35,198

1,800

67,6.55

10,570

lbs.
367,198

lbs

lbs.

lbs.
3.627

lbs.

No.

$ c.
80,495 79

11,915 20

1,750

450

- «i 50
■"W 9,956

14,260
85,153

124
1,31H

14,435 40

1<,6"2

50

161

25

SR "SS ftft

14.459

50

115,223

367.648

161

10,006

103,040

1,435|

25

145.581 39

•$ C.
: 2,168 85

$ c.

3 00

$ C.

5,761 15

$ c.

22,058 88

$ c.

12 88

$Bc.
200 12

$ C.

5,152 00

$ c.

1,435 75

$ c.

15 00

$ c.

145,581 89

110

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ONTARIO

Return of the number of fishermen, tonnage and value of tugs, vessels and boats,

fishing industry during the year 1914,

District.

Fishing material.

1

B

Tugs.

Gasoline Launches.

JSail or Row Boats.

Gill-Nets.

No.

Ton-
nage.

Value.

Men.

No.

Value.

Men.

No.

Value.

Men.

Yards.

Value.

1

Lakt St. Clair.

Kent County (including River
Thames)

f

27
22
3

$

6,850

5,750

660

62
40
12

47
38
34

$

1,385

1,480

390

63
56
85

$

9

^

Totals

52

13,250

114

119

3,755

204

Return of the kinds, quantities and values of fish caught

District.

i

JS

en

tu

a

c

W

w

Lake St. Clair.

Kent County (including River

Thames)

Essex County

Detroi t River

Totals.

Values ,

brls.

lbs.

brls.

lbs.

brls.

lbs.

16,300
30,300

46,600

$ c.
4,660 00

lbs.

47,105
5,935
9,800

62,840

$ c.
5,027 20

lbs.

15,948
16,000
14.265

46,213

$ c.

4,621 30

1916

GAME AND FISHEEIES.

Ill

FISHERIES.

the quantity and value of all fishing materials and other fixtures employed in the
in the Public Waters of Lake St. Clair.

Pishing material.

Other fixtures used in?
fishing, wtei -4

Seines.

Pound nets.

Hoop nets.

Dip or
Roll Nets.

Night Lines.

Spears.

Freezers and
Ice Houses.

Piers and
Wharves.

No.

Yards.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.
Hooks.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value. No. Value,

13

3,099
1,775
4,115

$

1,258

825

1,676

$

104

$

6,615-
?,835
15

37

$
125.30

2,100

1,600

600

$

28.62
80
11

$

19
16
2

$

4,500
6,700
1,500

7

$
2,250

12

12

2,825

58
1

S-?

....

57

8,989

3,759 1 12

2,8-25

163

9,465

S7

155.

4,300 1 131.50

37

12,700

7

2,250

during the year 1914, in the Public Waters of Lake St. Clair.

Q

s

1
fn

O

6,

a
O

as

'>

a
O

1

a
o
v
M

5

>

lbs.

11,540

lbs.
8,450

lbs.

245,690

31,250

6.700

lbs.

lbs.

47,72:j
30,450

lbs.

699,475
179 ROO

lbs.

895,580
185,600
34,200

lbs.

700

995

24

No.

$ c.
83,1<1 80

29,000

25,784 30

425

200 \ 155.400

10,497 25

40,965

8,450

283,610

78,3r0

1,027,675

1,115,380

1,719

119,453 35,

$ c,
6,144 75

$ c.

607 00

f c.
14,182 00

$ c.
6,269 60

$ C.

20.5.53 50

$ c.

55,769 00

$ c.
1,719 00

$ 1.

119,453 35

112

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ONTARIO

Return of the number of fishermen, tonnage and value of tugs, vessels and boats,

fishing industry during the year 1914,

District.

Fishing material.

1

3

Ha

Tugs

Gasoline Launches.

Sail

or Row Boats.

Oill-Kets.

No.

Ton-
nage.

Value.

Men.

No.

Value Men.

No.

1 Value.

{Men.

1

Yards. Value.

Lake Erie.

4

115

21,500

26

$

12
53
41

*

2,813
23,775
17,725

27
109
57

$

.';o;877

7,600
25000

6,445

2,800

3
4

Kent West . .

2

49

11,500

15

5,800

26
21
9

8

14

12,700

94

Elgin West

19
9

9

23
619
238

129

15,050
134,500
44.500

35,500

16
113
66

47

9,050 ; 67
8,600 1 29

3

1

87

34
18
9

200

25

4,564

612
588
345

2

1

183

26
19
10

78,900
281,600
99,200

112,395
12,500

ii,8o6

6

7

Elgin East

99,060

Norfolk County

3,080
7,450

2-2
39

19,799

8

9
10

Haldimand County (to and in-
cluding the Grand River)

Port Maitland to Port Col borne,. .

14,421.50

3

500

4

13,600 529.50

Totals

^

50

1,173

262,550

283

80

41,380 ! 955

•258

50.649

434

681.672 161.320

1 ■'

Return of the kinds, quantities and values of fish caught

District.

Lake Erie,

Pelee Island

Essex County

Kent West

Kent East

Elgin West

Elgin East

Norfolk County I ] 789,914

Haldimand County (to and in-
cluding the Grand River)

Port Maitland to Port Colborne.. .
Port Calborne to Niagara Palls.. .

brls.

lbs.

181.777
194,349
630,528
448,322
686,685
2.019,311

Totals.

Values ,

1,012,373

1,000

I7,253i

5.981, 542i

299,077 13

.

ii

TS

s

A

a]

2i

<a

tn

a-

1

"3

^

^

brls.

lbs.

68,405
478,137
156,249

64,116
134,611
493,218
312,378

285,014

490

1,992,618

$ c.

$ c.

199,261 80

brls.

lbs.

1,652

2.494

$ c.

180 00

$ c.

249 40

lbs.

13,914
397, .396
895,186
646,607
678.021

89,001
148,958

35,037
12,924
■ 7.753

2,926.797

334,143 76

lbs.

9,590

91,248

47,853

33,593

196,298

912.493

275,396

504,041
9,067
4,150

2.085,829

$ c.
208,582 90

1916

GAME AND FISHERIES.

113

FISHERIES.

the quantity and value of all flshiag materials and other fixtures employed in the
in the Public Waters of Lake Erie.

Fishiugr ms

terial.

Other fi.xtures used in
fishing.

Seines.

Pound Nets.

Hoop Nets.

Dip or
Roll Nets.

Night Lines.

Spears.

Freezers and
Ice Houses.

Piers and
Wharves.

No.

Yards.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.
Hooks.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

oOO

775

100

2.100

$

150

265

50

965

11
178
95
74
73
6
18

44

$
3.000
90,000
.50,-300
38,700
42,200
3.600
7,000

26,. 350

1
.,,.i

5

$

$

3
18
19
20
14

5
18

18

$

6,700
6,675
20,400
12,000
9,450
1.650
17,270

10.040

1
2

8
9
2

3,000

4

.>

«

600

1

1

3,350

7

j

t ,200

...J

2,500

4

21

5.50
2.490

14 .50
36 25

7 75
99
10

400

41

16,240
295

5,730
158

9 1 3.880

4

1

48
14

93. .50
30.50

430

7,440

500

6

1,650

i

!

• • •

• • i

t)2

20,1111

7.;ii8

499

261,150

6S

1.53

11,410

167 50

115

84,185

44

15.580

during the year 1914, in the Public Waters of Lake Erie.

P4

TuUibee.

Catfish.

Carp.

2
«

o
o

cs

.2tS

§1

Value.

lbs.
:!.tU4

lb.s.

lbs.

125.227
159,142

302,937
243,488
1.55,709
1.50,211

(

lb5.

lbs.

6.930
ll.-:i68

lbs.

146,715

335,038
p,062

313,280
2,200
1,640

542,338

48,. 349
237
259

lbs

33,980
287,957
123,940
61,727
91,9.37
36,667
116,880

.59,343
9.198
9.985.

lbs.

372
914i

190

No.

J c.
30,529 12

11.C65

2,699

131,333 47

3,71i>

145,629 22

i.!>r!

(

4,590
4,700
8,990
1 1 , 103

1.2.52

245

11

3

106,381 46

1,240

134,846 48

1.5(50

' 226,765
24,833

i

272,592 .53

4 , 73S

12

185,637

140,825 19

17,072

61
1

79,. 501

980

5,152

.376
682

991
25

143,616 71

11.197

4,900 47

113

2,727 02

56.266

74

1,407,984

2.54.297

49.092

1,. 395, 118

86U614

2,683i

319

1,113,381 67

$ c.

8.139 90

1 $ c.
4 41 170, 391) 20

! $ c.
15.257 82

$ C.
3,927 3rt

$ c.

27,903 36

$ c.
43,080 70

% c.

2,683 .50

$ 0.
191 40

$ c.

1,113,381 67

t^ G.

114

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No. 14

ONTARIO

Return of the number of fishermen, tonnage and value of tugs, vessels and boats,

fishing Industry during the year 1914,

District.

Fishing material.

s

Tugs

Gasoline Launches.

Sail

or Row Boats.

Gill- Nets,

No.

Ton-
nage.

Value. Men.

:

No.

Value.

Men.

No.

Value.

Men.

Yards.

Value.

1

Lake Ontario.

$

14
8

18
5
9
2
1

$

5,350
5,000
4,560
1,300
2,715
550
250

28

16

34

5

18
4
2

1

18
4

• $

75

670
48

2

31

4

59,200
36,100
92,400
15,000
34,590
9,150
3,000

$ c.
3,100 00

9

2,504 00

R

4,383 00

4

4,800 00

<;

7
3

470
80

14

4

2,632 00

6

460 00

7

400 00

R

q

8
29

3
10

3

2,210
7,125
450
2,150
1,000

17

57
7

21
7

37
85
186
89
30

1,500
2,700
9,007
2,735
1,600

65
136
293
106

56

59,880
242,630
61,400
69,700
36,200

2,750 00

in

10,525 50

11

5,231 25

19

Bay of Quinte (Eastern Channel).

2 587 00

IS

1,370 00

Totals

110

80,660

216

460

18,885

711

719,250

40.742 75

1 machine used in Niagara River.

Return of the kinds, quantities and values of fish caught

1

District.

i
1

bii

a

K

■s

a

1

.a
2

i

s

"S

o

J3
1-

"S

O

H

o

a

o

1

o

1

Lake Ontario.

brls.

lbs.

380,831
108,500
117.650
39,500
26,635
1,150
5,000

brls.

lbs.

17,299
32,500
9,500
12,250
22,497
4,000
4,900

brls.

lbs.

35,700
4,750
17,800
13,300
9,607
600
1,000

lbs.

300
28,800

lbs.

35,800

2
3
4

5
6
7
8
9
10
11

600

10

.'//,

60

280

332
53,081
31,993
106,826
i,896
24,455

279

12

228i
62

r

54.500

97,061

149,129

10,550

900

18,493

224,239

110,170

48,228

11,461

150

2
11

42,143

352,291

500

85,253

37,420

150

1,261

1

2

831

22,904

12
13

Bay of Quinte (Eastern Channel).
Wolfe Island and Vicinity

Totals

2,537
1,300

313i

991,406

l,413i

515,537

163

600,364

248,023

64,251

$ c.
3,135 00

$ c.
49,570 30

$ c.
14,135 00

$ c.
51,553 70

$ c.
1,630 00

$ c.
60,036 40

$ c.
19,841 84

$ c.
6,425 10

1916

GAME AND FISHEEIES.

115

FISHERIES.

the quantity and value of all fishing materials and other fixtures employed in the
in the Public Waters of Lake Ontario.

Fishing material.

Other fixtures used in
fishing.

Seines.

Pound nets.

Hoop nets.

Dip or Roll
nets.

Night Lines.

Spears.

Freezers and
Ice Houses.

Piers and
Wharves.

1 Yards.

Value.

1 Value.

jI Value.

6

Value.

No.
Hooks.

Value.

0

Value.

1

Value.

1

Value.

$

$

$

•40

f
69

f

f

$

1

8

670

235

1

5

1,100

11 00

144

2T6

tl47
16
3

2,090
1,335

S30

'.'.■.'.,::::::::

1

3

315

1

"1

150

200

11

26 30

'■18

1,105

2
11

2

6

75
650
170
330
725

" ' ■

54

315

18

86

1,010

8,500

300

1,650

6.915
6,900
17,400

240 60

95 35

554 00

1

3

25

35

4

33 25

6

515

8

670

235

532

12,570

•55

128 B5

32,315

900 95

144

216

tl93

6.055

13

890

tl44 of these are spearing houses valued at $1,440

during the year 1914, in the Public Waters of Lake Ontario.

i

s

1

1

Catfish.

6,

1

u

1

1

1

a
1

0

a

ca

-2
J*

o

Q

V)

i

lbs.

lbs.

lbs.

2.38(

85(,'

lbs.

lbs.

1.785

1«8.

""44*.966

lbs.

14,855
4,350

lbs.

No.

lb«.

% c.

28 950 00

4,040

....

... '

12,914 40
19,942 50
4 630 00

113,300

3,203

201

3,000

.595

74,226

56,595

141,678

9,657

40.425

4 707 10

31

551 50

990 00

4
7,430
73.517
83,208
111.226
20,488

70
16,340
10,485
56,072
3,900
15,300

298

24,986

15,185

183,2.55

8,068

35,036

517

6,200

1,400

2!!, 295

116
6.0.50

122 13

20 252 06

100

200
1,780

:::::;:::;::::::::::

77,968 41

6,892

74,872 21

50

22,312 65

14,098 91

15(

299,913

105.428

1.980

268,613

81,478

348.785

. 120.192

282,311 87

$ c.

22 50

$ c.

17,994 78

1 c.l $ c.

5,271 40 118 80

$ c.

21,489 04

$ c.

1,629 56

$ c.

17,439 25

$ c.

$ c.

12.019 20

S c,

282,311 87

116

THE EEPOET UPON

Xo. 14

ONTARIO

Return of the number of fishermen, tonnage and value of tugs, vessels and boats,

fishing industry during the year 1914,

District,

Fishing Material.

c

s

Tugs.

Gasoline Launches.

Sail

or Row

Boals.

Gill Xeis.

No.

Ton-
nage.

Value. Men.

No.

Value.

Men.

No.

Value.

Men.

166

320

109
13

3

Yards. Value.

1

Inland Waters.

$

1

5

4
4

$

100

950

1,000

1,400

2

9

4
o

118
188

3

$
2,006
3,653

1,136

200

345

1
:

4,461 1 669 10

2

Lanark, Leeds, Lennox and

5,516 562 50

H

Renfrew, Carleton, Grenville,

.2,030 104 0(t

■i

5

NipissinK and Timiskaminsr Dist-

1 , 125 i 45 0"

Totals

14

3.450

17

435

7,345

1
Oil !l3 139

1,380 fiO

!

Return of the kinds, quantities and values of fish caught

District.

o

j:

X

^

<a

ta

ji

j^

^

^

Inland Waters.

Frontenac County

Lanark, Leeds, Lennox and
Addington Counties

Renfrew, Carleton, Grenville,
Russell and Prescott Counties. .

Lake Simcoe

Nipissing and Timiskaming Dist-
ricts :

Totals.

Values

brls.

$ c,

90 00

lbs.
14,787

$ c.

740 60

brls.

lbs.

brls.

$ c.
15 00

12,010

100
6,797

2,150

21,057

$ c.
2,105 70

lbs.

1,82(1

4,765

lbs.
13,820
8,196

2,010

1.100

25,126

$ c. $ c.

476 50 i 2,010 08

lbs.

215

70
1,215

$ c.

121 50

1916

GAME AND FISHEEIES.

117

FISHERIES.

the quantity and value of all fishing materials and other fixtures employed in the
in the Public Inland Waters.

Fishintr Material.

Other fixtures used in
fishing.

Seines.

Pound nets.

Hoop nets.

Dip Nets.

Night Lines.

Spears.

Freezers and Piers and
Ice Houses. Wharves.

No.

Yards.

Value.

!
No.j Value.

I

No. Value.

No.

Value.

No.
Hooks.

Value.

No.

Value.

No. Value.

No.

Value.

9

139

320

$

117
305

$

25
122
13

$

792

2.134

229

$

600

6.200

9,700
4.200

$

4 50

62 00

204 00
70 50

$

$

%

11

26
57

6.1 75
156 50

1
2

1

225

10
660

60

\

400

150

46

92 20

2

lyo

3

90

21

"859

572

163

3.245

R3

222 25

20.700

341

46

92 20

7

945 1 9

10«

during the year 1914, in the Public Inland Waters.

a
o
<o

Ef

d

"3

J3

1

a
"3

Eh

d

Mixed and coarse

fish.

Caviare.

£

1
CO

c
o

c
55

>

lbs.

lbs.
8.040
30.198
785

lbs

764
6,281
1,300

lbs.

lbs.
31,485
66.593
17,195

lbs.

lbs.

876 05

126,788

23,950
61,490

1,925

1
lbs. 1 No.

j

* e.

9 378 30

15,664 45

765

955
145,797

100

3,142 85

10.617
25

, 7 494 54

300

2,300

791 50

1

765

39.023 18.987

300

117,573 146,752

301,758

100

36,471 t4

$ c.

114 75

$ C.

2.341 38

$ C.

949 35

$ c.

18 00

1

$0. $ c.
9,405 84 1 2.935 04

$ c.

15,087 90

*60 00*

1 c.

36,471 M

1

118

THE EEPOET UPON

No. 14

ONTARIO

Recapitulation of the number of fishermen, tonnage and value of tugs, vessels and boats,

industry during

District.

FiahinK material.

1^

Tugs.

Qasoline Launches.

Sail or Row Boats.

Gill-Nets.

0

No.

Ton-
nasre.

Value.

Men.

No.

Value.

Men.

No.

Value.

Men.

Yards.

Valuft,

1

9.

Kenora and Rainy River ....
Lake Superior

9
19
25
18
13

59

302
512
305
194

$

14,950
67,200
82,600
52,000
29,950

19

88
117
82
57

49

6

43

36
17
52
80
110
14

$

15,780
2,850
17,500
13,120
7,550
13.250
41,380
30,660
3,450

' 105
14
94
54
35
114
255
216
17

36

78

73

87

93

119

258

460

435

$

2,830
8.695
4.322
7,620
7,103
3,755
50,649
18,885
7,340

64
142

97
124
139
204
434
711
611

1

I ^

127,6001 16,206 00
869,570 44,832 00
996,120 58,362 00
1.093,9901 60,119 00
568,4701 31,131 00

3
4

Lalce Huron (North Channel)

5
6

Lake Huron (Proper)

Lake St. Clair.etc

7

50

1,173

262,550

283

...

681,672

719,250

13,132

161,320 00

40,742 75

1 380 60

8

fl

Inland Waters

Totals

133

2,545

509,250

646

407

145,540

904

1639

111,199

2,526

5,069,804

*1 machine used in the Niagara River.

Recapitulation of the kinds, quantities and values

District.

Kenora and Rainy River

Lake Superior

Lake Huron (North Channel).

Georgian Bay

Lake Huron (Proper)

Lake St. Clair, etc

Lake Erie

Lake Ontario

Inland Waters

Totals.

Values ,

brls.

1,915
145
239
468

313ii
9

3,089i

$ c.

30,895 00

lbs.

781.935
12,047
85,254

163,372

5,981,542j

991,406

14,812

7.980.368i

399,018 43

brls.

150

813

4

391

39

1.413i
11

2.312

$ c.

23,120 00

lbs.

995,041
337.564

716,696

415,803

61,808

46,600

1,992,618

515,537

21,057

brls.

690

553
319

lbs.

161,713

1,438,842

1,503,678

835,776

669,604

18
163

2,494

600,364

4,765

5,102,724

5.217,236

$ c.

510.272 40

I

18,120 00

521,723 60

lbs.

760. b54

201,287

126,096

74,044

1,062

62,840

2,926,797

248,023

25,126

4,425.829

354,066 32

lbs.

922,968
129,307

408,464
67,828
191,190
46,213
5,829
64,251
1,215

2,081

3,917,265

391,726 60

1916

GAME AND FISHEEIES.

119

FISHERIES.

the quantity and value of all fishing material and other fixtures employed in the fishing
the year 1914.

Fishing material

.—Continued.

Other fixtures used in
fishing.

Seines.

Pound nets.

Hoop nets.

Dip or Roll

nets.

Night Lines.

Spears.

Freezers and
Ice Houses.

Piers and
Wharves.

No.

Yards.

Value.

No.

Value.

No. Value.

No.

Value.

No.
Hooks.

Value.

No,

Value.

No

Value.

No.

Value.

1

36

$

11,525
6.880

39,925
3,900

19,950

2,825

261,150

14

2,075

1

$

$

16

19

23

20

15

37

115

tl93

7

$

8,750

11,200

7.025

2,465

5,750

12,700

84,185

6,055

945

11
11

20

5
2,325

3,550

126

9

68

12

499

3,900
16,9C0

180 00
1,710 00

15.800

12

350

15 1,805

7

324

8,989

20,110

670

859

410

3,759

7,318

235

572

29
37
68
•55
83

50 00
155 00
153 00
128 55
232 25

41 280

57

163

9,465

4,300
11,410
32,315

20,700

131 50
167 50
900 95
341 00

71 2,250

62

44; 15,580

g

532
163

12,570
3,245

144
46

216 00
92 20

13! 890

21

g. 100

155

30,952

12,291

788

346,1551 884

27,705

272

708 80

89,525

3,430 95

190

308 20

445

139,075

127 1 42,580

tl44 of these are spearing houses valued at $1,440.

of fish caught during the year 1914.

a
o

0

00

1

1

O

0.

1

Mixed and coarse
fish.

1

1

PQ
§

s

i

o

e

CO

£

4)

«

Value.

lbs.

95,804

lbs.

lbs.

500

150

14.909

6,806

115.223

283,640

1,407.984

105.428

18,987

lbs.

127,1.33

7,453

91,821

19.500

367,648

*254',297

1.980

300

lbs.

66,420

3,460

' 2,0.55

2,924

161

78,370

49,092

268.613

117,573

lbs.
124.730

lbs.

163,860

26,022

491,697

51,560

103,840

1,1 15, .380

861,614

.348,785

301.758

lbs.

1,685

No.
93i

lbs.

$ c.
310,082 40

8.502

278,258 89

30,428

1,416

2,500

10,006

1.027.675

1,395,118

81.478

146,752

303
1.026
1,435|
1,719
2,683j

311,643 31

6,823

.300
25

158,108 59

14,459

50

8,450

74

299,918

39.023

145,581 .39

40,965

119.453 35

56.266
765

319

ioo'

"120! 192

1,113,381 67
282,311 87
36.471 64

254.162

347,510

1,953,627

870,1.32

588,668

2,789,675

3.464.516

8,8.52}

8374

120,192

2,755,293 11

$ c.

38,124 30

$ c.
20,850 60

$ c.

97,681 35

$ c.

52,207 92

$ c.

47,093 44

$ c.

.55,793 50

« c.
173.225 80

$ c.
8,852 25

$ c.

502 50

$ c.

12,019 20

$ c.

2,755,298 11

130

THE REPORT UPON

No. 14

Comparative Statement of yield for 191B-14, according to Districts.

1913.

1914.

Increase.

Decrease.

Kenora and Rainy River District:

Herring bbls

Herring lbs

Whiteflsh bbls

Whiteflsh lbs

Trout bbls

Trout lbs

Pike " ....

Pickerel (Dore) " . . . .

• Sturgeon " . . . .

Eels " . . . .

Perch " . . . .

Tullibee " ....

Catfish " . . . .

Carp '' ....

Mixed and Coarse fish , " . . . .

Caviare ' '

Sturgeon Bladders No

Lake Superior :

Herring bbls

Herring lbs

Whiteflsh bbls

Whiteflsh lbs

Trout bbls

Trout lbs

Pike " ....

Pickerel (Dore) " . . . .

Sturgeon " . . . .

Eels ' • . . . .

Perch " . . . .

Tullibee ....". " ....

Catflsh " ....

Carp " ....

Mixed and Coarse flsh " . . . .

Caviare " . . . .

Sturgeon Bladders No

Lake Huron, North Channel:

Herring bbls

Herring lbs

Whiteflsh bbls

Whiteflsh lbs

Trout bbls

Trout lbs

Pike " ....

• Pickerel (Dore) "

Sturgeon "

Eels " . . . .

Perch '* ....

Tullibee " ....

Catflsh " ....

Carp "

Mixed and Coarse flsh " . . . .

Caviare ' * . . . .

Sturgeon Bladders No

Georgian Bay:

Herring bbls

Herring lbs ... .

Whiteflsh bbls . . . .

Whiteflsh lbs. . . .

Trout bbls....

Trout lbs....

1,199,20(5

150
995.041

150

90,058
692.854
879,955

89.730

177.379
17,006

247,002

2,350

128

12

299,000

102

373,468

2,262

1,401,677

38,201

104,068

2,760

161,713

760,554

922,968

95.804

500

127.133

66.420

124.730

163.860

1,685

93J

10

781,935

313

337,564

690

1.438,842

201,287

129,307

8,502

71,655

67,700

43,013

6,074

500

49.414
124,730

482,935
211

873

"ii6*,53i"

155

19,263

251

599,140

87

1.719.897

87,262

436,949

29.981

150
7.453
3.460

26.022

145

12,047

4

716.696

68

1.503,678

126,096

408,464

30,428

37,165

163,086

25,239

5,742

150
6.580
3,460

117,556

38.834
""447*

7,804

21.135

2.506

443.491
252J

14.909

91.821

2.055

1.416

491,697

303

7,105
70.686

177.J

55,150

408

374,743

1,389 J

930,880

239
35,254

391
415.803

558
835.776

1.416
48.206
50i

204,165

50,246

83,142
665
34J

35,904
1,572

84,509

10

7,576

247

19
216.219

28.465'

451

19,896
17

831i
95,104

1916

GAME AND FISHERIES.

121

Comparative Statement of yield for 1913-14, according to Districts — Continued,

1913.

1914.

Increase.

Decrease.

Georgian Bay — Continued :

Pike lbs.

Pickerel (Dore) " .

Sturgeon " .

Eels " .

Perch " .

TuQibee " ■

Catfish •" .

Carp " ,

Mixed and Coarse Fish " .

Caviare " .

Sturgeon Bladders No. .

Lake Huron (proper) :

Herring bbls

Herring lbs

Whitefish bbls

Whitefish lbs

Trout bbls

Trout lbs.

Pike "

Pickerel (Dora) "

Sturgeon "

Eels "

Perch "

Tullibee "

Catfish "

Carp ► "

Mixed and coarse fish "

Caviare "

Sturgeon Bladders No.

Lake St. Clair and Detroit River :

Herring bbls. .

Herring lbs. .

Whitefish bbls .

Whitefish lbs..

Trout bbls .

Trout lbs.

Pike " .

Pickerel (Dore) " .

Sturgeon " .

Eels " .

Perch " .

TuUibee " .

Catfish " .

Carp : " .

Mixed and coarse fish " .

Caviare " .

Sturgeon Bladders No .

Lake Erie :

Herring bbls .

Herring lbs .

Whitefish bbls.

Whitefish lbs.

Trout bbls.

Trout lbs.

Pike '• .

Pickerel (Dore) " .

Sturgeon " .

Eels " .

36,983

45,621

6,889

3,860

63,703

5,990

46,227
835

288

142,404

14

36,217

351

673,258

1,593

121,615

14,182

3

49,358

243,800

184

1,600

59,858

967

7

100
'70 ',350'

38,835
67,022
60,128

75,493

20.050

70.428

132,665

508,109

326

74,044

67,828
6,823

37,061
22,207

6,806
19,500

2,924

2,500
51,560

1,026

2,946

2,500

5,333

191

468

163,372

39

61,808

319

669,604

1,062

191,190

14,459

50

115,223

367,648

161

10,006

103,040

1451

25

180

20,968

25

25,591

69,575

277

47

65,865

123,848

8,406

43 ,182

468^

18

46,600

62,840

46,213

40,965

8,450

283,640

24,005

8,450
208,148

78,370

1,027.675

1,115,380

1,719

7,942
895,010
607,271

1,393

11,608,428 ; 5,981,542J .

204

1,938,992 : 1.992,618

18

1,769

2,287.602

963,670

47,976

53,626

18

2,494

725

2,926,797

639,195

2,085,829

1,122,159

56,266

8,290

74

74

66

44,203
3,066

32

3,654

531

23

100
'23,756"

20,809
19,163

20,050

5,626,885?
204

122

THE REPORT UPON

No. 14

Comparative Statement of yield for 1913-14, according to Districts — Continued.

1913.

1914.

Increase .

Decrease.

Lake Erie. — Continued:

Perch lbs

Tullibee "

Catfish "

Carp "

Mixed and coarse fish "

Caviare ■. "

Sturgeon Bladders No.

Lake Ontario ;

Herring bbls .

Herring lbs .

Whitefish bbls.

Whitefish lbs.

Trout bbls.

Trout.. ...lbs.

Pike " .

Pickerel (Dore) " .

Sturgeon " .

Eels " .

Perch " .

Tullibee " .

Catfish " .

Carp , " .

Mixed and Coarse fish " .

Caviare " .

Sturgeon Bladders No .

Herring, Smoked lbs .

Inland Waters :

Herring bbls.

Herring lbs .

Whitefish bbls.

Whitefish lbs .

Trout bbls.

TrDut lbs.

Pike " .

Pickerel (Dore) " .

Sturgeon " .

Eels " .

Perch " .

Tullibee " .

Catfish_^. *• .

Carp ."^ " .

Mixed and Coarse fish " .

Caviare " .

Sturgeon Bladders ; . No. .

954,829

42,710

26,546

373,948

817,380

2,680

188

1821
685,8111
223i
473,167
128
547,803
221,331
26.748
89
391,275
124,909
3,000
279,370
47,600
355,9311
1,000

8&,900

9,440

48^

10.841

5

10.736

50.070

10.805

1.745

45.742

26.487

1.167

124.412

116.312

240.598

130

1,407,984

254,297

49,092

1,395,118

861,614

2, 683 J

319

313J

991,406

1,413 J

515,537

163

600,364

248,023

64,251

150

299,913

105,428

1,980

268,613

81,478

348,785

120,192

9
14,812

n

21,057

4,765

25,126

1,215

765

39,023

18,987

300

117,573

146,752

301.758

100

453,155

211,587

22,546

1,021,170

44,234

3

131

131

305,594i

1,190

42,370

35

52.561

26,692

37,503

61

108,638

33,8t8

31,292

9
5,372

10,216

61.160

19,481

1,020

10,757

7,145J
1,000

47

5

5,971

24,944

9,590

980

6.719

7,500

867

6,839

30,440

30
30

1916

GAME AND FISHERIES.

123

Comparative Statement of the yield of the Fisheries of the Province.

1913

1914

Increase.

Decrease.

Herring bbls.

Herring lbs.

Whitefish bbls.

Whiteflsh lbs.

Trout bbls.

Trout lbs.

Pike "

Pickerel (Dore) "

Sturgeon "

Eels "

Perch "

Tullibee "

Catfish "

Carp "

Mixed and Coarse fish "

Caviare "

Sturgeon Bladders No.

Herring, smoked lbs.

Total Barrels

Total Pounds

Total Decrease of Barrels .
Total Increase of Pounds .

815

12,819,9561

1,251

5,076,124

4, 222 J

5,376,078

3,454.731

2,656,453

258,480

237,020

1,242,739

573,817

526,442

672.125

2, 829, 127 J

8,411

453

88,900

3,089^
7, 980, 368 J
2,312
5,102,724
1,812
5,217,236
4,425.829
3.917,265
254.162
347,510
1,953,627
870,132
588,668
2,789,675
3,464,516
8.8521
837^
120,192

6,288*
35.815.857

5,312^
37,039,956

2,274i

1.061
26,600

971,098
.260,812
682
110,490
710,888
296,315
62,226
.117.550
635, 388 J
441i
384J
31,292

1,224,099

4, 839.588

2,410^
158.842

976

Statement of the yield and value of the Fisheries of the Province for the year 1914.

Kinds of Fish.

Value.

Herring

Herring

Whiteflsh

Whiteflsh

Trout

Trout

Pike

Pickerel (Dore)

Sturgeon

Eels

Perch

Tullibee

Catfish

Carp

Mixed and Coarse Fish

Caviare

Sturgeon Bladders . . . .
Herring, smoked

.bbls
..lbs
.bbls
..lbs
.bbls
..lb§

.No.
.lbs

Total.

3,0895
7,980,3685
2,312
5.102,724
1,812
5,217.236
4.425.829
3,917,265
254,162
347,510
1,953,627
870.132
588,668
2,789,675
3,464,516
8, 852 J
8375
120,192

$ c.

10 00
05

10 00
10

10 00
10
08
10
15
06
05
06
08
02
05
1 00
60
10

30,895 00

399,018 43

23.120 00

510,272 42

18,120 00

521,723 60

354.066 32

391,726 50

38.124 30

20.850 60

97.681 35

52,207 92

47,093 44

55,793 50

173,225 80

8,852 25

502 50

12,019 20

124

THE EEPOET UPON GAME AND FISHEEIES.

No. 14

Value of Ontario Fisheries from 1870 to 1914, inclusive.

Value.

1870

1871

1872

1873

1874

1875

1876

1877

1878

1879

1880

1881

1882

1883 ,

1884

1885

1886

1887

1888

1889

1890

1891

Carried forward

$

264,982

193,524

267,633

293,091

446,267

453,194

437,229

438,223

348,122

367,133

444,491

509,903

825,457

1,027,033

1,133,724

1,342,692

1,435,998

1,531,850

1,839,869

1,963,123

2,009,637

1,806,389

1892.
1893.
1894.
1895.
1896.
1897.
1898.
1899.
1900.
1901.
1902.
1903.
1904.
1905.

Brought forward j 19,379,

2,042,
1,694,
1,659,
1,584,
1,605,
1,289,
1,433,
1,477,
1,333,
1,428,
1,265,
1,535,
1.793,
1,708,

$19,379,564

1906 ; 1,734

1907 1 1,935

1908 ! 2,100

1909 i 2,237

1910 \ 2,348

1911 2,419

1912 I 2,842

1913 j 2,674

1914 2.755

564 00
198 00
930 00
968 00
472 00
674 00
822 00
631 00
815 00
293 00
078 00
705 00
144 00
524 00
963 OO
865 00
024 90
078 63
544 41
269 57
178 21
877 09
686 76
293 11

Total '. ! 62,280,304 68

Statement

of the number and value of the Tugs, Gasoline, Sail and Row Boats, Nets, Spears, &c., used
in the Fishing Industry of the Province of Ontario, durmg the year 1914.

Number.

Value.

Tugs (2,545 tons)

Gasoline Launches

Sail and Row Boats . . . .

Gill-Nets

Seines (30,952 yds)

Pound-Nets

Hoop-Nets

Dip and Roll Nets

Baited Hooks

Spears

Freezers and Ice-Houses .
Piers and Wharfs

$ e.

509,250 00

145,540 00

111,199 00

414,093 35

12,294 00

346,155 00

27,005 00

708 80

3,430 95

308 20

139,076 00

42,580 00

Total

1,751,639 30

Number of men employed on' Tugs.

Gasoline

Sail and Row Boats

646

904
2,526

4,076

Tenth Annual Report

OF THE

GAME AND FISHERIES
DEPARTMENT

1916

PRINTED BY ORDER OF

THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ONTARIO

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TORONTO:
Printed and Published by A. T. WILGRESS, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty

19 17

Printed by

WILLIAM BRIGGS

Corner Queen and John Streets

Toronto

To His Honour SiE John Strathearn Hendrie^ K.C.M.G., C.V.O., a Colonel in
the Militia of Canada, etc., etc., etc.

Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of Ontario.

May It Please Your Honour :

I have the honour to submit herewith, for the information of Your Honour
and the Legislative Assembly, the Tenth Annual Eeport of the Department of
Game and Fisheries of this Province.

I have the honour to be,

Your Honour's most obedient servant,

E. G. Maodiaemid,

Minister of Public Worlcs and Highways.
Toronto, 39th March, 1917.

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TENTH ANNUAL REPORT

OF THE

Department of Game and Fisheries of

Ontario

To the Honourable F. G. Macdiaemid,

Minister of Public Worhs and Highways.

SiE, — I have the honour to submit for your consideration the Tenth Annual
Report of the Department of Game and Fisheries, which is for the fiscal year ended
October 31st, 1916.

The catch of fish this year was quite satisfactory even if it did not reach the
enormous amount caught the year before. The herring catch was indeed good and
as the Great Lakes of Ontario are the only waters in Canada where fresh water
herring can be procured, great care should be exercised in their preservation. . Ee-
quests are being continually made to reduce the size of mesh. This, I think, would
be a great mistake and would, in the near future, lead to the practical extermination
of this valuable food fish. Hatcheries should also be established to propagate this
species for they apparently thrive when given a chance in waters suitable for their
existence. The whitefish and salmon trout seem to be on the increase, no doubt
owing to the large quantities of spawn deposited each year from the hatcheries. It
will be interesting to watch the result of the abolishing of the close seasons for these
species. The Department feels discouraged at times from the lack of co-operation
with a certain number of the fishermen, who seem bent upon catching fish by any
means if allowed, regardless of the consequences, and since the abolishing of the
close season they are constantly applying for licenses to set nets in waters that are
well known to have shoals where these fish spawn.

The demand for fish by the })ublic has increased considerably owing to the high
cost of meat, and there should be a means of lessening the expenses of living. The
residents of Ontario have not been educated to the use of this food, and strange to
say that in many places, villages and towns inland, only a few miles from" some
of our principal fishing ports, will have several butcher shops and the residents
never see a fresh fish from the beginning to the end of the year save those caught
by hook and line in the nearby streams.

PnovixciAL Hatcheries.

The erection of a hatchery begun at ?^orniandale last year was iinavoidably
delayed but will be completed this season and will be most efficiently equipped for
the purpose of hatching whitefish and herring.

The hatchery at Mount Pleasant where the raising of bass and speckled trout
is carried on for restocking the inland lakes and streams was not so successful this
year owing to the heavy rains in the spring which caused turbid waters resulting in
a consideral)le loss to the s})eckled trout fry and delay in procuring the parent bass
for the bass ponds, notwithstanding these difficulties the result of the hatch was
very satisfactory and the superintendent of this hatchery should be commended for
overcoming difficulties that he before never had to contend with.

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THE EEPORT UPON No. 14

Game.

Following suggestions made in last year's report, some amendments to the Act
were made by the Legislature during the session of 1916. One of these amend-
ments provided for a trapper's license, and the other for an open season for beaver
and otter, being the first open season for these animals in twenty years.

The introduction of the trapper's license will, I believe, prove acceptable to the
great majority of the trappers of the Province, many of them having asked to have
all trappers placed under license with a suitable fee attached. In drafting the
amendment, however, it) was thought advisable to exempt farmers and farmers'
sons when trapping upon their own lands.

In providing for an open season for beaver and otter, it was provided that they
should be taken only during such periods and upon such terms and conditions as
might be prescribed by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council.

The result of these two amendments to the Act are not available for this report,
the trapping season not opening until after the end of our fiscal year.

The treaty between Great Britain and the United States regarding both
migratory game and non-game birds is still under consideration, but will likely
be completed during the year. When this treaty is signed there is no doubt it will
require some changes in our Act in order to comply with its provisions.

The amendment prohibiting the purchase or sale of wild ducks, wild geese or
other waterfowl has, I believe, met with general approval.

As in past years I cannot close without thanking the Superintendent of Pro-
vincial Police and his officers for the assistance rendered the Department during
the year.

D. McDonald,
Acting Deputy Minister of Game and Fisheries.

January 8, 1917.

D. McDonald, Esq.,

Acting Deputy Minister of Game and Fisheries, Toronto, Ont.

Sir, — When this barbarous world wide war ends, enforced strenuous con-
servation will be imperative. It may seem inconsistent to advocate conservation of
our resources while the old world powers are destroying the world's most valuable
assets, the lives of the inhabitants of their respective countries. When the despic-
able barbarians are relegated to restricted confines of their despised country, we, as
an important part of the glorious Empire on which the sun never sets, should be
prepared by a most rigid system of conservation, not only to make our Province,
as far as possible, self-sustaining, but also to enable our Dominion to meet its
immense obligations and provide for our brave fellow Canadians and their depend-
ants unable to provide for themselves. We are more directly concerned with the
natural products of our Department and the conservation and perpetuation of the
same. While your Department has under difficult conditions succeeded in con-
serving fish in Provincial waters, whom are we conserving it for? As far as I
know we are under no obligation to protect our fish for American consumption.
In consequence of the present high price of meat, a far larger amount of fish caught
in the waters of the Province should be available for home consumption. Tug
fishermen, who as a rule ship their entire catch to their headquarters in Buffalo and
other United States receiving stations, should be compelled to pay a royalty on all

1917 GAME AND FISHERIES.

such shipments. Many of these fish exporting fishermen, boasting of their loyalty
and patriotism during these strenuous times, should be made to practise what they
preach.

Laws and Their Enforcement.

The relaxation in the game laws for the time being by the thoughtful kindness
of the Government will be a much appreciated boon to the unfortunate settlers in
the fire swept northern parts of the Province.

Hunting.

Ducks and big game shooting has furnished the principal sport this season.
The fact that both of these were found in numbers great enough to satisfy the
sportsmen will also be satisfactory to you.

Submitted by.

Your obedient servant,

E. TiNSLEY,

Superintendent.

D. McDonald, Esq.,

Acting Deputy Minister of Game and Fisheries.

SiE^ — I l)eg to submit my annual report for 1916.

I understand that commercial fishermen have had an exceedingly poor yearj
especially the Hoop Net fishermen. I would again recommend that all commercial
fish buyers be compelled to take out a license, and that they be compelled to supply
the home markets before exporting any fish of any kind. The tourist traffic during
the past year was the lightest in years, caused, no doubt, by the terrible war.
Many of the tourist hotels did not open in 1916.

I find on investigation that owing to the sudden lowering of the waters by
order of the Dominion officials, in the early spring sometimes after the bass and
maskinonge have spawned, that large quantities of spawn are left on the shores and
which are wasted. This has happened on the Eideau waters, also on the Kawartha
Lakes. Some arrangements should be made between the two governments that the
waters should not be either raised or lowered during the spawning seasons. I
understand that game of all kind was fairly plentiful in the season of 1916. Pro-
hibiting the sale of ducks and limiting the number to be killed is having a good
effect. V

Alfred Hunter,
Inspector of Game and Fisheries.

THE REPORT UPON No. 14

Beaumaris, 31 Oct., 1916.
To Acting Deputy Minister, Game and Fisheries, Toronto.

SiE, — I beg to submit my animal report as to the game and fish in that portion
of the Province over which I have the supervision. During the past season fisher-
men have met with varied success. Since the very hot weather in July anglers
have secured very fine catches of bass. These fish seem to be holding their own in
the Muskoka waters, and with the liberal restocking which has been carried on with
fry from the hatcheries we may look forward to a vast increase in years to come.
About six million of pickerel fry have been placed in the Muskoka Lakes by the
parties who operate the Port Carling hatchery. These parties are worthy of the
highest praise for the trouble they took and the expense they are put to for the
public good.

The change in the close season for lake trout and whitefish is going to have
most beneficial effects with regard tb the increase in these classes of fish.

During the hunting season of 1915 sportsmen seemed to have had satisfactory
results. There is no doubt but that the cutting down the number of deer to one
for each man has resulted in the keeping up of the stock, which does not seem to
have appreciably failed within the past few years. Moose are not so plentiful, and
I' think the Department will soon see the advisability of protecting tHese noble
animals for a term of years. Had it not been for the illegal killing of these animals
there would have been an unlimited supply.

Partridges are scarce and the two years protection enacted will no doubt bring
about anticipated results.

Beaver, I am most pleased to see, are coming in this fall. We have had more
trouble over these animals during the past year than all other game combined.
There have been innumerable complaints from settlers who have had their meadows
flooded, municipalities and private parties whose roads or other property has been
damaged by the work of these animals. In all cases where complaints have reached
us we have successfully combatted the evil, either by trapping out the beaver or
dynamiting their dams. In resorting to the latter resource, permanent success has
not always resulted, as we have found the dams reconstructed in a few days in
several instances. Wolves are reported very numerous in several Muskoka muni-
cipalities. I have only heard of one of these marauders having been killed.

Regarding " insectivorous " birds, I noted a marked increai^e during the last
spring in several varieties, especially robins. I have no doubt that the legislation
enacted in several of the United States, coupled with our Ontario Act, will help
in time to replace the depletion of these feathered songsters.

All of which is respectfully submitted.

I am. Sir,

Your obedient servant,

John H. Willmott,

Warden.

1917 GAME AND FISHERIES. 9

D. McDonald, Esq.,

Acting Deputy Minister of Game and Fisheries, Toronto, Ont.

North Bay, Ont., November 3rd, 1916.

Dear Sir, — I have the honour of submitting my annual report for the year
1916.

Fishing has been exceptionally good this season, many fine specimens of
maskinonge Avere caught in Lake Nipissing and French River. The opening up of
several inland lakes for net fishing has proved a success in supplying the local
markets.

There was an increase in the number of tourists visiting this district this year,
many of them reporting very favourably on their catches.

Game: Moose, plentiful in some parts, but the fires have destroyed many of
them, in one place eleven were found dead together. Caribou, none in this locality.

Deer, quite plentiful. Partridge, very scarce, but no doubt the two years close
season will have the desired effect. Wild duck, plentiful. Wild geese, scarce.
Plover and snipe appear to be increasing.

Fur-bearing Animals: Beaver, plentiful and causing considerable damage to
roads and private properties. The open season is quite desirable. Otter and mink
appear plentiful, also muskrat. The close season for rats in the fall will no doubt
be a success, as many of the young rats are trapped in the fall when the fur is of
little value. All other fur-bearing animals appear to be quite plentiful, which is
due to the small amount of trapping done during the past two years.

Wolves appear to be increasing in number.

The licensing of trappers is already meeting with marked success, but it will
take time to get the people educated to the idea.

I would again like to recommend a general gun license. I notice a remark-
able increase in the number of hunters from the older parts of Ontario, if this con-
tinues something will have to be done to further preserve our game in the north
country. Our forests are fast disappearing, what with fires, settlers and lumbering,
and I think a provision should be made for a new game preserve at an early date.

I would also like to recommend that hunters be allowed a limited time in
which to reach their camps, I consider that three days from the time they detrain
is quite sufficient, it is a common occurrence for many clubs to go in seven and
eight days before the season, and in many cases I am satisfied that a large amount
of game is killed before the season opens.

There have been a number of convictions during the past year ; many violations,
I am pleased to say, were reported by residents of the rural districts, who are
beginning to realize the necessity of protecting our game.

Your obedient servant,

G. M. Parks,

Warden.

10 THE KEPORT UPON No. 14

Sault Ste. Marie, Nov. 13th, 1916.
D. McDonald,

Acting Deputy Minister of Game and Fisheries Department, Toronto.

Commercial fishing: In the early part of the season the fishing was light in
Lake Superior and Lake Huron on the north shore, but the fishermen report better
catches in the month of October and they say that when the full returns are in that
the catch for the season will be better than for 1915.

Speckled trout are plentiful in all the rivers and streams in this district.

Bass of all kinds are plentiful in this district.

Pickerel are not as plentiful as I would like to see them.

Whitefish and salmon trout are very plentiful in some of the inland lakes in
this district. I would say that net fishing should be allowed for two or three years
in those lakes.

Brown trout are plentiful in most of the inland lakes.

Rainbow trout are increasing in Lake Superior.

Maskinonge are very scarce in the District of West Algoma.

Pike and suckers are getting more plentiful every year in the inland lakes and
the bays of Lake Superior.

Game Animals.

i

Deer are plentiful in this district.

Moose are plentiful in this district, but would say that) the hunting season
should be from the 16th of November to the last of November, with no extension of
the open, season.

Caribou; there is none in this district; would say that the Department should
stock Michipicoten Island with caribou, it is one of the best places in this district
that I know to have these animals as no hunters can get to them in the winter.
It is a big island with lots of feed for a big herd.

Ducks and all water fowl are scarce in this district.

Grouse and partridge are scarce in this district.

Rabbits are more scarce this season than they have been for years.

Black squirrels; none in this district.

Wild turkeys; none in this district.

Woodcock; none in this district.

Beaver very plentiful all over the district.

Mink; scarce in this district.

Muskrats; scarce in this district.

Otter; not plentiful.

The law has been well observed throughout this district. There have been some
violations, but the parties have been punished. The patrol service on the lake has
not been of much service this year only to make expenses of one cause or another.
We should have a better patrol outfit on this end of Lake Superior than we have at
the present time to be of any service in looking after the fisheries.

J. T. Robinson,

Warden.

1917 GAME AND FISHERIES. 11

SiMCOE, Ontario, 30th Oct., 1916.
D. McDonald, Esq.,

Acting Deputy Minister of Game and Fisheries, Toronto, Ontario.

Sir, — I have the honour to submit my report for 1916.

Speckled Trout : These fish are decreasing in the streams of this district, and
I would advise more fry being planted in the future so as to keep up the supply,
as the brooks of the County of Norfolk are particularly well adapted for the pro-
pagation of this game fish.

Bass : The bass fishing at Long Point Bay has been the best for a number of
years, and the size is still increasing every year.

Commercial Fish: The fishermen report that the gill net fishing has been
good. The seines have been successful. The experiments with the carp ponds
continue to be successful, the fishermen being able to catch the carp when they are
plentiful and at low price and preserve them in the pond until the fish are scarce
and the price high. The carp in Long Point Bay have very much increased in
number and the price during the year has been much higher than ever before, so that
this coarse fish is now one of the best paying commercial fish.

Quail and Ruffed Grouse: The quail are still very scarce in this district, the
number being practically the same as last report. Ruffed grouse are very scarce
and are decreasing in number more than they have for a number of years.

Woodcock : These are still very scarce, but are reported to be slowly increasing
in number.

Black Squirrels: There has been a decided increase in number of these
squirrels. The sportsmen attribute this to the short season that they are allowed to
be shot.

Wild Geese: These birds continue to be very scarce, although a few are seen
at Long Point.

Wild Ducks : Long Point district continues to have more ducks than formerly.
The black duck, mallard and pin tail are very numerous, an increased number of
black duck and wood ducks have bred in the marshes about Long Point Bay, and
it has been reported that some young broods of pin tail ducks were seen. The
canvasbacks, redhead and blue bills seem to be here in about as large numbers as
usual.

Fur-bearing Animals: Muskrats continue to rate the highest among these
animals in this district. Trappers report a very good catch last spring. This is
attributed to the fact that some of the companies and others owning marshes
prohibited the trapping in their marshes during the previous season, leaving a
larger breeding herd than usual in the marshes.

The game laws in this district have been well observed, the Deputy Wardens
and Overseers have performed their duties well, so that there have been very few
complaints of the infringement of the laws.

I have the honour to be. Sir,

Your obedient servant.

. W. BUBT,

Game and Fisheries Warden.

12 THE REPORT UPON No. 14

Windsor, Nov. 23rd, 1916.
D. McDonald, Esq.,

Acting Deputy Minister of Game and Fisheries :

Sir, — I have the honour to submit my annual report.

During the year I have visited the greatest part of my district and also patrol-
ling all the waters of Lake Erie in my district, and Detroit River, Lake St. Clair,
River St. Clair and small portion of Lake Huron, with yacht Hopewell, which I
approve a good success for game and fisheries protection. I also sold more permits
to Americans to fish with hook and line than any other years. For the Detroit
River I have sold over eight hundred dollars worth. The angling of the Detroit
River has been better this year than the years I know of. Perch' and pickerel has
been caught by great numbers of anglers. Black bass also being good for angling
this year around Lake Erie and Lake St. Clair, and Mitchell Bay. The net fisher-
men had a fair year of fishing. The carp has not been caught very plentiful. The
catch of other fish is about the same. The whitefish in Lake Erie and Detroit
River is showing very fair now. On account of the big blow last month the fisher-
men through Lake Erie have fished about half of their number of nets, so I expect
their catch of whitefish might be small. I think the Government should built
hatcheries for hatching herring on Lake Erie. I think they are decreasing.

In regard to game : Quail has been reported by farmers and sportsmen being
increasing in numbers. The field trail have found plenty of birds to work their
dogs a couple of weeks ago. The Hungarian partridge are also: reported doing
well, our home partridge not increasing any in Essex and Kent County. Wood-
cock are «bout the same as previous year. English pheasant are not plentiful
except around Pelee Marsh, there are a few around there. Snipe was very scarce
last fall around Lake Erie, Detroit River, Lake St. Clair and Mitchell Bay. There
have been more varieties of ducks this fall than we have seen for many years. The
sportsmen have got good shooting this fall. Wild geese about the same as other
years, except on the reserve of Jack Miner; they are more than any other year,
it is a good reason for the way he feeds them and protects them. The Government
should give him all the protection to assist him to protect these birds. It would
show what a person could do by being kind to the wild game. Black and grey
squirrels in Essex County are very scarce, and there should be a closed season on
them. In Kent and Lambton Counties they are more plentiful. There should be
a bag limit per day and not allowed to sell them. Muskrats are plentiful, and I
am pleased to hear that there is a trap license and a short season for trapping. And
the trappers seem to be pleased with the new regulation.

The game and fish laws have been very well observed during the year past.
Very few seizures or prosecutions happened last year. The Deputy Wardens and
Overseers have performed their duty well towards me to give assistance and in-
formation towards the poachers and other matters.

Your obedient servant,

V. Chauvin,

Warden.

1917 GAME AND FISHERIES. 13

Toronto, Dec. 7th, lOlT.
D. McDonald, Esq.,

Actifig Deputy Minister of Game and Fisheries.

Sir, — I beg to submit my report for the season of 1916.

The past season proved to be the worst that was ever experienced by both the
licensed fishermen and anglers around Toronto. Were it not for the formerly des-
pised carp none of the licensed fishermen would have made half a decent living.
With the advent of the trunk sewer it was expected that the fishing would improve
and that the fish would return to their old haunts, but up to the present there has
been no apparent increase, the sewer has stopped the pollution and if restocking
with lake trout and whitefish fry was carried out on a liberal scale the fishing
might be brought back to something like what it was in old times.

The game and fishery laws Avere well observed, very few infractions of the act
occurred. Both the Island constables and the city police deserve the thanks of the
Department for the interest they take and the work they do in the protection of
the fish and game.

The majority of returning deer hunters say they found the deer about as
plentiful as ever, but all report the partridge as very scarce, and unless next spring
turns out a more favourable breeding season than the last it will require another
year of protection to get up anything like a good stock of birds.

With reference to the restocking of the waters of the Province with game fish
by the Department, am sorry to report that the results in a great many instances
are not at all what they should be, and unless means are taken, before the young
fish are planted, to rid the waters of the ling and other coarse fish that infest them
the results can never be expected to be any better. The waters can be made fairly
safe for the young fish if the destruction of their enemies is gone about in a
business-like way.

The output of the baes ponds and brook trout hatchery at Mt. Pleasant was
not quite as large as last year, owing to the unprecedented heavy and incessant
rains during the months of April, May and June, the source of the water supply
became polluted and proved fatal to a great number of the young trout that had
just hatched out. It did not affect the young bass in the ponds. The output about
equalled last year's, which was a record. The same calamity can never occur again
owing to the wisdom and energy of Superintendent Edwards, he having unearthed
a supply of pure spring water on the hatchery property which has been piped direct
to the hatchery from its source and adds immensely to the value of the property as
a hatchery proposition.

The Ontario Government fish hatchery at Mt. Pleasant is to-day one of the
beauty spots of the Province, transformed from a rough swamp bottom all through
indefatigable efforts of Superintendent J. T. Edwards.

Yours respectfully,

Henry Watson,

Warden.

14 THE EEPOET UPON No. 14

Mohawk, Dec. 5th. 1916.
D. McDonald, Esq.,

Acting Deputy Minister of Game and Fisheries.

Deae Sir, — I beg to submit the following, my eighth annual report, in con-
nection with my work at the Mt. Pleasant hatchery.

We were again very successful in propagating small mouth black bass, which
is the most important species of fish propagated at this hatchery, the output of
which was greatly in excess of that of any former year, and totalled nearly one
million fingerlings, which were successfully transplanted and the different waters
restocked receiving a substantial supply, which should thereby greatly improve the
fishing in them if they are allowed to mature.

Beook Trout.

The output of brook trout was not quite up to that of last year, which was no
fault of ours, but was caused by continued rains, thereby polluting our supply of
spring water. A new supply of water has been installed and better result* may be
looked for in future.

Lake Trout.

Five hundred thousand lake trout from the Wiarton hatchery, which were in
excellent condition, were also successfully transplanted.

Restocking.

Mr. Henry Watson, Special Officer for Eestocking, again had charge of that
important duty and good results may shortly be looked for.

Construction Work.

Some 900 feet of riprapping was done this season, and as no stone was avail-
able in this vicinity, cement blocks were made and laid in their stead. Between
1,800 and 1,900 feet of piping was also put down, thus connecting a new supply of
spring water to be used for hatching trout. A dike was also built to guard against
flood in spring time.

Fish Car.

Fish car " Beaver " had a good appearance since its having been newly painted.
The courtesy and assistance rendered by the different railway officials was all that
could be desired.

The Hatchery.

The hatchery again presented a fine appearance, the flowers and grounds were
greatly admired by the many thousands who visited the hatchery this season.

There is still room for another bass pond. If help is available would recom-
mend its construction this coming season.

In closing this report I desire to extend my warmest thanks forJ;he cordial
assistance and hearty co-operation received at the hands of your Department during
the year.

I remain.

Your obedient servant.

J. T. Edwabds,

Superintendent.

1917 GAME AND FISHERIES. 15

Output of Fish From the Mount Pleasant Hatchery, in Detail.

No. 1 Fingerlings.

Cameron Lake, Peterborough County 70,000

Balsam Lake, Peterborough County 80,000

Lake Simcoe, County of York, South Shore 100,000

Lake Simcoe, County of York, North Shore 100,000

Fox Lake, Parry Sound 5,000

Dalhousie Lake, Lanark County 10,000

Gull Lake, Frontenac County 30,000

Clear Lake, Frontenac County 30,000

Sharbot Lake, Frontenac County 75,000

Burritt's Rapids, Grenville County 30,000

Brown's Lake, Peterborough County 25,000

Stoco Lake, Hastings County 30,000

Moira Lake, Peterberough County 30,000

Cole's Lake, Frontenac County 30,000

Mississippi Lake, Lanark County 70,000

Bass Lake, North Simcoe County 25,000

Riley's Lake, District of Muskoka 26,000

Muskoka Lake, District of Muskoka 50,000

Joseph Lake, District of Muskoka 50,000

Cache Lake, Algonquin Park 15,000

Clear Lake, South Renfrew County 20,000

Total Fingerlings 900,000

Parent Bass.

River Neeth, Brant County 300

Cache Lake, Algonquin Park 150

Total Parent Bass 450

Bkook Trout Fry.

No. 2 Fingerlings.

Trout Fry, Waters Vicinity Simcoe, Norfolk County 30,000

Sauble River, Grey County 25,000

Mad River, South Simcoe County 25,000

Pine River, South Simcoe County 40,000

Lake Trout Fry.

Smoke Lake, Algonquin Park 80,000

Cache Lake, Algonquin Park 120,000

Lake of Bays, Muskoka District 100,000

Rideau Lakes, Leeds County 100,000

Charlton Lake, Leeds County 60,000

Goold Lake, Frontenac County 40,000

Total Fry 500,000

Lake Trout Fingerlings..

Sharbot Lake, Frontenac County 30,000

Burritt's Rapids, Grenville County 20,000

Total Fingerlings 50,000

Bass Fingerlings 900,000

Parent Bass 450

Brook Trout Fry 30,000

Brook Trout Fingerlings 90,000

Lake Trout Fry 500,000

Lake Trout Fingerlings 50,000

Grand Total 1,570.450

J. T. Edwards.

16

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Xo. 14

WATERS STOCKED FROM 1901 TO 1916, WITH NUMBER AND KINDS OF
FISH PLANTED IN EACH.— Continued.

Waters Stocked and Location.

Cameron Lake, Peterborough County

Balsom Lake " "

Brown Lake " "

Moria Lake " "

Simcoe Lake, County of York

Bass Lake, Simcoe County, North

Fox Lake, Parry Sound District

Dalhousie Lake, Lanark County

Mississippi Lake " "

Gull Lake, Frontenac County

Clear Lake " "

Sharbot Lake " "

Cole's Lake " "

Burritt's Rapids, Grenville County

Stoco Lake, Hastings County

Riley's Lake, Muskoka District

Muskoka Lake " "

Joseph Lake " "

Clear Lake, Renfrew County, South

Cache Lake, Algonquin Park

Waters vicinity of Simcoe, Norfolk County

Mad River, Simcoe County South

Pine River " " "

Sauble River, Grey County

Cache Lake, Algonquin Park

Neeth River, Brant County

Smoke Lake, Algonquin Park

Cache Lake " "

Lake of Bays, Muskoka District

Rideau Lakes, Leeds County

Charlston Lake " "

Goold Lake, Frontenac County

Sharbot Lake " "

Burritt's Rapids, Grenville County

Species.

Bass Fingerlings

Trout Brook Fry

Fingerlings

Parent Bass . . . .
Trout Lake Fry

Fingerlings

Total Bass Fingerlings
' Parent Bass . . .
' Brook Trout Fry
" F'gerl'gs
' Lake Trout Fry.
" F'ger'lgs

Grand Total

Number.

70,000

80,000

25,000

30,000

200,000

25,000

5,000

10,000

70,000

30,000

30,000

75,000

30,000

30,000

30,000

25,000

50,000

50,000

20,000

15,000

30,000

25,000

40,000

25,000

150

300

80,000

120,000

100,000

100,000

60,000

40,000

30,000

20,000

900,000

450

30,000

90,000

500,000
50,000

1,570,450

\^

1917

GAME AND FISHERIES.

17

Statement showing the number of fry distributed in the waters of the Province
by the Federal Government from Dominion hatcheries.

Years.

1868-73

1874....

1875....

1876....

1877....

1878....

1879...,

1880....

1881....

1882....

1883....

1884....

1885....

1886....

1887....

1888....

1889....

1890....

1891....

1892....

1893....

1894....

1895....

1896....

1897...,

1898....

1899....

1900....

1901 . . . .

1902....

1903....

1904....

1905....

1906....

1907....

1908....

1909....

1910....

1911....

1912....

1913....

1914....

1915....

Totals.

Newcastle. Sandwich.

,070,000
350,000
650,000
700,000
.300,000
,605,000
.602,700
,923,000
,300,000
,841,000
,053,000
,800,000
.700.000
.451,000
,130,000
,076.000
.846,500
,736,000
,807,500
,823,500
,835,000
,000,000
,000,000
,200,000
.200.000
,325,000
,050.000
.175,000
,900,000
650,000
,500,000
,475,000
,480,000
,550,000
,807,000
,600,000
,881.000
,520.400
,543.816
,599.716
.207.500

517.264.632

Ottawa.

8,000
8,000
20,000
12.000
13,500
16,000
44,000
72,000
37,000
68,000
57,000
56.500
56,000
21,000
52,000
75,000
44,500
68,000
47,000
73,000
61,000
72,000
71,000
73,000
90,000
67,000,

100,000,
98,000,
75,000,

106,000,
88,000,

103,000,
79,000,
66,500,
76,000,
77,000,
29,000,
59,000,
65,000,
63,000,

,000
,000
,000
,000
,000
,000
,000
,000
,000
,000
,000
,000
,000
,000
,000
,000
,000
,000
000
000
000
000|
000
000

ooo;
000 i

ooo'

0001
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000

5.732
7,043
4,909
6,208
4,480,
3,210
3,950.
4,100,
3,020,
3,700.
3,450.
3,410,
1,245,
1,201,
877,
1.103,
1,123,
1,152,
2,010,
1,575,
1,478,

000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000

2,359,000,000

64.976,000

Wiarton.

4.955.000

8.100.000

12.088.000

12.249,500

12.399,900

. 8,556,800

6,796,000

8.948,356

74,093.556

Samia.

51.000,000
159,500,000

74,000,000
113.500,000

77,000.000

94,000,000
120,000.000

72,000,000

761,000,000

Total.

1.070.000

350.000

650.000

8.700.000

9.300.000

22,605.000

14.603.700

15,423,000

19,300.000

48,841,000

78,053,000

45,800,000

73,700,000

63,451,000

61,630,000

64,076.000

26,846,500

65,468,000

89,850,500

54,232,500

84,043,000

57.480.000

82,210,000

70,150.000

80,300,000

78.345.000

80,750,000

98,625,000

76,310,000

101,895,000

93,701,000

77.352.000

108,583,000

90,673,000

105.959,000

139,565,000

237,556,000

165,086,400

204,293,316

119,999,616

Years.

CoUingwood.

Thurlow.

Port Arthur.

Southampton

Kenora.

Total

1913 50,000,000

"* 46*566 ,'666
65.687,000

32,112,950
32,482,700
42,226,000

6,957,000
2,372,000
6,434,750

252,834,250

1914 46,800,000

1915 50,500,000

71.370, 666
129,331,200

391,320,700
438,127.306

Grand Totals'. 146,500,000

112,187,000

106,821,650

15,763,750

200,701,200

3,999,107,788

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THE EEPORT UPON

No. 14

ONTARIO

Return of the number of fishermen, tonnage and value of tugs, vessels and boats, the

industry during the year 1915, in the Public

District.

Fishine

material.

45

Tags.

Gasoline Launches.

Sail

or Row Boats.

Gill-Nets.

a

3

No.

Ton-
nacre.

Value.

Men.

No.

Value.

Men.

No.

Value.

Men.

Yards.

Value.

1

Kenora and ^Eainy River.
Lake of the Woods

4

90

$
6 650

4

27

7

3

$
9,685
1,950

650

49
13

4

24
5

1

1
2
18

4

7

$
1,221
345

330

50

20

90

360

120

120

.38
8

7

2

2

4

31

8

12

4 J. 000
14.000

9 600

7.900

8,500

2,800

36.400

10,800

4,400

$
5,340

2

Crow, Oneman, Sandy and Law-

1.290

S

Lac Suele, Elephant, Abraham,
Otter, Minnitakie. and Clay

...

«l

i

Hilley, Vermilion, Eagle, Indian

575

5

Canyon. Manitou, Orang Outang

1

1

34

1

3

150
100

7,855

150
865

2

2

47

7

7

650

6

275

7

Rainy Lake

3 540

8

Height of Land, Loon, Pipestone,

1,125

9

Namaken, Pickerel. Jackflsh, and

285

Totals

4

90

6.650

4

67

81.406

131

67

2,656

112

139,400

14,061

Return of the kinds, quantities and values of fish caught during the

a

District.

1

a

a

1

a

3

■a
13

I
'2.

1

-*^
O
Eh

JS

o

'■X,

i

o

O
*.«
o

1

Kenora and 'Rainy River.
Lake of the Woods

brls.

lbs.

brls.

lbs.

572.033
137,297

41 204

20.541

13,290

5.880

513.438

9,850

36,691

brls.

lbs

34.196
17.942

8.332

10.615

8.840
1,900
4,578

4.800

1,550

ibs.

759.851

80,603

23.463

11.992

81 .080

11 .850

217.202

10.582

25 .319

lbs.

857,107

2

Crow. Oneman, Sandy and Law-
rence Lakes

120,401

3

Lac Suele, Elephant, Abraham,
Otter, Minnitakie and Clay
Lakes

18,874

4

Hilley, Vermilion, Eagle, Indian
and Isabester Lakes

8,761

5

Canyon, Manitou, Orang Outang
and Wabigoon Lakes

700

6

Deer, Gull and Trout Lakes

3,440

7

Rainy Lake

106,192

8

Height of Land, Loon, 'Pipestone,
Clearwater and Tuttle Lake^t. . . .

6,688

9

Namaken, Pickerel. Jackflsh and
Calm Lakes

41,572

Totals

1,349,624

92,753

1,221,942

1.163,73.5

Values

$ c.

134,968 40

$ 0.

$ c.
9,275 30

$ c.

97,755 36

« C.

116,373 50

1917

GAME AND FISHEKIES.

19

FISHERIES.

Quantity and value of all fishing materials and other fixtures employed in the fishing
Waters of Kenora and Rainy River District.

Pishing material

.

Other fixtures used in
fishine.

Seines.

Pound nets. Hoop nets. roll'^nets.

Nieht Unes.

Spears.

Freezers and
Ice Houses.

Piers and
Wharves.

No.

Yards.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

H?okB. Value. No.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

1

$

32

1
10,550 4

$
160

1
$ j

$

1 $

10
5

4

, 1

1

$ ■
7,260
1,050

500
150
400

11
5

3

$
2,170

,

300

-

•

i

325

1

j

1

1

50

1

2

100

j

.. . 1

2,100

1

11
2
3

1.630
200
250

1

ion

a

1,000

i^,

13,650

6

2S0

87

11 ,430

21 9 MR

1

1

1

year 1915, in the Public Waters of Kenora and Rainy River Districts.

c
o

Eels.

1

<a
D

c.

E

o

■G

a
te .

■g-s

Caviare.

Stiirccon Bladders.

Value.

lbs.
62.310

lbs.

48.974
10,580

lbs.
,840

lbs.

169,064
2? ,200

lbs.
109.024

lbs.

188,320
2,000

lbs.
1,340
9.000

1,900

3,300

1,600

800

55,575

4,000

4,065

lbs.

i,211

No.
121

$ c.

243,731 38
36.839 04

8,819 04

5.520 04

■ 10,289 40

2,658 48

85 .338 99

100
5,733

750

1

500

21,000 2.000

6,856

4,879

635

30,478

600

171

60
258

18,450

■

6,935

1

3,216 36
13,651 67

85,6.89

59,554

7.975

262,110 118,630 190,320

81 480

1,700 121

410,054 40

$ C.

12,ai5 85

$ C.

3,573 24

$ c.

398 76

$ c. 1 c.
15,726 60 9,490 40

1 c.

3,806 40

) c.

4,074 00

1 c.

1,700 00

1 c,

72 60

$ c.

410.054 40

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Xo. 14

ONTARIO

Return of the number of fishermen, tonnage and value of tugs, vessels and boats,

fishing industry during the year 1915 ,

District.

Fishing Material.

»4

Tugs.

Oasolene Launches

Sail

or Row Boats.

Gill-Nets,

No.

Ton-
nage.

Value,

Men.

No.

Value.

Men

No.

Value.

Men.

Yards.

Value.

1

Lake Superior.
Thunder Bay

5
10

2

101

78

S8

$

14.600
16.750

5.500

32
35

22

$

14
9

3

5

5

6

8
3
15

14

6
11

5

$

845
640

150

240

325

215

180

95

1.565

1.670

320
835

230

24
4

9

8

9

8
3
30

25

8
20

9

185.240
231 .200

23.000

8.200

15.000

18.100

9,550

6.100

58 .800

102.100

159 ..350
75,400

24.270

$

i3.?90

9

2

1

1

550
150

175

2
2

2

11.580

3
4

Black Bay, Pie Island. Moberley
Bay and Whitefish Lake

Oreenwater Lake. Kashabowie
Lake, Dog Lake, Long Lake and
Arrow Lakes

1.264

706

5

Perley Island. Bell Lake. Port
Ooldwell, Lamb Island and
North Lake

955

6

McKay Lake, Pine Point. Trout
Bay. Lac Des MiUes, Lac and
T. Harbour

2

650

3

900

7

Marcel Bay, Shebandown Lake,
South Island. Pays Plat and
Carpenter's Beach ..•..

535

8

330

9

Ooulais Bay

1
1

3

4

2

1.200

600

1,300
1.625

1,400

6

4

6
10

6

3.225

10

Batchawana Bay, Pilot Harbour

1
2

S3

87

5 000

9

5.445

tl

Michipicoten, Richardson's Har-

7 545

19,

4.600

i3

Harmony Bay. Parisian Islands,
Sandy Island and Red Rock. .. .

1.960

Totals

80

317

56.850

118

17

7.650

41

104

7.310

169

916.310

51 .935

Return of the kinds, quantities and values of fish caught

e

a

DistWot .

1

a
tl

1.1

V

n

•0

.a
a
'2

JS

i
EH

•S

a

0

M

«
•^
£

i

a

"S
0
0

1

Lake Superior.

brls.

807
1,000

lbs

1 .282 200
1,040.000

430.000

brls.
165

500

lbs.

40.550
113,300

194.907

24.797

7,064

10.175

7.636

510

86.600

173.670

41.566
123.678

18.527

brls.

621

70

1

lbs.

216.311
628 ..327

38 .347

14.688

59.776

19.700

15 .893

5.567

51 ,200

167.710

276.952
125 .395

25.142

lbs.

215

500

18.652
2,529
1,300

45.930
1.320

lbs.
925

?

28.300

3

Black Bay, Pie Island, Moberley
Bay and Whitelish Lake

77 ..370

4

Greenwater Lake, Kashabowie
Lake, Dog Lake, Long Lake and.

1 500

5

Perley Island, Bell Lake. Port
Ooldwell, Lamb I'^land and

3

2

1.007

5.000

6

McKay Lake, Pine Point, Trout
Bay, Lac Des Milles, Lac and T.

337i
90

5.000

10.000
2.800
1.600

200

1

2

18
4

49 .335

7

Marcel Bay, Shebandown Lake.
South Island, Pays Plat and

R

100

q

3.500

10

Batchawana Bay, Pilot Harbour

1 .370

6.787
35i

430

13 931

11

Michipicoten, Richardson's Har-

12
13

5.100

Harmony Bay, Parisian Islands,
Sandy Island and Red Rock . . . ,

Totals

2. 2.141

2.776.900

690

. 841 .980

9.896i

1,645,278

70.876

179.961

$ c.
32,345 00

$ c.

138.845 00

$ c.

6.900 00

$ c.
84.198 00

$ c.

98.965 00

$ c.

164,527 80

$ c.

5,670-08

$ c.
17.996 10

1917

GAME AND FISHERIES.

21

FISHERIES.

the quantity and value of all fishing materials and other fixtures employed in the
in the Public Waters of Lake Superior

Fishint: iMaterial.

Other fixtures used in
fishing.

Seines.

Pound Nets

Hoop Nets.

Dip or
Roll Nets.

Night Lines

Spears.

Freezers and
Ice Houses.

Piers and
Wharves.

No.

Yards.

Value.

No.

Value

No.

Value. No.

Value.

No.
Hoops.

Value.

No

Value.

No.

Value. No.

Value.

6
18

15

$

IJOft
3,400

3 ,675

3
5

2
6

1
1
1

150
950

600
1,050
100
25
200

4

$
350

750

i

1

5

1
3

1

325

1
1

1

50

1

155

j

50

.

6

12

3.000
6.000

3
3

900
3,000

3
2

500

1

1,000

1

1

500

4

1.000

30

57

17,175

26

7.475

4,180

.. ..

during the year 1915, in the Public Waters of Lake Superior.

c
o

a.

Co

00

J3

1

3

09
0

0

3>

.5

>

0

Value.

lbs.

lbs

lbs

lbs.

lbs.

lbs.

lbs.

227
2,000

200
1 ,500

lbs.

No.

. 0.

10s, 847 15

150

1,40C

139 883 20

9.678

16

60,542 26

900

4,429 82
7,318 00
15 268 40

.300

13 928 50

757 70

2,110

8,000
25,080
119,411

14 926 50

4,110

300

1,850

5,025
839

1

51 392 00

106 173 85

85.507 64
4 426 40

650

16.048

300

8.914

1,400

157.068

16

550 .301 42

$ c.

2.407 20

Sc.
15 00

$ c.

534 84

$ c.

28 00

$ c.
7,853 40

16 00

$ c.

550,301 42

22

THE REPOKT UPON

No. 14

ONTAEIO

Return of the number of fishermen, tonnage and value of tugs, vessels and boats,

fishing industry during the year 1915, in the

District.

Fishing material.

Tugs.

Oasoline Launches.

Sail

or Row Boats.

Gill-Nets.

S

0

'A

No.

Ton-
nage.

Value.

Men.

No.

Value.

Men.

No.

Value.

Men.

Yards.

Value

1

Lake Huron, North Channel.

$

4

4

•y

1

$
1,900

1.950
1.000

300

9

4
4

2

8

5

10

7
7

3

2
9

3

5
3
1
8

6

1

1

$

310

205
370

245

190

100

150
690

190

205

130

50

400

465
30

35

9

3
10

11

6

3

29,500

14 600
28,100

1'7 ,000

$

•1,430

2

Cutler Bay, Buswell's Point. Burnt
Island, and Algoma Mills

2| .51

1 1 9

11,000
800

o

920
1,630

4

Spragge, Blind Rivei, John's and
' Oedar Islands

()9n

5

Bruce Mines, Nesterville, Chibleau

■

• 1 "-"
7,700| 400

6

Grant Island, Kesel Lake, Brimon
Harbour, French Island and
Echo Bay

i

1
3

4

1

. i

2

4

1
5

3

400

1.800
2,410

2,250
500
500
375

1,095

500
2,675

1.300

2

9
16

11

3

3

4

8

2
13

7

I
'2,800 1 59.^

7

Plat Point. Patrick Point and

i

ft

1

18

7
7
4
2
14

12

1

2

63,600

33.500

2.300

62,200

102 ,000

51,500

493.000
108.400

6.500

2,675

9
10
11

Fitzwilliam Island, < Sheguandah
Bay and Bayfield Sound

Manitowaning Bay, Providence
and Gore Bays

Mcldium, Partrage, Julia and

1 16

2 21

i

3,000
■ 2,500

8

2,912

110

2.147

12

Little Current, Misoissauga Straits

4

98

19.000

17

7.100

13

Heywood, Bedford, Strawberry
and Cockburn Islands

2.710

14

South Bay, Squaw Island and

9 172
1 24

i

28,100
7,000

44
6

33,805

\S

11,130

16

Rabbit, Centre' Islands and

565

Totals

... 1

20 ' 391

71 ,400

91

43

18,955

97

79 '

3,765

109

1,022,700

69,119

Return of the kinds, quantities and values of fish caught during

District.

Lake Huron, North Channel.

Thessalon

Cutler Bay, Bu.swell's Poinl,Burnt

Island and Algoma Mills

Spanish

Spragge, Blind River, John's and

Cedar Inlands

Bruce Mines, Nesterville, Chibleau

Lake and St. Joseph's Island... |
Grant Island, Kesel Lake, Brimon

Harbour. French Island and |

Echo Bay

brls.

lbs.
600

26,069
10,257

and

Flat Point, Patrick Point

Joliette Island

Mudge Bay and Killarney

Fitzwilliam Island, Sheguandah

Bay and Bayfield Sound

Manitowaning Bay, Providence

and Gore Bays

Meldrum, Partrage, Julia and

Wekwemikong Bays

Little Current, Mississauga Straits

and Tamarack Cove

Heywood, Bedford, Strawberry

and Cockburn Islands

South Bay, Squaw Island and

Kagawong

Rouse and Duck Islands

Rabbit, Centre Isliinds and

Graundine Point

320
1.000

Totals.

Values.

138

$ c.

1,380 00

486

39,-380

$ c.

1,969 00

brls

108

lbs.

36.178

7,222
3.765

3.616

7,590

6,101

?3.263
128,133

34,491

36,062

.39,284

25,890

14.881

259,340
740

19,903

656.459

$ c. $ c.

1.080 00 65.645 90

brls.

110

lbs.
27.991

17,246
10.815

5.185

12 .3'i2

6,2r2

29,256
41,433

92,326
161.458

86,395
191,851

62,334

509,490
463,696

7,240

179

1,725,232

$ C

1,790 00

172,523 20

Ibe.
2,831

7.690
17.626

7,783

.- ,006

00

2 .740
12 988

5,033

8,819

5.748
12,528

4.474
1,600

7,110

101,836

I c,

8,146 88

Ibfl.'
3,320

1.38 ,434
30,356

388
2,584

47,167
20.110

2,369

16,064

300

39,415

11,446

2,664

17.834

832,602

its

I c.

.8«0 SO

1917

GAME AND FISHEEIES.

23

FISHEEIES

the quantity and value of all fishing materials and other fixtures employed in the
Public Waters of Lake Huron, North Channel.

Fishinsr material

Other fixtures used in
fishinsr.

Seines.

Poand nets.

Hoop nets.

Dip or

rol) nets.

Nieht lines.

Spears.

Freezers and
Ice Houses.

Piers and
Wharves.

No.

Yards.

Value.

No.

Value.

^fo.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.
Hooks.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

$

4

12
6

$
1,000

3,300
1.200

$

1 $

!....':_

$

3

6

3

1

$
400

1,700
575

225
inn

1

$

1

2 .7(K)
100

' [

1

!

3

4

20
5

13

18

5
13

3

S
8

8

600

1,000

7,400
4,000

4,500

6,000

2,000

5,800

900

6,000
5,000

3,300

2

100

250

1 600
1,500

1.200

1.800

2.000

1

20

1 i 250

1
3 j 1,000

1 i 300

2 i 1,000

1

1

^

...... :.i:::.::.;

■••■| 1

1
1

3,900

150

1

1 i

3
3

1
1 200 ' *

Ann

3

1

1 100

1

S 5 400

R

1 .900

i

I I 'SOO 1 2

1....

....

1

130

?2,000

1

20 i....

3,900

150

....1

44 14,050 1 31

15,300

the year 1915, in the Public Waters of Lake Huron, North Channel.

1

i

u

1

J

'3

a ■

Catfish.

d

O

Mixed and Coarse
fish.

2

1

a
Z

M

s

00

Value.

Iba.
411

lbs.

lbs.
464

514
550

1,082

642

100

lbs.

lbs. lbs.

lbs.

20,902

53.037
34 ,325

4,663

23,273

22,334

68.985
1,857

15,102

•10,547

lbs.

No.

8,145 33

22,343 70
9.580 46

2.014 34

3 868 8o

6,410

7
6

4

;M8

1 328

3,383

61

161

2 450 06

12,412

292
1,050

150
260

V

16,722 41
20 709 19

222

2.646

570

36

190

500

k

91

1 »

14.476 49
24.649 84
12 616 15

1,310

4.986

27

186

2.881

1

75.224

33.685

18,611
2,766

10,817

30 364 79

1 139

11 81S 44

25

8,664
191

35

4,026
40,000

81 180 62

400

4<* 170 %

1,099

27 ;

5,746 11

H 27,476

16,188

52,394

1,396 j 6

426,518

427

848

816,782 7(1

$ c.

4,181 26

$ c.

1 809 16

$ c.
3,143 64

$ c. c.
J 111 68 i 10

$ C.

21,276 90

$ c.

487 00

$ c.

148 80

$ C.

316,788 70

3 G.

34

THE EEPORT. UPON

Xo. 14

ONTARIO

Return of the number of fishermen, tonnage and value of tugs, vessels and boats, the

industry during the year 1915

District.

Fishintr material.

Tugs.

Gasoline Launches.

Sail

or Row Boats

Oill-Netfl.

E

0

55

No.

Ton-
nape.

Value.

Men.

No.

Value.

Men.

No.

Value.

.Men.

Yards.

Value.

1

Oeorgian Bay.

1
5

25
119

$

5,000
18.000

5
22

3
6

$

400
2,000

7
10

5
8
25
5
4
12
34

$

130
675

4.105
136
330
590

2.420

6
12
33
11

6
16
67

69.510
283,600
52,900
24,150
112,700
262,040
119,275

$

7.200

9

\a 690

3

4,180

4

1
13
13
30

300
3,150
9,150
12,385

2
23
32
66

1 215

5

1
4
1

2S
113
24

4,000
17.500
4,000

5
16
5

5.140

6
7

Meaford and Owen Sound Bay..
Colpoy's Bay and Tobeimory....

Totals

12,550
6,882

19

306

48.500

53

66

27,385

140

93

8,386

151

924,175

52,357

Return of the kinds, quantities and values of fish caught

i

•a

o

V

Q

J3

a

on

S

o

g

District.

U

M

ta

£

?

a

G

lU

V

^

^

p^

*2

^

^

a

S

a
"A

1

J3

Eh

o
Eh

Oeorgian Bay.

brls.

lbs.

brlH.

lbs.

brls

lbs.

lbs.

lbs.

1

305

300

300

2

810

14

108,867
215,916
4,800
5,680
22 335
27,400

29,752

251,041

2,100

15,850

8^,362

433.532

38,417

5,410

33,900

256

57,366

9

8
277
74

8.261

3

5
27

19,500

4

1,975
19,500
11 800

149

«i

6

Meaford and Owen Sound Bay..
Oolpoy's Bay and Tobermory....

Totals

425

8

124

65,494

204

7,427

2.878

573,652

400

102

461

99,069

1,330

392,425

3,662

1,388,289

75 ..383

85,378

$ c.

$ C.

$ c.

$ c.

$ c.

$ c.

$ c.

$ c.

Values

4,610 00

4,953 45

13,300 00

39,242 50

36,620 00

138,828 90

6,270 64

3.537 80

1917

GAME AND FISHEEIES.

25

FISHERIES.

quantity and value of all fishing materials and other fixtures employed in the fishing
in the Public Waters of the Georgian Bay.

Fishing material.

Other fixtures used in
fishingr.

Seines.

Pound Nets. Hoop nets.

Dip or
Roll Nets.

Nieht Lines.

Spears

Freezers and
Ice Houses.

Piers and
Wharves.

No.

Yards.

"Value.

No.

Value. No. Value.

No.

Value.

No.
Hook«.

Value.

No.

Valae.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

$

8

$
2,700

"

$

$

$

$

$

$

....

7

1,950

6

1

97>i

100

90

35

483

100

8

75

7,ri00
20,800

560
1,940

7
6

3,100
560

5

11

900

....

350

"**

925

a • • .

100

90

9

.S.050

25

483

28,600

2.500

i

22

5,685'

83

8,900

during the year 1915, in the Public Waters of the Georgian Bay.

1

DO

"S

u

.2

1

3

1

Carp.

2
<
o
w

a

at

5
o

1
■a
«

n

a
o

o

Value.

lbs.
1 685

lbs.

lbs.
2.107

lbs.

lbs.

lbs.

lbs.

,-,200

lbs.
100

(

$

29,454 96

1.700
13,250

48,088 60

6,910

8,675

37.504

30

19,481 70

43

1,050

3,506 58

4,400

8,000

600

8,100

775

13.096 70

50,933 20

41,964

700

96,037 64

6,128

ii.oir

43.014

8,675

1=5,550

43,504

9f>5

260,599 38

$ c.
919 20

$ c.

560 85

$ C.

2,580 84

$ c.

694 00

$ c.
311 00

$ c.

2,275 20

$ c.

905 00

$ c.

$ c.

860.599 88

1

26

THE REPORT UPON

No. 14

ONTARIO

Heturu of the number of fishermen, tonnage and value of tugs, vessels and boats,

fishing industry during the year 1915,

District.

Fishine material.

Taee.

.Ton-

Gasoline Launches.

Sail or Row Boats.

Gill-Nets.

Lake Huron (Proper)

Tobermory to Southampton .
Southampton to Pine Point.

County of Huron

Oounty of Lambton (including
River St. Clair)

Totals.....

1

1

$

8
1
1

155

21

5

22,900
3,000
2,000

41
6

2

2

600

12

183

28,500

47

7 2,350

2 750

9 I 4,850

17 i 6,215

.35 I 14,165

70

2,640
90

1,085

3,003

6,818

296.871
80 .000
91.600

468.471

25. 60S
2,410
5,.')80

33,593

Returns of the kinds, quantities and values of fish caught

District.

A

1

S

TS

j:

a

*"

^

ji

d

V

ti

61

ta

■>

*"

a

C

£

0

0

j3

n

£

^

^

EH

t^

Lake Huron (Proper).

Tobermory to Southampton

Southampton to Pine Point

County of Huron

County of L.Tmbton (including
River St. Clair)

Totals.

Values ,

brls.

398
3

$ c.

4 050 00

lbs.

99,350
10, .300
19,210

163,011

221,871

$ c.

11,093 55

brls.
25

lbs.

7,586

900

10,910

32,464

51.859

$ C.
5,185 90

brls.
447

40

500

987

$

,870 00

lbs.

483,629
122,050
167,083

14,855

787,617

78,761 70

lbs.

150
59

209

16 72

lbs.

21

148,294

167,983

16,798 SO'

1917

GAME AND FISHERIES.

27

FISHERIES.

the auaaitity aud value of all fishiag materials and other fixtures employed in the
in the Public Waters of Lake Huron (Proper).

FishinK material.

Other fixtures used in
fishing.

Seines.

Ponnd nets.

Hoop nets.

Dip or
Roll Nets.

Nieht Lines.

Spears.

Freezers and
Ice Houses.

Piers and
Wharves.

No.

Yards. Value.

No,

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.
Hooks.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

i *

i "

3

$

300

$

$

1

5,200

$
215

$

5
2

10

25

$

2,550

250

1,155

800

1

"s"

2

$

25

i

::'•."::::

1

8
54

2,250
15,750

150

6

370 430

1.100

....

* ■

6

370 430

64

18,300

9 ! SI ! S.200 1 215

""

42

4,755

6

1.275

•■"1

during the year 1915, in the Public Waters of Lake Huron (Proper).

2

2
a>
■9

a

o

a

1

a
•3

a

at
''' .

1

a

o

Value.

m

H

04

fr*

o

O

o

tn

lbs.

lbs.

1 b..

lbs.

lbs

lbs.

lbs.

lbs.

No.

$ c.

44

8,900

1,900

142 810

263,308-

5
200

2,000

26 ',487

58,330

75,641 06

70

12,951 00

1 64!>

6 543

30.250 V8

10.917

8,048

16

10.809

912

13

38,600 28

12.606

i 161,658

269.849

16

11 014

80,817

982

13

157,443 12

$ c.

$ c.

j $ c.

$ C.

I $ c.

$ C.

$ C.

$ C.

f c.

$ C.

1,890 90

8,082 90

16,190 94

1 38

.220 28

4,040 85

982 00

7 80

157,443 12

28

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No. 14

ONTARIO

Return of the number of fishermen, tonnage and value of tugs, vessels and boats,

fishing industry during the year 1915,

District.

Pishing material.

1

Tugs.

Oasoline Launches.

Sail or Row Boats.

Gill-Nets.

No.

Ton-
nage.

Value.

1
Men. No.

Value.

Men.

No.

Value.

Men.

Yards,

Value.

1

Lake St. Olair.
Kent County (including River

23

30

2

$

6,500
7,100
3,300

36

56

6

26
57
37

$

1,290
2,065
1.137

32

68
97

$

q

^

Totals

55

16,900

98

120

1,492

197

Return of the kinds, quantities and values of fish caught

District.

"D

V,

J3

s

JS

t»

ta

a

a

tS

a

^ 1

Clair.

Lake St
Kent County (including River

Thames)

Essex County

Detroit River

Totals.

Values .

brls.

lbs.

brls.

$ c.
2,000 00

lbs.

brls.

lbs.

22,200
21,500

43,700

$ c.

4,370 00

lbs.

29,733
14,5.50
10,360

54,643

$ c.

4,371 44

lbs.

16,524
18,175
2,690

$ c.

3,7.38 90

1917

GAME ANJ) FISHEEIES.

29

FISHERIES.

the quantity and value of all fishing materials and other fixtures employed in the
in the Public Waters of Lake St. Clair.

Fishing material.

Other fixtures used in
fishing.

Seines.

Pound nets.

Hoop nets.

Dip or
Roll Nets.

Night Lines.

Spears.

Freezers and
Ice Houses.

Piers and
Wharves.

No.

Yards.

Value.

Ko.

Value.

No.

Value. No. Value.

No.
Hooks.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

13

3,900
3,850
1 ^!;<

$

1,285
1,180
2,059

$

101
68

$

5,57.";
3,505

6

$

lis 800-

$

550
188

$

16
18

$

3,695
6,200

8

$
1,600

19

10

8,600

2,500

38

8

83

...

'

70 iQ am

4.P24

10 2 Ann

169

9.080

6

•128

3,300 ras

34

9,895

11

1,683

during the year 1915, in the Public Waters of Lake St. Clair.

1

to
o

u

fa.

"3

d
O

(O

to

§

u

a

O

73
■%

a
o

4)

s

a

m

lbs.
4,565

lbs.

lbs.

60,178

48,485

3.953

lbs.

lbs.

36,808

29,220

240

lbs.

205,170
201,230
257.170

lbs.

178,276
181,550
23,795

lbs.

No.

$ C.

23,686 53

29,400

1,067

.80,542 45

150

9,820 30

34,115

112,616

66,268

663,570

383,621

1,067

64,049 28

$ c,
5.117 25

$ c.

t c.

5,630 80

$ C.

5, .301 44

$ c.

13.271 40

$ C.
19,181 05

$ C.

1,067 00

$ c.
64,049 28

THE KEPORT UPON

No. 14

ONTARIO

Return of the number of fishermen, tonnage and value of tugs, vessels and boats, the

fishing industry during the year 1915,

iJistric

Fishing mateiial.

1

Tugs

Gasoline Launches.

Sail

or Row Boats.

Gill-Nets.

2

No.

Ton-
nage.

Value

Men.

No.

Value

Men.

No.

IValue.

Men.

Yards.

Value.

Lake Erie.
Pelee Island

4
1
2

133
37
61

$

24,000
5,000
1.300

28
4
14

9

48
29
24
17
11
8

17

$

3.750
26,460
12,650
9,250
7,400
9,550
4,100

8,500

35

103
63
77
57
28
31

51

15
24

8
1
6
4
80

25
10
13

$

547
3,845

475
20

290

850
3,240

430
290
518

21
18
3

92,700

23,000

120,000

$ c.

8,714 00
9 Rfto no

0

Kssex County •••...

f

Kent County, West

6 000 00

i

Kent County, East

5

Elgin County, West

2
20
10

11

23
668
234

275

17,000
140 ,550
62.000

60,900

12
100
67

50

2

6

191

27
11
15

107.172
729,800
244 .800

189,420

6

Elgin County, East

Norfolk County

67,050 00
17.453 00

31,127 00

8

Haldimand County (to and in-
cluding the Grand River).....
Port Maitland to Port Colborne.
Port Colborne to Niagara Falls.

10

3

800

4

19.750

1 368 60

Totals

50

1.431

310.750

275

166

82.460

449

186

10.505

293

1,526,642

141.202 60

Return of the kinds, quantities and values of fish caught

District.

T3

ja

a

JS

it

<a

X!

n

^

Lakt HrU.

Pelee Island

Essex County

Kent County, West

Kent County, East

Elgin County, West

Elgin County, East

Norfolk County

Haldimand County (to and in-
cluding the Grand River) ....
Port Maitland to Port Colborne.
Port Calborne to Niagara Falls,

Totals.

Values .

brls.

$ c.

lbs.

288,841
148,465
283 084
162,036
245.724
1,785,090
1,180,409

1,478.627

1.412

5,573,688

$ c.
278.684.40

brls.

$ c.

lbs.

150.062
313.326
154.488
41,905
104,571
612.748
248.355

206,399

brls.

lbs.

390

1.832.243

188.224.80

$ c.

15
1,484

873

2,383

$ c.

288.30

lbs.

1,627
383.441

36,018
11,085
115,757

45,416

45

13,228

680,450

$ C

50,436.00

lbs.

26,947
126,915
100 081

51,983

189,900

6,828

96,281

58.670

6,500

655

607,719

$ c.

60,771.00

1917

GAME AND FISHEEIES.

31

FISHERIES.

quantity and value of all fishing materials and other fixtures employed in the
in the Public Waters of Lake Erie.

Fishing material.

Other fixtures used in
fishing.

Seines.

Pound Nets.

Hoop Nets.

Dip or
Roll Nets.

Night Lines.

Spears.

Freezers and
Ice Houses.

Piers and
Wharves.

No.

Yards.

Value,

No.

Value.

No,

Value.

No.

Value.

No.
Hooks.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

.S

800

1,400

75

2,000

$

185

530

35

525

50
191
101
79
91
23
23

49

f

S.850
80.650
57,900
35,700
39.350
8,800
6.900

17.600

$

$

925

S
25

$

1

$

1,250
10.025
35,000
9,100
4,150
7,000
10,670

3,765

2
3

10
6
8
6

12

11

$

a ,000

7

93

226

1

22
19
8
11
21

18

3,100

5

260

10.100

........

2

11

3,800

44

16,400
295

6.525
210

1.200-

25

1,376

4

9

60

1,300

4.610
2.600

49.60
31.25

1

36

20

*

"

66

21,e«5

8.030

607

255.660

11

71

9.235

130.75

1?R

80.960

16

25.150

during the year 1915, in the Public Waters of Lake Erie.

§

4)

9

.0
1

1

<a

CO

o

§

u

ce

%

o

1

3

"2
•3

V

lbs.
7.984

lbs.

lbs.

174,843
137,126
185,162
133.277
75,305
10S.868
176 .749

54,017

lbs.

lbs.

2.592
8.805

lbs.

58.196

195.100

1.820

271.099

162

90

336.663

48,230

lbs.

91,268
353.264
88.822
84.121
44,362
66.958
136.661

.67.711
5,600
19.911

lbs.

260

981i
32
614

101
471

158

660

92

6671

No.
"622'
'456'

117
'24'

bs..

305,193
395,640
846,901
805.187
380,645
1.265.364
393.827

404.002
82.933
3.680

1 c.

78,918 84
163,408 8S
138,256 9&
116 743 62

7,778

1.240

2,021

1,812

2.466
2.199
7.638
13.737

1.000

l,3Sa

84 423 26

1.088

287,945 J'4
167,573 8S

iKi Q4P a.-.

4,120

19,860

20,860

1,990

9,612 40
4,463 34

7.330

3,744

180

66.315

1.042.091

21,100

38 ,436

904.880

948,568

2.861}

1,219

4,882,312

1,195,696 03

$ C.

8.447.25

$ c.
62,104.56

$ c.

1,266.00

$ C.

3,074,88

1 c.

18,097.60

$ c.

47.427.90

« c.

2,861.86

731.40

$ c.

488,231.20

$ c.

1.196,696 0;j

33

THE EEPORT UPON

Xo. 14

ONTARIO

Return of the number of fishermen, tonnage and value of tugs, vessels and boats,

fishing industry during the year 1915,

District.

Fishine material.

1

Tugs

Gasoline Launches.

Sail

or Row Boats.

OiU- Nets.

a

d

No.

IZ. 'Value.

Men.

No.

Value.

Men.

No.

Value.

Men.

Yards.

Value.

1

Lake OrUario.

$

18

17
3

7
2
1

10
56
4
20
12

$

6,310

2.225

4.950

1,300

3.930

550

250

3.100

14,875

640

3,910

3,430

35
16
34

5
14

4

2

19

106

6
35
31

7
18
2

"2'
4
5
28
111
165
57
35

$

330
497
175

""'ioo'

90
90
1,095
3,772
5,608
1,466
1,430

27

4

"4'

6
5
43
180
252
73
56

97,325

52,100

95.800
1.400

34.200
8.400
3.440

65,695
314.325

74,400
106,100

34,500

$ c.

5 991 00

9

5 100 00

8

Halton County

4 700 00

4

1,750 00

n

2 812 50

fi

Ontario County

890 00

7

Durham County

66 00

ft

3,640 00

9

Prince Edward County

13,871 50

10

Bay of Quinte (Proper)

4.324 50

11

Bay of Quinte (Eastern Channel).

4.850 00

12

1.425 00

Totals

157

44,470

307

434

14,653

657

887,685

49,420 50

Return of the kinds, quantities and values of fish caught

1

s

0

District.

J
1

M

a
'C
«

n

.a
£

1

1
1

'3
^ ■

J3
1
■g

1

i

1
1

v3

i

«

0

Q

e

1

M
u

'£

1

Lake Ontario.

brls.

10

lbs,

625.857

376,500

216,250

85,000

25,6C2

817

2,877

24,410

127 072

216,106

5,900

brls.

lbs.

30.800
30,740
16.800
7,000
28,635
15,300
12,000
45,305
305,128
154,138
151,. 572
12,200

bris.

lbs.

7,300

3.070

26,000

17.450

12,500

1,200

500

56,686

289,204

650

111,409

24,800

lbs.

lbs.
52,361

«>

67,240

1,360

3

4

Peel County

7

5

York County

100
253

10

r

7

R

481
21

1!

1
5
29
2
3

67,902

42,213

164,107

3,600

21,573

9

Prince Edward County

10

3

10

i..^i5

10
11
12

Bay of Quinte (Proper)

Bay of Quinte (Eastern Channel).

27.909
1,730
1,280

Totals

95!

$ c.

957 50

1,706.391

40

809 618

23

550,769

366 988

85,965

Values

$ C.

85,319 55

$ C.

400 00

$ C.

80,961 80

$ C.

230 00

$ C.

55,076 90

$ C.

29,359 04

$ C.
8.596 50

1917

GAME AND FISHEEIES.

33

FISHERIES.

the quantity and value of all fishing materials and other fixtures employed in the
in the Public Waters of Lake Ontario.

Fishine material.

Other fixtures used in
fishintr,

Seines.

Poand nets.

Hoop nets.

Dip or Roll
nets.

Night Lines.

Spears.

Freezers and
Ice Houses.

Piers and
Wharves.

No.

Yards.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.
Hooks.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

83
690
200

$

65

215

75

$

$

$

$

$

1

226

19

3

$

200
2,640
1,510

350

$

5

1,650

17 50

224

336

50

200

51

90

331

11

82

10
1.300
1,835
5,800
245
1,825

2
2

18
1

200

75

1.665

75

* "

5,650

7,300

10,500

3.300

182 00
78 80

460 00
75 00

30

180
10

100
10
41

10

4

350

675

• • • •

19

1,163

506

566

11,015

28,400

813 30

221

336

276

7.065

11

955

""1

during the year 1915, in the Public Waters of Lake Ontario.

8
»

1

1

1

a

<a

'a
O

6

S

s

1

n

a

1

3

i

o
B

VI

ti

a

a

u

lbs.
300

lbs.

75
3.712

lbs.

4,470
1.775

lbs.

lbs.

1.000

lbs.

lbs.

14,200
6,250
3.000

lbs.

No.

lbs.

S c.

41,501 95

61 .900
7.000

29 683 17

75,800

22.962 50
6,765 00

50

35

38

15,100

6.857

67.106

1,464

22.415

2.088
5')0
4.240
80 355
96,152
187.294
10.900
33.705

5 509 50

1.737 84

50
29,362
43.413
150.060
3.150
40.663

. 100
11.360

3.900
23.283

1 613 75

21.560
44,899
90.659
.34.449
24 349

25 989 27

81,050 77

73,191 06

75

30,077 49

1.146

4.975

13 475 22

1,521

219.703

119,310

267.698' 119 -.18

438.684

75 800

3.33.457 52

S c.
228 15

$ C.

13,182 18

$ c.

5,965 50

$ c.

1 c.

21,415 84

$ c.

2,250 36

$ c.

21.934 20

$ c.

1 c.

7.580 00

) c.

333.457 52

34

THE EEPORT UPON

No. 14

ONTARIO

Return of the number of fishermen, tonnage and value of tugs, vessels and boats

fishing industry during the pear 1916,

District.

Fishing Material.

1

Tugs.

Gasoline Launches.

Sail

or Row Boats.

Oill Nets.

1

No.|^- Value.

Men.

No.

Value.

Men.

No.

Value.

Men.

Yards.

Value.

1

Inland Watert.

$

6
46

t

1

$
1.175 6
12.875 47

49

85

88
14

9

$
935

3,106

835
405

700

63

129

88
18

11

1,580

30

1.700

$c.
127 00

2

Lanark and Leeds Counties....,

2 50

3

Renfrew, Oarleton, Grenville,
Prescott and Stormont Oounties

650
2,300

600

6
3

4

52 00

4

5

Nipissincr and Timiskamins; Dis-
tricts

6.650

887 00

Totals

60

17.600

66

245

5.981

309

9,960

1,068 50

*•■' 1

Return of the kinds, quantities and values of fish caught

District.

i

J3

-•

1

c3

1

2

V

X!

a

3

J3

a

s

ja

ja

o

w

W

^

^

e<

H

i?

Inland Waters.
Prontenac County

Lanark and Leeds Counties

Renfrew, Oarleton, Grenville,
Prescott and Stormont Counties

Lake Simcoe

Nipissing and Timiskaming Dis-
tricts ;

Totals.

Values

brls.

lbs.

$ c.

521
1,815

2.336

$ c.
116 80

brls.

$ c,

lbs.

7,001
8,110

15,711

""FT
1,571 10

brls.

lbs.

31,947
1.900

33.847

lbs.
26.294
IS, 527

2,352

11.912

59,085

$ c. $ C.

3.384 70 : 4,726 80

lbs.

603
397

10.045

11.045

f c.

1,104 60

1817

GAME AND FISHERIES.

35

FISHERIES.

the quantity and value of all fishing materials and other fixtures employed in the
in the public waters of Inland Waters.

Fishinjt Material.

Other fixtures used in
. fishing.

Seines.

Pound nets.

Hoop nets.

Dip or Roll
Nets.

Night Lines.

Spears.

Freezers and
Ice Houses.

Piers and
Wharres.

No.

Yards.

Talue.

No.

Value.

No. Value.

No.

Value.

Ho^oL.r^l-

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

10

115

40

$

191
45

$

75

$ c.
2,705 00
4,610 60

153 00

$

$ c.

$

$

2 tiiO

1
3

$

25

2

238
13

4.200

T

10,785
5.250

118 00

203 10
97 00

2

3
52

4

150

60
1.050

590

225

8

17

0

400

300

195

751 25

2

200

3

375

3

75 00

• . ■ .

14

555

536

3

375

239

7,543.60

8

17

20.235

418 10

195

751 25

62

2,000

6

450

during the year 1915, in the public waters of Inland Waters.

!

i

1

Oatfish.

a

Oaviare.

Sturgeon Bladders.

1

lbs.

lbs.

lbs

lbs.

lbs.

lbs.

V

lbs.

lbs.

No.

$ c.

18.890
13 956

711

3,988

2,610
10.136

1.725

85.229
73,775

300

160.620

171.059

30.280
63,197

19,859

18,001 79

4 360

17,693 87
3,323 20

5,680'

2,385

4.666

1,903
116,637

22

3

9,959 94

1 575

35

5,600

2.700

4.918 76

tl.615

33.266

19,170

5.600

166,370

118,840

445.015

22

3

53.897 56

$ c.

I .742 25

$ c.

1.995 96

$ C.

958 50

$ c.

336 00

$ c.

13,309 60

$ c.

2,376 80

$ c.

22,250 75

$ c.
22 00

$ c.
1 80

S c.

53.897 56

36

THE REPORT UPON

No. 14

ONTARIO

Recapitulation of tlie number of fishermen, tonnage and value of tugs, vessels and boats.

industry during

District.

FishinE material.

Taes.

Oasoline Launches.

Sail

or Row Boats.

Oill-Nets.

6

No.

Ton-
nage.

Value.

Men.

No.

Value.

Men.

No.

Value.

Men,

Yards.

! Value.

1

Kenora & Rainy River Dist..

4

20
20
12
12

90
317
391
306
183

$

6,650
56.850
71,400
48.500
28.500

4
118
91
53
47

67
17
43
66
35
55
166
157
60

$

21,405
7,650
18,955
27,385
14,165
16,900
82,460
44,470
17 600

131

41

97

140

70

98

449

307

66

67

104

79

93

75

120

186

434

245

$

2.656
7.310
3,765
8,386
6,818
4,492
10,505
14,653
5,981

112

169
109
151
130
197
293
657
309

139.400
916,310
1,022,700
924,175
468,471

$ c.

14,061 00
51,936 00

3
4

Lalte Huron (North Cliannel)

69.119 00
52 357 00

5

6

Lalce Huron (Proper)

Lake St. Clair, etc

33,593 00

7

Lake Erie

50

1.431

310,750

275

1.526,642

887.685

9 960

141,202 60

8

Lake Ontario

49,420 50

R

Inland Waters

1 068 50

Totals

118

2,718

522,650

588

666

250,990

1,^99

1403

64,566

2,127

5,895,343

412,756 60

Recapitulation of the kinds, quantities and values

1

District,

i

M

a

i

i
1

1

I

i

i

a

«M

1

1

g

'&

A

J3

a

o

M

o

%

n

n

^

^

tr>

a

CL,

£

bris.

lbs.

brls.

lbs.

brls.

lbs.

lbs.

lbs.

\

Kenora and Rainy River District
Lake Superior

1,349,624
841,980

"g^sgei

92,753
1,645,278

1,221,942
70,876

1.168.736

2

2,234i

2,776,900

690

179.961

3

Lake Huron (North Channel)....

138

39,380

103

656,459

179

1,725,232

101,836

382,602

4

Qeorgian Bay

461

99.069

1,330

392,425

3,662

1.388,289

78,383

85,678

5

Lake Huron (Proper)

405

221 871

25

51,859

987

78« 617

209

167.9«3

^

Lake St, Clair, etc

200

43,700

1,832,243

809,618

15.711

54,643
630.450
836,988

69,005

37,389

7

Lake Brie

■■"£51

6.673,688

1,701,391

2,336

2.383
650.769
38 847

607,710

g

40

23

86,965

q

11,045

Totals

3, 3341

10,419,635

2,388

5,998,619

14,747j

6,226.168

2,584,412

2,671,768

$ c.

$ c.

$ c.

$ c.

$ c.

$ c.

$ c.

$ c.

Value

33,842 50

520,981 75

23,880 00

599.361 90

147,475 00

622,616 80

206,752 96

267,176 80

1917

GAME AND FISHERIES.

37

FISHERIES.

the quantity and value of all fishing material and other fixtures employed in the fishing
the year 1915.

Fishine jnaterial.

— Continued.

Other fixtures used in
fishing:.

Seines.

Pound nets.

Hoop nets.

Dip or Roll
nets.

Night Lines.

Spears.

Freezers and
Ice Houses.

Piers and
Wharves.

No.

Yards.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

No. Value.

No.
Hooks.

Value.

No. Value.

No

Value.

No.

Value.

$

45

57

130

9

64

10

607

$

13,650
17,175
52,000

3,050
18,300

2,600
255,650

6

$ c.

260 00

$

$ c.

$ c.

37
26
44
22
42
34
123
276
62

$

11,430
7,475

14,050
5,685
4,755
9,895

80,960
7,065
2,000

21
30
31
23

6
11
56
11

6

195

2,945

4,180

• •••

1
25

- 20 00

3,900
28,600
5,200
3,300
9,235
28,400
20 235

150 00
2.500 00
215 00
738 00
130 75
813 .30
418 10

15 300

1

100

370

12,301

21,005

1.163

555

90
430
4 ,524
8.030
506
536

483 00

2 900

6

9
6
11

*"8

81

128

71

17

1,275

70
65

169

9,080 00

1.683
25.150

19

566
239

11,01^00
7.543 60

224

195

336 00
751 25

955

14

3

375

450

175

35,494

14,116

925

362,800

1006

28,401 60

34

247

98,870

4.965 15

•419

1,087 25

666

143,315

54,838

of fish caught during the year71915.

g

a

00

m
1

i

i

6

0.

6

§

0

•0

c
ca

■2-g

.2

6

«

■0

1

a

a
0

s

1
CQ

0
0

i

0
a

CO

til

a

«

>

lbs.
85 639

lbs.
59,554

lbs.

7,975

300

16.183

11,017

161.658

112,616

1,042.091

119,310

19.170

lbs.

tm

262.110

8.914

52.394

43,014

269,849

'"21.100
""5. 600

lbs.

118,630

""i,396

8,675

16

66,218

38,436

267,698

166.370

lbs.

190,320

1,400

5

15,550

11,014

663,570

904,880

112,518

118,840

lbs,

81,480
157.068
425.518
45,504
80,817
383,621
948,858
4.S8.684
445,015

lbs.

1,700

16

427

905

982

1,067

2,86li

lbs.
121

lbs.

lbs.

$ c.

410,054 40

16,048

27.475

6,128

550,301 48

248

315 782 70

260,699 88

12.606
34 115

13

157,443 12

64,049 28

56,315
1 521

"219,70.3
33,266

1,219

4,882,312

"'75'. 800

1,195,506 03
333,467 52

11 615

22

3

53,897 66

231,462

312.523

1,490,320

662,981

667,489

2,018,097

3,006.265

7.980i

1.604

4,882,312

75,800

3.341,181 41

$ c. $ c.
27.719 30 18,751 38

$ c.

74,516 00

$ c,

39,778 86

$ c.

63,399 IS

$ 1.

40,361 94

$ c.

160,813 25

$ c.

7,980 26

$ C.

962 40

$ c.

488,231 20

$ c.

7,680 00

$ c,

8,341.181 41

38

THE KEPOET UPON

No. 14

ComparatiTe Statement of yield for 1914-15, according to Districts.

1914.

1915. Increase.

Decrease.

ECenora and Rainy Riyer District:

Herring bbls

Herring lbs

Whiteflsh bbls

Whiteflsh lbs

Trout bbls

Trout lbs

Pike " ....

Pickerel (Dore) " ....

Sturgeon " . . . .

Eels •. " ....

Perch " . . . .

Tullibee " ....

Catfish " ....

Carp " . . . .

Mixed and Coarse fish , " . . . .

Caviare " . • . .

Sturgeon Bladders No. . . . .

Lake Superior :

Herring bbls.

Herring lbs.

Whiteflsh bbls.

Whiteflsh lbs.

Trout bbls.

Trout lbs.

Pike "

Pickerel (Dore) "

Sturgeon "

^ Eels "

Perch "

Tullibee "

Catfish "

Carp "

Mixed and Coarse fish "

Caviare "

Sturgeon Bladders No .

Lake Huron, North Channel :

Herring bbls.

Herring lbs.

Whiteflsh bbls.

Whiteflsh lbs.

Trout bbls.

Trout ..lbs.

Pike "

Pickerel (Dore) . : "

Sturgeon "

Eels " .

Perch " .

Tullibee " .

Catflsh " .

Carp " .

Mixed and Coarse fish " .

Caviare " .

turgeon Bladders No. .

150
995,041

1,349,624

354.583

161,713

760,554

922,968

95,804

Georgian Bay :

Herring — bbls . . . .

Herring lbs. . . .

Whiteflsh bbls. . . .

Whiteflsh lbs ... .

500

127,133

66.420

124,730

163.860

1.685

93^

1.915

781,935

313

337,564

690

1,438,842

201,287

129,307

8,502

92,753

1,221,942

1,163.735

85,639

59,554

7,975

262.110

118.630

190,320

81.480

1.700

121

2,234jj

2,776,900 '

690 :

841,980

9,89^

1,645,278

70,876 i

179,961 I

16,048 !

461,388
240,767

59,554

7,475

134,977

52,210

65,590

15
273

319i

1.994,965

377

504,416

9,206

206,436

50,654
7,546

150
7,453
3,460

300
8,914

150
1,461

26,022

145

12.047

4

716.696

68

1.503,678

126,096

408,464

30.428

1,400 I

157.068 I

16 i

1.400

131.046

16

14.909

91.821

2.055

1.416

491.697

303

138

39.380

103

656,459

179

1,725,232

101,836

332,602

27,475

27,333
99

239

35,254

391

415,803

16,183

52,394

1,396

5

425,518

427

248

461

99,069

1,330

392,425

111
221,554

1,274

124
248

222

63,815

939

150

68,960

10.165

82.380

130,411

3,460

60,237

24,260

75,862

2.953

39.427

659

1.411

66.179

23.378

1917

GAME AND PISHEEIES.

39

Comparative Statement of yield for 1914-15, according to Districts — Continued.

1914.

1915.

Increase.

Decrease.

Georgian Bay — Continued :

Trout bbls.,

Trout lbs.

Pike " .,

Pickerel (Dore) " .

Sturgeon " .

Eels " .

Perch " .

Tullibee " .

Catfish " .

Carp " .

Mixed and Coarse Fish " .

Caviare " .

Sturgeon Bladders No. .

Lake Huron (proper) :

Herring bbls .

Herring lbs .

Whiteflsh bbls.

Whitefish lbs.

Trout bbls.

Trout lbs..

Pike " .

Pickerel (Dore) " .

Sturgeon " .

Eels " .

Perch " .

Tullibee " .

Catfish " .

Carp " .

Mixed and coarse fish " .

Caviare " .

Sturgeon Bladders No. .

Lake St. Clair, etc.:

Herring bbls. .

Herring lbs. .

Whitefish bbls .

Whitefish lbs. .

Trout bbls.

Trout lbs.

Pike " .

Pickerel (Dore) " .

Sturgeon " .

Eels " .

Perch " .

Tullibee " .

Catfish " .

Carp " .

Mixed and coarse fish " .

Caviare " .

Sturgeon Bladders No .

Lake Erie :

Herring bbls .

Herring lbs .

Whiteflsh bbls.

Whitefish lbs.

Trout bbls.

Trout lbs.

Pike " ,

Pickerel (Dore) " .

558

835.776

74.044

67,828

6.823

6.806
19,500

2,924

2,500
51.560

1,026
300

468

163,372

39

61,808

319

669,604

1.064

191.190

14,459

50

115,223

367.648

161

10,006

103.840

l,435i

25

3.662

1.388,289

78,383

85,378

6,128

11,017
43,014
8,675
15,550
45,504
905

405

221,871

25

51,859

987

787.617

209

167,983

12,606

3,104

552,513

4,389

17,550

4.211
23,514

5,751
13,050

58,499

668
118,013

161,658

269,849

16

11,014

80,817

982

13

46,600

62,840

46,213

40,965

8.450

283.640

78,370

1,027.675

1,115.380

1.719

200
43.700

54,643
37,389
34.115

112.616

66,268

663,570

383,621

1,067

46,435
"i*,668

200

5,981,542i 5.573,688

1.992.618

18

2,494

2.926,797

2,085.829

1.832,243

2,383
6E0,450
607,710

695

6,056
121
300

63

14
9.949

855

23,207

1.853

50

97,799
145

'23.623'
453i
12

2,900

8,197
8.824
6.850
8,450
171,024

12.102

364,105

731,759

652

407,854i

160,375

18

111

2,296,347

1,478,119

40

THE EEPORT UPON

No. 14

Cji.ijaia ;v3 Statement of yield for 1914-15, according to Districts — Continued.

1914.

1915,

Increase .

Decrease.

Lake Erie. — Continued :

Sturgeon lbs

Eels "

Perch "

Tullibee "

Catfish "

Carp "

Mixed and coarse fish "

Caviare "

Sturgeon Bladders No.

Pickerel (Blue) lbs.

Lake Ontario ;

Herring bbls

Herring lbs

Whitefish bbls

Whiteflsh lbs

Trout bbls

Trout lbs

Pike : "

Pickerel (Dore) "

Sturgeon "

Eels "

Perch "

Tullibee "

Catfish "

Carp "

Mixed and Coarse fish "

Caviare "

Sturgeon Bladders No

.Herring, Smoked lbs

Inland Waters :

Herring bbls .

Herring lbs .

Whiteflsh bbls.

Whitefish lbs.

Trout bbls.

Trout lbs.

Pike " .

Pickerel (Dore) " .

Sturgeon *' .

Eels " ,

Perch " .

Tullibee " .

Catfish " ,

Carp " ,

Mixed and CoarsQ fish " ,

Caviare " .

Sturgeon Bladders No. ,

56,266

74

1,407,984

254,297

49,092

1,395,118

861,614

2,6831

319

313J

991,406

1,4131

515,537

163

600,364

248,023

64,251

150

299,913

105,428

1,980

268,613

81,478

348,785

120,192

9
14,812

U
21,057

4,765

25,126

1,215

765

39,023

18,987

300

117,573

146,752

301,758

100

56,315

49

1,042,091

21,100

38,436

904,880

948,558

2,8611

1,219

4,882,312

951

1,706,391

40

809,618

23

550,769

336,988

85,965

1,521

219,703

119,310

86,944
1781
900
4.882,312

714,985
"294',68i*

88,965

21,714

1,371

13,882

267,698
112,518
438,684

31,040
89,899

75,800

2,336

15,711

33,847

59,085

11,045

n,615

33,266

19,170

5,600

166,370

118,840

445,015

22

3

29,082

33,959

9,830-

10,850

183

5,300

48,797

143,257
22

74

365,893

233.197

10,656

490,238

218i

,373i

49

140
,595

,210

980
915

44,392

9
12,476

n

5,346

5,757

27,912
97*

1917

GAME AND FISHERIES.

41

Comparative Statement of the yield of the Province.

1914

1915

Increase.

Decrease.

Herring bbls.

Herring lbs.

Whiteflsh , bbls.

Whiteflsh lbs.

Trout bbls.

Trout lbs.

Pike "

Pickerel (Dore) "

Sturgeon "

Eels "

Perch "

Tullibee "

Catfish "

Carp "

Mixed and Coarse fish "

Caviare "

Herring, smoked "

Pickerel (Blue) "

Sturgeon Bladders No.

Total Barrels

Total Pounds

Total Increase of Barrels 1915

Total Increase of Pounds 1915

3

,980

2

,102

1

,217

,425

,917

254

347

,953

870

588

,789

,464

8

120

,089 J

,368 J

,312

,724

,812

,236

,829

,265

,162

,510

,627

,132

,668

,675

,516

,8524

,192

837i

7,2131
37,040,7561

3,

10,419,

2,

5,993,

14,

6,226,

2.584,

2,671,

251,

312,

1,490,

662,

667,

2,018,

3,006,

7.

75,

4.882,

1,

384J

635

388

619

747i

168

412

768

462

523

320

981

489

097

265

980i

800

312

604

2451

2,439,267

76

890,895

12,935

1,008,932"

78,821

20,4691
41,270,8311

4,88,

.312
766J

13,256|
4,230,0/5i

1,841,417

1,24... 497

2,700

34,987

463,307

207,151

771,578

458,251

872

44,392

State nfmt of the yield and value of the Fisheries of the Province for the year 1915.

Kinds of Fish.

Quantity.

Price.

Value.

Herring bbls

Herring lbs

Whiteflsh bbls

Whiteflsh lbs

Trout bbls

Trout lbs

Pike "

Pickerel (Dore) "

Sturgeon "

Eels "

Perch "

Tullibee "

Catfish ••

Carp "

Mixed and Coarse Fish "

Caviare "

Sturgeon Bladders No.

Pickerel (Blue) lbs

Herring, smoked "

Total

3,334i

10,419,635

2,388

5.993,619

14,747i

6,226,168

2,584,412

2,671,768

251,462

312,523

1,490,320

662,981

667.489

2,018,097

3.006,265

7,980i

1,604

4,882,312

75,800

$ c.

10 00
05

10 00
10

10 00
10
08
10
15
06
05
06
08
05
05
1 00
60
10
10

33,342 50

520.981 75

23,880 00

599,361 90

147,475 00

622,616 80

206.752 96

267,176 80

37,719 30

18,751 38

74.516 00

' 39,778 86

53.399 12

40,361 94

150.313 25

7,980 25

962 40

488,231 20

7,580 00

3,341.181 41

42

THE REPORT UPON

Xo. 14

Value of Ontario Fisheries from 1870 to 1915, inclusive.

Year.

1870.
1871.
1872.
1873.
1874.
1875.
1876.
1877.
1878.
1879.
1880.
1881.
1882.
1883.
1884.
1885.
1886.
1887.
1888.
1889.
1890.
1891.
1892.

Carried forward $21 , 421 ,762

Year.

Value.

1893.
1894.
1895.
1896.
1897.
1898.
1899.
1900.
1901.
1902.
1903.
1904.
1905.
1906.
1907.
1908.
1909.
1910.
1911.
1912.
1913.
1914.
1915.

Brought forward .

Total

$

21,421,
1,694,
1,659,
1,584,
1,^05,
1,289,
1,433,
1.477,
1,333,
1,428,
1,265,
1,535,
1,793,
1,708,
1,734,
1,935,
2,100,
2,237,
2,348,
2,419,
2,842,
2,674,
2,755,
3,341,

c.
762 00
930 00
968 00
473 00
674 00
822 00
631 00
815 00
293 00
078 00
705 00
144 00
524 00
963 00
865 00
024 90
078 63
544 41
269 57
178 21
877 09
686 76
293 11
181 41

65,621,486 09

Statement

of the number and value of the Tugs, Gasoline, Sail and Row Boats, Nets, Spears, Ac., used
in the Fishing Industry of the Province of Ontario, durmg the year 1915.

Number.

Value.

Tugs (2,718 tons)

Gasoline Launches

Boats (Sail or Row)

Gill-Nets

Seines (35,494 yds)

Pound-Nets

Hoop-Nets

Dip or Roll Nets

Night Lines

Spears

Freezers and Ice-Houses .
Piers and Wharves

Total

' 118

666

1,403

5,895,343 yards

175

925

1,006

34

98,870

419

666

195

Number of men employed on Tugs.

Gasoline Launches

Sail and Row Boats

$ c.

522,650 00

250,990 00

64,566 00

412,756 60

14,116 00

362,800 00

28,401 60

247 00

4,965 15

1,087 25

143,315 OQ

54,838 00

1,860.732 60

588
1,399
2,127

4.114

Eleventh Annual Report

OF THE

GAME AND FISHERIES
DEPARTMENT

1917

PRINTED BY ORDER OF

THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ONTARIO

TORONTO:
Printed and Published by A. T. WILGRESS, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty

19 18

Printed by
WILLIAM BRIGGS

Comer Queen and John Streets
Toronto

To His Honour Sir John Steatheaen Hendeie^ K.C.M.G./ C.V.O., a Colonel in

the Militia of Canada, etc., etc., etc.

Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of Ontario.

May It Please Youe Honoue :

• I have the honour to submit herewith, for the information of Your Honour
and the Legislative Assembly, the Eleventh Annual Eeport of the Department of
Game and Fisheries of this Province.

I have the honour to be,

Your Honour's most obedient servant,

F. G. Macdiaemid,
Minister of Public Works and Highways.
Toronto, 23rd February, 1918.

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ELEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT

OF THE

Department of Game and Fisheries of

Ontario

To the Honourable F. G. Macdiarmid^

Minister of Public Works and Highways.

Sir, — I have the honour to submit for your consideration the Eleventh Annual
Keport of the Department of Game and Fisheries, which is for the fiscal year ended
October 31st, 1917.

Laws and Regulations.

It is with pleasure I am able to report that, with few exceptions, the laws and
regulations have been adhered to. The amendments made to the Game and
Fisheries Act during the session of the Legislature in 1916, providing for trappers'
licenses and also making provision for the taking of beaver and otter under certain
regulations prescribed by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, has proved very ac-
ceptable to the trappers and, the public in general, and incidentally had the effect of
materially increasing the revenue of the Department. The regulation levying a
royalty of fifty cents on each beaver skin taken in the Province, and one dollar on
each otter skin, brought into the Provincial Treasury the sum of $21,781.00, while
the fees derived from trappers' licenses and farmers' permits brought in a total of
$23,040.00. The Statutes provide that farmers and farmers' sons trapping upon
their own land shall be exempt from having to take out a trapper's license, but the
regulation re the taking of beaver and otter upon their own lands require them to
take out what is known as a farmer's permit, the fee being placed at the nominal
sum of one dollar. This enables each farmer or farmer's son to take ten beaver in
an open season. Realizing that these were new regulations and also that it was
the first open season in Ontario for twenty years, the Department gave them,
through their officers and the press, the widest possible publicity, with the result
that these regulations were brought into force with little confusion and are now
being well observed and working smoothly.

The Treaty between Great Britain and the United States re the protection of
insectivorous and other birds referred to in my last report has been signed, and it
will require legislation at the next session of the Legislature amending our Act to
make it conform with the terms of the Treaty.

To create as well as stimulate interest in the better protection of our beautiful
songsters and other birds, the Department has, at the request of the owner, Miss
E. L. Marsh, set aside the "Peasemarsh Farm," in the County of Grey, as a
sanctuary. We trust the example set by Miss Marsh may be followed by others
interested in the preservation and protection of bird life in this Province, and that

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before many years we may have a large number of such sanctuaries. Miner's Farm,
already so well kno^vn, is a splendid example of what can be done to preserve wild
life.

Game.

Deer and moose continue to hold their own, and notwithstanding the large
drain upon the young men of the Province who have gone overseas, there were
practically one thousand more hunters in the Avoods during the season of 1916-17
than during the previous season, while the returns show that there were forty more
non-resident hunters visited the Province than dviring 1915 and 1916.

Caribou, I am pleased to say, are on the increase, especially in Kenora and
Patricia Districts.

Ducks. — Sportsmen have no reason to complain of the scarcity of ducks.

I'al-tridge do not seem to have increased to the extent ex])ected and it may
be necessary to extend the close season for another two years.

Fuk-Beaeing Animals.

Beaver are still on the increase despite the fact that 1917 was an open season,
which goes to prove that under the present regulations the open season may be con-
tinued for at least several years without diminishing their inimbers to any alarming
extent.

Mink and uuiskrats show a marked increase, due, no doubt, to the protection
given, particularly to the latter, by the regulation enacted in 1916, whereby no
muskrat shall be taken in that part of the Province lying south of the French and
Mattawa Elvers, except from the 1st day of March to the 21st day of April, and in
that part of the Province lying north of those two rivers from the 1st day of April
to the 21st day of May. First-class furriers commend the action of the Department
for this regulation.

Marten and fisher, I regret to say, are steadily on the decrease. I am of the
opinion that it would be advisable to give these valuable fur-bearing animals the
same protection that is extended to mink.

Otter. — In the majority of localities these animals are on the decrease and it
*may be necessary in the near future to give them further protection.

Fish.

Acting upon your suggestion that the Department do something practicable
to assist in reducing the high cost of living, the Department decided to open some of
our inland lakes under Government control. On September 26th the initial ship-
ment of Lake Xipigon fish reached Toronto. This shipment contained eighteen
boxes of whitefish and trout. The quality was excellent and the demand much
greater than anticipated.. The problem then was to supply the demand. The
waters of Lake Nipissing were then added and shortly Lake Huron and Georgian
Bay were assisting in supplying the demand.

The possible extent of consumption in the Province is scarcely realized, but
some idea may be gained of the demand created when it is known that one firm in
an Ontario city sold forty thousand pounds of fish in one day. The amount of fish
obtained by the fishermen from Ontario waters can be judge<l by the total returns of
1916, which including salted fish, amounted to 37,518,6081/2 pounds at an estimated
value of $2,790,318.43. A large percentage of these fish had hitherto been exported
to the American markets on account of the high price obtained there. The in-

1918 Gx^ME AND FISHERIES. 7

troduction of the neAv regulation whereby the Department reserves the right to
purchase twenty per cent, of the fishermen's entire catch (with the production of
Lakes Xipigon and Nipissing), sliould be sufficient to meet the demand for the
coming season. That a more popular public service has never been introduced by
the Government is evidenced by the hearty support given the scheme by the press
and public in general.

Hatcheey.

It is with much pleasure I can report the completion of the Normandale
Hatchery. It is equi])ped with a thousand jars and a competent man secured as
superintendent. The Department will watch with interest the result of its first
year's operation. The Mount Pleasant Hatchery had good results. The Depart-
ment was disa])})ointed in not being able to secure the required quantity of brook
trout eggs for this hatchery, but were successful in bringing nearly all obtained to
matiirity and in the fingcrling stage they were deposited in rivers and streams in the
different parts of the public waters of the Province, thus insuring in the course of
a few years a marked improvement in tlie fishing. I would strongly recommend
the building of a whitefish and trout hatchery in the District of Thunder Bay for
the restocking of Lake Nepigon and other inland waters. A long felt want will be
filled by the opening of Lake Xe])igon, whereby the Department will be able to
secure spawn from the most famous speckled trout waters in the Dominion. The
demand for both bass and speckled trout for restocking far exceeds the supply.
Great credit is due the Dominion Government for their untiring efforts in restock-
ing the Great Lakes and furnishing the Department in 1917 with 1,120,000 salmon
trout fry for the inland waters.

Acknowledgment.

The thanks of the Department are due to the railway and transportation com-
panies for their assistance in making much easier the enforcement of the laws and
regulations; also for the free hauling of the Government fish car during planting
operations, and to the officers of the companies for the courtesies extended and aid
rendered in facilitating the movements of the car between different points.

The provincial police officers and the fire ranging staff continue to render very
efficient services to the De[)artment, especially in the northern and western portion
of the Province, for which I wish to thank the chief officers of these Departments.
I desire to extend my sincere thanks to the employees of the Department for their
faithful and effective services.

It is with deep regret 1 have to report that during the past year death has re-
moved from our Department some of our most efficient officers. Our greatest loss
was in the death of the Deputy Minister, the late Mr. Alfred Sheriff. In him the
Province has lost a valuable servant who Avill be hard to replace. The Chief In-
spector, the late Mr. W. W. Holden, died last Xovember. During his term of
office the Department's efficiency was greatly increased. Through his death we
have lost a valuable officer. Through the deaths of Mr. J. II. Willmott and Mr.
C. N. Sterling, District Wardens, the Department has lost two faithful and efficient
officers.

All of which is respectfully submitted by

Your obedient servant,

D. McDonald,
Acting Deputy Minister of Game and Fisheries.

THE REPOET UPON No. 14

Toronto^ February 14, 1918.
D. McDonald, Esq.,

Acting Deputy Minister of Game and Fisheries, Toronto, Out.

Sm, — I herewith hand you my annual report for 1917. During the year I
visited nearly all parts of the Province and found the fish and game laws were very
well observed. From all parts of the Province reports received show that the
number of tourists visiting the various fishing grounds showed a falling off com-
pared with former years. This is caused, no doubt, by the war and general de-
pression. It is certainly not due to any shortage of game fish as they have never
been so numerous. Commercial fishing in all waters of the Province was better
last year than ever before. This is, no doubt, due to the success of the different
hatcheries in re-stocking the different lakes.

Deer are reported as being plentiful, also muskrats. Licensing trappers is
proving a success. In my opinion marten and fisher should be protected : owing to
the high price of their fur there is a danger of their being exterminated with no
closed season to protect them. Ducks are reported much more numerous. Pro-
hibiting their sale and limiting the number that each one can shoot is having a
marked effect on their increase. In some parts of the Province the open season for
ducks is asked to be September 15th.

The patrol boats which were in commission last year performed^ good service.

Your obedient servant,

Alf. Hunter.

Inspector.

Toronto, December 19th, 1917.
D. McDonald, Esq.,

Acting Deputy Minister of Game and Fisheries, Toronto, Ont.

Sir, — I beg to submit my report for the season of 1917.

The fishing in the vicinity of Toronto does not improve any bii ■ - V •*» • '
the same from year to year. Owing to the smallness of their catche i '!'..ber

of years past the fishermen seem to have lost heart, and if they only h. fishing

to depend on for a living they would all starve.

The trunk sewer has stopped the pollution and the water in the lake is fairly
pure, and all that is required to bring the fishing back to what it formerly was is
-a liberal and systematic restocking with whitefish and salmon trout fry.

Unfavorable weather conditions during the months of May and June interfered
somewhat with the bass ponds and brook trout hatchery at Mt. Pleasant, but taking
the output altogether it should be considered very satisfactory.

To properly look after the restocking of inland waters this Department should
have more bass ponds, and to complete the brook trout hatchery a range of nursery
ponds are required. It is a great mistake to restock any inland water with any
species of game fish in the fry stage.

The Department should establish a maskinonge hatchery in the vicinity of the
Kawartha Lakes. The cost would be very small in comparison to the benefits that

1918 GAME AND FISHEEIES. 9

would accrue therefrom. Unless some means are taken to rid the waters and
reduce the number of the enemies of the young game fish, before they are planted,
restocking will never produce the results that it should.

The change in the Game Act with reference to wild ducks has produced the
good results expected.

Deer in most places are reported about as numerous as ever, but the partridge,
except in odd places, are as scarce as before they were protected, and unless next
spring proves an exceptionally good breeding season they should be given another
year of protection.

Yours respectfully,

Henry Watson,

Warden.

SiMCOE, Ont., Dec. 2-it\ 1917.
D. McDonald, Esq.,

Acting Deputy Minister of Oame and Fisheries, Toronto, Ont.

Sir, — I have the honour to submit my report for 1917.

Speckled Trout: These are still decreasing in this district. Through the
kindness of the Department some fry was allotted to the region drained into Long
Point Bay. They were carefully liberated well up stream in every instance, and the
streams were screened for some weeks and the fry fed. I believe that this attention
should always be given to keep down excessive loss during the early period of
liberation.

Bass: The season's catch was the best on record and the size continues to
increase.

Commercial Fish: Gill net fishing has been better than usual. The seine
catch has, held up well. Carp in Long Point Bay is still more plentiful and the
demand stronger. This is one of the best paying commercial fish of the district.

Quail and Euffed Grouse : The former is almost extinct. The latter is scarce
and decreasing, perhaps owing to recent severe winters.

Woodcock: This species is still gradually increasing in number.

Wild Geese: These are still scarce and are seen only in the spring. None
are taken. There are isolated cases of domestication of this bird in the County of
Norfolk.

Wild Ducks : The duck have been less plentiful and left for the south earlier
this year than usual.

Fur-bearing Animals: Black squirrel shows a decided decrease from 1916.
Owing to the severity of the previous winter muskrats were decidedly scarce and
the catch was discouraging to the trappers. The increased price was a partial
offset to the disappointment. Cotton-tailed rabbit is abundant.

The game laws have been well observed in this district. The deputy wardens
and overseers have kept the work well under supervision, and we have had very few
complaints of infringement of the laws or regulations, and these have been investi-
gated and dealt with.

I have the honour to be. Sir,

Your obedient servant,

W. Burt,
Game and Fishery Warden.

10 THE REPORT UPON No. 14

North Bay, Oxtaeio, October 31st, 1917.
D. McDonald, Esq.,

Acting Deputy Minister of Game and Fisheries, Toronto, Ont.

Dear Sir, — 1 beg to submit my annual report for the year ending October
31st, 1917.

Commercial fisliing lias been exceptionally good and the fishermen are well
satisfied with their season's catch. Anglers report good catches, especially in Lake
Nipissing and the French River waters.

Game : I have travelled my district extensively during the past year and am
pleased to say that I find a general improvement in the game, and the laws have
been fairly well observed. Wild ducks are very plentiful. Wild geese are scarce in
this locality, but are plentiful further north. Snipe and plover are increasing.
Partridge is still scarce. Many fine specimens of moose have already been brought
in, but hunters report a scarcity of bull moose, while cows appear to be plentiful.
Deer appear to be increasing and a number of caribou have also been reported
further north.

Fur-bearing animals: Mink and muskrat appear to be plentiful. Otter is
about the same as in previous years. Beaver, while a large number are being
trapped, still appears to be quite plentiful. According to the best information
which I can obtain, all other fur-bearing animals appear to be plentiful. Wolves
are reported plentiful in many localities and are destroying a number of deer.

I would again like to recommend a general gun license which I think would
help to prevent a lot of illegal hunting. I would also recommend that the fur
buyers' licenses be increased for both residents and non-residents, the former to
ten dollars and the latter to fifty dollars.

I would again recommend that provision be made for a suitable game preserve
in the north country along the T. C. Railway as the forests of that country are fast
disappearing.

Yours respectfully,

G. M. Parks,
Game and Fishery Warden.

Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.
D. McDonald, Esq.,

Acting Deputy Minister of Game and Fisheries, Toronto, Ont.

Commercial fishing has been good in my district in Lake Superior. The re-
turns from fishermen show a bigger catch than in 1916, also in Lake Huron.
Speckled trout are plentiful in tliis district in all the streams and in some of the
inland lakes the anglers report good sport and good catches. Bass are increasing
in the inland lakes and along the north shore of Lake Huron and the Sault Ste.
Marie River. Rainbow trout arc increasing in the Sault Ste. Marie River and the
inland streams in West Algoma. Pickerel are on the increase in Lake Superior.
Whitefish and lake trout are plentiful in Lake Superior, but are not as numerous in
Lake Huron. Pike and suckers are increasing in this district, more so in the inland
lakes.

1918 GAME AND FISHERIES. 11

Partridge are very scarce in this district. Snipe and plover are also very
scarce. Wild ducks of all kinds are plentiful but wild geese are scarce. There are
no quail nor are tliere any woodcock. Big game moose are plentiful in this north
country, and there were not many killed in the open season owing to weather con-
ditions. Deer are very plentiful. Thereare no caribou in this district, but further
to the north there are quite a number of them. There are no elk. Beaver are very
plentiful : all through this district the woods are flooded every place where there is
a stream or a lake. They are destroying a great lot of timber. Otter are very
scarce. Mink and muskrats are holding their own. AVolves and lynx are quite
numerous and the bounty should be raised so that trappers would take an interest
in destroying them. Hares are very scarce in this district, where there used to be
thousands of them; there are only a few left. I cannot account for the decrease
in numbers.

I might say that owing to the war and the high price of meat the regulations
have been well observed.

J. T. EOBINSOK,

Warden.

Windsor, February 4th, 1918.
D. McDonald, Esq.,

Acting Deputy Minister of Game and Fisheries, Toronto, Out.

Sir, — I have the honour to submit my annual report for 1917.

During the year 1 have visited the greatest part of my district and have also
patrolled all the waters of Lake Erie in this district, the Detroit River, Lake St,
Clair, River St. Clair and a small portion of Lake Huron.

The catch of fish by the angling fishermen was good. Black bass fishing by
angling in Lake Erie and Lake Huron is about the same as the previous year. The
net fishermen in all tlie lakes in my district had fair fishing this year and got a good
price for their catch. The German carp was not so good a catch as last year.
Whitefish in Lake Huron was a good catch up to the month of October, but in
November the catch was small in Lake Huron as well as in the Detroit River. Lake
St. Clair shows the poorest catch ever known.

In regard to game, quail has been reported by the farmers and sportsmen as
being plentiful. The field trial people have found plenty of birds to work their
dogs a couple of Aveeks ago. The Hungarian partridges seem to decrease from the
reports of farmers. They seem to move to other places but the farmers did not
find any dead or hear of any having been killed. Our home partridge has not in-
creased in Essex and Kent Counties. Woodcock is about the same as in previous
years. There are a few English pheasants around Pelee March. Wilson snipes
are about the same as in other years. Different varieties of ducks in Lake Erie,
Detroit River, Lake St. Clair, Mitchell Bay and the Flats were plentiful this year, and
the sportsmen are looking for fair shooting this fall. The wild geese are about the
same in number as in other years but the spring shooting should be closed on them.
They were plentiful at Jack Miner's reserve last spring for the reason that he feeds
them. Black and grey squirrels in Essex County are very scarce, and there should
be a closed season on them. Muskrat houses are showing good in the marsh and I
think they will be plentiful next spring.

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The game and fishery laws have been very well observed during the past year.
Very few seizures or prosecutions happened last year. The deputy wardens and
overseers have performed their duties well and give me assistance and information
with reference to poachers and other matters.

Your obedient servant,

y. Chauvin,
Game and Fishery Warden.

Gkavenhubst^ January 5th, 1918.
D. McDonald^ Esq.^

Acting Deputy Minister of Game and Fisheries, Toronto, Ont.

Deae Sie, — I beg to report on the conditions of game and fisheries in my
district during 1917.

Sporting Game : Deer were reported quite as plentiful as last year and deer
hunting is still very good. Some clubs were able to get their number in three or
four days. Comparing to-day with twenty years ago a marked difference can be
noticed. At one shipping point in Muskoka twenty years ago I saw as many as
150 deer go out in one season where now 10 would cover the past year's shipments.
This would indicate that the deer are being driven further back into a smaller area.

Moose never were plentiful but a few have been reported.

Bear are reported a great deal more numerous than for some years previous,
and they have been seen in places where they have been unknown for some time.
No reports have reached me of damage to live stock being done by them.

Partridge are very scarce and should be protected for several years yet.

Ducks seem as plentiful as they have been for the past ten years.

Fur-bearing Animals: Mink and muskrat are still found to be as plentiful
as I have known them to be for some years, but the beaver have increased under the
protection of the close season to such an extent that about every piece of water has
a family, and many complaints of their doing damage to timber and roads were
reported, which complaints were quickly dealt with and very little actual damage
occurred.

Wolves have not been reported on the increase and no cases have come to my
notice where they have done damage to farmers' live stock, but the deer, no doubt,
suffer as usual and every encouragement should be offered to wolf hunters.

Fishing: Sportsmen from nearly every lake in the district state that angling
for bass, pickerel and trout has been much better this year than usual. This might
be accounted for from the fact that the unusually cold weather in June and July
did not warm up the waters and drive the fish down. From Lakes Muskoka,
Joseph and Rosseau come reports of increase in the number of pickerel taken, which
seems to indicate that the fish hatchery of the Muskoka Lakes' Trade Bureau is
doing good work towards restocking these waters. Lake Simcoe fishing was also re-
ported good and bass on the increase. A resident for some thirty years said that
fishing was as good as he could ever remember it. The prohibition for some years
of commercial fishing in these waters seems to have brought the supply back to
normal again. These waters contain a large food reserve supply of herring and
whitefish.

Your faithfully,

' Herbert Ditchbuek.

1918 GAME AXD FISHEKTES. 13

Mohawk, December 31st, 1917.
D. McDonald, Esq.,

Acting Deputy Minister of Game and Fisheries, Toronto, Ont.

Deab Sir^ — I beg to submit my ninth annual report of the work done at the
Mt. Pleasant Hatchery,

Bass : The output of parent bass totalled 438 and small-mouthed black bass
fingerlings 735,000, which were successfully transplanted in the most suitable in-
land waters of the Province in good condition. While the output was slightly
below that of last year they were larger fish and good results may shortly be looked
for.

Trout: The brook trout did remarkably well this season owing to the new
supply of spring water which was installed last fall: 301,000 fingerlings of good
size, some measuring from four to five inches in length, were deposited in the dif-
ferent spring waters of the Province and no mortality in transit was noticed. I
also assisted in transplanting 600,000 lake trout fry from the Wiarton Hatchery.
A considerable amount of brook trout, brown trout and salmon trout spawn has
been secured this fall and a good season is looked forward to.

I assisted Mr. H. Watson, who had charge of the important work of trans-
planting, and who always insisted upon having the fish properly planted and in
suitable waters, so the best possible results are sure to develop. I wish here to
thank the different railway officials for the courtesy and good service rendered by
them.

Construction Work: A new residence for the Superintendent, which will be
in keeping with the rest of the hatchery, has been erected and will soon be occupied.
The hatchery grounds which are very large have a splendid appearance owing to
their general layout and the numerous flower-beds, also to their being completely
sodded. A considerable amount of labor is required in cutting grass and keeping
everything tidy throughout the summer season.

I would recommend that the property at the head of our water supply be
secured, also that a series of some six rearing trout ponds be erected to take care
of young fry when they are ready to leave the hatchery.

I remain.

Yours truly,

J. T. Edwards,
Superintendent, Mt. Pleasant Hatchery.

3 G.

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THE EEPORT UPON

No. 14

Statement of Revenue Received from Game and Fisheries during the year ended

October 31st, 1917.

Game.

Royalty Coupons (Beaver and Otter) .

Trappers' Licenses

Non-resident Hunting Licenses

Resident Deer Licenses

Resident Moose Licenses

Game and Fur Dealers' Licenses. . . .

Hotel and Restaura,nt Licenses

Cold Storage Licenses

Guides' Licenses

Fines

Sales

Total Game.

Fisheries.

Fishing Licenses

Angling Permits

Fines

Sales (Confiscated Articles)

Sales (Government Fish")

Revenue from Rondeau Park

Total Fisheries .
Total

21,781 43

23,040 18

7,125 00

27,082 70

5,985 00

3,476 20

219 00

135 15

1,058 00

3,707 90

2,438 69

102,022 28

17,151 03

1,675 06

772 09

4,188 28

1,773 23

96,049 25

127,581 97

223,631 22

1918

GAME AND FISHEEIES.

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1917

Waters Restocked

Location.

Species.

Number.

Big Eideau Lake

Charleston Lake

Gould "

Silver "

Lake of Bays

Vernon, Fairy and Mary Lakes ....

Eagle Lake

Allen "

Trout "

Sharbot "

Clear "

Cache, Smoke and Island Lakes

Island Lake

Patterson's, Kent's, Crane and Cattle
Creeks

Mill's and Blair's Creeks and Dam

Ouse and Pakenham Creeks

Hurst's, Schmedes' and Banting's

Creeks

Duncrief s Creek

Ewart and Bell Lakes

Cedar Creek and Ponds

Venison Creek

Castleton Creek

St. Agatha and Erbsville Creeks . .

Blair's Creek

Rixon's Creek

Streams vicinity, Markdale

Trout Lake

Varty Lake

Lanark and Leeds Counties

Leeds County

Frontenac County
Lanark ' '

Muskoka District

Frontenac County
Thunder Bay District

Frontenac County . . .

Algonquin Park

Lanark County

Norfolk "

South Waterloo County
Peterboro ' '

North Waterloo

Middlesex

Grey

Oxford

Norfolk

Northumberland

Waterloo

Northumberland

Grey

Thunder Bay District

Addington County . .

Sunflsh Lake and Waterloo Dam N. Waterloo County

Big Rideau Lake

River Thames at London

Mill Creek at Gait

Grand River at Gait

Cross Lake

Mississippi Lake

Lake Simcoe

Lake Couchiching

Sturgeon Lake

Pigeon

Buckhorn

Deer

Long

Scugog

Lo borough

Sharbot

Stoney

Clear

Puslinch

Cedar

River Thames

Mill Creek

Lanark ' '

Middlesex ' '

Waterloo ' '

Frontenac ' *

Lanark ' '

Simcoe and Ontario Cos

Victoria County,
Peterboro ' *

Hastings ' '

West Durham County

Frontenac * '

Peterboro

Wellington
Oxford
Middlesex
Waterloo

Lake Trout Fry.

Brook Trout

Fingerlings

Yearlings
Black Bass

Fingerlings

Parent Bass.

Total Lake Trout Fry

' ' Brook Trout Fingerlings

" S. M. Black Bass Fingerlings.

' ' Brook Trout Yearlings

' ' Parent Black Bass

wS

100,000

100,000

50,000

50,000

200,000

100,000

50,000

10,000

10,000

50,000

50,000

300,000

50,000

50,000

25.000

5,000

25,000

20,000

10,000

50,000

50,000

4,000

25,000

25,000

4,000

8,000

500

5,000

15.000

100,000

20,000

25,000

10,000

15,000

25,000

100,000

50,000

50,000

50,000

25,000

25,000

25,000

40,000

50,000

55,000

25.000

25,000

150

250

15

13

2,156,928

1,120,000

301,000

735,000

500

428

2.156.928

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THE REPORT UPON

No. 14

ONTARIO

Return of the number of fishermea, tonnage and value of tugs, vessels and boats, the

industry during the year 1916, in the Public

District.

FishinK

material.

•4

Tugs.

Oasoline Launches.

Sail

or Row

Boats.

Oill-Nets.

a

No.

Ton-
nage.

Value, j

Men.

No.

Value.

Men.

No.

Value. 1

Men.

Yards.

Value.

1

Kenora and Rainy Eiver.

3

54

6.000

8

28
4
3
4
3
2

$
11.125

1.185

1.030

650

960

550

48
10
7
5
7
2

22

2

4

2

3

4
1

11

5
4

$

885

60
295

60
280

1 150

i 20
! 260

!

! 155
110

14

2

5

4

6

3
1

20

11
10

34.300
8.000
9.200
7,000

10,600

4.200

200

16.600

12,400

7.500

$

4.920

s

Obabicon, Oneman. WabiKOon.

Orang Outang and C ow Lakes..

Shoal, Abraham, Rock and Eagle

530

s

1.215

4

Big Sea, Elephant, Biisscrd and

890

6

Lac Suele, Raleigh and Pelican

810

<

Sturgeon. Minnitakie. Dog and
Bell Lakes

365

7

10

g

• •••

17
1
3

8.575
500
500

33
2

7

1,840

9

Namakan, Tuttle and Clearwater

1 ,265

10

Pipestone, Jackfish, Trout and

700

Totals

• • • •

3

54

6,000

8

65

25.005

121

58

2.275

76

110.000

12.545

Return of the kinds, quantities and values of fish caught during the

District.

T3

.e

s

V

5

^

^

s

H

(ri

Kenora and 'Rainy River.

Lake of the Woods

Obabicon Oneman. Wabigoon

Orang Outang and Crow Lakes.
Shoal. Abraham, Rock and Kagle

Lakes

Big Sea, Elephant, Busserd and

Oull Lakes

Lac Sncle. Raleigh and Pelican

Lakes

Sturgeon. Minnitakie, Dog and

BellLakcs

cpigon Lake

Rainy Lake

Namakan, Ttittle and Clearwater

Lakes

Pipestone, Jackfish, Trout and

Calm I.akes

Totals..

Values

brls.

lbs.

brls.

$ 0.

30 00

lbs.

303.110

34.600

107.580

15.669

88,119

9,640

1.500

79,984

39,917

5.021

685,140

$ C.

3,514 00

brls.

$ c.

40 00

lbs.

12,249

26,000
3,214

12,079

1,300

2,800

600

84

15,128

1,262

lbs.

379,341

19.000
28.735
8.045
3,545
1.300

39.638
21,556
7,333

i>08,488

I c.

7.461 60

$ c.

40,679 04

lbs.

408,700

32.306
90.141

9,100
21,962

5,000

!;9.750
4 ..'>53
6.874

641.386

» c.

64.138 60

1918

GAME AND FISHERIES.

17

FISHERIES.

Qaaatlty and value of all fishia? materials aad other fixtures employei in the fishing
Waters of Kenora and Rainy River District.

Fishine materia

.

Other fixtures used in
fishingr.

Seines.

Pound nets.

Hoop nets.

Dip or
roll nets.

Nieht lines.

Spears.

Freezers and
Ice Houses.

Piers and
Wharves.

No.

Yards.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.
Hooks.

Value.

No.

Value.

No. Value.

No. Value,

$

$
28 9 ,950

8 525

$

$

$

1 $
13 i 8.295

]

3 925
3 j 370
5 340

19
4
3
5
5

$

3,225

175

450

I

1

160

!

1

7

1.150
175

250

-

50

1

!

13 1 « UOA

11
2
3

3,050
200
250

680

5

1,000

' 50

1

j

1

46

14 850

^

525

1

50

14,755

44

5,040

1

i

year 1916, in the Public Waters of Kenora and Rainy River Districts.

o
s

■
i

J3

1

Carp.

3

u

a

OS .

Caviare.

j

a
o

a

Value.

lbs.

1,100

lbs.

lbs.
5,862

lbs.

80,946

8,086

7,549

700

998

9 075

lbs.

lbs.

lbs.

290,815

27.645

lbs.

102

468

\ No.

$ c.

122,710 79

2,640

12.000

!

13,782 01

i

1 22,845 24

1

1

4,370 40

i

4,000

1

11,981 58

j

i
I

1,972 50

1

1,000
28,152

7,400

6,811

1

250 00

4,126

1,895

2 5,. 542

10.770
1,900

250
120

1

21 ,056 21

750

\

9,002 98

2,356 89

8.616

7.757

138..566

12.000

365,823

940

310,328 60

$ c.

1 .292 40

$ c.

$ c.

387 85

$ c.

1 8,313 96

1 c.

S c.

240 00

1

$ C.

18,291 15

) c.

940 00

1 c.

$ c.

210,328 60

I

18

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No. 14

ONTARIO
Eeturn of the number of fishermen, tonnage and value of tugs, vessels and boats,

fishing industry during the year 1916,

District.

Fishing Material

^

M

Tugs.

Gasolene Launches

Sai

or Row Boats.

Gill-Nets.

B

0

No.

Ton-
nage.

Value.

Men.

No.

Value.

Men

No.

Value.

Men.

Yards.

Value.

1

Lake Superior.
Thunder Bay

4

8

63
106

44

$

8.400
15.150

5.000

17
29

4

$

5
9

8

4

5

4

6

4

2
5
1

8

7
8

1

$

350

575

480

375

290

435

350

245

300
190
150
535
. 315
460
50

7
13

9

7

6

7

7

5

2
6
2

14
12
9
2

132 ,900
220,840

47,000

10.100

6,600

19,400

16.000

16,300

4,220
119,100
32,000
51,000
36,980
28.000
74,000
60,000

6.100

$

4,977

?

3

2

1

700

900
200

6
3

11 690

3

Black Bay, Whitefish Lake, Lac
Des Milles Lac, and Port Oold-

2 950

4

Shanagash Island, Wilson Island,

770

5

Kashabowie, Long, South and
Shebandown Lakes

460

6

Evelyn. Perley, Victoria and Bro-

1,085

7

Pine, McKellars, Clavet, McLeans
and Bignell Points

1 040

8

Pays Platte. Gravel, .Shesheel and

Nepigon Bays

Otter Head, Pilot Harbour, Steel

i

1
2

20
"'59'

1,500

2,000
10,500

4

6
16

2

450

8

1,130
300

10

Michipicoten

2
3
3

I

1,000
1,500
1,600
1,150
1,500
400

4
8
7
5
8
2

6 010

11

2 650

12

Gonial s Bay

3.145

13

1,990

14

1 482

15

Gargantau

23

48

5,000
7,500

9
10

3 700

16

Richardson's Harbour

3,000

17

Persian, Sandy Islands and Angi-

3

110

5

570

Totals

19

363

55.050

95

21

9.400

46

80

5,210

113

880 .540

46 949

iRefam of the kinds, quantities and values of fish caught

District

Lake Superior.

brls.

Thunder Bay

Rosisport

Black Bay, Whitefish Lake, Lac

Des Milles Lac, and Port Cold

well

Shaganash Island, Wilson Island, I

Lamb Island, and Muskeg Lake
Kashabowie, Long, South and

Shebandown Lakes

Evelyn, Perley, Victoria and Bro-

dier Islands

Pine, McKellars, Clavet, McLeans

and Bignell Points

Pays Platte. Gravel, Shesheel and

Nepigon Bays

Otter Ilead, F'ilot Harbour, Steel

River, and Kama

Michipicoten

Mamaise

Goulais Bay

Gros Cap

Batchawana

Gargantau

Richardson's Harbour

Persian, Sandy Islands and Angi-,

gama Lake

637i
1

70

Totals

805i

I f c.
Values 8.055 00

lbs.

880.550
1,987,070

18.195

30 ,000

200 ,000

400

1,500
9 .300

3,127,015

156,350

brls.

lbs.

.37.895
85 ,535

49,192

6,275

7,074

170

1.765

4,350

40 ,406
39,411
12.869
66,500
30,032
60.128
12,340
4,499

6.500

brls.

3i

464 ,941

136i

$

230 00

46.494 10

$ 0.

1 ,365 00

lbs.

120,337
383,224

145,010

41,348

7,416

58,385

21,030

49,815

73 ,237
197,758
134,909
40,600
32,395
47,465
30,152
111,418

7,150

1.501,719

lbs.

228
1 ,375

5,000
10

lbs.

1,050

347

1,316

100

24,771

9,351
4,565

59.020
1,385
1,800

300
,000
239

21

500
1 ,803
3,229

89,7.S3

1.50,171 90i

$ c. $ c.

1,981 68 8.973 30

1918

GAME AND FISHERIES.

19

FISHERIES.

the quantity and value of all fishing materials and other fixtures employed in the

in the Public Waters of Lake Superior

Fishiog Material.

Other fixtures used in
fishing.

Seines.

Pound Nets.

Hoop Nets.

Dip or
Roll Nets.

Night Lines

Spears.

Freezers and
Ice Houses.

Piers and
Wharves.

No.

Yards.

Value.

No.

Value

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.
Hoops.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

6

18

10
1

$

800
2,550

950
150

5

4

3

$

500
2,100

1.600

$

2

3

750

1

20

430

5

350

1
1

10

1

250

1

50

j

1

25

5
8

800
3,400

1

3
4
2
2
1
4

2,100

3,100

350

500

300

4,000

1 fiOO

3
2

1
1
1

1.200

600

800

6
6

3,000
3,000

300

1.000

61

14.900

1

20

34

14,925

16

5.640

••••| 1

during the year 1916, in the Public Waters of Lake Superior.

i

id
u

1

a

43

<a
o

o

O
u

p

«>

ea

'?
ei!
O

Sturgeon
bladders.

Value.

lbs.

lbs

lbs

lbs.

lbs.

lbs.

lbs.

lbs.

No.

$ c.

67.214 04

263

6,840
7.014

147.223 68

27 771 85

65

5.068 70

5.700

2,264 00
6,690 .^0

365
145

4,666 40
16,229 20

^

842

11,738 90

98.565
571

28.985 15

. • • • • %

15,008 45
11,221 75

255

1,278

40

1,000

40

7 3i9 76

69ft

11 292 18

495

89,132
38.150

2,800

8.810 05
13,773 40

1.570

1 513 00

3,307

255

2.408

40

249,772

40

386 796 81

$ c.

496 05

Sc.

12 75

$ c.

144 48

$ c.

3 20

$ c.

12,488 60

40 00

$ c.

386 796 81

20

THE EEPORT UPON

No. 14

ONTARIO

Return of the number of fishermen, tonnage and value of tugs, vessels and boats,

fishing industry during the year 1916, in the

Digtrict.

Fiahins material.

1
1

Tuga.

Oasoline Launches-

Sail

or Row Boats.

Gill-Nets.

No.

Ton-
nage.

Value.

Men.

No.

Value.

Men.

No.

Value.

Men.

Yards.

Value

1

Lake Huron, North Channel.

$ ;

3

1

$

1.350

1.050
600

4

6
3

6

8

5

2

S

255

305
285
145
215
12.->

8
8
7

2

15.880

15,800

6.290

5,550

500

12.000

342.000

220,480

204,230

50.640

91 ,.>00

17.000
6,200

$
865

Spanish, John's Island, St. Jo-

:

875

3

Grant, Laloche Islands, Nester-[

380

4

Blind River, Cutler, Algoma andi

280

5
6

Bruce Mines. Mis.sissauga and
Buswell's Point

Shoepack, Flat Points and Little
Detroit

2

1

4
3

1

2

53

10
192
83
88
6

38

11,000
1,300
37.000
13,200
17,000
500

8.000

11

3
36
22

17
3

11

4
2
6
2

7
3

3
2
2

2,200
1,000
2,950
200
2,775
1.0.50

1,800

600

1.050

6

14
4

14

7

0
5

35

300

7

Fitzwilliam, Squaw and Duck

28.000

8

South Bay, Kagawong and Little

6
6
8

1
5
2

600
500
685

50

320

60

12
10
17

2
8
4

15,225

9

Killarney, Meldrum Bay and Round

18.660

10

Gore, Mudge. Sheguindah and

4.193

11

Mississauga Straits, Wa bine Chan-
nel, Wekwemikong and Provi-

2.900

12

Strawberry, Bedford. Cockburn

1.300

13

Berry, Barrie, Centre, George and
Hamilton Islands

1

20

4.000

4

190

Totals

21

• 490

92.000

'l 107

38

16.625

79

59

3,545

85

988, o;o

73.203

Return of the kinds, quantities and values of fish caught during

. (

4 1

i

"2

J3

^

<u

fi

s

i

C

"2

j:

i

£

J3

X

s

s

u

District.

tx

u

m

«!

i

"-

.s

a

a

s

«;

*J

&

&

t<

Im

j3

ja

O

o

o

s

n

a

^

^

H

H

£

'£

Lake Huron, North Channel.

brls.

,...

brls.

lbs.

brls.

lbs.

lbs.

lbs.

1

9

460

26.462

200

27,043

3 .673

2.698

Spanish, John's Island, St. Jo-

eph's and Cedar Islands

Grant, Laloche Islands, Nester-

2 (38

1

5.908

11.481

9,181

2,336

3

jj

920

100

5,893

100

9,185

4.409

1 ,390

4

BHnd River, Cutler, Algoma and

»-» T „1,„

1.450

1.000

1.412

1.739

.545

r

Bruce Mines, Mississaufira and

7

18,'»81

19.880

125

33.876

3.443

110.7,54

6

Shoepack, Flat Points and Little

11

1.647

11.185

100

11.226

2.482

44,643

7

Fitzwilliam, Squaw and Duck

800

308,480

1.250

531 .255

400

R

South Bay, Kagawoug and Little

1 ,313

4

23.411

67

259.511

9,081

43,605

9

Killarney, Meldrum Bay and

50

206.665

58

299.736

19,141

16 ,022

10

Gore, Mudgc, Sheguindah and

nT ,n:^», ..»*,:«» T.i.,,.c-

34.019

21.379

15.273

15,911

11

Mississauga Straits, Wabino Chan-
nel, Wekwemikong and Provi-

1
1

itonfo RoTTc

1

66. .343

;■■)

412.479

1.900

1.50

12 Strawberry, Be<lford, Cockburn

1

ia

2.'?5

j 100

8.549

85

15.366

2.800

11,489

Berry, Barrie, Centre, George and

Hamilton Islands

1 3

133.286

1

17.611

10.575.

23,281

Totals

36

27,744

] 1.058

751.081

1.991

1.651.563

83.697

273.221

$ c

$ c

i $ c

$ C.

$ c

$ c

$ c.

$ c.

Values

360 OC

1.387 2(

) 10.580 01

75.108 10

19.910 0(

165.156 30

6.695 76

27,322 40

1918

GAME AND FISHERIES.

21

FISHERIES

the quantity and value of all fishing materials and other fixtures employed in the
Public Waters of Lake Huron, North Channel.

Pishing material.

Other fixtures used i n
fishine.

Seines.

Pound nets.

Hoop nets.

Dip or
roll nets.

Nieht lines.

Spears.

Freezers and
Ice Houses.

Piers and
Wharves.

No.

Yards.

Valae.

No.

Yalae.

No.

Yalue.

No.

Value.

No.
Hooks.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

$ i

$

$

$

$

$

2

1
1

$
300

100

300

1
1
1

$
20O

3
4

450
250

100

200

1

26
13
11
6
14
t1

7,800
3,350
5.000
5.000
7.800
4.)»00

9.500
1.000
8.00(r

i .. J

5
4
1
2
3
2

1
1

1

2.000
600
500
600

1,500
350

200
300
100

5
2
1
2
3
2

1

3 70O

i 1

1 lOO

!

50O

1,300

78

2 000

2,500
550

1

1 1

24
3
13

!

1 M»\

1 1 1 nn(k

2

450

130

53,050

....

1.300

78

24

6,850

22

13,305

the year 1916, in the Public Waters of Lake Huron, North Channel.

s

0
OB

1

J3

'3

5

*

Mixed and Coarse
fish.

>

5

i
«>

1
PQ

§
M

9

Value.

Ibfl.
167

lbs.

lbs.

450

1,736

5,090

390

45

59

*

lbs.
50

lbs.

lbs.
300

4.804

5.124

lbs.

17,657

17,010
10,768
3,746
116,084
11,812

lbs.

No.

$ c.

8.876 54

4 106 26

458

86

4 983 80

1

714 12

4 931

1 145

239

2"> 789 29

3 012

9 141 66

i

60.000
3.769

98 113 50

1 177

! 8,504
915
154

30,688
13.455
63.713

3.000
29.838
18.574

36 517 12

264

485

55 650 48>

746

11 657 9**

330

1 2,946

!

48 475 46

1 268

j

300

456

; 323 25

1 149

42

15

19 431 31

'

13 588

j 18.099

j 66.910

527

1(',243

336.345

2.39

.330 (80 78

$ c.

2.038 20

! $c.

904 95

1 % c.
\ 4.014 60

$ c.

42 16

$ c.
204 86

$ c.

16.817 25

$ c.

239 00

$ c.

$ c.

330.780 78

32

THE EEPORT UPON

No. 14

ONTARIO

Return of the number of fishermen, tonnage and value of tugs, vessels and boats, the

industry during the year 1916,

District.

Fishing material.

Tugs.

^°- n^ge! Value. Men. No. Value.

Gasoline Launches.

Georgian Bay.

Byng Inlet

Parry Sound

Waubaushcne

Penetanguishene

Oollingwood

Meaford (including Owen Sound

Bay)

Oolpoys Bay to Tobermory

Totals.

135
39

397

$
4,000
17,000

12,000

16,500
7,500

57,000

1,850
2,100

1 625

11 3,650

24 7.715

15 I 7.900

61 I 83.840

Men. No

Sail or Row Boats

63

Value.

Gill-Nets.

Men. Yards.

Value.

1,375
160
90

5,230
540

7,805 89

54,500

298,500

31.300

19,020

208,600

361,510
94,000

1,067,430

$ c.

727 OO
,725 00
,690 00
,075 00
,071 15

,390 00
.631 50

55,309 65

Return of the kinds, quantities and values of fish caught

i

ja

i

<4

t

*■

4>

District.

61

M

tc3

■g

Ln

o

t

a

S

2

0

"S

iJ

n

JS

.4 i

O

M

^

n

n

^

^ 1

tl

EH

PL,

Oi

Georgian Bay.

brls.

lbs.

brlR.

lbs.

brls

lbs.

lbs.

lbs.

1

Byng Inlet

9

1 , 750
30

1,000
15

124,201

249.328

2,300

10,200

16,479

225

27

4

38

17,120

244,926

2,400

16,400
102,204

15.065

5,440

19,675

335

31 .048

2

Parry Sound

13.079

3

Waubaushene

10
250

1.500

3,450

21,535

6,300

4

Penetanguishene

75

.')

6

Meaford (including Owen Sound

Bay)

32,500
9,300

1

50

7,445
4,375

1,339
1,369

584,671
238,233

6

7

Oolpoys Bay to Tobermory

Totals

23

76

292

58,385

2,836

414,228

2,992

1,205,94?-

40,511

50.578

$ C.

$ C.

$ c.

$ c.

$ c.

$ c.

$ 0.

$ c.

Value

3,920 00

2,914 25

28,360 00

41,423 80

29.920 00

120 ,594 30

3.340 88

5,057 80

1918

GAME AXD FISHERIES.

23

FISHERIES.

quantity and value of all fishing materials and other fixtures employed in the fishing
in the Public Waters of the Georgian Bay.

Fishing material.

Other fixtures used in
fishing.

Seines.

Pound Nets. Hoop nets.

Dip or
Roll Nets.

Night Lines.

Spears

Freezers and
Ice Houses.

Piers and
Wharves.

No.

Yards. Value.*

i 1

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.
Hooks.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

No. Value.

$

8

$
3,250

$

$

$

$

$

f.

4
1

4

1,150
700
165

5
1
3

725

34

526

200

75

....

:::::::::::::;::

6.500
11,400

710
1,495

7
3

370
500

9
1

695

200

8

3,250

34

526

17,900

2,205

19

2,885

19

1 895

•■•■|

during the year 1916 in the Public Waters of the Georgian Bay.

i

M

5

03

u

<2

1

d
o

o
u

■a
a

a)

Caviare.

Sturgeon Bladders

Value.

lbs.

800

lbs.

lbs.

lbs.

lbs.

50

lbs.

lbs.

lbs.
40

No.

$ c.

38.446 10
51.628 50
15,702 40
6,106 40
14,831 25

74,222 33
47,446 34

2,808

5,690

16,165

20

500

37 890

3,500

3.600

2,560
105

12.364
8.000

590

8,000
138,234

■

4,400

5.473

149,734

5.740

16.685

52.254

630

248,383 38

$ c.

660 00

$ C.

273 65

$ C.

8,984 04

$ c.

459 20

^ $ c.

333 70

$ c.

2,612 70

$ C.

630 00

$ c.

$ e.

248.383 S9

24

THE REPORT UPON

No. 14

ONTARIO

Keturn of the number of fishermen, tonnage and value of tugs, vessels and boats,

fishing industry during the year 1916,

District.

Fishinsr material.

Tugs.

Gasoline Launches.

Sail

or Row Boats.

Gill-Nets.

a

a

No.

Ton-
nage.

Value. Men.

No.

1
Value. Men.

No.

Value. Men.

Yards.

Value.

1
2
3

Lakt Huron (Proper).

Tobermory to Soutliampton

Southampton to Pine Point

7
1
2

$

155 24,500
40 3,000
53 10 fton

41
5
11

9
2
14

33

$ '

3,500 , 32

850 1 5

6,875 ^ 31

6,835 38

17
1
5

38

$

1.830

50

1.505

1.035

31
3
10

48

413,380
71.600
155.650

$

30.320
3.050
9,345

4

Oounty of Lambton (includintr
River St. Clair)

Totals

. .. .

10 ! 247

37.500

57

47

18,060 96

51

4,410

91 639.630

48,715

Returns of the kinds, quantities and values of fish caught

1

B

a
iz;

District.

i

s

M

e

1
1

i

«

.a

DB

1

.a

to

<a
S

i

00

£

Eh

0
I-.

Pickerel, or Pore.

Lakt Huron (Proper).

brib.

lbs.

brls.

lbs.

brls.

lbs.

lbs.

lbs.

1

9

Tobermory to Southampton

277

48,750
- 900
31,680

123.459

11

15.774

1.023
1

522.373
101.900
205.487

41 .724

400

76

<^

■ 9.200
49.986

18.913

4

Oounty of Lambton (including
River St. Clair)

688

196,803

Totals

277

204,789

11

74.960

1.029

871.474

1.088

215.292

Values

$ c.

3,770 00

$ c.

10,239 45

$ c.

110 00

$ c.
7.496 00

$ c.

10,290 00

$ c.

87.148 40

$ c.

87 04

$ c.

21.529 20

1918

GAME AND FISHERIES.

25

FISHERIES.

the quantity and value of all fishing materials and other fixtures employed in the
in the Public Waters of Lake Huron (Proper).

Fishine material.

Other fixtures used in
fishing.

Seines

.

Pound net».

Hoop nets.

Dip or
Roll Nets.

Night Lines. Spears.

i

Freezers and Piers and
Ice Houses. Wharves.

No.

Yards.

Value.

No. Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.
Hooks.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value. No.

Value.

$

$

$

$

$

$

5

1

2

$

3,000

220

1,235

400

$

8
54

2.100
16.100

6

3U 340

4

6 50

1

10

6

324 340

69

18,200

4

6 50

L...

18

4,855

1

10

1

1 r--'l

during the year 1916, in the Public Waters of Lake Huron (Proper).

d

z

a

1

o

<2

1

"3

5

3

a

k

i

O

Sturgeon bladders.

Value.

lbs.

soo

lbs.

lbs.

52.050

500

86,604

6.988

lbs.

385,246

1,000

46,234

lbs.

lbs.

lbs.

4,500

500

27,437

55,121

lbs,
80

No.

$ c.

95,454 06

10,395 00

1,266

68
629

33,687 99

9.818

3

106

8.509

6

40,418 88

11,284

3

146.142

432,480

106

8.509

87.558

777

6

179,955 93

$ c.

1.692 60

$ c.

18

1 c.

7.307 10

$ c.
25.94i 80

$ c.

8 48

$ c.

170 18

$ c.

4,877 90

$ c.

777 00

1 c.

3 60

$ C.

179. 95i 93

26

THE EEPOET LPOX

No. 14

ONTARIO

Return of the number of fishermen, tonnage and value of tugs, vessels and boats,

fishing industry during the year 1916,

District. "

Fishing material.

1

E

0

Tugs.

Qasoline Launches.

Sail or Row Boats.

Gill-Nets.

No. '^•"1-
najre.

Value.

1
Men. !No.

Value.

Men.

No.

Value.

Men.

Yards.

Value.

1

Lak» St. Clair.

Kent County (including River
Thames)

28
22

7

$

8.185
4.975
2,350

46
22
43

37

$

9 ftIK

27
101
76

$

2

Essex County

51 1,760

85 75! 1

3

Detroit River

..;:...;..

Totals

57

15.510

111

123

4,496

204

_._

Return of the kinds, quantities and values of fish caught

B

a

District.

i
1

M

a
'v.

43

c

■£
a

1
"3

to

0)

'2

'2

■3

i

o

1

3

O

o

O

£
£

1

Lakt St. Clair.

Kent County (including River
Thames)

brls.

lbs.

brls.

lbs.

brls.

lbs.

lbs.

28,049
4,900
7.930

lbs.

12,632

30.250

7 110

2

300

45.550
15,650

3

Totals

300

61.200

40.879

49 992

Values

$ c.
15 00

$ c.

6.120 00

$ c.
3.270 32

$ c.

4,999 80

1

1918

GAME AND FISHEKIES.

37

FISHERIES.

the quantity and value of all fishing materials and other fixtures employed in the
in the Public Waters of Lake St. Clair.

Fishing material.

Other fixtures used in
fishing.

Seines.

Pound nets.

Hoop aets.

Dip or
Roll Nets.

Night Lineb.

Spears.

Freezers and
Ice Houses.

Piers and
Wharves.

No.

Yards.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

H^oks. Value. No.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

'>0

4,366
4,625

5,200

$

2.070
1,785
2,592

$

106
66

$

6,050
4,150

2

$
46

700
2,000

$

3

190

$

09

$

4,600
6,250

$

w

9

3.000

....

20

49

8?

14.191

6,447

9

3.000

172

10,200

2

46

2,700

193

42

10.850

during the year 1916, in the Public Waters of Lake St. Clair.

1

s

ua

o

1

J

Catfish.

Carp.

0

i

0

13

a

t .

ii

0
■S

0

•0

3

a

0

n>
M

5

to

a

CO

>

lbs,

200

lbs.

lbs.

70.380
43,250
2,535

lbs.

lbs.

37,576
19,375

lbs.

219,423
148,650
238,700

lbs.

131,761
111,600
32,550

lbs.

No.

$ C.

21,038 71

18 TOO

490

23,547 50

9,438 65

18.900

116,165

56,951

606,773

275,911

490

54,024 86

$ c.
2 835 00

$ c.

$ C.
5,808 25

$ C.
4,556 08

$ c.

12,135 46

$ C.

13,795 55

$ c.

490 00

$ c.

54,024 86

28

THE EEPORT UPON

No. 14

ONTARIO

Return of the number of fishermen, tonnage and value of tugs, vessels and boats, the

fishing industry during the year 1916,

District.

Fishine material.

Tugs

No.

Ton-

Value Men

Oasoline Launches.

No. Value Men

Sail or Row Boats.

No. 'Value. Men

Lake Erie.

Pelee Island

Essex County..

Kent County, Weet

Kent County, East

Elgin County. West

Elgin County, East

Norfolk County

Haldimand County (to and in-
cluding the Grand River)

Port Maitland to Port Oolborne,
Port Colborne to Niagara Palls.

Totals 45

138
37

47

64
688
353

128
44

24,000
8.000
9.000

5.400
126,500
49,080

30,000
7,000

1,504 3.58,980 244

76

3.700
27 .050
18,000
10.025
7,675
2.250
7,510

9.450
2.000

165 87,660

990
1,485
1,005

935

12,210

545

1.200

755

19,690

Qill-Net«.

Yards. Value.

101.000
26.000
50,000

145

18

"28'

74,400
684.505
404,700

151,200
40,000
14,200

1.546,005

14.535
1.975
6.500

7.700
88,750
2{l.695

10.235

5.460

570

164.420

Return of the kinds, quantities and values of fish caught

District.

"S

i

J5

01

5

J3

1

S

a

a

<a

■-

S

1

J3

j3

o

2

J*

1

LaksMfU.

brls.

10

lU.

195,300

96,045

479,087

214,155

391 ,409

1,615.518

1,225,046

845,225

148.326

428

brls.

lbs.

80.267
300.688
48.005
35.899
46.483
168.410
192.358

189.474

24,501

brls.

lbs.

lbs.

5
4.431

lbs.

40,211

9

163,868

^

94,823

4

18

687

289.369

60.270

30
82.297

44 ,365

5

33,004

6

lie

1.524

1,797
277

167,272

7

28,649

8

Haldimand County (to and in-

18,189

9
10

Port Maitland to Port Colborne.. .
Port Colborne to Niagara Falls...

8,771

Totuls

Values

10

5.210,!>31

1,086.085

3,714

437,007

599.152

$ c.

100 oo

$ C.

260,526 55

$ c.

S 0.

108.608 50

1 c.

$ c.

871 40

$ C.

34,960 56

$ C.

59,915 20

1918

GAME AND FISHERIES.

29

FISHERIES.

quantity and value of all fishing materials and other fixtures employed in the
in the Public Waters of Lake Erie.

Fishing material.

Other fixtures used in
fishing.

Seines.

Pound Nets.

Hoop Nets.

Dip or
Roll Nets.

Night Lines.

Spears.

Freezers and
Ice Houses.

Piers and
Wharves.

No.

Yards.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value. No.

Value.

No.
Hooks.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

1

133

1,390

150

8.000

1

25

455
60
900

26

198
115
79
86
28
48

44

14

$

5.550

106.400
59.250
41 .000
39.800
18.500
19.800

17.800
5.000

$

$

1.200

$
24

i

3
16
23
22
11

8
28

10
5

$

9.200
15.450
30,550
25,800
8.500
7.550
31.575

4.200
1.800

3
3
13
7
10
12
12

7
4

$
5,700

fi

2

50

350

9!

1

4,735

5

. ..

....1

1,600

1

10.950

"e'

" ioo*

4

40

200

6

1

3,550

84

13.250

294

6.495
120

2.900

4

7

37

1.300

1

250

9

80

33

8.650

93

*

a • • •

" *

54

17.297

8.088

638

313.100

8

150

11

77

10,050

123

126

134,625

71

31,325

■■■"1

daring the year 1916, in the Public Waters of Lake Erie.

§

«

M

hi

9

i

.0

Oh

■3

.a

6

Mixed and coarse
fish.

o

11

n

"a

Q)
U

•
>

lbs.

15,295

lbs.

lbs.

104,449
126.435
180.310
84.179
78.803
99,776
112.815

33.375
7.543
1.471

lbs.

lbs.

3,738

4.887

8

257

938

8,678

4.186

188

lbs.

5,752

161,808

3,011

45,404

209

699

516.696

43.951

316

4.450

lbs,

72.582
447,. 591
146,837
44.404
62,170
72,748
102,302

92,272
19,136
21,175

lbs.

685

5931

143

23!

211

10

786J

576
172

407

No.

"ii
800
"26'

lbs.

137.567
348.031
379.598
194.663
329.026
847.314
580.581

337,761
25.100
19 ,285

% c.

47.914 78

9.288

35

120.732 90

3.442
1 086

90.274 46

45.746 33

949

67.760 43

710

171.687 44

8.342

23,800

165.283 95

16.323
2,715

107,306 61
21,784 48

9,492

5,013 70

67,642

769.156

23,835

22.880

782.296

1,081,217

3,418i

234

2.538.926

843,505 08

$ c.
10.146 30

$ C.

.38.457 80

f C.

1,430 10

f c.

1 ,830 40

$ c.
15.645 92

$ c.
54.060 85

$ c.

3.418 50

$ c.

140 40

$ c.

253,892 60

f c.

843,505 08

30

THE EEPOET UPON

No. 14

ONTARIO.

Return of the number of fishermen, tonnage and value of tugs, vessels and boats

fishing industry during the year 1916,

District.

Fishing material.

1

Tugs.

Gasoline Launches.

Sail

or Kow

Boats.

Gill-

Nets.

a

No.

T°°- Value,
nage.

Men.

No.

Value.

Men.

No.

Value.

Men.

Yards.

Value.

1

Lake Ontario.

$

22

8

19

'A

8

1

3

13

56

10

12

10

$

14.. 300
3.500
5 .825
1,000
3,025
150
1,050
4.975

14,. 375

850

2.4.50

2.260

42
18
38

16
2
4

26
103

20

11
8
1

$

555
325

13
12

2

102.565
52,000

103.000
16,600
32,100
5,000
51,000
63,400

319,700
65,500
90,200
24,500

$

6.082

0

4S00

^

5 700

4

1 8«7

c,

5

1

3

25

77

199

275
50

130
1.205
2.125
6,145

925

470

8

3
41
134

207
36

28

2.978

fi

4OO

7

20

6.000

5

2.755

R

3.470

9

16.990

10

6.170

t1

Bay of Quinte (Eastern Channel).
Wolfe Island and Vicinity)

22

«5

4.825

1'i»

21 20

800

Totals

20

6,000

5

165

53.760

317 2.98

12.280

486

925,, 565

51,437

Return of the kinds, quantities and values of fish caught

District.

Lake Ontario.

brls.

Lincoln County

Wentworth County

Halton County. . . ;

Peel County ,

York County ,

Ontario County ,

Durham County

Northumberland County

Prince Edward County

Bay of Quinte (Proper) ,

Bay of Quinte (Eastern Channel)
Wolfe Island and Vicinity

lbs.

596.528

181.341

329.. 500

25.901

12.759

300

1.400

51.369

119.024

271.892

20.376

100

Totals.

55l

1.610.490

Values ,

$ c.
555 T»0

$ c.

80.524 50

brls.

2

602

3

3

lbs.

34,3.50

39.200

11.600

4.948

26.270

11.000

55.393

143.835

397.306

264.503

136.619

5.590

1.130,614

113.061 40

brls.

900
50

9,620 00

lbs.

12.900
7.400

15.900

16.020
6,269
1.216
5.887

.97,548

132.623

50

46.104
3.850

lbs.

150
310
70.422
25.063
162.936
2.433
21.516

347.767

283.430

34.776 70

22.674 40

lbs.

8.300
520

26.552
3.331
1.300

40.003

$ c.
4.000 30

1918

GAME A^B FISHERIES.

31

FISHERIES.

the quantity and value of all flshiag materials and other fixtures employed in the
in the Public Waters of Lake Ontario.

P'ishing material.

Other fixtures used in
fishinif.

Seinea

.

Ponnd nets.

Hoop nets.

Dip or Roll
nets.

Nieht Lines.

Spears.

Freezers and
Ice Houses.

Piers and
Wharves.

No.

Yards.

Valoe.

No. Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.
Hooks.

Value,

No. Value.

No.

Value.

No. Value.

$

$

$

2

$
.300

2.200

$
16 40

$

$

$

,...i

2

600
200

200
65

42 65

44

20

2

1.020

1,785

200

1

!

....

800

314

....

1

25

1 1 250

50

107

377

8

80

1,245

,

2.586

4,<)55

200

1,545

1.100
2,400
1,4.50
1,800

80 00
40 25
74 50
60 00

20
2
2

1,385
200
400
825

3 240

11 300

7
77

15
135

1 50

8 1,000

13

1.684

729

622

10,531

2

300

8,950

271 15

42

65

98

5,840

24

1,840

during the year 1916, in the Public Waters of Lake Ontario.

§

a

1

J3

2

•

a

•s

1

1

u

a

i

£
.2

>

5

1

a

fl
S
&

s

■s

1

en

u

a

'S

s

lbs.

2,432

lbs. lbs.

300 4,500
1.875

lbs.

lbs.

1,200
25

lb«.

lbs.

17,050
15,230

5.000
150

3,057

lbs.
138

No.

lbs.

S c.

37,123 70

29,200
5.000

15,220 30

19,675 00

3,399 35

20 200

170.650

7,468 90

1,248 60

1

7

8,400

11,800

34,580

700

7,615

3,250

100,880

146.500

287,714

15,050

34 898

6,385 44

9,606 1 16 715
15, .534 ! 8,010
93.825 } 110,794

8,810 1 3,217
14,730 1 21, .527

2,428
1,2.55

32,080
45,366

182,745

1.900

38.677

41,796 70

82.977 88

103,136 08

21,461 79

650

inn

10,609 29

3,082

142,825 1 166,8.38

3,683

301 9C3

9(!7 QUO

628,779

538

350,402 41

$ c.

462 30

$ c. $ c.

8,569 50' 8.341 no

1 C.
220 98

1 c.| i c.

34 1.59 44 > ^ '<t=^o n^

$ c.

31,438 95

$ c,

638 00

$ c.

t c.

1 c.

350,402 41

i

32

THE KEPOET UPON

No. 14

ONTARIO

Return of the number of fishermen, tonnage and value of tugs, vessels and boats

fishing industry during the year

District.

Pishing material.

^1

Tugs.

Gasoline Launches.

Sail

or Row Boats.

Oill Nets.

No.

nage. ^"^l"*' M*°-

No.

Value.

Men.

No.

Value.

Men.

Yards.

Value.

1

Inland Watert.

$

4
67

3

7
4

11

$

850
12.030

900

1.400
2,950

3,600

6
83

4

7
4

20

54
36

21

17
17

11

$
1,221
634

335

263

720

505

59
61

28

16
11

16

510

$0.
99

<)

3

Oarleton. Russell, Qrenville and

1,100

59

4

Peterboro, Victoria and Stormont

H

6

Nipissing and Timiskaming Dis-

15.460

1,863

Totals

P6

21.730

124

15fi

3,678

191

17,070

2,021

Return of the kinds, quantities and values of fish caught

District.

T3

JS

<4

.d

J3

<a

td

Ji

J3

^

^

Inland Waters.

Prontenac County

Lanark and Leeds Counties

Oarleton, Russell, Qrenville and

Prescott Counties

Peterboro, Victoria and Stormont

Counties

Lake Simcoe

Nipissing and Timiskaming Dis

tricts

Totals.

Values

brls.

$ c.

10 00

lbs.

448
4,526

4,974

f c.

248 70

brts.

$
10 00

lbs.
13,4.39

7,120
19,993

40 ,552

$ c.
4,055 20

brls.

lbs.

lbs.

16,203

13,419

4,015

18,079
2,551

20,630

$ C.

,063 00

30,123

63.760

$ c.

5 ,100 80

lbs.

2,000

4,148
37,429

43.577

I c.

4.867 70

1918

GAME AN^D FISHERIES.

33

FISHERIES.

the quantity and value of all fishing materials and other fixtures employed in the
1916, in the Public Inland Waters.

Fishing material.

Other fixtures used in
fishing.

Seines.

Pound nets.

Hoop nets.

Dip or Roll

Nets.

Night Lines.

Spears.

Freezers and
Ice Houses.

Piers and
Wha.-res.

No.

Yards.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

' Value.

No.

Value.

No.
Hooks.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

No. Value.

8

97
140

$

104
85

$

86
260

12

2

$ c.
2,025
5,167

265

30

$

200
8,400

1.900

7.800
1.800

$ c.

2 50
226 00

72 00

182 00
35 00

$

2
3

1

$
325
300

40

1

$

25

6

20
3

40 75
10

5

50
1.600

49
720

....

4

168

550 85

1
8

600
8,080

4
5

400

9

1.180

3

75

415

....

•••••••

23

1.887

958

9

1,180

363

7,562

23

50 75

20,100

517 50

168

550 85

15

3,. 345

10

840

during the year 1916, in the Public Inland Waters.

a

0

Eels.

.a
u

1

9

Eh

Catfish.

d

O

S3
S

■s

a
«J .

■g^

is

£

.2

'>

O

Sturgeon Bladders.

1

>

lbs.

lbs.
3,288
16,904

1,655

1.425

lbs
1,710
11,994

3,125

lbs.

lbs.
48,338
100,535

2.200

lbs.
450
2,423

1,568

lbs.
86,012
169,971

82,550

16,884
40,665

83,452

lbs.

No.

$ c.

11 099 56

7,682
575

20,429 57

2,197 86

2,302 20
8,543 33

10,243 12

8.450

135

11,490
312

148,984

50

2,108

3,400

16,707

23,322

28,631

2,108

154.473

153,365

358 ,934

135

54,815 64

$ C.

2,506 05

$ C.

1.399 38

$ c.

1,431 5o

$ c.

126 48

$ c.

12,357 84

$ c.

3.067 30

$ c.

17,946 70

$c.
135 00

$ c.

f c.

54 815 64

34

THE EEPOET UPON

No. 14

ONTARIO

Recapitulation of the number of fishermen, tonnage and value of tugs, vessels and boats.

industry during

District.

Tugs.

Ton-
nag-e.

Value. Men.

Fishing material.

Gasoline Launches. Sail or Row Boats.

No. Value.

Men.lNo. Value,

Men.

Gil) -Nets.

Yards.

Value.

Kenora & Rainy River Dists.

Lake Superior

Lake Huron (North Channel)

Georgian Bay

Lake Huron (Proper)

Lake St. Clair, etc

Lake Erie

Lake Ontario

Inland Waters

Totals lu! 2,9

54

4i»0
397
247

1,504
20

6,000
55,050
92,000
57,000
37,500

258.980
6,000

512,530

244

5

$

65

25,005

121

21

9,400

46

38

16.625

79

61

23,840

(30

47

18,060

96

57

15.510

111

165

87,660

414

165

53.760

317

96

21,730

124

715

271.590

1.438

2 275
.^!210
3.515
7,805
4,410
4,496
19,690
12,280
3,678

76
U3

85
89
91
204
238
486
191

110,000
880,540
988.070
1.067,4.30
639,630

$ C.

12,545 00
16.949 00
73.203 00
55,309 65
42.715 00

1,546,005

935 .565

17,070

164.420 00

51.437 00

2.021 00

10781 63,389

1,563 6,174.310 448,599 65

Recapitulation of the kinds, quantities and values

District.

Kenora and Rainy River Districts

Lake Superior

Lake Huron (North Channel)....

Georgian Bay

Lake Huron (Proper)

Lake St. Clair, etc

Lake Erie

Lake Ontario

Inland Waters

Totals.
Values ,

brls.

805j
.36
292

277

10

551

1

1,477

14.770 00

lbs.

,3.127.015

27.744

!>8.285

204,789

300

5,210,531

1.610,490

4,974

10.244,128

512.206 40

brls.

3

22

1.058

2.836

11

610
1

4.541

$ c.

45.410 00

lbs.

685,140

464.941

751,081

414,228

74.960

61.200

1,086.085

1.130,614

40,552

4.708.801

brls.

4

1361

1,991

2.992

1.029

lbs.

74.616

1.501.719

1.651.563

1.205.943

871.484

962

7.114i

$ c.l $ c.
470.880 10 71,145 00

3.714

347,767

20.630

5,677,436

567.743 60

lbs.

.508,488

21.771

83.697

40,511

1,088

40,879

437,007

283.4.H0

63,760

lbs.

641.386
89,733

373.284
50.578

215,298
49,992

599,152
40,003
43,577

1.483,631 2.002,937

$ c. $ c.
118.690 481200,893 70

1918

GAME AXD FISHERIES.

35

FISHERIES.

the quantity and value of all fishing materials and other fixtures employed in the fishing
the year 1916.

Fishine material.

Other fixtures used in
fishine.

Seines.

Pound nets.

Hoop nets.

Dip or Roll
nets.

Nieht Lines.

Spears.

Freezers and
Ice Houses.

Piers and
Wharves,

No.

Yards.

Value.

No. Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.
Hooks.

Value.

No.

Value.

No. Value.

No.

Value.

$

46
61
130

s

14,850
14,900
53,050

3,250
18,200

3,000
31.!, 100

8
1

$

525

20

$ c.

$ c.

$ c.

50
34
24
19
18
42
126
98
15

$

14,755

14,925
6.850
2.885
4,855

10,850

134,625

5.840

3,345

44

16
22
19

1

"71
24

10

$

5,040

5,640

"*

1.300
17.900

78 00
2.205 00

13,300

'

8

34

526

1,895

6

324

14,191

17.297

1.684

1.887

340

4
2

11
2

23

6 50

46 00

77 00

300 00

50 75

10

83

6,447 it

172

8

622

363

10.200

150

10.531

7.562

2.700
10,050

8.950
20,100

193 00
123 00
271 15
517 50

54

8.088
729
958

638

31 325

13

42

168

65 00
550 85

1.840

23

9

1,180

840

178

35,383

16,562

963

421 ,530

1308

29,514

42

480 25

61,000

3.387 65

210

615 85

436

198,930

207

59.890

of fish caught during the year 1916.

lbs.
8.6I0

3.307
13 .588

4.400
11.284
18,900
67.642

3.082
16.707

147.526

23,128 90

lbs.

142,825
23,. 322

166,150

$ c.

),969 00

I i

3 <a A

H O O

lbs.

255

18.099

5.473

146.142

118.165

769,1.56

166,838

28,631

1,258,516

I c.

63,925 80

lbs.

138,566
2,408
66,910
149,734
432.480

23,835
3 ,683
2,108

819,724

49,183 44

lbs.

40

527

5.740

106

50,951

22,880

:J0 1,993

1.54,473

542,710

$ c.

43,416 80

lbs.
12.000

10.243
16.085
8.509
606.773
782.296
267,952
153.365

1.857.

$

37,156 46

lbs.

365.823

249.772

3.36.345

52.254

87.5.58

275.911

1.081.217

628.779

358,934

3,4.36,593

171,829 65

lbs.

940
40
2.39
630
777
490
.418i
538
135

7.207J

7.307 50

No.

lbs.

2.34 2.538.9361

$ c.
144 00

210.328 60
.386.796 81
330.780 78
248.. 383 32
179,9.55 !»3

51,024 86
843,505 08
3.50,402 41

54,815 64

2,538.926

353.893 60

2. 658. 998 43

3,658.993 43

36

THE KEPOKT UPON

No. 14

Comparative Statement of yield for 1&15-16, according to Districts.

1915.

1916.

Increase,

Kenora and Rainy River Districts:

Herring bbls.

Herring Ibs-

Whiteflsh bbls.

Whitefish lbs.

Trout bbls.

Trout lbs.

Pike " .

Pickerel (Dore) " .

Sturgeon " .

Eels " .

Perch " .

Tullibee " .

Catfish " .

Carp " .

Mixed and Coarse Fish " .

Caviare " .

Sturgeon Bladders No.

Lake Superior:

Herring bbls.

Herring lbs.

Whiteflsh bbls.

Whiteflsh lbs..

Trout bbls.

Trout lbs.

Pike " .

Pickerel (Dore) " •

Sturgeon " .

Eels " .

Perch " .

Tullibee " .

Catflsh " .

Carp " .

Mixed and Coarse Fish " .

Caviare " .

Lake Huron, North Cliannel:

Herring bbls

Herring lbs

Whiteflsh bbls

Whiteflsh lbs.

Trout bbls

Trout lbs

Pike "

Pickerel (Dore) "

Sturgeon "

Eels "

Perch "

Tullibee "

Catflsh "

Carp "

Mixed and Coarse Fish "

Caviare "

Sturgeon Bladders No

Georgian Bay:

Herring bbls.

Herring lbs.

Whitefish bbls.

Whitefish lbs..

Trout bbls.

1,349.624

92,753

1,221.942

1,163.735

85,639

59.554

7,975

262,110

118.630

190,320

81,480

1,700

121

2, 234 J

2,776.900

690

841.980

9. 896 J

1.645.278

70.876

179,961

16.048

3

685,140

4

74,616

508,488

641,386

8,616

7,757
138,566

300
8.914

1,400

157,068

16

138

39,380

103

656.459

179

1.725.232

101.836

332,602

27,475

16.183

52.394

1.396

5

425.518

427

248

461

99.069

1.330

392.425

3.662

12,000

365,823

940

805i

3,127,015

22

464,941

136J

1,501,719

24,771

89,733

3,307

255

2,408

40

249,772
40

36

27,744

1.058

751,081

1,991

1,651,563

83,697

273,224

13.588

18,099
66,910

527

10,243

336,345

239

292

58,285

2,836

414,228

2,992

284,343

350,115

40

92,704
24

955

94.622

1,812

1,916
14,516

10.238

1,506
21,803

Decrease.

664,484

18,137

713,454

522,349

77,023

59.554

218

123,544

118,630

178,320

.760
121

1,429

377,039
9,760

143.559
46,105
90,228
12; 741

45
6,506

1,400

102
11,636

73,669
18,139
59,378
13,887

869

89,173
188
248

169
40,784

670

1918

GAME AND FISHERIES.

37

Comparative Statement of yield for 1915-16, according to Districts— Continued.

Jeorgian Bay— Continued :

Trout lbs.

Pike " •

Pickerel ( Dore) " •

Sturgeon " ■

Eels '' •

Perch " •

Tullibee '] •

Catfish " •

Carp

Mixed and Coarse Fish " .

Caviare •

Lake Huron (proper):

Herring bbls.

Herring lbs.

Whiteflsh bbls.

Whitefish lbs..

Trout bbls.

Trout lbs.

Pike " .

Pickerel (Dore) " .

Sturgeon " •

Eels " .

Perch " .

Tullibee " .

Catfish " .

Carp " .

Mixed and Coarse Fish .... " .

Caviare " .

Sturgeon Bladders No.

Lake St. Clair and Detroit River:

Herring bbls .

Herring lbs.

Whitefish bbls.

Whitefish lbs..

Trout

Trout lbs.

Pike " .

Pickerel (Dore) " .

Sturgeon " .

Eels " .

Perch " .

Tullibee " .

Catfish " .

Carp " ,

Mixed and Coarse Fish .... " .
Caviare " .

Lake Erie:

Herring bbls.

Herring lbs.

Whitefish bbls.

Whitefish lbs..

Trout bbls.

Trout lbs.

Pike " .

Pickerel (Dore) " .

Sturgeon " .

Eels " .

Perch " .

1915.

1916.

Increase.

Decrease

1,388,289

78,383

85,378

6.128

1,205,943

40,511

50,578

4,400

11.017
43,014
8,675
15.550
45,504
905

405

221,871

25

51,859

987

787,617

209

167,983

12,606

161,658

269,849

16

11,014

80,817

982

13

200
43,700

54,643
37,389
34,115

112.616

66,268

663,570

383,621

1,067

5,473

149,734

5,740

16,685

52,254

630

277

204,789

11

74,960

1,029

871,484

1,088

215,292

11,284

3

146,142

432,480

106

8,509

87,558

777

106,720

1,135
6,750

23,101
42

83,867

879

47,309

300
'6i]266"

40,879
49,992
18,900

116,165

5,573,688
"i!832*,243*

2,383

630,450

607,710

56,315

56,951

606,773

275,911

490

10
5,210,531

162,631
90

6.741

300

'i7!56o'

12,603
"3i549"

10

1,086,085

3,714

487,007

599,152

67,642

1,331
'ii',327"

182,346

37,872

34,800

1,728

5,544
"2!935'

275

128

17,082

14

1,322

2,505

205
7

200

13,764

9,317

56,797

107,710

577

363,157
746,158*

193,443
8,558

1.042,091

769,156

272,935

38

THE REPORT UPON

No. 14

Comparative Statement of yield for 1915-16, according to Districts^ — Continued.

Lake Erie. — Continued:

Tullibee lbs

Catfish "

Carp "

Mixed and Coarse Fish "

Caviare "

Sturgeon Bladders No

Pickerel (Blue) lbs

Lake Ontario:

Herring bbls

Herring lbs

Whitefish bbls

Whitefish lbs.

Trout bbls

Trout lbs

Pike "

Pickerel (Dore) "

Sturgeon "

Eels "

Perch "

Tullibee "

Catfish "

Carp "

Mixed and Coarse Fish "

Caviare "

Herring, smoked

Inland Waters:

Herring bbls.

Herring lbs.

Whitefish bbls.

Whitefish lbs..

Trout bbls.

Trout lbs.

Pike

Pickerel (Dore)

Sturgeon

Eels

Perch

Tullibee

Catfish

Carp

Mixed and Coarse Fish . . .

Caviare

Sturgeon Bladders No.

1915.

1916.

Increase .

Decrease.

21.100

38,436

904,880

948.558

2,86U

1.219

4.882.312

95^

1.706.391

40

809,618

23

550,769

336.988

85.965

1,521

219.703

119.310

267.698
112.518
438.684

75.800

2.336

15.711

33.847

59.085

11,045

11,615-

33,266

19.170

5.600

166,370

118.840

445.015

22

3

23,835

22.880

782,296

1,081,217

3,4181

234

2,538,926

2,735

132,659
657J

1,610

1,130

347

283

40

3
142
166

3
301
267
628

55J
,490
610
,614
962
,767
,430
,003
,082
,825
,838
,683
,993
,952
,779
538

570

320,996

939

1

4,974

1

40,552

20,630

63,760

43,577

16,707

23,322

28,631

2,108

154,473

153,365

358,934

135

1,561

47,528

3,683

34,295

115,434

190,095

538

1

2,638

1

24,841

4,675

32,532

5,092

9,461

34,525

""m

15,556
122,584

985
2,343,386

40i
95,901

203,002
53,558
45,962

76,878

75,800

13.217

9,944

3,492
11,897

86,081
3"

1918 GAME AND

FISHERIES.

39

statement of the yield and value of the Fisheries of the Province for the year 1916.

Kinds of Fish.

Quantity.

Price. Value.

1

Herring bbls

Herring lbs

Whitefish bbls

Whiteflsh lbs

Trout bbls

Trout lbs

Pike

Pickerel (Dore)

Sturgeon ,

Eels

Perch

Tullibee ,

Catfish ,

Carp ,

Mixed and Coarse Fish

Caviare

Sturgeon Bladders No

Pickerel (blue) lbs.

1.477

10,244,128

4,541

4,708,801

7,114i

5,677,436

1,483,631

2,002,937

147,526

166,150

1,258,516

819,724

542,710

1,857,823

3,436,593

7, 207 J

240

2,538,926

Total

$ c.

10 00
05

10 00
10

10 00
10
08
10
15
06
05
06
08
05
05
1 00
60
10

$ c.

14,770 00

512,206 40

45,410 00

470,880 10

71,145 00

567,743 60

118,690 48

200,293 70

22,128 90

9,969 00

62,925 80

49,183 44

43.416 80

37,156 46

171,829 65

7.207 50

144 00

253,892 60

2,658,993 43

Comparative Statement of the yield of the Fisheries of the Province,

1915

1916

Increase. Decrease.

Herring bbls

Herring lbs

Whiteflsh bbls

Whitefish lbs

Trout bbls

Trout lbs

Pike " ....

Pickerel (Dore) "

Sturgeon "

Eels "

Perch "

Tullibee " ....

Catfish "

Carp "

Mixed and Coarse Fish "

Caviare " ....

Sturgeon Bladders No

Pickerel (Blue) lbs

Herring, Smoked

)

Total Barrels

Total Pounds

Total, Decrease of Barrels. ..1916

Total Decrease of Pounds. . .1916

3, 334 J
10,419,635
2,388
5.993,619

u.im

6.226,168

2,584,412

2,671,768

251.462

312,523

1,490,320

662,981

667.489

2.018,097

3,006,265

7,980i

1,604

4,882.312

75,800

20,4691
41,270,83U

1,477

10,244,128

4,541

4,708,801

7. 114 J

5,677,436

1.483.631

2,002.937

147,526

166,150

1,258,516

819,724

542,710

1,857.823

3.436.593

7, 207 J

240

2,538.926

13. 132 J
34,892,1085

2,153

156,743
430,328'

l,857i
175,507

1,284,818

7,633

548,732

1,100,781
668,831
103,936
146,373
231.804

124.779
160,274

7721
1.364
2,343,386
75,800

7, 337 J
6,378,7231

40

THE EBPOET UPON GAME AND FISHERIES.

No. 14

Value of Ontario Fisheries from 1870 to 1916, inclusive.

Years.

Value. Years. Value.

J ' \

4

1870

$

264,982

193,524

267,633

293,091

446,267

453,194

437,229

438,223

348,122

367,133

444,491

509,903

825,457

1,027,033

1,133,724

1,342,692

1,435,998

1,531 850

Brought fonvard

1894

$ c.
23,116,692 00

1871

1,659,968 00

1872

1895

1,584,473 00

1873

1896

1,605,674 00

1874

1897

1,289.822 00

1875

1898

1,433,631 00

1876

1899

1,477,815 00

1877

1900

1,333,293 00

1878

1901

1,428,078 00

1879

1902

1,265,705 00

1880

1903

1,535,144 00

1881

1904

1,793,524 00

1882

1905

1,708,963 00

1883

1906

1,734,865 00

1884

1907

1,935,024 90

1885

1908

2,100,078 63

1886

1909

2,237,544 41

1887

1910

2,348,269 57

1888

1,839,869
1,963,123
2,009,637
1,806,389
2,042,198

1911

2,419,178 21

1889

1912

2,842,877 09

1890

1913

2,674,686 76

1914

2,755,293 11

1892

1915

3,341,181 41

1893

1 1,694,930

! 1916

2,658,993 43

Carried forward . . .

23,116,692

Total

68,280,479 52

Statement •

of the number and value of the Tugs, Gasoline, Sail or Row Boats, Nets, Spears, etc.
used in the Fishing Industry of the Province of Ontario, during the year 1916.

Number.

Value.

Tugs, (2,975 tons) j 114

Gasoline Launches 715

Sail or Row Boats ! 1,078

Gill Nets j 6,174,310 yards.

Seines (35,383 yds.)

Pound Nets

Hoop Nets

Dip and Roll Nets

Baited Hooks

Spears

Freezers and Ice .Houses
Piers and Wharves

Total

178

963

1,208

42

61,000

210

426

207

$ c.

512,530 00

271,590 00

63,389 0()

448,599 65

16,562 00

421,530 00

29,514 GO

480 25

3,387 65

615 85

198,930 00

59,890 00

2,027,018 40

Number of men employed on Tugs

Number of men employed on Gasoline Launches
Number of men employed on Sail or Row Boats .

591
1,438
1,563

3,592

b9i.

Twelfth Annual Report

OF THE

GAME AND FISHERIES
DEPARTMENT

1918

PRINTED BY ORDER OF

THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ONTARIO

TORONTO :
Printed and Publish by A. T. WILGRESS, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty

1919

Printed by

WILLIAM BRIGOS

Corner Queen and John Streets

Toronto

To His Honour Sir John Strathearn Hendrie^ K.C.M.G., C.V.O., a Colonel in
the Militia of Canada, etc., etc., etc.

Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of Ontario.

May It Please Your Honour:

I have the honour to submit herewith, for the information of Your Honour
and the Legislative Assembly, the Tvrelfth Annual Report of the Department of
Game and Fisheries of this Province.

I have the honour to be,

Your Honour's most obedient servant,

F. G. Macdiaemid^

Minister of Public WorTcs and Highways.
Toronto, £Oth Marcli, 1919.

[8].

2 G.

TWELFTH ANNUAL REPORT

OF THE

Department of Game and Fisheries of

Ontario

To the Honourable F. G. Macdiaemid,

Minister of Public Worlcs and Highways.

Sir, — I have the honour to submit the Twelfth Annual Keport of the Depart-
ment of Game and Fisheries, being for the fiscal year ending October 31st, 1918.

Enforcement of Laws and Eegtjlations.

Every observer will admit that there is a better enforcement of the laws now
than in earlier years and that the sentiment in favour of game and fish laws and
their enforcement is steadily growing. The better the law is enforced the more it
is respected by the public. The fines imposed and collected during the year, to-
gether with the proceeds from the sale of confiscations and other articles, amounted
to $14,883.15. Licenses and permits were issued by this Department for privileges
as provided for in the Act and there are two reasons why licenses are purchased
by the public. The first is because a large number realize the importance of up-
holding the Department and protecting the game, fish and birds and, by so doing,
the extermination of these resources will be prevented and a supply insured for the
generations to come. Another class who buy licenses merely do so with the idea of
avoiding prosecution and, in doing so, become interested to the extent that they
purchase thereafter from the first motive. Therefore the enforcement of the Act
is the most potent factor in the upbuilding of the Department of Game and
Fisheries and the preservation of the country's resources placed under its care.

The Migratory Birds Convention Act referred to in my last year's report, and
which deals with the whole of Canada, is becoming better understood by the public
in general and, with the better acquaintance of its provisions by publicity, I believe
it is being well received and will have beneficial results.

Game.

Plenty of moose and deer are reported in that part of the Province lying
north and west of the French and Mattawa Eivers and generally satisfactory in the
other parts of the Province which are inhabited by these animals. The number of
non-resident deer licenses issued for this year shows an increase of 33 over the
previous year, while the number of resident deer licenses issued shows a decrease
of 2,975. The number of moose licenses issued shows an increase of 516 over that
of the previous year. The decrease in the number of the resident deer licenses
issued was no doubt caused mainly from the epidemic of influenza which prevailed

[51

THE KEPOET UPON No. 14

throughout the Province just at this season of the year hut, from the fact that the
fee for deer hunting licenses was increased to $3.00 this year, there has been a
gross gain in revenue in deer and moose licenses amounting to $8,034.00,

Partridge. — The benefit of the existing close season has been shown in quite
a marked degree in many sections of the northern part of the Province from the
encouraging reports received of the increase in these game birds.

Ducks. — The reports received from various parts of the Province are satis-
factory in regard to the number of ducks obtained for the past season.

Quail. — I regret to report that the quail appear to be very scarce throughout
the Province.

Pheasants. — From reports received pheasants are still quite scarce in the
Province.

I Fuk-Beaking Animals.

The fur market has been exceptionally good throughout the past year and the
prices obtained have been much above normal and, owing to these conditions, it
has attracted many trappers and dealers to participate in the lucrative returns
obtained from the sale of pelts of every description.

Beaver are still very plentiful and large catches have been reported.

Otter continue to be scarce.

Martin and Fisher from reports received show an inclination to decrease.

Muskrat are still plentiful in many'parts of the Province.

I would strongly recommend the setting apart of a suitable area of considerable
extent for the establishment of a game sanctuary which, in my opinion, could be
found in some part of the middle west of the Province and which would tend to
assure in a marked degree the continuity of an ample supply of all classes of game
and fur-bearing animals which will be so necessary and valuable to those who come
after the present generation.

Wolf. — Many reports have reached the Department bearing testimony to the
fact that great inroads have been made into the deer and other game by these
predatory animals in widely separated districts and the havoc caused appears to
demand that some prompt and definite methods should be taken to overcome this
great waste and I would, therefore, strongly recommend that a substantial increase
be added to the bounty being paid at present which would have very beneficial
results and encourage the trapper in exterminating the wolf.

Fish.

The commercial fishing, taking the Povince as a whole, has shown an increase
in catch over the previous year. The returns as presented by the license holders
show a total catch for the year of 1916 of 36,205,360 pounds, while the 1917 catch
as reported totals 43,834,651 pounds, being an increase of 6,629,191 pounds. The
number of commercial licenses issued in 1916 were 2,251 and 2,220 licenses were
issued for the year of 1917, being a decrease in the number of commercial fishing
licenses of 31.

I am publishing herewith the report of the Sales Branch as submitted and
which deals with the activities of this Department in supplying the various munici-
palities with Government fish at a fixed price.

1919 GAME AND FISHEEIES.

Hatchebies.

In accordance with my recommendation of last year I am pleased to report
that a hatchery 38' x 76' has been built in Current Eiver Park, Port Arthur,
under the supervision of Mr. George H. Eapsey, Superintendent of this Department,
and to whom I desire to give due credit. The building is well constructed and
fully equipped for the hatching of both speckled and lake trout, whitefish, herring
and pickerel with ideal conditions as to the source and supply of pure water and
tho hatchery, as a whole, is considered by the authorities to be as modern and
efficient as any hatchery in the Dominion, having a capacity for 75,000,000 white-
fish and 15,000,000 trout. The completion of this hatchery will place four hatcher-
ies under the operation of this Department for the season of 1919.

I would recommend the erection of ponds for rearing speckled trout fry at
Mount Pleasant and Port Arthur as better results can be obtained by rearing the
fry until they attain the size of fingerlings and, when all danger of spring floods
is over, a supply of natural food is more favourable.

I regret to report that, on acount of the unfavourable weather conditions of
last spring, the bass hatch proved a failure for the first time in ten years. Similar
failures have been reported from other hatcheries outside of the Province and was
due to the fact that the temperature of the water as late as July 6th, which is well
beyond the normal period for the small moulh bass to hatch, did not register higher
than 57 degrees P., a temperature too low for the bass to spawn in breeding ponds.
The result has been that, instead of the bass preparing their nests and hatching
as nature intended, they simply scattered their eggs which were a total loss. The
water must have a temperature of at least 64 degrees P. before the small mouth
bass will spawn properly.

The fall collection of spawn did not reach my expectations and, no doubt, the
collection was greatly affected by adverse weather conditions and, in the north,
on account of the prevailing epidemic of influenza. For the first time the Depart-
ment has been successful in collecting 170,000 brook trout spawn for the Mount
Pleasant Hatchery and 1,500,000 speckled trout spawn from the famous Fepigon
stock for the Port Arthur Hatchery. The output of the new hatchery at Normandale
consisted of 1,400,000 pickerel dore, 15,500,000 whitefish and 38,000,000 herring
fry and were all planted in the waters of Lake Erie. Adding to these figures the
hatch of 2,000,000 pickerel dore fry at the Port Carling Hatchery, which were
placed in the Muskoka waters, makes a grand total of 56,900,000 as a total distri-
bution by the Province. This is the first year that the Department undertook the
propagation of fish other than game species and this distribution may be considered
as a very creditable showing for the initial year.

Acknowledgment.

I wish to publicly express through you my appreciation of the hearty co-opera-
tion given by all of the Railway and Transportation Companies who have materially
assisted in the inspection and enforcement of the Act by the various officers of this
Department and in the matter of handling the Government fish car and distribution
of fry wherever requested.

My thanks also extends to employees of the Department who have rendered
faithful services and to other Departments of the Provincial Government for their
assistance and co-operation and I refer particularly to the officers of the Provincial
Police and the Officials and staff of the Forestrv Branch.

8 THE EEPOKT UPON No. 14

I cannot close without reference to the loss of one of the staff in the person
of Mr. W. S. Masson, a competent and efficient employee who fulfilled his highest
duty by offering his services and life to his country in 1915 and who, I 'regret to
say, paidvthe supreme sacrifice in the fall of 1918 on the battlefields of France.

The statistics mentioned in the report will be found in detail in statements
published elsewhere herein.

All of which is respectfully submitted. I am '

Your obedient servant,

D. McDonald,

Deputy Minister of Game and Fisheries.

Department of Game and Fisheries, Sales Branch, Toronto.

Toronto^ February 19, 1919.
D. McDonald, Esq.,

Deputy Minister of Game and Fislieries, Buildings.

Dear Sir. — I beg to submit herewith report of the Sales Biar.ch, Department
of Game and Fisheries, for the year ending October 31st, 1918.

The unusual economic conditions resulting from the European War, which
had created a world shortage of food, required prompt action upon the part of
Governments. The demand made upon the food producing parts of the Empire
for conservation and substitution quickly reached the Province of Ontario. Beef
and bacon were required in increasing quantities by our brave soldiers ; .substitutes
should be provided for the people at home.

Appreciating the position, and with characteristic promptness, the Govern-
ment of the Province of Ontario launched a policy which had for its object the
securing of fish from the waters of the Province, and placing same at fixed prices
on the tables of the consumers. This plan embraced production, distribution, and
Government control. In order that existing trade should not be greatly interfered
with, and that increased production might be secured, several inland lakes, some
of them being virgin waters, some having had fishing restrictions for a number
of years, were fished under contract. Lakes Nipigon and Nipissing being the largest
of these; the Government distributing the entire catch from these Lakes.

The first fish secured by the Government under this policy were distributed
September, 1917, and a wonderful demand was at once assured, the demand being
so great that it became apparent that a portion of the catch of the licensed fisher-
men was required to meet it. An authority stated in the year of 1911 that 95 per
cent, of all fresh water fish procured in the Province had been exported to our
neighbours to the south. It appeared reasonable to the Government that only a
portion of the catch of the licensed fishermen should be retained for distribution
in the Province. To this end a clause was placed in the license of each fisherman
operating for 1918, requiring them to deliver to the Sales Branch any amount
which might be demanded, such amount not to exceed 20 per cent, of the total
catch. The fishermen were thus free to sell 80 per cent, of their catch in the best
market obtainable.

1919 GAME AND FISHERIES. 9

The price to be paid the fishermen by the Grovernmeiit was based upon the
average price of the previous five years. The fishermen with few exceptions gave
loyal support to the Government measure, thus assisting in no little degree to make
same a success. The fish which were distributed by the Government, taken from
the fishermen, were secured from the Eainy River District, Lake Superior, Geor-
gian Bay and North Channel, Lakes Huron, Erie and Ontario.

During the first year over three million pounds of fish have been handled by
the Sales Branch. These fish have been sold by nearly six hundred fish dealers,
and have been distributed in over two hundred municipalities throughout the
Province, the distribution reaching nearly every important centre in the Province.
It is admitted that the Government policy has assisted in reducing the high cost
of living, an average of at least five cents per pound on all fish distributed being
saved for the consumer. This in itself would amount to at least $150,000.

Government advertising has made the eating of fish more popular. The
Government arranged during the past year for demonstrations covering the pre-
paring and cooking of fish; exhibitions have also been made of live fish, while
moving pictures have been on exhibition showing the various phases of the fishing
industry.

This wide advertising will undoubtedly have a marked eff'ect upon the sale
o-f fish throughout the Province in future years, benefiting the fisherman and the
consumer, and giving the people of the Province an idea of the value of this great
natural resource.

Yours truly,

S. L. Squire,

Manager.

10 THE EEPOET UPON No. 14

statement of Revenue received from Game and Fisheries during the year ended

October 3l8t, 1918.

Game.

Rondeau Park $2,551 31

Royalty Coupons (Beaver and Otter) 27,308 60

Trappers' Licenses 24,002 32

Non-Resident Hunting Licenses 7,961 63

Resident Deer Licenses 31,698 82

Resident Moose Licenses 8,566 15

Fur Dealers' Licenses 5,837 75

Game Dealers' Licenses 623 00

Hotel and Restaurant Licenses 346 00

Cold Storage Licenses 126 00

Guides' Licenses 930 00

Fines 6,978 88

Sales (Fur, etc.) 4,230 92

$121,161 38

FiSHEBIES.

Fishing Licenses $111^014 68

Fishery Royalties 8,759 05

Angling Permits 14,063 22

Fines 2,480 58

Sales (fish, twine, etc.) 1,192 71

Government Fish.
Sales of fish, etc $235,028 15

$137,510 24

$235,028 15

Total $493,699 77

^19

GAME AND FISHEKIES.

11

Wa.

VITH QUANTITIES AND KINDS OF FISH PLANTED IN
EACH.

Waters Stocked and Location.

Species.

Quantities.

l^ideau Lake, Lanark and Leeds Counties Lake

Sydeixham Lake, Frontenac County Lake

I iOughboro Lake, " " Lake

Eagle Lake, " " Lake

Wliite Lake, " " Lake

Charleston Lake, Leeds County Lake

Clear Lake, Renfrew County Lake

Westlemkoon Lake, Hastings County Lake

Lake Simcoe, North Shore, Simcoe County Lake

Fairy Lake, Muskoka District Lake

Mary Lake, " " Lake

Peninsular Lake, " " Lake

Lake of Bays, " " Lake

Long Lake, Parry Sound District '. Lake

Fairbanks Lake, Sudbury District Lake

Smoke Lake, Algonquin Park Lake

Cache Lake, " " Lake

Lake Nepigon, Thunder Bay District Lake

Kashabowie Lake, " " Lake

Long Lake, Kenora District Lake

Little Long Lake, " " .Lake

Streams at St. Williams, Norfolk County /Brown Trout

Stream at Hespeler, Waterloo County [.Brown Trout

Pond at Glencoe, Middlesex County I.Brown Trout

VVhiteman's Creek, Brant County VBrdwn Trout

Streams in vicinity of Waterloo, County Waterloo .... ?5'rook Trout

Streams in vicinity of Simcoe, Norfolk County Brook

Valens Creek, Wentworth County Brook

Holstein Creek, Grey County Brook

Spring Creek, Mt. Forest, Grey County Brook

Streams in vicinity of Markdale, Grey County Brook

Needway Creek, Middlesex County Brook

Bronte Creek, Halton County . , .Brook

Saugeen River, Durham ..County Brook

Rocky iSaugeen, " ^ "* Brook

Grand Lake, Algonquin Park Brook

Streams in vicinity of Havelock, Peterborough County. Brook

Streams at Caledon Lake, Peel County Brook

Lake Simcoe, Brough's Creek and Narrows at Atherley,

Simcoe County Rainbow Trout

Gun Lake at Minaki Station, Kenora District Bass (Parent)

Muskoka Lakes, Muskoka District Pickerel 2,

Lake Erie Pickerel 1,

Lake Erie Whiteflsh 15,

Lake Erie Herring 38,

Trout
Trout
Trout
Trout
Trout
Trout
Trout
Trout
Trout
Trout
Trout
Trout
Trout
Trout
Trout
Trout
Trout
Trout
Trout
Trout
Trout

Trout
Trout
Trout
Trout
Trout
Trout
Trout
Trout
Trout
Trout
Trout
Trout

60,000
20,000
20,000
30,000
30,000
50,000
50,000
40,000

140,000
30,000
30,000
40,000
50,000
10,000
40,000
35,000
65,000

150,000
50,000
25,000
25,000
15,000
15,000
10,000
4,000
60,000
50,000
20,000
20,000
10,000
50,000
20,000
50,000
20,000
40,000
10,000
50,000
2,500

20,000
131

000,000
400,000
500.000
000,000

Total 58,356,631

Total Lake Trout 990,000

" Brown Trout 44,000

" Brook Trout 402,500

" Rainbow Trout . 20,000

" Black Bass

(Parent) 131

" Pickerel 3,400.000

" Whitefish 15,500,000

" Herring 38,000.000

H-'

Total 58,35'^.631

3 0.

10

THE BEPORT UPON

No. 14

ONTARIO

Return of the number of fishermen, tonnage and value of tugs, vessels and boats, the

industry during the year 1917, in the Public

District.

Fishins material.

Tags.

No.

Ton-

Value. Men

Oasoline Launches.

No. Value.

Men.

Sailor Row Boats. Oill-Nets.

No. Value.

Men.

Yards. Value.

Kenora and 'Rainy Biver.

Lake of the Woods

Long, Big Oarson, Oneman and

Crow Lakes

Shoal, Eagle, Deer and Dryberry

Lakea

Raleigh, Sandy, Basket, Indian

and Orang Outang Lakes

Malachi, Bussard, Obabicon,

Lawrence and Sturgeon Lakes
Lac Sue'e and Minnitakie Lakes.

Lake Nepigon

Rainy Lake

Clearwater, Tuttle, Trout Perch

and Namaken, Lakes

89

Totals ,

8,!-.00

2,000

10,500

19 88 32,380

$

14,145
1,325

3,.%0

800

1,910

950

1,150

7,500

9.S0

$

1,225
170
140
20

20

200
120
340

60 2,305

25

46,350

4

4,300

4

19,300

2

8,000

2
4
4
12

13,000
10,000
21,8)0
19,983

3

12,500

60

165,233

$

7,580

540

3,140

1,090

1.640

930

2,172

2,500

2 270

21,862

Return of the kinds, quantities and values of fish caught during the

e

a
'A

District.

■6
«

1

M

a

■c

a

a

Herring, fresh.

i
1

J5
1

<a

1

s
o

El

J3

o

w

a

o

6
^

c

o

Q

o

V

1

Kenora and Rainy River.

brls.

lbs.

167,920

brls.

1

lbs.

161.707

7.988

175.487

23,295

18,681
118,137

.39,103
102,568

.33,7.52

brls.

lbs.

7, pes

8.230

27,236

931

13,299

1,500

40,183

lbs.

499,896

2,060

47.150

2,855

13,751
31,811

lbs.

496,777

2

Long, Big, Garson, Oneman and
Crow Lakes

3

Shoal, Eagle, Deer and Dryberry

122,730

4

Raleigh, Sandy, Basket, Indian

4,836

5

Ma'achi Bussard, Obabicon,

Lawrence and Sturgeon Lakes.
Lac Suele and Minnitakie Lakes.

i

18,100

fi

20

70,178

7

■ ■

5,002

8

155,1.59
34,677

186,060

9

Clearwater, Tuttle, Trout, Perch

2

2

12,570

57,970

Totals

167,920

23

680,717

2J

111,804

787,359

961,653

$ c.

8,396 00

$ C.

230 00

$ c.

68,071 70

$ c.

25 00

$ c.

11.180 40

$ c.

62,988 72

« c.

96 165 30

1919

GAME AND FISHERIES.

13

FISHERIES.

Quantity and value of all fishing materials and other fixtures employed in the fishing
Waters of Kenora and Rainy River.

FishinfiT material.

Other fixtures used in
fishing.

Seines.

Ponnd nets.

HOOP nets. ..^JP^-.

Night lines.

Spears.

Freezers and
Ice Houses.

Piers and
Wharves.

No.

Yards.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.
Hooks.

Value.

No. Value.

No. Value.

No. Value.

1 5

32

$

10.060

28
6

$

2,700
230

$

$

$

19
2
6
6

4

6

$
8.7;50

275
1,150

450

1,800
825

21
3

5

$
4,565

1

125

1

450

i

-

1

1
5

50

1

600

1

1

I

22

7

4,950
1,500

••••|

7

1,450

4

900

i

I

61

17.050

■u

2,930

...J

50

14,080

39

6,690

!

)

year 1917, in the Public Waters of Kenora and Rainy River Districts.

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o

d

o

§

u

-a

a

1

n
a
2

£f

a

Value.

bs.

9,926
5,.<<20

lbs.

lbs.

lbs.

56.825

lbs. lbs,
113

lbs.

394,541

10,000

14,822

1,000

4,125
18,000
30 225
105,602

14,320

lbs.

50
563

No.

$ e.

139,720 94

8,003

4,287 60

6,130

5,000

4.105
4,734

37,426 20

i

3,484 60

i

C,565 63

i

j

23,910 42

1

1

9,934 06

2.650
2,564

679 8R.052

30

117
CO

677

52,793 99

9,599

14,!"74 90

20,460

... .

679 ! 174,445

8,r)00

173

592,638

790

677

292.098 33

S c.
3,069 00

$ c.

$ C. ! $ c.
33 95 10.466 70

1 c.

640 00

1 c.

3 46

$ c.

29,631 90

$ c.

790 no

% c.

406 20

$ C.

292.098 33

■.

u

THE EEPOET UPON

No. 14

ONTARIO
Return of the number of fishermen, tonnage and value of tugs, vessels and boats,

fishing industry during the year 1917,

District.

Fishing Material.

1

Tugs.

Gasolene Launches

Sai

or Row Boats.

Gill-Nets.

i

No

Ton-
nage

Value.

Men.

No.

Value.

Men

No.

Value.

Men.

Yards.

Value.

1

Lake Superior.
Thunder Bay

5
5

3

92
75

86

$

17,700
12, .500

9,700

41

17

16

1
2

2

$

,300
700

.550

1
4

6

6
9

1

8

3

4

5

6
4
2
2

3

12

9
1

$

540

700

75
455

325

23;;

450

565

350

125

135

110
545

39)

35

9
14

2

8

4

9

6

8

5

2

4

6
22

16

2

146,150
116.500

107,000

16,700

11,400

56,700

9,600

15,000

14,000

18,0D0

2,000

121,700
84,600

159,300

3,000

1

9,199

?

Roasport

8,400

3

Port Arthur. Port Ooldwell and
Lac Des Milles Lac

7,060

4

Jackfish Black Bay, Big Trout
Bay, Jarvis Bay and Oiseau Bay.

Shanagash Island, Wilson Island,
Silver Islet. Kashabowie Lake,

918

5

1
1

250
400

1

1

1,210

6

Jean Pierre, McKellars, Pine,
Newash Points and Muskeer
Lake

1

25

3,000

4

6,700

7

Brodier Island , Arrow Lake , M c-
Leans Point. Carpenters Beach
and Whitefish Lake

551

8

Pays Piatt River, Round Lake ,
Root Point, Welcome Island

1
1
1

100
350
300

2
2

1

1,910

9

Magnet, Bignell, Gratto, Nuttals

840

10

Kama Station, Point Edward,
Moffatts' Straits

1

1
1

10
15
46

1,000
2,000
9,500

3

6

14

1,300

11

Kaministeguea River, Steel River

50

12

Michipicoten Island, Mamainse
Point

5

6

3

2,600
2,650

1,200

2,500

13
13

4

13

12,040

(1

13,500

14

Batchawana Bay, Gargantan and

g

71

13,500

19

13.582

15

Parisian Island, Sandy Island and
Rudderhead Point

220

Totals

19 420 1

67,900

120 1

26'

11,900 '

61

75

6,035

117

881,650

77.520

Retam of the kinds, quantities and values of fish caught

.a

ja

District

h

CO

•a £

35

ii

>: o
J*"

U hi

a"

|5

%^

2g

EH "

22

EH-

J*

Lake Superior.

Thunder Bay

Rosbport

Port Arthur, Port Ooldwell and
Lac Des Milles Lac

Jackfish, Black Bay, Big Trout
Bay, Jarvis Bay and Oiseau
Bay

Shaganash Island, Wilson Island,
Silver Islet, Kashabowie Lake
and Evelyn Island

Jean Pierre, McKellars, Pine,
Newash Points and Muskeg
Lakes

Brodier Island, Arrow Lake, Mc-
Leans Point, Carpenters Beach
and Whitefish Lake

Page Piatt River, Round Lake
Root Point, Welcome Island
and Long Lake

Magnet. Bignell. Gratto, Nnttalls
Points and Salter Island

Kama Station, Point Edward,
MofTatts, Straits

Kaministeguea River, Steel River
and Pilot Harbour

Michipicoten Island, Mamainse
Point

Ooulais Bay, Gros Cap

Batchawana Bay, Gargantan and
Richardson's Harbour

Parisian Island, Sandy Island and
Rudderhead Point

Totals

Values .

brls.
850
l,016i

•179i

lbs

1,069,200

240,000

513,165

2,068
10,000

220 499,000

51
113

204

25,000

61,000
12,000

9,750

2.018

2,655 2,443,201

brls.

lbs.
44,099
5,925

29.245

13,120

2,300

33,140

2 ( 6,622

7,800

1,930

17,656

18,083

42,299
109.714

50,532

63,993

26 446,467

brls.
12
4

lbs.
167,485
193,587

lbs.

16i 272,061

841 29,785

46,045

70,390

'8i

4i
6

4

1161
18

81

743

$ C.l $ C.I $ c.j $
26,550 00122,160 05' 260 00 '44,645 7)

$ c.

7,430 00

17,849

27,040

27,370

72,425

85,320

279,652
122,271

216,473

33,254

5,595

,i,7o8

2,000

5,400

45

50

10

20

44

400
65

300

884

1,660,957

17,806

$ c.

166,095 70

$ c.

1,424 48

lbs.

2.705
19,2J0

24,935

665
450

2.210

170

10,490

9,018

70,070

$ c

7,007 00

1919

GAME AND FISHERIES.

15

FISHERIES.

the quantity and value of all fishing materials and other fixtures employed in the

in the Public Waters of Lake Superior

Fishing Material.

Other fixtures used in
fishing.

Seines

Pound Nets.

Hoop Nets.

Dip or
Roll Nets.

Night Lines

Spears.

Freezers and
Ice Houses.

Piers and
Wharves.

No.

Yards.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.
Hoops.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

10
9

6

4

1

1

$

2,200
1,900

1,500

800

200

250

1

1

2

1,030

3

1

275

" i

1

3
1

3

1

2

1

2.600
50

155

100

300

100

2

850

1

10

7
7

1,100
3,300

1

2

1
2

600

300

200
100

1

1

1
1

200

600

500

75

12

7,000

6

4,600

2

1,250

....

....

57

18,250

1

....

25

10,1.35

12

3,660

during the year 1917, in the Public Waters of Lake Superior.

§

•>
d

1

e

i

hi

d

*

•2-S
53"

O

10

11

m

Value.

lbs.

lbs.

lbs

lbs. lbs. lbs.
50 400 1,232

lbs.

lbs.

No.

$ c.

83,655 80

44,076 20

50

58,902 45

140

400

6,887 04

1,000
, , . ,,

11.049 60

.300

37,981 00

5,250

3,328 20

25

6,136 00

2,997 80

25

1

1

100

15,252 35

797

300

146,866
583

164,895

3,158

11,138 87

1

40,746 40

24.282 55

35,Q54 25

4.070

22

11,638 62

•*•• ••'••

6.082

75

700

332,771

22

100

393,076 93

$ c.
762 30

$c.

$ c.

$ c.

6 00

14 00

$ C.
16,638 70

22 00

60 00

393 076 9

3

16

THE EEPORT UPON

No. 14

ONTARIO

Return of the number of fishermen, tonnage and value of tugs, vessels and boats,

fishing industry during the year 1917, in the

District.

Fishing material.

i

Tugs.

Oasoline Launches-

Sailor Row Boats.

Gill-Nets.

6
1

No.

Ton-
nage.

Value.

Men.

No.

Value.

Men.

No.

Value.

Men.

Yards.

Value

1

Lake Huron, North Channel. >

*

$

8

11

3

6

4

6

5
6

3
6

8

$

385

475

90

200

223

410

435
410

250
470
39j5

Vo

17
4
8
2

7
9

6
10
16

28,000

27,250

9,300

8,880

2,000

3.000

435,. 500
116,500

289.500
50,000
27.500

$

1,905

2

Spanish, St. Joseph's Island,

5
2

2.400
700

10
5

3

Nesterville, Algoma Mills, Blind

620

4

Bruce Mines, Birch Island and

700

6

Little Laloche Lake, Mississauga

. ...

2
2

1

8

2
2

2
5

4

1,200

Soo

5D0
4,350

450

1.000

400
3.6.50

3.350

5

2

3
18

' 4

5

4

11

11

100

€

Buswell's Point, Plat Point and
Little Detroit

3

8

1

5
1
1

62

173
24

132
10
6

11.900

29.000
7.000

30,000

2,000

500

12

42
6

27
5
3

150

7

Kagawoner, South Bay Mouth and

27,960

8
9

Killarney and Duck Islands

Fitzwilliam Island. Little Cur-
rent and Meldrum Bay

16,297
11,800

10

Strawberry, Bedford. Rabbit,
Cochrane Islands and Provi-

3,. 380

11

Shcgiiindah and Gore Bays, Berry.
Round Islands and W a b i n o

1.570

IS

Ten Mile Point. Centre, Hamilton
Islands and Manitowaning Bay.

Wekwemikong Bay, Big Burnt
Island, Laloche Isla.id. Oran-
dine Point

18

1 1

Totals

19 407

80.400

95

35

17.800

78

66

3,745

94

997.430

66,3.37

Return of the kinds,

quantities and values of fish caught during

a.
1»

District.

•a

i

M

a

»

i
1

J3

'2

i
\

a
2

1

i

Q

1

■f

Lake Huron, North Channel.

brls.

lbs.

3,100

8,210
5,000
4,650
1.150
16.029
400

brls.

bs.

15.140

44,337
1.873
2,08J

11.0.37

8,793

149,248
1.85,368

84,480

30,141

- 21,703
30,713

59 113

brls.

3

5

lbs.
.36.206

26,694

5,395

4,424

17,431

20,252

114,091
460,377

316,029

118,924

8,891
31,525

15,515

lbs.

9,958

21,792

7,652

9,049

3,712

5,902

9,385
13,456

8,100

3,232

9,299
7,782

3,169

lbs.

8.073

2

Spanish, St. Jo eph's Island,

Spraggeand Cedar Island

Nesterville, Algoma Mills. Blind

5

14,871

3

••

200

1,095

4

Bruce Mines. Birch Island, and

5

29

430

5

Little Laloche Lake. Mississauga

11,124

6

Buawell's Point. Flat Point and

101,097

7

Kagawong, South Bay Mouth, and

8

8

1.515

7
4

10,999

9

Fitzwilliam Island, Little Cur-

21

299

10

Strawberry. Bedford, Rabbit.
Cockburn Islands and Provi-

17.280

11

Sheguindah and Gore Bays, Berry,
Round Islands and W a b i n o

2,865

12

Ten Mile Point. Centre. Hamilton
Islands, and Manitowaning Bay

Wekwemikong Bay. Big Burnt
Island. Laloche Island. Gran-
dine Point

48,526

13

25

48,147

Totals

18

38,564

211

594,035

66

1,475,754.

112,488

260,321

Valocs

$ c.

180 00

$ c.

1.928 20

$ c.

2.110 00

$ C.

59.403 50

$ c.

660 00

$ C.

147.675 40

$ c.

8.999 04

1 c.

36,032 10

1919

GAME AND FISHERIES.

17

FISHERIES

the quantity and value of all fishing materials and other fixtures employed iu the
Public Waters of Lake Huron, North Channel.

Fishing: material.

Seines.

No. Yards. Value.

Pound nets,

No. Value.

3,300

5,300
6,500

6.300
14,000

7.500

2,800
6.800

7.400

Dip or
roll nets.

No. 1 Value.

Nieht lines.

No.
Hooks.

Value.

Spears.

Other fixtures used in
fishinif.

Freezers and
Ice Houses.

No.; Value.

No. I Value.

$

.?00

750

200

50

{too

,100

710
500

350

250
925

Piers and
Wharves.

No.

Value.

the year 1917, in the Public Waters of Lake Huron, North Channel.

300
350

1.300
2,70:j

500
500

2.000

900
600

7,885 1 23

a

z

9

1

1

3

Catfish.

Carp,

Mixed and Coarse
tish.

Caviare.

2
•e

CQ

a
o
«i

«3

Value.

lbs.

lbs.

lbs.
3,234

12.159

370

5,200

lbs.
100

lbs.

lbs.

lbs.

5.026

39,823

5,088

6,836

58.764

48.843

11,513

1,820

16 .650
19,294
63,923

lbs.

No.

$ c.

6,742 64

508

13 519 36

'•

1 971 36

31

14

4,611 17

3 258

7,740 56

4.977

17,476 51

2,442
123

,51.637
60.000

61,212 17

216

100

....'.!::.!!;

65,558 43

53

41,819 25

1,013

500

262
315

126

18,031 56

286

7,341 97

566

1

76,478
7.851

39

15,661 01

1.206

23

68

13,115 14

12 103

21.731

111.737

122

68

.361,909

53

271,804 Xi

$ c.

1.815 45

$ c.
1.2.S6 55

1 C.

6.704 22

$ c.

9 76

* c.

I 38

$ C.

18.095 45

$ C.

.53 00

$ c.

$ c.
874,804 03

18

THE REPORT UPON

. No. 14

ONTARIO

Return of the number of fishermen, tonnage and value of tugs, vessels and boats, the

industry during the year 1917,

District.

Fishi

ag material

J

a

a
»5

Tugs.

Oasoline Launches.

Sail

or Row Boats

Gill-Nets.

No.

Ton-
najre.

Value.

Men.

No.

Value.

Men.

No.

Value.

.Men.

Yards.

Value.

1

Georgian Bay.

1
4

27
61

$

5 000
19,000

5
17

3

7

$

175
2,250

8
8

2
4

8
6
4
20
6

$

35
280
740
220
365
1,600
185

3
6
12
10
6
22
12

68,000
258, JOO

12,000

15,000
211,100
258,760

76,514

$

2,750

0

23,050

3

1,280

{

2

9

29

IJ

700
2,135
12,595
6,750

4
13

61
19

1,335

<i

3
6
2

61
163
45

12,100

25,500

6.000

16
26
11

11,675

6

7

Meaford to Owen Sound Bay. . . .
Oolpoy's Bay to Tobermory

16,240
6,364

16

357

67.600

75

60

24,605

113

50

3,425

71

899,374

62,694

Return of the kinds, quantities and values of fish caught

.

T3

J3

«

"2

■s

"3

■c

o
Q

*

0)

<M

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.0

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s

District.

M

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<a

<a

<M

£

a

B

Si

«>

^

^

a

u

£

is

'a

a
o

O

J4

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^

n

0)

n

^

^

H

(^

Ol

Bh

Georgian Bay.

brls.

lbs.

brlR.

lbs.

brls

lbs.

lbs.

lbs.

1

41
3
5

IB

127,070
234.792
5.275
16.586
14,745
14,400
2,317

33,400
208,841

18.424
5,070
16.160
800
41,233

38,153

1

8,120

3

10

26

2

3,300

1,900

34,500

25,660

25,000

2

. 36

100
274
212

8,200

4

19.310
123,116
581.756
265.455

125

6

7

402

Oolpoy's Bay to Tobermory

Totals

38

90,360

466

415,185

624

1,230,878

81,687

54,598

$ c.

$ c.

$ c.

$ c.

$ c.

$ c.

$ C.

$ C.

Value

380 00

4,518 00

4,660 00

41,518 50

6,240 00

123,087 80

6,534 96

5,459 80

1919

GAME AND FISHERIES.

19

FISHERIES.

quantity and value of all fishing materials and other fixtures employed in the fishing
in the Public Waters of the Georgian Bay.

Pishinsr material.

Other fixtures used in
fishinjr.

Seines.

Ponnd Nets.

Hoop nets.

Dip or
Roll Nets.

Nieht Lines.

Spears

Freezers and
Ice Houses,

Piers and
Wharves.

No.

Yards.

Value.

No.

Value.

No. Value.

No.

Value.

No,
Hooks.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

No. Value.

$

8

$

8,050

$

$

$

$

$

1
6

1
2

%
500

....

5

1
3

2,275
500
100

1,150

1

■' 50

50

25

345

100

....1

»

250

....

.. •

12,600
4,800

1,105
3^

10

1,225
550

8
3

1,025

275

....

1

50

50

8

8,050

25

345

17,400

1.495

21

4.650

21

3,300

during the year 1917, io the Public Waters of the Georgian Bay.

a
e

u

1

Id

Mixed and coarse
fish.

£

■§

tt

n

a

O

&

0

m

Value.

lbs.
1,120

lbs.

lbs.

lbs.

lbs.

lbs.
4,0.S9

lbs.
7,200

lbs.
20

No.

$ c.
22 275 00

45.610 90

2,015
200
550
150

6,940

7,829

16,055

4,590 58

500

4,571 10
20.924 74
68 718 60

? 100

7,250
1 250
1,055

390

16,500
159.828

19

39,792 48

3,239

2,915

176,828

6,940

11,868

32,810

410

206,483 40

$ C.

485 85

$ C.
145 75

f c.

10,609 68

$ c.

555 20

$ c.

237 36

$ c.

1,640 50

f c.

410 00

$ c.

$ e.

206,483 40

30

THE REPORT UPON

No. 14

ONTARIO

Return of the number of fishermen, tonnage and value of tugs, vessels and boats,

fishing industry during the year 1917,

District.

Fishintr material.

x:

Tugs.

QasolineLaunches.

Sail or Row Boats.

dill-Nets.

1

No.

Ton-
naire.

Value.

Men.

No.

Value.

Men.

No.

Value. Men.

Yards.

Value.

1

2
3

Lake Huron (Proper).

Tobermory to Southampton

Southampton to Pine Point ......

9

1

303
50
36

$

.80.100
3,000
11,000

50
6
5

9
2
14

22

$

4.075

900

5.900

8,675

22

6

33

69

12
1
6

28

$

1,460
50
650

833

21
2

20

36

462,100
88,000
168,940

$

31,095
4,360
16 520

4

County of Lambton (including
River St. Clair)

Totals

13

289

44,100

61

57

19,550 I9fl

47

2,993

79

719,040

51,965

Returns of the kinds, auantities and values of fish caught

■o

ja

£

1

1

g

•g

ja

^

District.

«

u

«

«

£

s

a

a

e

a

£

0

3

a

fc4

n

€

2

Eh

ta
H

J4

Lake Huron (Proper),

brlb.

lbs.

brls.

lbs.

brls.

lbs.

ihi.

ItM.

1

Tobermory to Southampton

316

37.768

32

16,506

328

538.967

165

408

V

7,290
137,293

50

200
9,488

47,550
191,767

150
50

3

150

6

ii,04s

4

County of Lambton (including

River St. Clair)

194.464

33,941

10,794

1,352

174,473

Totals

466

.876,815

82

60,135

334

783,078

1,737

185,923

$ c.

$ c.

$ c.

$ c.

$ c.

t 0.

$ c.

$ C.

Values

4,660 00

18,840 76

830 00

6,013 50

3,340 00

78,307 80

1.88 96

18,693 30

1919

GAME AND FISHEEIES.

31

FISHERIES.

the quantity and value of all fishing materials and other fixtures employed in the
in the Public Waters of Lake Huron (Proper).

Fishintr material.

Other fixtures used in
fishinK,

Seines.

Pound nets.

Hoop nets.

Dip or
Roll Nets.

Night Lines.

Spears.

Freezers and
Ice Houses.

Piers and
Wharves.

No.

Yards.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.
Hooks.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

$

2.800

300

1,025

300

No.

1

Value.

$

3

$
400

$

$

1 <

$

4

1

13

2

$

200

::::;;::::::::::

9
56

1,400_
20,550

4

1

85

5

335

420

7

68

i

50

«,

335

420

67

22,350

7

68

.. .1

20

4.425

6

335

during the year 1917, in the Public Waters of Lake Huron (Proper).

a
o

3

1

1

i!

"3

o

a

eg
• O

2

«
o
u

at

6

Sturtreon bladders.

Value.

lbs.

lbs.

lbs.

lbs.

lbs

lbs.

lbs.

lbs.

No.

1 c.

10

25.600

2,550

81,737

122,261
97,000
11,333

2,500

90,393 46

500

11,609 00

7.782

37,868

50

37,535 88

10,614

9,530

556

4,058

83,288

873

127

39,060 00

18,406

119,417

530,594

556

4,558

123,656

923

m

178,598 34

$ c.

•1,760 90

$ c.

$ C.

5,970 85

f c.
31,835 64

$ C.

44 48

$ C.

91 16

$ C.

6,182 80

$ C.

923 00

$ c.

76 20

$ c.
178,598 34

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Return of the number of fishermen, tonnage and value of tugs, vessels and boats,

fishing industry during the year 1917,

District.

Fishintr material.

c

TngB.

Oasoline Launches.

(Sail or Row Boats.

Gill-Nets.

B

0

No.

Ton-
nage.

Value.

Men.

No.

Value.

Men.

No.

Value.

Men.

Yards.

Value.

1

Lak« St. Clair.
Kent County (includinjr River

30
25

5

$

9.100
6,250
2,700

50
39
26

33

48
32

$

2,130

2,075

801

26
82
64

$

<)

^

Totals

60

18.050

115

113

5.006

172

Return of the kinds, quantities and values of fish caught

District.

•o

.a

t»

a

a

o

a

a

Clair.

Lakt St

Kent County (includinsr River

Thames)

Essex County

Detroi t River

Totals.

Values ,

brls.

lbs.

$ c.

brls.

lbs.

19.250
11.200

30,450

$ c.

.045 00

brls.

lbs.

lbs.

37.798
11,225
9,000

58,023

$ c.

4,641 84

lbs.

26,221

34,158

4,010

64,389

$ c.

6,438 90

1919

GAME AND FISHERIES.

33

FISHERIES.

the quantity and value of all fishing materials and other fixtures employed in the
in the Public Waters of Lake St. Clair.

Fishins; material.

Other fixtures used in
fishinsr.

Seines.

Pound nets.

Hoop nets.

Dip or
Roll Nets.

Night Lines.

Spears.

Freezers and
Ice Houses.

Piers and
Wharves.

No.

Yards.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

nfoks. V"^'--

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

17

4,300
4.550
4,099

$

2,165
1,840
2,593

$

106

$

"8,060

2

$

10

700
1,200

$

7
130

$

22

14

$

4.450
6,050

11

$

1,325

90

10

3.450

36

6

4,175

• • • •

70

1?,949

6,598

10

3,450

106

8,060

2

10

1,900

137

••••|

36

10.500

17

5,500

during the year 1917, in the Public Waters of Lake St. Clair.

o
»

aa

1

3

'J3

<a

o

o

s

a

£

a
3

13

s

3

>

Iba.
500

Ib'f.

lbs.

89.865

39.450

^,450

lbs.

lbs.

41.837

21,075

550

lbs.

58.000
14.450
30,500

lbs.

383,296

271,900

30,495

lbs.

No.

$ c.

33,885 .95

13,850

280

26 138 80

4,542 25

14,350

131.765

63,463

102,950

683,691

280

64,567

$ c.
2,132 50

$ c.

$ c.
6,588 23

$ c.

$ C.

5,076 96

$ c.

2.059 00

$ c.

34,284 55

$ C.
280 00

$ C.

64,567

24

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No. 14

ONTARIO

Return of the number of fishermen, tonnage and value of tugs, vessels and boats, the

fishing industry during the year 1917,

District.

Fishing material.

'

h*

£

Tugs

Gasoline Launches.

Sail

or Row Boats.

Gill-Nets.

e

a

No.

Ton-
nage.

Value

Men.

No.

Value

Men.

>Jo.

Value.

Men.

Yards.

Value.

1

Lak« Erie.

2

91

$
20.000

13

11
38
dl
86
15
7
27

21
1

1

7,600
85,500
19,000
11,525
7,450
4,500
12,i00

11,050
900

35
70
67
74
56
30
70

52
3

80
30
13
16
5

$

690

730

1,000

1,215

240

12
6
3

10
1

75,950

83,000

130,030

1,200

86,000

576,760

289,000

165,100
6,000
17,800

$

2

8 too

3

Kent County, West

2

49

ts.ooo

15

11 000

4

Kent County, East

350

5

Eljfin County, West

2

19
13

8

89
600
370

202

15,000
130,000
96,200

36.400

17
98
81

38

9 d50

6

Elgin County, East

Norfolk County

174,900

7

76
24

3,055
770

190
25

23,330

15,785
750

8
.9

Haldimand County (to and in-

cIudinK the Grand River)

Port Maitland to Port Colborne.
Port Colborne to Niagara Falls.

Totals

10

18

656.50

19

8)1

46

1,401

312,600

256

176

99,625

457

202

8,356.50

266

1,370,200

2.")1 916

Return of the kinds, quantities and values of fish caught

District.

j:

i

ja

.a

«

V

IB

to

«

-tJ

^

0

ja

o

^

H

Eh

Lakt Bri».

Pelee Island

Essex County

Kent County, West .
Kent County, East . .
Elgin County, West.
Elgin County, East .

Norfolk County.
Haldimand County (to and in-
cluding the Grand River) ,

Port Maitland to Port Colborne.. .
Port Colborne to Niagara Falls.. ,

Totals.

Values.

brls.

lbs.

626

775

2.523

1,598
1,362
3.404
2.213

1,642
9
1

,264
,649
,124
,514
,119
.750

,729
.308
,500

14,167.839

$ C.
707,891 95

brls.

f c.

lbs.

157,827
366,491
45,066
32.561
53,218
190,354
187.117

205.750
1.143

1.239.521

123.952 10

brls.

lbs.

I c.

1,857

1,087

8,344

$ c.

834 40

lbs.

950
27.896

718
28.985
85,588

3,678
373
100

141,683

$

11,334 56

lbs.

16,429
87.961
33,712
20,247
19,4!;7
2,085
27,226

4,546

15,7

227,459

82,745 90

1919

GAME AND FISHERIES.

25

FISHERIES.

quantity and value of all fishing materials and other fixtures employed in the
in the Public Waters of Lake Erie.

Fishinsr material.

Other fixtures used in
fishinsr.

Seines.

Pound Nets.

Hoop Nets.

Dip or
Roll Nets.

Nijtht Lines.

Spears.

Freezers and
Ice Houses.

Piers and
Wharves.

No.

Yard 8.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.
Hooks.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

4

1,500

1.434

75

8.000

1

350
410
300
850

29
180
128
75
79
42
76

66

$

6,000
85.250
79.200
48 .500
41,500
21.200
31.700

28.500

$

$

$

$

4
21
25

18
18
9
21

17

$

8.300
16,250
38,700

9,. 5.50
11,640
13.050
13,750

6,510

$

6

2

25

2

4

6

12
14
8
6
11

5

750

?

...,l

4,525

5

1

2,115

1

4,950

'23'

456!,50'

4

23

3,500
703

76
20

1

8,400

44

17.150
395

10.010
210

1

2,000

5

L5

140

1

1,200

....1

1

60

17.25

....

....

4.820

75.75

....

67

22,604

12,147 25

671

341,850

25

481.50

21

167

8.420

171.75

133

117,750

62

23.940

1

duriag the year 1917, in the Public Waters of Lake Erie.

a
0

JO

1

EH

Catfish.

a,
0

t
0

T3

a

.2

P-
a
0

«0

0

a

3
2

0

3
m
>

lbs.
6,340

lbs.

lbs.

62.297
197,092
203,665
146,.386
117,910
U4,683
109.984

27.266

230

5,900

lbs.

lbs.

1.598

2,224

76

367

959

19,426

11,712

345

lbs.

51,893

168,283

8,129

60,110

214

289

335,453

33,766

lbs.

31 .088
237 053
93,023
32,124
25.095
36.122
128,036

70,525

830

15,090

lbs.

717

255

35

4lJ

29

544

778J

487

No.

lbs.

24.315

95,684
109.962
63,186
48,386
47,982
53,922

122,039

$ C.

58.749 25

8,903

• 122,821 01

1,098

160,232 96

1,209

1JI,705 01

942

87.669 96

1 , 329

1.088
17.848

206,527 14

7,028
12,928

12,225

16r,677 41
123,890 66

662 .i4

7,392

13,636"

262

24

4,370 02

18,936

47,163

995,413

12,225

.36,707

666,773

668,986

3,149

24

565,476

1,034,305 99

$ c.
7.074 45

1,136 16

$ C.

49,770 65

$ c.

733 50

$ c.

2,936 56

$ C.

13.335 46

$ c.
33.449 30

$ c.

3,149 00

$ C.

14 40

1 C.

56,647 60

$ c.

1,034.306 99

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ONTARIO

Return of the number of fishermen, tonnage and value of tugs, vessels and boats,

fishing industry during the year 1917

District.

Fishing material.

5

Tugs.

Gasoline Launches.

Sail

or Row Boats.

Gill-Nets.

1

No.

Ton-
nage.

Value.

Men.

No.

Value.

Men.

No,

Value.

Men.

Yards.

Value.

1

La/ctf Onforto.
Lincoln County

1

29

$

•12,000

4

28

$

10,250

53

9

$

245

14

131,670

$

11,526

f

Welland County

!?

12
23
4
7
4
3

12
50
4
9
12

10,000
7,425
1,600
2,350
l.O'JS
1.15i)
3.500

13,005

425

2,350

2,700

26
46

5
16

8

4
24
89

9
18
25

10

515

16

5,780
119.500
17,000
18,500
15,300
51,000
59.400
296,860
79,600
66,200
39,000

7,560

4

7,300

n

1,900

A

19
4
3
29
94
120
24
30

665

230

145

1,230

3,208

7,934

753

690

31

9

5

• 46

150

209

32

39

3.335

7

1 , 580

R

20

6.000

5

5,690

9

4,200

to

Prince Edward County

25,085

n

7,840

19

Bay of Quinte (Eastern Channel).
Wolfe Island and Vicinity)

3,408

n

1 .4;o

Totals^

2

49

18.000

9

168

55,780

323

842

12,615

551

902,816

80,882

Return of the kinds, quantities and values of fish caught

District.

Lake Ontario.

Lincoln County

We land County

Wentworth County

Halton County

Peel County

York County .

Ontario County

Durham County

Northumberland County

Prince Edward County

Bay of Quinte (Proper)

Bay of Quinte (Eastern Channel).
Wolfe Island and Vicinity

Totals.

Values .

brls.

lbs.

598,573

10
2li

150,200

306,650

10,868

1,650

1,060

5,280

41,882

174,307

600,596

38,220

900

41

1,930,186

$ c. $

410 00 96,509 30

brls.

lbs.

91,864

200
i
1
1

68,500

37.200

11,000

28,100

47,502

54.987

67.467

463,590

155,100

106,825

5,310

1,140,445

$ c,

2,100 00

9 c.

114,044 50

brls.

10

i

13i

24

$ c,

240 00

lbs.

8,500

3,800

15,800

23,381

2.375

3,120

9,792

53,471

2('5,037

1,050

51,545

16.050

lbs.

160
340

691
200
67,503
23,701
162,083
2,880
22,819

463,924

280,377

$ c.

46,392 40

$ c.

22,430 16

lbs.

21,480
210
780

23,778
5,842
1,550

53,660

I c.

,366 00

1919

GAME AND FISHEEIES.

27

FISHERIES.

the quantity and value of all fishing materials and other fixtures employed in the
in the Public Waters of Lake Ontario.

Fishine material.

Other fiztureslused in
fishine.

Seines.

Pound nets.

Hoop nets.

Dip or Roll
nets.

Nieht Lines.

Spears.

Freezers and
Ice Houses.

Piers and
Wharyes.

No. Yards

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

No. Value.

No.
Hooks.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

2

163

$

135

(

$

$

600

$

2,150

$

4

$ c.

1,100 00

1

100

■ *o'

880
200

413

75

125

375

*1,402
23
2

2,300 50

2.270 00

250 00

11

2,059
170

905
83

1
1

10
6

50 00

25 00

510 00

1,274 00

2

1

250

73

125

374

8

81

2,490

3,555 50

6,006

70

2,050

50

2

IVS

70

" ' "

1,350

107

5

117

^ '

30
160

7
223

1,300
2,600

25 50
56

g

5

575 00

5

775

36

3,676

1.911

661

14,17160

q

43

5,850

210

1^5

375

*1.454

8,404 50

14

1,292

• 1,400 of these are spearing houses, value $1,700 50.

during the year 1917, in the Public Waters of Lake Ontario.

i

M

a

,

•s

1

6

1

e

E

o
u

s
"g-g

i

1

CQ

1

0

0

3
S

1

lbs.
2,141

lbs.
390

lbs.
2,580
25

780

Ibi.

lbs.

1.200
15

lbs.

50

985

57,301

1,000

lbs.

30,920

lbs.
63

No.

lbs.

$ c.

44,305 40

70 35

28,210
3,000
3,000
5,795
3.750
12,431
90,950,

j

17,413 52

1

20,802 50

1

4,431 80

50

250,000

1,343

980

3,900

47,958

24,532

400

2,800

[

8,426 25

1

5,384 84

1

7,449 05

7,530
26,343
72,356

2.700
16,715

17,388
29,317
144.120
2,320
17,043

38.414
35,179
124,595
1,700
24,245

1

28,707 96

154,881

358,801

1,800

24,176

1

101,353 09

101,024 89

19,109 60

120

9,398 97

• • • •

2,261

126,034

213,623

225,348

391,249

717,714

63

367,876 22

$ c.

339 15

$ c.

7,562 04

$ c.

10,681 15

$ c.

$ c.

18,027 84

$ c.

7.824 98

$ c.

35,885 70

1 C.

63 00

$ c.

$ c.

$ c.

.^67,876 22

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No. 14

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Return of the number of fishermen, tonnage and value of tugs, vessels and boats

fishing industry during the year 1917,

District.

Pishing material.

^1

Tugs.

Gasoline Launches.

Sail

or Row Boats.

Gill Nets.

a

No.

Ton-
nage.

Value.

Men.

No.

Value.

Men.

No.

Value.

Men.

Yards.

Value.

1

Inland Watera.
Frontenac County

$

13

4
5

7

$

700
5.200

2,250
3,300

3,100

3
23

7
7

18

32
67

21
14

19

f

820
2,749

435
320

1,120

38
87

S?
14

16

$c.

9

3

Russell, Orenville.Prescott, Peter

1.200

50

4

«

Timiskaming and Nipissing Dis-

24,600

2,775

Totals

32

14,550

58

153

5,444

177

25,800

2,825

Return of the kinds, quantities and values of fish caught

1-

a

District.

i

1

a

n

a
'C

u

n

T3

s

i

'2

1

ta

t

'2

g

o
hi

.a

OD

o

o
Q

u

1

Inland Waters.

bris.

lbs.

brts.

lbs.

brls.

lbs.

lbs.

15,382

16.315

2,150

Iba.

3

Russell, Orenville, Prescott, Peter

2,100

A

294
9,212

1

10,115
27,061

14,050
9,195

1,313

5

Timiskaming and Nipissing Dis-

1

49,364

75,360

Totals

1

9,506

1

37,176

16,345

76.911

78,773

$ c.
10 00

$ C.

475 ,80

$ c.

10 00

$ c.

3,717 60

$ c.

1,624 50

f c.

6,096 88

$ c.

7,877 30

1919

GAME AND FISHERIES.

39

FISHERIES.

the quantity aad value of all fishing materials and other fixtures employed in the
in the Public Waters of Inland Waters.

Fishing material.

bther fixtures used in
fishing.

Seines.

Pound nets.

Hoop nets.

Dip or Roll

Nets.

Nieht Lines.

Spears.

Freezers and
Ice Houses.

Piers and
Wharves.

No. Yards.

Value.

No.

Value.

No. Value.

No.

Value.

No.
Hooks.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

5

45

40

15
2.000

$

80
80

12
1.390

$

75

«=iO

$ c.
2.160
5,855

353

S

400
3.900

5,100
3,900

$ c.

600 00
357 00

130 60
130 00

$

$

$

2

19
4

55
20

1

18

5

2

5

70
1,210

1,130

5

...

122

391 25

8
5

403

19

1 .375

3

90

740

*

13

2.100

1,482 30

19

1.375

346

8.457

23

75

13.300

1,217 60

122

391 25

12

2.400

8

1,142

during the year 1917, in the Public Waters of Inland Waters.

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en

1
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.a

a
o

2

§

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i

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be
3

Value.

lbs.

lbs.
3.855
14.535

5.575

lbs
3.670
13.927

4.000
5.683

1.247

lbs.

100
6,800

lbs.

28.105

61,678

5.550

lbs.
725
900

1.450
338,107

lbs.
69, 124
91 ,572

77.290
34.107

60,115

lbs.

No.

$ c.

7.370 46

2 530

700

13.851 99

6 900

116

6.405 0(1

9,314 09

50

1.180

2.500

17,673 22

9.430

24,015

28.526

8,080

I'JO.SS:?

241.182

332,208

116

700

TT.

420 00

54,614 76

$ c.

1,414 50

$ c.

1 .440 90

$ c.
1,426 30

$ c.

484 80

$ c.

8,086 64

$ C.

4,823 64

$ C.

16,610 40

$ c.

116 00

J c.

54.614 76

30

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No. 14

ONTARIO

Kecapitulation of the number of fishermen, tonnage and value of tugs, vessels and boats.

industry during

District.

FishiDK material.

Tugs.

Ton-

GaBoline Launches.

No. Value. Men

Sail or Row Boati.

No. Value. Men.

OilJ-NeU.

Yards. Value.

Kenora & Rainy River Dists.

Lake Superior

Lake Huron (North Channel)

Qeorjrian Bay

Lake Huron (Proper)

Lake St. Clair, etc

Lake Erie

Lake Ontario

Inland Waters

Totals.

120

109
420
407

289

1,401
49

3,032

$

10,500
67.900
80.400
67 600
44,100

312,600
18,000

601,100

256

635

.S2,380
11.900
17,800
24,605
19,550
18.050
99,625
55,780
14,550

702

294.240

158

61

78

113

120

115

457

323

58

1,483

1108

$ c.

2,305 00
5,035 00
3.745 00
3,425 00
2,993 00
5,006 00
8,356 50
12,615 00
5,444 00

48.924 50

60
117
94

71

79
172

266! 1,370, 200
5511 902,810
177! 25,800

155,233
881,650
997,430
899,374
719,040

1.5875,951,537

$ c.

21.862 00
77.520 00
66,337 00
62,694 GO
51,965 00

251,916 00
80.882 00
2,825 00

616.001 00

Recapitulation of the kinds, quantities and values

District.

Kenora and Rainy River Districts

Lake Superior

Lake Huron (North Channel)....

Oeoreian Bay

Lake Huron (Proper) . .'

Lake St. Clair, etc

Lake Erie

Lake Ontario

Inland Waters

Totals.

Valaes .

briB.

2,655

18

38

466

3.219

$ c.

32.190 00

lbs.

167.920

2,443.201

38.564

90,360

376.815

brlB.

23

26

211

466

82

14,157,839

1,930,186

9,506

210
1

19,214,391

1.019

$

).7t9 55

10,190 00

lbs.

680,717

446,457

594.035

415,185

60,135

30,450

1.239,521

1.140,445

37,176

4,644,121

464,412 10

brls.

2i

743

66

624

334

lbs.

111,804
1,660.957
1,475,754
1.230.878

783,078

2,344

463,924

16,245

1.7931

5,744,984

17,935 00

574.498 40

lbs.

787.359

17 ,806
112.488

81 .687
1,737

58.023
141.682
280,377

76.211

IbB.'

961 .653
70.070

260.321
54.598

185,923
64,389

227.459
53,660
78,773

1.5B7.370

'1.956,846

124.589 60

195.684 60

1919

GAME AND FISHERIES.

31

FISHERIES.

the quantity and value of all fishing materials and other fixtures employed in the fishing
the year 1917.

Fishine material.

Other fixtures used in
fishinsr.

Seines.

Pound nets.

Hoop nets.

Dip or Roll
nets.

Nitrht Lines.

Soears.

Freezers and
Ice Houses.

Piers and
Wharves.

No.

Yards.

Value.

No. Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

Hooks. V*^'^^-

No. Value.

Value.

No.

Value.

$ c.

61
57
132

8

67

10

67"!

s

17.050
18.250

34

f c.

2.930 00

$ c.

$ c.

$

60
25
33
21
20
36
133
•1454
12

$ c.

14.080 00
10.1.35 00
7.885 00
4.650 00
4.425 00
10.500 00
117.750 00
8.404 50
2.400 00

39
12
23
21

6

17
62
14

8

1

6,690

3,660

61.900

...Jt....

9.150

1

50

335

12.949

22.604

3.676

2.100

.........

50 00

420 00

6,593 00

12.147 25

8.050

22..'?50

.S.450

341,850

25

345 00

17.400

1,495 00

3.300

5

7
2

21
9

23

68
10
167
43

75

.335

70

106 8. 060 65

1.900
8,420
5 850

127 00
171 75
9f0 nn

5,500

R7

25
661
346

481 50
14.171 50
8,457 00

23.940

36

1,911 00
1 .482 80

125
122

375 00
391 25

1.292

13

19

1,375

13,300 1,217 60

1.142

192

41,714

22.609 0511029

474.275

1197

34 445 00

62

363

48,870

3,221 .35

247

766 25

1784

180,229 50

202

.55.009

*1,400 of these are spearing houses . valne fl,700.50

of fish caught during the year 1917.

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J3

a

i

a
Eh

<a
1

O

■a
a

S

>

6

i
1

a

1

i

M
u

S

lbs.

20.460

lbs.

lbs.
679

lbs.
174,445

lbs.

8,000

75

122

6.940

556

63.46*

36.707

225.348

110.833

lbs.

173

700

68

11.868

4.558

102,950

666,773

391 .249

241.182

lbs.

592,6.38
332,774
361,909
.32,810
123.656
685,691
668,986
717,714

lbs.

790

22

53

410

923

280

3,149

6.3

No.

677
100

lbs.

$ c.

292.098 33
393 075 93

5.082

12.103

24.731
2,915
119,417
131.765
995 .413
213.623

28,526

111. 7.37
176,828
530,594

274 804 03

3.239

206.483 40
178 598 34

18,406

127

14,. 350

64 567 00

47.163
2,261

18,936
126 ,034
24,015

12,225

24

565.476

1.034.. 305 99
367 876 22

9,430

8,080

332,208 116

700

54.614 76

132,494

168,985

1.517.069

1,013,909

442,043

1.419,521

3.848,386 5,806

1.628

565.476

2.866,424 00

$ c.
19,874 10

$ c.

10.1.39 10

$ c.

75.853 45

$ c.

60,834 54

$ c.

35.363 44

$ c.

28.390 42

$ c. $ c.
192,419 30 5,806 00

$ c.

976 80

$ c.

56.547 60

$ C.

2,866.424 00

32

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No. 14

Comparative Statement of yield for 1916-17, according to Districts.

1916.

1917.

Increase.

Decrease.

Kenora and Rainy River Distriqts:

Herring '^JJ^;

Herring J;^^-

Whitefish ^ojs.

Whitefish -JDS.

Trout ^^l^-

Trout \V^-

Pike „ •

Pickerel (Dore) ,^ •

Sturgeon ; ,, •

Eels „ •

Perch „ •

TuUibee „ •

Catfish „ •

Carp ,, •

Mixed and Coarse Fish ^^ .

Caviare " •

Sturgeon Bladders No.

3

685,140

4

74,616

508,488

641,386

8,616

Lake Superior:

Herring ddIs .

Herring l^s .

Whitefish '^Ws.

Whitefish '. ll^s--

Trout T>Ws.

Trout l]^s.

Pike ]] •

Pickerel (Dore) " •

Sturgeon " •

Eels " •

Perch " •

TuUibee " •

Catfish "^ •

Carp " •

Mixed and Coarse Fish . j. . ''^ .

Caviare " •

Sturgeon Bladders No. .

Lake Huron, North Channel:

Herring bbls.

Herring lbs .

Whitefish tobls.

Whitefish lbs..

Trout bbls.

Trout lbs.

Pike " .

Pickerel (Dore) " .

Sturgeon " .

Eels " .

Perch "'.

TuUibee " .

Catfish " .

Carp " .

Mixed and Coarse Fish " .

Caviare " .

Sturgeon Bladders No.

Georgian Bay:

Herring bbls.

Herring lbs .

Whitefish bbls.

Whitefish lbs..

Trout bbls.

7,757
138,566

' '12,666'

365,823

940

805i
3,127,015
22
464,941

im

1,501.719

24,771

89,733

3,307

255

2,408

40

249,772
40

167,920 !
23 '
680,717 i,
2?" I.
111,804'' '
788,359 I
961,653
20,460

167,920
20

37,188
278,871
320,267

11,844

679

174,445

8,000

173
592,638

790

677

2,655

2,443.201

26

446,457

743

1,660,957

17,806

70,070

5,082

35,879
8,000

226,815
677'

1,8491

6061
159,238

1,775

36

27,744

1,058

751,081

1,991

1,651,563

83,697

273,224

13,588

18.099
66,910

527

10.243

336.345

239

292

27.744

1,058

751.081

1,991

75

700

332,774

22

100

18

38,564

211

594,035

66

1,475,754

112.488

260,321

12,103

35

700

83,002

24,731

111,737

122

68

361,909

53

38

90,360

466

415,185

624

100

10,820

28,791

6,632
44,827

25.564

62,616

4,423
li

7,078

11,827

'"'iso'

683,814

"isim'

6.965
19,663

255
2,408

18

18

847

157,046

1,925

175,809

12,903
1.485

405
10.175

186

254

592

335,896

1,367

1919

GAME AND FISHEEIES.

33

Comparative Statement of yield for 1916-17, according to Districts— Continued.

1916.

1917.

Increase.

Decrease

Georgian Bay — Continued :

Trout lbs

Pike "

Pickerel (Dore) "

Sturgeon

Eels "

Perch "

Tullibee "

Catfish

Carp "

Mixed and Coarse Fish .... "
Caviare "

Lake Huron (proper):

Herring bbls .

Herring lbs .

Whiteflsh bbls.

Whitefish lbs..

Trout bbls.

Trout lbs.

Pike " .

Pickerel (Dore) " .

Sturgeon " .

Eels " .

Perch " .

Tullibee " .

Catfish " .

Carp " .

Mixed and Coarse Fish " .

Caviare " .

Sturgeon Bladders No.

Lake St. Clair and Detroit River:

Herring bbls.

Herring lbs .

Whitefish bbls.

Whiteflsh lbs..

Trout bbls .

Trout lbs.

Pike " .

Pickerel (Dore) " .

Sturgeon " .

Eels " .

Perch " .

Tullibee " .

Catfish " .

Carp " .

Mixed and Coarse Fish " .

Caviare " .

Lake Erie:

Herring bbls.

Herring lbs.

Whitefish bbls.

Whiteflsh lbs..

Trout bbls.

Trout lbs.

Pike " .

Pickerel (Dore) " .

Sturgeon " .

Eels " .

Perch " .

1,651,563

83,697

278,224

13,588

1,230,878

81,687

54,598

3,239

18,099
66,910

527

10,243

336,345

239

277

204,789

11

74,960

1,029

871,484

1,088

215,292

41,284

3

146,142

432,480

106

8,509

87,558

777

6

300

'6i',266'

40,879
49,992
18,900

116,165

56,951

606,773

275,911

490

5,210,531

1,086,085

3,714

437,007

599,152

67,642

2,915

176,828

6,940

11,868

32,810

410

466

376,815

82

60,135

334

783,078

1,737

185,923

18,406

109
6
1

918
413
625

171

189

172,026

71

649
'7,122'

119,417

530,594

556

4,558

123,656

923

127

30,450

98,114
450

36,098
146
121

58,023
64,389
14,350

131,765

63,462

102,950

685,691

280

17,144
14,397

15,600
"6",5ii"
'469,786"

14,157,839
"i! 239,521'

769,156

2,344

141,682

227,459

47,163

18,936

995,413

8,947.308
'153,436

18,936
226,257

420,685

2,010

218,626

10,349

15,184

303,535

14,825

695

88,406

29,369

3
26,725

3,951

300
*36!756"

4,550

503,823
2I6*

1,370

295,325

371,693

20,479

34

THE EEPOET UPON

No. 14

Comparative Statement of yield for 1916-17, according to Districts— Continued.

1916.

1917.

Increase.

Lake Erie. — Continued:

Tullibee l^s-

Catfish " •

Carp " •

Mixed and Coarse Fish '] .

Caviare " •

Sturgeon Bladders No.

Pickerel (Blue) lbs.

Lake Ontario:

Herring hhls.

Herring Iba.

Whitefish bbls.

Whitefish lbs..

Trout bbls .

Trout lbs.

Pike " .

Pickerel (Dore) " •

Sturgeon " .

Eels " .

Perch " .

Tullibee " .

Catfish " .

Carp " .

Mixed and Coarse Fish " .

Caviare " .

Inland Waters:

Herring bbls .

Herring lbs.

Whitefish bbls.

Whitefish lbs..

Trout bbls.

Trout lbs.

Pike " .

Pickerel (Dore) " .

Sturgeon " .

Eels " .

Perch " .

Tullibee " .

Catfish " .

Carp " .

Mixed and Coarse Fish .... " .

Caviare " .

Sturgeon Bladders No .

23,835

22,880

782,296

1,081,217

3,418J

234

2,538,926

55i

1,610.490

610

1,130,614

962

347,767

283,430

40,003

3,082

142,825

166,838

3,683

301,993

267,952

628,779

538

1

4,974

1

40,552

20,630

63,760

43,577

16,707

23,322

28,631

2,108

154,473

153,365

358,934

135

12,225

36,707

666,773

668,986

3,149

24

565.476

41

1,930,186

210

1,140,445

24

463,924

280,377

53,660

2,261

126,034

213,623

13,827

319,696

225,348

391,249

717.714

63

1

9.506

1

37.176

16,245

76,211

78,773

9,430

24,015

28,526

8.080

100.833

241,182

332.208

116

700

116,157

46,785

123.297
88,935

4,532

12,451
35.196

693
*5.*972"

87.817

""im

Decrease.

11.610

115,523

412,231

268i

210

1.973,450

m
"m

938
'3,653*

821
16,791

3,683
76,645

475

3,376
*4,'385'

7,277

"m

53,640

26,726
19

1919

GAME AND FISHEEIES.

35

statement of the yield and value of the Fisheries of the Proviiice for the year 1917.

Kinds of Fish.

Quantity.

Price.

Value.

Herring bbls

Herring lbs

Whitefish bbls

Whiteflsh lbs

Trout bbls

Trout lbs

Pike

Pickerel (Dore)

Sturgeon

Eels

Perch

Tullibee

Catfish

Carp

Mixed and Coarse Fish

Caviare

Sturgeon Bladders No

Pickerel (blue) lbs.

3,219

19,214,391

1,019

4,644,121

1,793^

5,744,984

1,557,370

1,956,846

132,494

168,985

1,517,069

1,013,909

442.043

1,419,521

3,848,386

5,806

1,628

565,476

$ c.

10 00
05

10 00
10

10 00
10
08
10
15
06
05
06
08
02
05
1 03
60
10

Total

$ c.

32,190 00

960,719 55

10,190 00

464,412 10

17,935 00

574,498 40

124,589 60

195,684 60

19,874 10

10,139 10

75,853 45

60,834 54

35,363 44

28,390 42

192,419 30

5,806 00

976 80

56,547 60

2,866,424 00

Comparative -.Statement of the yield of the Fisheries of the Province.

1916

1917

Increase.

Decrease.

Herring bbls. .

Herring lbs. .

Whitefish bbls. .

Whitefish lbs. .

Trout bbls..

Trout lbs..

Pike " , .

Pickerel (Dore) " ..

Sturgeon "

Eels ••

Perch "

Tullibee

Catfish '• ',',

Carp «• [ ^

Mixed and Coarse Fish ...... " ....

Caviare •'

Sturgeon Bladders ....No!.!.

Pickerel (Blue) lbs

Total Barrels

Total Pounds ! ! ! !

Total Decrease of Barrels !.! 1917
Total Increase of Pounds 1917

1,477

10,244,128

4.541

4.708.801

7. 114 J

5,677,436

1,483,631

2,002.937

147.526

166,150

1,258,516

819,724

542,710

1,857.823

3,436.593

7.207i

240

2,538,926

13,132J

84,892.108i

8,

19.214,

1,

4,644,

1,

5.744,

1,557,

1,956,

132,

168,

1.517,

1.013

442,

1.419

3.848

5

1

565

219

391

019

121

793i

984

370

846

494

985

069

909

043

521

386

806

628

476

6.031i
42.231,401

1.742
,970,263

67.548
73,739

2,835
258,553
194.185

411,793
"'i!388'

7. 339, 292 J

3,522

64.680

5,321

46.091
15.032

100.667
438.302

1.400i
"i!973!456'

7.101

36

THE REPOKT UPON GAME AND FISHERIES.

No. 14

Statement

of the number and value of the Tugs, Gasoline, Sail or Row Boats, Nets, Spears, etc.,
used in the Fishing Industry of the Province of Ontario, during the year 1917.

Number.

Value.

Tugs (3,032 tons)

Gasoline Launches

Sail or Row Boats

Gill Nets

Seines (41,714 yds.)

Pound Nets

Hoop Nets

Dip or Roll Nets

Night Lines

Spears ,

Freezers and Ice Houses
Piers and Wharves

120

702

1,108

5,951,537 yards.

192

1,029

1,197

62

46,870

247

1,784

202

Total

$ c.

601,100 00

294,240 00

48,924 50

616,001 00

22,609 05

474,275 00

34,445 00

363 00

3,221 35

766 25

180,229 50

55,009 00

2.331,183 65

Number of men employed on Tugs ,

Number of men employed on Gasoline Launches
Number of men employed on Sail or Row Boats .

Total

635
1,483

1,587

3,705

Output op Fish from the Normandale Hatchery, in Detail, 1917.

White Fish.

Port Stanley 3,000,000

Port Dover 2,500,000

Nanticoke Shoal 1,000,000

Pottahawk Point 2,000,000

Ryersey Point 2,000,000

Long Point '. 2,000,000

Turkey Point Shoal 2,500,000

Normandale : 500,000

Total 15,500,000

Herring Fry.

Port Dover 4,000,000

Bluff Bar .' 4,000,000

Deep Hole Point 2,000,000

Peacock Point 2,000,000

Woolley Point '. 2,500,000

Nanticoke Shoal 3,000,000

Turkey Point 4,000,000

Fishers Glen ." 2,500,000

Clear Creek 2.500,000

Pottohawk Shoal 4,000,000

Long Point Shoal 4,000,000

Snow Island 3,500,000

Total ,. 38,000,000

Pickerel Fry.

Normandale 2,500,000

Daniel Austin, Superintendent.

Thirteenth Annual Report

4
OF THE

GAME AND FISHERIES
DEPARTMENT

1919

PRINTED BY ORDER OF

THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ONTARIO

TORONTO:
Printed and Published by A. T. WILGRESS, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty

19 2 0

Printed by
THE RYERSON PRESS

i

l^p"^*^'

To His Honour Lionel Herbert Clarke,

Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of Ontario.

May it Please Your Honour:

I have the honour to submit herewith, for the information of Your Honour
and the Legislative Assembly, the Thirteenth Annual Eeport of the Department
of Game and Fisheries of this Province.

I liave the honour to be,

Your Honour's most obedient servant,

F. C. Biggs,
Minister of Public Works and Highways^
Toronto, 2nd February, 1920.

[3]

THIRTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT

OF THE

Department of Game and Fisheries of

Ontario

To the Honourable F. C. Biggs,

Minister of Public WorTcs and Highways.

SiK, — I have the honour to place before you the Thirteenth Annual Report
of the work of the Department of Game and Fisheries for the fiscal year ending
October 31st, 1919, It is satisfactory^ that there continues to be a steady and very
marked increase in the revenues without a corresponding increase in the expendi-
tures for the year. The surplus over and above expenditure amounts to $160,-
949.,43- The total revenues reached $346,197.14, and the expenditures amount to
$185,247.72, These figures are exclusive of the Sales Branch returns which show
surplus of monies received over expenditures of $24,426.42 aside from assets of
Book Accounts and stock of fish on hand, or a total surplus for the year of
$185,375.84. A statement of the Sales Branch is shown elsewhere in this report.

Comparative Statement of Revenue and Expediture — Department of Game and
Fisheries, 1910-1919, as Published in the Public Accounts.

1910
1911
1912
1913
1914
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919

1919

Revenue.
$126,866 61
130,267 39
133,354 49
138,364 31
154,836 73
168,763 47
174,186
219,442
258,671
346,197

71
94
62
14

Expenditure.
$104,203 87
114,517 37
123,197 31
127,594 24
134,629 16
152,872 41
157,681 94
154,055 17
167,795 22

185,247 72

Surplus.

$22,662 74
15,750 02
10,157 18
10,770 07
20,207 57
15,891 06
16,504 77
65,387 77
90,876 40

160,949 42

Relation of
surplus to
expenditure.
21.74%,
13.75%
8.24%,
8.44%,
15.%
10.39%
10.46%
42.44%
54.16%
86.88%

Sales Branch.
$357,741 06 $333,314 64 $24,426 42 7.%, Gain.

Statement showing the revenues received from Game and also those received
from Fish in the year 1910 as compared with, the year 1919.

1910

Revenue from Game $38,904 89

Revenue from Fish 87,961 72

$126,866 61
[5]

1919
$193,939 68
152,257 46

$346,197 14

Increase.

$155,034 79

64,295 74

$219,330 53

THE EEPOET UPON No. 14

You will note that the total revenues for 1919 of $346,197.14 are nearly three
times as great as the revenues for 1910, and the increase is largely responsible
to the revenues received in the Game Department being almost five times as groat
for the same period, while the revenues from the Fisheries for 1919 are less than
twice the amount received in 1910,

Statistics.

The statistics have been carefully prepared and furnish much interesting and
valuable information.

Fish.

Commercial licenses were issued in 1918 for 6,605,067 yards of gill nets,
36,402 yards seines, l,0i69 pound nets, 1,332 hoop nets, 36 dip or roll nets, 269
spears as well as 58,500 hooks.

The occupation gave direct employment to 3,918 men with 125 tugs, 703
gasoline boats and 1,176 sail or row boats, with an estimated capital of $2,694,-
104.31 invested in the industry. The aggregate catch amounts to 46,004,1761/^
lbs. as compared with 42,836,179 lbs. in the previous year, an increase of
3,167,9961/2 lbs.

The reports received from nearly every district show that angling for game
llsh in 1919 has been exceptionally good and no doubt the results are responsible
to a large measure to the re-stocking programme carried on by this Department
(luring the past few years.

Game

Moose and Deer are reported to be plentiful in several districts and Caribou
has appeared in sections where they have not been seen for some years. The
number of non-resident licenses issued this year shows an increase of 172 over
the previous years, the number of resident Deer licenses shows an increase of 3,341
and the number of resident Moose licences shows an increase of 61 over the previous
year.

Partridge. — The benefit of the existing close season together with favourable
weather conditions during the hatching period has been very beneficial to these
game birds and there is reported to be a large increase in numbers in many parts
of the province.

Ducks. — The season for ducks may be considered as normal and the number
taken compares favourably with the previous year.

Quail. — Has not shown any increase in the province.

Pheasants. — Favourable reports have been received from parts of the province
regarding the number of pheasants, particularly in the Niagara district. The
Department has undertaken to assist in the propagation of these game birds by
importing some new stock of English Ring-Neck pheasants and placing them at
Rondeau Park, and a quantity of eggs were also imported during the spring
months and the hatch therefrom has been very satisfactory. It is hoped that some
satisfactory results will be obtained in the rearing of these birds in order that
they may become more plentiful in those parts of the province suitable for their
existence.

1920 GAME AND FISHEEIES.

Fern.

The prices paid for all classes of pelts during the past year have been ex-
ceptionally high and have attracted many to trap, and there has been a great
increase in the number of fur dealers. Therefore the revenue has increased not
only from the sale of these licenses but from the royalties imposed on certain pelts.

Beaver appear to be, quite plentiful and the number taken greatly exceeds any
previous year.

Otter are not obtained in any great numbers.

Mink, Marten and Fisher show no increase and appear to be scarce.

Mushrats have been taken in large numbers, but the high prices paid for
these pelts tend to tempt the unscrupulous trapper to take them during the close
season provided for their protection.

Wolf. — Eeports continue to reach the Department as to the destruction of
deer and other game by these animals, and many are urging that the bounty be
increased so that the trapper may have something substantial for the efforts put
forth in his endeavour to capture this predatory animal.

Game Sanctuary.

I must once more strongly recommend and urge that one or more suitable
areas of considerable extent be set aside by the Government for the establishment
of a Game Sanctuary or Sanctuaries which, in my opinion, should be located some-
where in the north or western part of the province where arrangements could be
readily made for such purposes and which are suitable from natural conditions.
Great inroads have been made upon fur-bearing animals, as well as the game and
birds of the province during the past few years and more attention must be given
by the Department to the existing conditions.

Hatchebies.

The progressive policy in regard to the propagation of fish by this Department
during the past three years has been maintained and a modern and efficient hatchery
is now under construction at Fort Frances. The building will have an artistic
appearance in keeping with its location among other public buildings in that town,
and will have a capacity of 100,000,000 pickerel and a further capacity for speckled
trout, or lake trout can be installed later if conditions warrant same. A distri-
bution of fry fingerling and parent fish was made this year, as shown elsewhere
in this report, and while weather conditions were not favourable to the taking
of spawn this fall yet it is hoped the distribution for 1920 will be larger than any
other year of the Province's undertaking. The rapid growth in the hatchery policy
of the Department made it imperative that an efficient and qualified Fish Culturist
be obtained for its success, and I have secured, through the courtesy of the Federal
Government, Mr. A. W. McLeod, formerly of the Thurlow Federal Hatchery, for
tin's work.

THE REPOET UPON No. 14

SALES BRANCH.

This branch has been in charge of the Superintendent of the Department
since March 1st, and the following letter and statement will give you the details
. of the Sales Branch operations for the past fiscal year.

D McDonald, Esq.,

Deputy Minister Game and Fisheries,
Toronto, Ont.

Dear Sir, — 1 have pleasure in handing you herewith a financial report of
the Sales Branch for the fiscal year ending October 31st, 1919, by which you will
note that there has been a surplus of cash received over expenditures amounting
to $24,335.77, and by adding thereto the outstanding ledger accounts it shows a
credit balance of $70,116.48.

The total fish purchased for the year amounts to 3,155,902 lbs. as against
2,728,159 lbs. of the previous year, and the municipalities supplied during the past
year being 106 with 218 dealers against 152 municipalities and 303 dealers for
the previous year. The shortage of ice in many municipalities this year together
with the restrictions removed on the consumption of meat, I consider responsible
for the decrease in the number of municipalities and dealers supplied. Yet, taking
this into consideration, you will notice that there was an increase in the distribu-
tion of 427,743 lbs.

All of which is respectfully submitted. ^ .. .

Yours truly,

Geo. H. Rapsey,

Superintendent.

-y:

I920 GAME AND FISHEEIES 9l

Department of Game and Fishebies.

Sales Branch.

Income and Expenditure for year ending October 31, 1919.

Income.

Cash, paid treasurer $357,741 06

Outstanding Accounts, Sales Ledger, Toronto 9,688 19

Outstanding Accounts, Sales Ledger (Ontario, other than

Toronto) 19,195 57

Outstanding Accounts, fish in freezers 16,896 95

$403,521 77

Expenditure.

Paid fishermen $194,364 02

Express, freight and cartage 58,160 30

Boxes and cases 11,671 25

London and St. Thomas Warehouse, charges 6,448 37

Toronto Warehouse, charges 15,947 22

Wages, packing and shipping, Nipigon < 9,255 63

Salaries, Nipigon 2,100 OO

Salaries, Toronto Warehouse 4,219 15

Salaries, Toronto Office 2,774 89

Commission, Purchasing 1,768 40

Travelling expenses 513 53

Sundry expense, Nipigon 984 67

Sundry expense, Toronto 41 75

Ice 3,112 71

Postage and stationery 611 44

OflSce equipment, Toronto Office 16 50

Buildings, docks, warehouse, etc., Nipigon 7,623 41

Expense, docks, warehouse, etc., Nipigon 7,845 76

Equipment and supplies, Nipigon 1,504 33

Horses, motor and motor boat expense 1,540 08

Telephone and telegraph 236 35

Advertising 1,594 60

Miscellaneous expense 980 28

$333,314 64

Balance, profit and loss 70,207 13

$403,521 77

10 THE EEPORT UPON No. 14

Acknowledgments.

I cannot close my report without publicly expressing my appreciation of the
co-operation received from many outside sources and I have reference particularly
to the Deputy Minister of Naval Service, Ottawa, and his officials, the Trans-
portation Companies, as well as to other Departments of the Provincial Govern-
ment. During the year death claimed one of the Department's most valued and
efficient members of the staif in the person of Mr. Jas. Pegg, who had been in
the employ of this Gfovernment for approximately twenty-four years, and in this
particular Department since its inception. His work was always conscientiously
performed and the Department has suffered a decided loss by his removal. In
reporting any success that has been attained by the Department during the past
year I must also bear tribute to the co-operation and willingness with which
every member of the staff attributed his or her efforts to bring about the best
possible results.

All statistics mentioned as well as many others will be found in detail in
statements published herein.

All of which is respectfully submitted.

I am.

Your obedient servant,

D. McDonald,

Deputy Minister of Game and Fisheries.
Toronto, January 31st, 1920.

1920 GAME AND FISHERIES. 11

Statement of Revenue received from Game and Fisheries during the year ended

October 31st, 1919.

Game.

Rondeau Park $1,975 92

Royalty Coupons (Beaver and Otter) 48,874 83

Royalty on Muskrat, etc 7,679 16

Trappers' Licenses 38,592 66

Non-resident Hunting Licenses 7,693 00

Resident Deer Licenses 39,141 35

Rpsident Moose Licenses 11,266 00

Fur Dealers' Licenses 17,673 96

Tai^ning Licenses 50 00

Game Dealers' Licenses 317 00

Hotel and Restaurant Licenses 173 00

Cold Storage Licenses 75 00

Guides' Licenses 1,254 00

Fines 12,160 40

Sales (Fur, etc.) 7,013 40

$193,939 68

Fisheries.

Fishing Licenses $124,361 03

Angling Permits 25,469 78

Fines 1,808 85

Sales (Fish, Twine, etc.) 617 80

Sales Bbanch.
Sale of Fish, etc $357,741 06

$152,257 46

$357,741 06

Total $703,938 20

13 THE KEPOKT UPON No. 14

WATERS STOCKED.
WITH QUANTITIES AND KINDS OF PISH PLANTED IN EACH IN 1919.

Black Bass Fingerlings Distributed from Ponds at Mount Pleasant.

Waters Stocked. County. Quantities.

Oakland Ponds Brant 15,000

Cedar Creek Oxford 15,000

Victoria Lake Perth 15,000

Pond Mills Middlesex 25,000

Cache Lake • Algonquin Park 20,000

Lake Nipissing Nipissing 20,000

Wood and Prospect Lakes Muskoka 6,000

Sydenham River Lambton 30,000

Waters vicinity of Waterloo Waterloo 25,000

Toronto Exhibition Toronto 100

Puslinch Lake Wellington 10,000

Saugeen River ; Grey 5,000

Clear Lake Renfrew : 2,000

Crow Lake Peterboro 3,000

Mississippi Lake Carlton 1,500

Trout Lake Frontenac 2,000

Hurd's Lake Renfrew ^ 2,500

197,100

Black Bass Fingerlings Distributed from Normandale.

Waters Stocked. County. Quantities.

Sand Lake Leeds 1,150

Mississippi Lake Carlton 1,450

Pond near St. Thomas Elgin 800

3,400

Parent Bass Distributed from Mount Pleasant Ponds.

Waters Stocked. County. Quantities.

Cache Lake Algonquin Park 20O

Waterworks Pond Toronto 24

Toronto Exhibition Toronto 21

Belmont Lake Peterboro 50

Stoco Lake Peterboro 50

Norway Lake Renfrew 25

Stony and Clear Lakes Peterboro 178

548

Lake Trout Fry Distributed from Thurlow Hatchery.

Waters Stocked. County. Quantities.

Sharbot Lake Frontenac 45,000

Charleston Lake Leeds 50,000

Sararas Lake Frontenac 20,000

Rideau Lake Leeds and Lanark 75,000

Eagle Lake Frontenac 60,000

Cache Lake Algonquin Park 250,000

500,000

M

m

1920 GAME AN^D FISHEEIES. Ii3

Lake Trout Fry Distributed from Mount Pleasant Hatchery.

Waters Stocked. County. Quantities.

Draper's Lake Frontenac 15,000

Charleston Lake Leeds 35,000

Lake Muskoka Muskoka 20,000

Lake Joseph do 20,000

Lake Rosseau do 25,000

McKays Lake ; do 20,000

Fairy Lake do 30,000

Mary Lake do 30,000

f 'eninsular Lake do 30,000

Lake of Bays do 65,000

Oxtongue Lake do . . 20,000

Lake Simcoe At Atherley Jt., North Shore . . 210,000

Toronto Exhibition Toronto 100

520,100
Brook Trout Fingerlings Distributed from Mount Pleasant Hatchery.

Waters Stocked. County. Quantities.

Waters in vicinity of Simcoe Norfollc 2,0OO

Spring Creek at Chatsworth Grey 2,000

Toronto Exhibition Toronto 100

Two Lakes, McKay Township Renfrew 6,000

Creek at Normandale Norfolk 500

Pickerel Fry Distributed from Port Carling Hatchery.

10,660

Waters Stocked. County. Quantities.

Lake Joseph Muskoka District 750,000

Lake Rosseau do ..,. 750,000

Lake Muskoka do 750,000

Mud Lake n^ar Utterson do 150,000

Silver Lake near Port Carling do 150,000

2,550.000

Fry Distributed from Por-t Arthur Hatchery, in the Waters of Rainy River and

Thunder Bay District.

Whitefish Fry ' 4,500,000

Lake Trout Fry 30,000

Speckled Trout Fry 10,000

4,540,000
Fry Distribvied from Normandale Hatchery.

Lake Erie, Whitefish 3,240,000

Herring 10,800,000

14,040,100
Summary of DrsramuTiON.

Black Bass Fingerlings : ■ 200,500

Parent Bass 548

Lake Trout Fry 1,050.100>

Brook Trout Fingerlings 10,600"

Speckled Trout Fry 10,000

Pickerel Fry ■ 2,550,000

Whitefish Fry ! 7.740,000

Herring Fry '. . '. . . . 10,800,000

22,361,748

Fingerlings - 211,100

Fry .' 23,150,100 -•

Parent Bass .■ 548

22,361,748

14

THE EEPOET UPON

No. 14

ONTARIO

Return of the number of fishermen, tonnage and value of tugs, vessels and boats, the

industry during the year 1918, in the Public

District.

Fishing

materiaL

i

Tugs.

Oasoline Launches.

Sail

or Row Boats.

am-Nets.

a
1

No.

Ton-
nage.

Value.

Men.

No.

Value.

Men.

No,

Value,

Men.

Yards.

Value.

1

Kenora and 'Bainy River.
Lake of the Woods

2

32

$

4,500

6

39
12
3

8

1

2

2

3
23

1

$

14,415

4,700

600

1,825
300

450

605

800
11,075

1,000

66

22

6

10
2

4

3

7
44

2

30

3

1

2
1

2

2

2
33

5

1
1

$

1,130
80
30

55

25

125

100

104
1,500

200

40

22
4
2

3

1

5

2

3

23

2

2
1

52,230

19,000

9,200

13,200
4.000

4,700

11,500

8,000
41,900

6.000

9,700
2,400

$

10 125

2

Obabicon, Orang Outang, Shoal

3

Deer, Dry berry. Basket and Long

4

Indian, Lawrence, Sturgeon and

\ 245

5

465

6

Pelican, Big Sea. Lac Suel and

696

7

Clay, Swan.Minnitakie and Rock

82>

8

Big Vermillion, Sandy. One
Man's and Kawaeogama Lakes.

1 250

9

1

4i

450

3

6 845

10

Namaken. Tuttle and Pipestone

350

11

Clearwater, Kaiarskon and Trout

1

li

145

2

1 910

19

White Otter, and Six Mile Lakes.

450

' Totals

3

38

5,095

11

94

35,770

166

83

3,889

70

180,830

29 641

Return of the kinds, quantities and values of' fish caught during the

1

0

S5

District. ■

•6

1

tit

a

i

M

a

u

B3

i

ta
■2

A

i

5

a
2

1

0

o

U

i

o
Q

o

£

1

Kenora and Rainy River.

lbs.

lbs.

lbs.

lbs.

261,328

155,972

34,274

57,552
8,657

12,077

13,150

32,056
82,873

11,467

8.050
250

lbs.

229,800

lbs,

14, .548

2,600

33,S60

12,222
3,724

300

500

17,754
5,397

lbs.

341,493

37,037

2,697

8,897
3,095

4.565

13,300

3,691
239,705

14,881

3,900
400

•
lbs.

348.966

2

Obabicon, Orang Outang, Shoal

93,617

3

Deer, Dry berry. Basket and Long
Lakes

3.185

4

Indian. Lawrence, Sturgeon and

800

22,977

5

Whitefish and Feegan Lakes,...

1.230

6

I

Pelican, Big Sea, Lac Suel and

- 3.826

•7

Clay. Swan, Minnitakieand Rock

26 875

8
I

Big Vermillion, Sandy, One

100
700

1,520

9

224,598

10

Namaken. Tuttle and Pipestone

25 428

11

Clearwater, Kaiarskon and Trout

3,000
200

1,148

IS

White Otter and Six Mile Lakes.

Totals

1,600

677,706

229,800

94,205

673,761

753,370

Values

% c.

$ c.
160 00

$ c.

67,770 60

$ c.

22,980 00

$ c.
9,420 50

$ c.

53,900 88

* C.

75,. 337 00

1920

GAME AND FISHERIES.

15

FISHERIES.

quantity and value of all fishing materials and other fixtures employed in the fishing
Waters of Kenora and Rainy River District.

Pishing material.

Other fixtures used in
fishing.

Seines.

Ponnd nets.

HOOP nets. | .^efs.

Night Unes.

Spears.

Freezers and
Ice Houses.

Piers and
Wharves.

No.

Yards.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

H^"ks. V*'--

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

$

32

12,700

35

6

$

1,980
360

$

$

$

20
7
3
q

$

7,425

1,700

225

1.125

25
4

4
3

5 115

1,025

240

250

3
6

5

28

5

200

840

750
5,785

650

2
3

3

17

2

75

220

100

29

7

9,400

3,000

2,235

1 ■

100

1 '

,,,.1 !

68

25,100 41

2,340

:

86

18,700

63

9 360

year 1918, in the Public Waters of Kenora and Rainy River District.

s

3

1

kt

1
d
H

2

O

d

6

s

CD .

i

%

O

i

n
§

d
w

a
_

a;
M

0^

Value.

lbs.

12,460

lbs.

lbs.
251

lbs.

81,6.50

4,182

500

5.931
6,344

1,350

1 ,.500

7,012
131.224

725

lbs.

197,524
10.000

lbs,
10,591
1.410

lbs.

91,287
1,320

lbs.

58

No.

$ c.

140,200 28

29,326 98

7 387 66

3,S25
1,559

3,750

1,000

30
250,539

9,063

1,364
600

1

10,618 97
2,067 29

2,961 50

5.256 50

6 ')85 25

7.075

4.525
3,841

446
269

50

7,017

1

5,740

72 703 59

3,465

5 154 38

1 600 00

1

i:::!:::"::::::"":"

107 00

24,291

7,268

240,418

207,524

12,001 364,437

823

12,815

285.169 40

$ C.

3,643 65

$ c.

$ c.

363 40

$ c.

14.425 08

f c.

16,601 92

S c. $ c.

240 02 1« S91 RR

■$ c. 1 $ c.

823 00

1 c.

1,281 50

$ c.

285.169 40

16

THE EEPORT UPON

No. 14

ONTARIO

Return of the number of fishermen, tonnage and value of tugs, vessels and boats,

fishing industry during the year 1918,

District

Fishing Material.

Tugs.

No,

Toa-
nage.

"Vaitie. Men,

Gasdline Launche.s

No. Value.

Sail or Row Boats.

M«n. No. Value. Men. Yards. Value

Gill-Nets.

Lake Superior.

Thunder Bay

Rossport

Black Bay, Whitefish Lake and

Port Coldwell

Shaganash, Wilson, Lamb Islands

and .Jackfish

Kashabowie, Sturgeon, North

and Baril Lakes

Port Arthur, Point Magnet, Fort

William, Nipigon Bay and

Carpenter's Beach

Evelyn. Perley, Welcome Islands,

Steel River and Terrace Bay . . .
Pine, McKellar, Stake, McLean's

Points and Woodbine Harbour.
Pine, Oiseau Bays, Thunder Cape

and Pays Platte

Gratto, Bignell, Isacore Points,

North and South Twin Lakes. .

Lake Nipigon

Michipicoten

Mamaise

Goulais Bay

Gros Cap

Batchawana.

Gargantau, R ichard.son's Harbour,

East and West Agawa River...
Locklash Lake and Oba Lake ....

211
72

Totals 30

28.000
11,100

8,700
2,500
4,000
1,000

18,700
13,000
.5,000

14,500

36

$
1,800

1,050
650

300
6,400

450
^,100
1,650
1,300

800

251 36 ! 18.050

$
1,175

550

785
750
850

535

640

200
75
1.50
100
100
400
200

50
100

12

208.000
120,325

8

62,500

6

23.450

9

7,000

4

132,600

8

36,000

6

41,125

8

28,500

3

""3"
1
2

7
6

13,2.50
80,000
89,800
85,000
34,000
50, 000
14,600

2
2

134,500
3,000

94

1163,650

$

16.025
12.150

8.325

2,000

1,000

8,240
2,950
4,525
2,550
350

.775
,100
,280
,210
.360

,300
250

109,015

Return of the kinds, quantities and values of fish caught

District

a ^

C J3

'Eg

a

32

^£

2°

Lake Superior. lbs.

Thunder Bay i 45,000

Rossport 64,450

Black Bay, Whitefish Lake and

Port Coldwell 2,850

Shag.inash, Wilson, Lamb Islands

and Jackfish

Kashabowie, Sturgeon North and

Bari 1 Lakes

Port Arthur, Point Magnet, Port |

William, Nipigon Bay and:

Carpenter's Beach 37,000

Evelyn, Perley, Welcome Islands,

Steele River and Terrace Bay .. 40,900
Pine, McKellar's, Stake, McLean's

Points and Woodbine Harbour. 75,900
Pine, Oisean Bays, Thunder Cape

and Pays Platte 17,000

Gratto, Bignell, Isacore Points,

North and South Twin Lakes . . :

Lake Nipigon

Michipicoten

Mamaise

Goulais Bay...'

Grog Cap

Bat(;h'awana

Gargantau, Richardson's Harbour, i

East and West Agawa River ... •. . .

Locklash Lake and Oba Lake ...'.

lbs

1,868,499

461,051

^61,388

. lbs.
10,000

2,200

727,497
125,755

97,380
21,585

Totals •...■■• 283,100

Values ....28,310 00

2,000

2,454

14,000

lbs.

lbs. .

3,605
9,238

40,100

21,655

800

2,435

800

48,760

300

46,6^5

6,100

'■:s;7-i4

300

7,614

20,460

400

20,387

'850, 04l

23,370
100.027
■7'(),493

£9.700
200

19.850
153,900

400

113,121

1,700

lbs.
18.717
191,360

lbs.

""129"

185,775 7,923

57,368 I 20

i
29,377 i 5,097

142.640
107,743
43,. 389
36,358

47,1.30
401,109
217,608

94,229
718,381

86,765
105,000

176,108

31

35

307

2,711
■ .365
1,736

3,681,609 12,400 1,517,-395 90,800 2,659.057

18, .354

$ c. $ c' $ c.

184.080 45 1.240 00 151,739 .50

$ c. $ C.J $ c.
9,080 00 265,905 70 1,468 .32

lbs.
110
1,253

53,770

22,284

1.925

55

260

7,455

1,971

,16,394

21

58
100
100

1.466

107,282

$ c

10.728 20

1920

GAME AXD FISHERIES.

17

FISHERIES.

the quantity and value of all fishing materials and other fixtures employed in the
in the Public Waters of Lake Superior

FisBing Material.

Other fixtures used in
fishing.

Seines

Pound NfetA

Hoop Nets.

Dip or
Roll Nets.

NigMt Lines

Spears.

Freezers and
Ice Houses.

Piers and
Wharves.

No.

Yards.

Valae. No.

Value

N<»,

Value'.

No. Value.

No.
Hoops.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

$

.

$

i ^

$

f

! $

$
3 19.600

2

$

750

6

9

1

1,200

3,150

250

1

1 20

6 3,000

5

950

,.

■•■■| •"

2 i 1,600
1 j 100

1

1
2

600

4
2

5

6
10
6

1,200

500

1,700

3,500
3,500
3.500

50

,500

j

4
1
3
1

4,000

1,000

2.300

300

1
1
2
1

500

10

400

2,000

60

200

1,700

600

1

100

1

300

-

"I....

, ' .1 . .

1

9

9.000

7

5.000

5

2.200

■■■•j 1

1 1

1

i

' 38

26.300

11

420

1 2.000

60

B

1 29

.37,000

22

8.350

during the year 1918, in the Public Waters of Lake Superior.

§

s
m

_2

J3

1

"3

.J3

GO

la
O

a

O

11

5^

Value.

lbs.

lbs

lbs.

lbs.

lbs.

lbs.

500

lbs.

,300
6,805

46.120

1,200

405

lbs.

No. 1

$ c.

105,203 15

2,507

50,183 64

164

1

47,738 84

15

1

6,128 80

•

.-..1

10,S^O 11

5,785

69,560 43

117

102

333

5

126

20

2,992
215

1

21,935 62

38

1

17,624 53

206

300

1

1

8',^0fl 31

631

7,2eV 89

4 215

24,624

541,2,55

40,715

128,647 05

632

1

, . ,

1 .

,55,766 33

21.481 35

1

i

79.015 90

1 *.

11.411 50

. . . 1

25.900 00

|-

90.110

33,745 00

500

1

,330 00

6,003

500

8,873

820

754.741

1

691.768 45

$ c.

900 45

$ C.
30 00

Ic.

$ c.

532 38

$ c. 1 $c.
' 16 40

37, 7^^ 05

$c.

$c.

$c.

$ c.

691,768 45

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No. 14

ONTARIO

Return of the number of fishermen, tonnage and value of tugs, vessels and boats,

fishing industry during the year 1918, in the

District.

Fishintr material.

TuKS.

No.

Ton-
naee.

Value.

Men.

Oasoline Launches

No. Value.

Sail or Row Boats.

No. Value. Men. Yards. Value

Gill-Nets.

Lake Huron, North Channel.

Thessalon

Spanish, St. Joseph's, Oedar Is-
lands and Spragge .

Little Laloche, Gordon, Burrows,
Rock and William Lakes

Bruce Mines, Algoma Mills, Bus-
well's Point and McKinnon. ., .

Pakowkami Lake, Little Detroit,
TurnbuU and Bacon Islands. . . .

Fitzwilliam, Squaw and Duck
Islands

South Bay, Kagowong and Little
Current

K illarney

Meldrum, Providence, Sheguin-
dah, and Gore Bays

Wekwemikong, Mississauga
Straits, Wabino Channel, Gron-
dine Point

Manitowaning Bay, Tamarack
Cove, Manitoulin, Club and
Berry Islands

Centre, George, HamiltoQ and
Rabbit Island ,

Bedford, Heywood and Cockburn
Islands

55 11,000

10
192
59

Totals 19

24

462

900
35,000
8.000

17,500
5.000

4.000

81,400

$

2,500

1,850

1,800

1,550

225
2,925

3 i 1,.B00

3.150
1,100
1,500

20,400

8

$

630

13

35.476

10

855

7

30.300

6

280

8

5,200

5

310

2

8,200

8

400

1

1.000

288.000

148,600
48,300

6
6

700
880

11
9

2

150

4

220,500
60,000

1

50

2

11,000

1

50

2

1.600

2

85

*

10.800

55

4,390

63

868,976

$

2,505

2,090

825

675

170

34,300

14,460
2,303

22,750

4,000

1,E00
160
800

86.538

Return of the kinds, quantities and values of fish caught during

District.

TS

A

1

t

u

6i

a

&

£

n

a

Lake Huron, North Channel.

Thessalon

Spanish, St. Joseph's, Cedar Is-
lands and Spragge

Little Laloche, Gordon, Burrows,
Rock and William Lakes

Bruce Mines, Algoma Mills Bus-
well's Point and McKinnon . . . .

Pakowkami Lake, Little Detroit,
Turnbull and Bacon Islands . . .

Fitzwilliam, Squaw and Duck
Islands

South Bay, Kagowong, and Little
Current

Killarney

Meldrum, Providence, Shegnin-
dah and Gore Bays

Wekwemikong Bay, Mississauga
Straits, Wabino Channel, Gron-
dine Point

Manitowaning Bay, Tamarack
Cove, Manitoulin Club and
Berry Islands

Centre, George, Hamilton and
Rabbit Island

Bedford , Heywood and Cockburn
Islands

Total"

Values.

lbs.
300
700

1,700

$ c.

170 00

lbs.

500
1.180
4,793

lbs.

200

400

700

1.100

700

lbs.

48,702
6,918

6,473

$ c.

32.3 65

900
200

5,188

21.528

130,573

37,159
115.027

106,578

63.359

26,5.39

118.000

8.550

lbs.

700
4,900

2.700

4.200 688,121

$ c.

420 00

$ 0. $ c.

,812 10 850 00

lbs.

40,792

9,750

1,080

20.384

21.320

793.261

229.368
30,3.39

395,181

18.228

22,701
18,. 349
16.892

1.617.645

161,764 .50

lbs.

7,450

8.900

2,375

10,672

2.048

325

2.318
15,859

2.294

2.432

1,031

3.230

935-

59,869

$ c.

4,789 52

Ibf.
3.261
5,856
1.900
82.229
11.846

89
17.856

313

41,826

3,843
18.648
6.945

194,612

1920

GAME AND FISHEEIES.

19

FISHERIES

the quantity and value of all fishing materials and other fixtures employed in the
Public Waters of Lake Huron, North Channel.

Fishing material.

Other fixtures used in
fishinsr.

Seines.

Pound nets.

Hoop nets.

Dip or
roll nets.

Night lines.

.Spears.

Freezers and Piers and
Ice Houses. Wharves.

No.

Yards.

Valne.

No. Valae.

No.' Value.

i

No.

Value.

No.
Hooks.

Value.

No.

Value.

No. Value.

No.

Value.

$

6
4

$
1,500

1,050

$

$

$

$

3

4

$

350

325

1
2

$

200

150

....

20

5,600
6,400
17.000

5

150

7
6
2
2

2,400
1,800

4

6 550

21
24

!

4,800
503

900 : 1

600 2

300

5

19

15

16
15

5

4.000
8,000

j

2

1

1
2

1

1
700 s

3,600
300

8 200

i

600

600
400

250

1

1-

7.500
8.000

1,500

1Sft

2 3,200

1 1 snn

■ ••••• j •

150

68,750

5

150

31

8,925 ' 25 ' 19,950

the year 1918, in the Public Waters of Lake Huron, North Channel.

i
1

CO

i

i

1

s

■s

I

A

1

O

a
* .

1

s

"S
n

i

a

s

ii
o

Value.

lbs.

151

lbs.

lbs.

4,760

1,115

lbs.

lbs.

lbs.

lbs.
41,530

16,257

14,300

64,595

38.469

lbs.

No.

t e.

12,238 65

4 059 5D

610

1 262 00

4,234

484

376

15,770 08

2,868

mo

8,126 89
84 497 00

32.460
18.904

3,842
119

500

16,608
4,487

29,603 78

37

227

17 831 31

353

70 .966

11,234

14 ,366
11,334

25.170

54 356 97

3,081

3

13,632 71

318

229

16,000

43

7 129 09

355

16,468 05
4 608 05

107

12.114

11,049

67,364

646

329.316

103

279.584 08

[

$ c.

i.str 10

$ c.

$ c.

552 45

$ c.

4.041 84

$ c.

$ c.

12 92

$ c.

16.465 80

$ c.

103 00

$ c. 1 $ c.
1

1 c.

279.584 08

30

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No. 14

ONTARIO

Return of the number of flshermeil, tonfiage and value of tugs, vessels and boats, the

industry during the year 1918,

District.

Fishing material.

1

s

Tiigs.

Oasoline Launches.

Sail

or Row Boats

Gill-Nets.

1

] nage.

Value.

Men-.

No,

■Value;

■M«n;

No.

Value.

Men;

Yards. Vfthie.

t

Oenrginn Bau.

4

■ ■26'
60

$
"11,000
14.000

3
24

'4
9

5,350
2,900

9
12

2
16

7
2

1

18

_8

$

• 20
608
395
625
50

830
610

4
6
8
3
2

17
17

' . «

152,000 12,900

0

270,500 21,200

^

' '5.700|' 825

]

3

5

24
14

900
1,520

11,450
S,900

4

8

■ 48
32,

11,5641 1,J50

t;

■r

2

ro6

99
44

18.000

32,000
4,000

20

23
11

608,000 16.000

6

Moaford (including' Owen Sound
Bay)

300,9% ■■ Si, 130

7

Colpoy 's Bay to Tobermoi y

_ 208, 200 ...9,870

17

335

R9.OT0

■ sr

oi)

30,020

113

M'

3,138

57

1.1^6.889! '82,975

Return of the kinds, quantities and values of fish caught

i

j:

0

"S

J3

■w

0

a

£

, "*-

CO

j:

.a

ca

a

0

^

District.

u

bi

<«

«

a

C

0

Hi

^

^

'j^

"2

^

^

0

0

a

J*

a

^ ■

&

^

0

Georgian Bnii.

lbs.

lbs.

lbs.

lbs.

lbs

lbs.

lbs.

lbs.

1

4,400

62,050

200

1.150

144.039
161.376
2,837
31,400
12,259

50,250

205.703

. 500

48.2S2
111,668.

21.688

4,518

12.496

230

48.547

f

25,000
400
900

235

. 2,021

1.800

37.688

62,550

7,029

s

9„929

4

800

1,000

6

Meaford (including Owen Sound

Bay )

4,380
29.510

1.2.50
100

4.210
6,026

77,. 300
68,200

386,854
325,047

25

7

Colpoy's B.'>y to Tobermory

156

Total.'

26.300

75,694

69,150

362,137

208,850

1,128,314

.38.927

66.655

$ c.

$ c.

$ c.

$ c.

$ c.

$ c'

$ c.

$ c.

2,6.30 00

3.784 70

6,915 00

.36,213 70

20.885 00

112,831 40

3,114 16

6.665 50

1920

GAME AXD FISHERIES.

U

FISHERIES.

quautity and value of all Qghing materials and other fixtures employed in the fishing
in the Public Waters of the Georgian Bay.

Fishing xnateria,. Ot**- 'fi^S^^^** '"'

Seines.

Pojind Nets.

Hoop nets.

Dip or
Ran Nets.

Nijrlit Lines.

Spears

Freezers and
Ice (fouses.

Piers and
Wharves.

No.

Yards.

Value.

No.

Yalae.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.
Hooks.

VMue.

M^.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

$

12

$

10,300
2,508

$ ■

$

$

$

2
4

$

3,800

1,700

25

100

1
6

1

%
1,000

'12'

'■"2^"

..,.

........

J, 300 125

1,048

1

2

1,100

1

'

« •» .

35

'

'

■

12,300 '
6.200

1.455

240

7
3

650
350

9
3

950

5

2,000

J.

375

99

14.808

12

233

19,800

1.820

19

6.625

22

4,498

during the year 1918 m the Pufclic Waters of the Georgian Bay.

a

J

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ID
1

1

1

•s

<d
1

5

s

u

•0

a

ci

•s-s
s.

0

M

1

n

a

1

a

a
3

u

Value.

lbs.
1,407

llM,

lbs.

lbs.

lbs.

290

lbs.

200

15

4,908

lbs.
14,000
238
14,74g

lbs.
70

No.

$ c.

27.466 69

58.759 19

205

«,600

4v059

8,802 34

'

1,100

9.560 20

1,000

6,600
«9.159

14,427 10

47,577 40

45,577 34

'

2,612

2,500

75 759

4,. 340

5.123

28,980

1,170

201,170 46

$ c.

391 80

$ 5,
125 00

$ c.

4,545 54

1 C.

347 20

$ c.

102 46

? c.

1,449 00

t c.

1,170 00

1 r.

201,170 46

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No. 14

ONTARIO

Hetum of the number of fishermen, tonnage and value of tugs, vessels and boats ,

fishing industry during the year 1918 ,

District.

Fishing material.

1

TuKB,

Oasoline Launches.

Sail or Row Boats.

Gill-Nets.

0

No.

Ton-
nage.

Value.

Men.

No. Value. Men.

No.

Value.

Men.

Yards.

Value.

1

2

Lakt Huron (Proper).

Tobermory to Southampton

Southampton to Pine Point

8
1
1

150
14
10

$

26,000
4,000
1.500

43
5
3

15
2
13

26

I
$

8,150 35
1,900 i 7
6,400 26

9,480 39

13
1

26

28

$

2.325

50

1,070

973

24

2

52

30

396,250
80.250
90,009

$

38,800
11,315
10,744

4

County of Lambton (including
River St. Olair)

Totals

10

174

31,500

51

56

25,930 j 107

68

4,418

108

566,509

60,859

Beturns of the kinds, quantities and values of fish caught

District.

13

.0

1

S

•«

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B

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M

ce

«>

M

«•

<a

<a

CO

<M

«

•c

a

a

«

J3

o

pM

u

£

^

^

h*

EH

CU

Lakt Huron (Proper).

Tobermory to Southampton .

Southampton to Pine Point.

3 County of Huron.

County of Lambton (including
River St. Olair)

Totals.,
Values .

lbs.

8,400

200

13,900

$ c.

1,390 00

lbs.

35,280

5,164

68,750

250,100

12,505 00

lbs.

2,700

2,700

$ c.

270 00

lbs.
22,703
"7!6i6
33,255

62,968

6,296 80

lbs.

38,054

""'306'

5,000

43,354

$ c.

4,335 40

lbs.

586,504
48,854
77,997

18,976

* C.
73,233 10

lbs.

$ c.
115 92

lbs.
372

' 'iiieoo

189,386

204,368

""$ c.

20,435 80

1920

GAME AND FISHEKIES.

23

FISHERIES.

the quantity and value of all fishing materials and other fixtures employed in the
in the Public Waters of Lake Huron (Proper).

Fishintr material.

Other fixtures used in
fishing.

Seines.

Pound nets.

Hoop nets.

Dip or
Roll Nets.

Night Lines.

Spears.

Freezers and
Ice Houses.

Piers and
Wharves.

No.

Yards.

Value.

No.

Value.

No. Value.

No.

Value.

No.
Hooks.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

$

2

$

900

$

$

3,900

$

220

$

7
2
11

5

25

$

3.300

■ 900

£50

1,175

6.325

3

$

650

10
50

5,000
26,600

0

500

4

175

187

....

3

225

7

69

600

65

5

4

175

187

62

32,500

3

225

7

69

4 e,nc\

285

1,150

during the year 1918, in the Public Waters of Lake Huron (Proper).

sturgeon. '

<0

1

i
»

Pi

1

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O

a

Mixed and coarse
fish.

i
%

o

%

a

o

Value.

lbs.

lbs.

lbs. lbs.

4,378 173.746

lbs.

lbs.

lbs.

8.677

lbs.

No.

$ c.

78,786 73

47.670
10, .442

8,003 80

5,280

54,364
5,272

52,916
82,428

100
767J

20,840 72

13,503

4

500

8,212

49

39,202 83

18,783

4

. 64,014

231,858

500

8,212

144,021

887i

49

146,834 08

% c.

2.817 45

$ c.

24

$ c.

3.200 70

$ c.

13,911 48

$ c.

40 00

$ C.

164 24

$ c.

7.201 05

$ c.

887 50

$ c.

29 40

$ c.

146,834 08

24

THE BEPORT UPON

No. 14

ONTARIO

Return of the number of fishermen, tonnage and value of tugs, vessels and boats,

fishing industfF during the year 1918,

District.

Fishing material.

i

e

a
Z

Tugs.

Gasoline Launches.

Sail or Bow Boats.

Gill-Nets.

No.

Ton-
nage.

Value.

Men.

No.

Value.

Meo.

No.

Value.

Men.

Yards.

Value.

1

Lake St. Clair.

Kent County (including River
Thames)

31
17
2

$

11.200

4.700

700

54
36
13

44
46
25

$

3.120

1.625

525

56

79
50

$

0

8

Detroit River

1

"

Totals

•••....a

50

16.600

103

US

£.279

185

Return of the kinds, quantities and values of fish caught

District.

■T3

i

A

s

JB

cd

«

<-.

ji

Si

tt

tu

<a

J3

j3

w

a

^

^

Lak» St. Clair.

Kent County (including River

Thames)

Rssejc County

Detroit River

Totalis

V»lu?9 ,

brls.

lbs.

t c.

47 50

brls.

lbs.

17.-580
11.430

29.010

f c.

2.901 00

brU.

lbs.

lbs.

46.074
11,171
4.766

62.030

$ c.

4.962 40

lbs.

80.046
19,575
1.250

40.871

$

4.087

1920

GAME AND FISHERIES.

35

FISHERIES.

the quantity and value of all fishing materials and other fixtures employed in the
in the Public Waters of Lake St. Clair, etc.

Fishing material.

Other fixtures used in
fishing.

Seines.

Pound nets.

Hoop nets.

Dip or
Roll Nets.

Night Lines.

Spears.

Freezers and
Ice Houses,

Piers and
Wharves.

No.

Yards.

Value.

No.

Value. No.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.
Hooks.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

24

4.239

5.750
3 1ftS

$

2.935
2,175
2,195

$

102
70

$

10.400
0,900

$

900
1,800

$
14

$

25
14

$

7,500
3,350

12

$
1,650

22

8

3.000

90

26

2

315

.,

72 ; 13,097

7.305

8

3,000

172

17,300

2.700 1 104

39

W,850

14

1,965

during the year 1918, in the Public Waters of Lake St. Clair, etc.

a

15

J3

1

<a
1

0.

6

Id
0

a

i

a
0

0

•a

I
3
a
0

£f

0

i

4)

i

lbs.

lbs.

lbs.

84,640
61,311

lbs.

lbs.

40,998

21,220

375

lbs,

98,965
63,400
62,0£0

lbs.

260,413

124,658

12,070

lbs.
' ' ' '451 '

No.

550

$ c.
28,257 31

14,700

1'9,576 73

1,530

3,60* 60

J

*••••• •

14,700

147 481

62,593

224,455

397,141

431

59«

51,438 64

$ c.
2,203 00

$ c.

$ c.

7,374 05

$ c.

$ c.

5,007 44

f c.

4,489 10

f c.

19,857 05

451 00

f c.
55 00

51,436 64

26

THE EEPOET UPON

No. 14

ONTARIO

Return of the number of fishermen, tonnage and value of tugs, vessels and boats, the

fishing industry during the year 1918,

District.

Fishing material.

i

Tugs

Gasoline Launches.

Sail

or Row Boats. Gill-Nets.

»5

No.

Ton-
nage.

Value

Men.

No.

Value

Men.

No.

Value.

Men.

Yards.

Value.

1

Lake Erie.

2

138

$

12,000

16

11
37
27
19
17
10
26

19
2

1

7,500
25,990
19,450
12,250
8,000
8,200
12,450

9,290
1,000

34
83
68
69
52
38
78

40
4

19
32

17
15
10
2
55

19

$

920
1,140
1,335
6,285
440
100
2,215

560

20

12
2

13
4
2

99

16

53,260
18,400
120,000
. 5,000
273,780
729,200
246,500

136.800

%
11,525

2

1,875

3

Kent County, West

2

46

19,000

16

14,000

4

1,300

5

2
20
11

7

66
6d6
299

146

19,000
148,000
109,500

31,500

12
124

78

28

11,310

6

94,000

7

Norfolk County

29,800

8

Haldimand County (to and in-
cluding the Orand River)

Port Maitland to Port Colborne.
Port Colborne to Niagara Falls.

Totals

13,955

to

17

882

18

4,800

600

44

1,391

339,000

274

168

104,130

466

186

13.877

186

1,587,740

178 ,365

Return of the kinds, quantities and values of fish caught

£

B

a

District.

"3

CD

M

a

•a

1

bi

a

"5
«

n

i

"3
A

a

.■?

to

I

i

"3

0

o
it

1

u

i

2

o
Q
u
o

£
J*

1

Lake BrU.

lbs.

lbs.

532,138
604,922
1,616,583
1,100,012
1,225,565
4.570,430
2,362,124

1,480,399

38,820

1,000

lbs.

lbs.

128,745

270,775

74,437

44.890

46,928

150,483

196,589

213,612
1,797

lbs.

lbs.

lbs.

70
2,190

lbs.
16,919

9

62,122

^

j

36,876

4

138,591

1,668

12,868

71,251

1,241
52

1,200

18,668

5

21,228

6

106
1,329

1,011

8,932

7

15,210

8

Haldimand County (to and in-

4.189

q

235

10

Port Colborne to Niagara Falls.. .

TotKls

13,531,993

1,128,256

2,446

229,131

184.379

Values

$ c.

$ c.

676,599.65

$ c.

$ c.

112,825 60

$ c. $ c.
244 60

$ c.

18,330 48

1 c.

18,437 90

1920

GAME AXD FISHEEIES.

27

FISHERIES.

quantity and value of all fishing materials and other fixtures employed in the
in the Public Waters of Lake Erie.

FishioK material.

Other fixtures used in
fishing.

Seines.

Pound Nets.

Hoop Nets.

Dip or
Roll Nets.

Nijjht Lines.

Spears.

Freezers and
Ice Houses.

Piers and
Wharves.

Ko.

Yards.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.
Hooks.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

3

600
2,100

150
2.400

$

500

965

300

1,200

24

177
130
92
87
46
64

63
6

$

11,000
117,810
90,400
63,700
58,800
36.750
36,000

28,150
2,500

S

1

(

(

4
23
27
28
15
10
17

13
2

$

6,850
18,950
36,300
16,850
13,100
13,650
17,250

4,350

300

1
7
12
13
7
6
14

6

$

900

7

3 1 k(t

1.050

9

'

4,825

6

..

2.700

8,700

"

5

42

5,650

86

3,450

Rt

12.280
825

7,600
670

29

677

3,300

9

9

71

950

........

1

50

18

3,350

66

• • • •

5»

18.40S

11.263

689

440,110

32 1 ^a'

14

113

9,000

152

139

127,600

66

25,875

during the year 1918, in the Public Waters of Lake Erie.

i

a

1

.a

1

3

Catfish.

o

'J

11

CO

9

3
2

<u
M
o

lbs.

8,959

lbs.

lbs.

113,808
230,785
431,814
283,515
306,645
443,201
194,965

49.051

830

1.600

lbs.

lbs..

2,414
3.859

lbs. lbs.

63,990 52,014

107,298 333,076

14,566 93,670

67,060 42,098

207 i 19.166

198 19,260

345,512 149,622

111 301 '*' **'<

lbs.

424
292
99
34i
30
28
203

368
30
31 li

No.
"*i2

10,530
290,325
235,733

"'85.366*
67,864
18,498

64.624

813

11.200

$ c.

53,763 77

9.337

125,083 78

1.840

142,474 27

909

1,190

230

14,482

25,201

24

90,331 58

961

93,251 08

1,052

276,760 81

6,738

174,338 25

16.158

112,033 57

1.286

1.000
ii ana

2,544 06

4,685

1,361

3,127 42

51,928

2.056,214

47.400

711,493 76B.B22

1,820

12

784,963

1,073,708 69

$ C.

7,789 20

$ c.

108,810 70

$ c.

$ c.

3,792 00

$ C.

14,229 86

$ c.

38.326 10

$ c.

1,820 00

$ c.

7 20

$ C.

78,495 30

$ c.

1,073,708 59

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No. 14

ONTARIO

Return of the number of fishermen, tonnage and value of tugs, vessels and boats,

fishing industry during the year 1918

District.

Fishing

material.

i

Tiigs.

Gasoline Lauilches.

sail

or Row Boats.

Gill-

Nets.

'A

No.

Ton-
nage.

Valtt*. Men .

No.

Value.

Men.

No.

Value.

Men.

Yards.

Value.

1

tiahe Ontario.
Lincoln County

1

17

$
4,000

6

27

$
12,600

52

7

840

16

129,550

$

11,219

9

^

11
22
4

8
8
2
14
.'i8
11
8
14

4,650
7,545
2.000
2,450'
3,250
1.000
4.725
15,770
1,525
1,855
3,500

24
44
4

16
17
4
■28
105
15
14
23

10
2
2

12
4

460
125
50
550
260

14

■ 4
3
14

8

64,000
118,000
18,000
27,800
.39,900
34,000

4,700

A

7,250

c,

1,900

f!

2.530

7

4,015

R

Durham County

20

s.ooo

4

2,650

q

32
121
130
21
42

1,315
4,863
8,903
965
1,512

52

190
245

27
61

67,412
334,661
82,600
62,400
37,000

6,135

to

23,091

ti

Bay of Quinte (Proper)

9,177

19

Bay of Quinte (Eastern Channel).

4,785

13

2,520

Totals

2

37

9,000

10

187

60.870

346

383

19,843

634

1015323

79,972

Return of the kinds, quantities and values of fish caught

1

a

District.

i

ei

a

M

a

»

U

i
1

JS

s

1

s

El

1
1

0

1

Lake Ontario.

Vbs.

lbs.
423,938

lbs.

lbs.

106,641

lbs.

IbjF.

6,750

lbs.

lbs.

2,075

2

33

2,690

3

33,100

253,900

5,480

781

4,050

7,300

94,476

277,244

653,985

.36,700

4,100

65,971

60.250

2,880

37,038

98,992

51.884

119,058

433.078

213,920

68,050

15,739

3.436

34,050

16,610

4,603

5,343

4,509

69,910

179,212

4

6

1

7

280

R

400'
.3', I!iO

2,000

250'

q

39,734
30,078
109,360
4,140
26.485

10

Prince Edward County

1,800
200
7O0

200

60.100
.350
200
350

78

11

9,386

13
I?

Bay of Quinte (East<»fn Channel).
Wolfe Island and Vicinity

Totals

200
1,400

34,275
29,903

2,350
1,252

6,450

1,795,052

63,000

1,273,501

1.850

385,601

212,800

15,141

Values

% c.
645 00

$ c.

89,752 60

$ c.
6,. 300 00

$ c.
127,350 10

$ c.

185 00

$ C.

38.560 10

$ C.

17,024 00

1 c.

1,514 10

1920

GAME AXD FISHERIES.

29

FISHERIES.

the quantity and value of all fishing materials and other fixtures employed in the
in the Public Waters of Lake Ontario.

Fishing material.

Other fixtures u.seU in
fishing.

Seines.

Pound Nets.

Hoop Nets.

Dip or Roll
Nets.

Night Lines.

Spears.

Freezers and
Ice Houses.

Piers aijd
Wharves.

No.

Yards Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

No. Value.

No.
Hppks.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

3

S

949 290

....

$

«

*1
5
2

$
50 00
17 70
20 00

100

$

5 00

$

17

$
4,800

$

3

650 450

....

148

222

tl.50
24
2

2,676

2,aoo

350

1

500

....

•7

115 1 55

* * * '

7

695 1 475

200 1 150

I

91

' ■

1

26
3

100

325

2,485

1,200

74
153
365

13

100

2,188
4,548
8,&80
250
3,470

• • • •

5

545 240

1,650
2,900
1,350
1,800

190 00
29 00
41 50
55 00

4

6

210
190

1

5 00

I

7 ' 10
R9 180

6

700

6

525

30 2,520 , 1.850

704

19,436

9 92 70

7,800

320 50

148

222

17

1,425

* One machine used in Niagara River.

t 148 of these are spearing houses, value $1,776.

during the year 1918, in the Public Waters of Lake Ontario.

Sturgeon.

u
S

1

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d
O

CO

ct
O

a

|i

k.

04

ce
O

1

ca

e
o

9

So

3

s

1

M

i

lbs.
1,600

lbs.

610

lbs.

5.000

lbs.

lbs. lbs.

450 18,000

3 6

4,035 3.185

lbs.

26,106

137

89,470

lbs.

No.

9,641

t c.

35.935 40

9 77
14 225 90

500

* ' ' * ' ■'

5,300

700

3,000

' ' ' "■

22,207 00

3,000

7,337

15.199

30.181

- 79.381

175,195

3.50.585

8.2.50

35,065

2,373 00

5 186 00

i 31.060

98
3.OO0
47.033
83,.S63
118,895
2,000
27,930

1,515

ioo'

73,186
13.636

""uioo

11.456 49
7 413 35

8,110

9.150
14,761
.53,033

4.100
21.925

35 793 91

20,297
78.714

350

800

""2!6oo'

98.. 569 62
94,701 71

4,031
23,936

18,763 06
13,761 46

1,600

136,428

108.469

350

235,796

142.378

709.806

300

2,000

14,941

355.396 67

$ c.

240 00

$ c.

8,185 68

t c.

5,433 45

$ c.

21 00

$ c.

18,863 68

$ c.

2,847 56

$ c.

35,490 30

$ C.

300 00

$ c.

1,200 00

1 c.

1,494 10

t c.

355,396 67

30

THE EEPOKT UPON

No. 14

ONTARIO

Return of the number of fishermen, tonnage and value of tugs, vessels and boats,

fishing industry during the year 1918,

District.

FishioK material.

i

Tugs.

Oasoline Launches.

Sail

or Row Boats.

am Nets.

i

No.

^- lvalue. Men.

No.

Value.

Men.

No.

Value.

Men.

Yards.

Value.

]

Inland Waters.

$

3
11

3

4
1

8

7

16

$

625
3,325

600

2,300

600

4,950

3,500

7,450

3
19

6

5
1

21
15

36

26
55

21

23
2
13

$

634
1,370

380

285
45
174

23

80

$c.

f

8

Qrenville, Dundas, Stormont and

24

600

33

4

Russell, Oarleton and Victoria

22

8
8

2.200
1.000
7,400

105

c,

200

6

712 48

7

1.

S

Nipissintr and Tiraiskaminst Dis-
tricts

1

18

665

18

23,950

3.622

Totals

16

23,350

106

158

3,553

183

35.150

4,672 48

Return of the kinds, quantities and values of fish caught

District.

i

JS

'0

JS

S

^

S

S

■«j

■*->

ja

M

o

o

Jt

^

^

^

Eh

O,

Inland Waters.

Prontenac County

Lanark and Leeds Counties

Qrenville, Dundas, Stormont and

Prescott Counties

Russell, Carleton and Victoria

Counties j

Muskoka and Simcoe Counties. ..|

Lake Simcoe

Lake Nipissine

Nipissins: and Titniskaminz Dis-,

tricts

lbs.

Totals.

Values

$ c.

10 00

lbs.

315

1.148

27,740

13,012

42,215

$ C.

2,110 75

lbs.

12,600

12,600

$ c.

1,260 00

lbs.

lbs.

15,395
48.266

88,419

$ c.

.841 90

30,000

lbs.

48,821
12,680

61,501

$ c.

.150 10

lbs.

15,446

16,698

1.839

2,500

13,239
40,775

lbs.
20*
595
715

4,849
£8.559

88,829

90,4S7 153,667

$ c. $ c.

7,239 76 15,366 70

1920

GAME AND FISHERIES.

31

FISHERIES.

the quantity and value of all fishing materials and other fixtures I employed in the
in the Public Waters of Inland Waters.

Fishing material.

Other fixtures used in
fishing.

Seines.

Pound nets.

Hoop nets.

Dip or Roll

Nets.

Nitrht Lines.

Spears.

Freezers and
Ice Houses.

Piers and
Wha.-ves.

No.

Yards.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.
Hoolcs.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

$

$

70
244

23

5

$
2,340
6,480

675

130

$

$

$

$

$

1

30

7 ■

40

1,500
3,000
4,200

100
162
63

3

600

1

3

2

12 00

3 75

2

400

-

178
2,000

59
1,650

-

5

100

1

4 00

4,000

68

121

636 50

3
6

13

1,125
2,600

2,975

2

7

800

14

18

7,300
3,200

900

16

318

505

U

2.205

1.752

32

10 ,500

363

10,043 1 6

19 75

12.700

393

121

636 50-

27

7,700

14

2,205!

during the year 1918, in the Public Waters of Inland Waters.

c
o

3

"h

K

Perch.

1

E-i

■g

<a

O

a
O

Mixed and coarse
fish.

.2
o

%

CO

p

§

3

n

o

Value.

lbs.

lbs.
9.398

14,379

1.950
1,200

lbs.
4,825

12,752

1,800
2,050

lbs.

lbs.
30,416

68,606

6,625
3.175

lbs.

300

18.103

25

250

lbs.
31 ,740

6i. ,341

23,948
11,385
4,350
18.565
13,445

61,585

lbs. No.

lbs.

$ c.

5 887 09

1,816

1,972

12 546 49

4,550

6

2 830 02

1 375

1,505 50
'>33 25

1

4,863

198

84,452

i ' '

9.850 18
32,393 92

24.895 50

98 507

3,717

870

183

>,915

6,300

3,334

l' ' '

107,118

24,110

31,205

8,272

112,354

103,130

234,359

3,723

1

90 041 95

$ c.

16,067 70

i c.

1.446 60

1 c.

1,560 25

$ c.

496 32

t c.

8,988 32

t c.

2,062 60

$ c.

11,717 95

$ c.

3,723 00

$ c.

$ c.

$ c.

90,041 96

33

THE EEPOET UPON

No. 14

ONTARIO

Recapitulation of the number of flshermen, tonnage and value of tugs, vessels and boats,

industry during

District.

Pishing material.

s

Tugs.

Gasoline Launches. Sail or Row Boats.

Gill -Nets.

e

!z;

No.

Ton-
nage.

Value.

Men.

No.

Value.

Men. No.

Value.

Men.

Yards. Value,

1

Kenora & Rainy River Dists.

3

30
19
17
10

38
761
462
335
174

$

5,095
115,500
81.400
69,000
31,500

11
251
90
87
51

94
36

$

35.770
18 nr.o

166
81
76
113
107
103
466
346
106

83

74

55

54

68

115

186

383

158

3.389
7,460
4,390
3,138
4,418
5,270
13,877
19,843
3,, 553

70
94
63
57
108
185
186
634
183

180.830
1,163,650

868.976
1,186.889

566.509

i, 587! 740

1.015,323

35,150

$

29,641 00
109,015 00

3
4

Lalce Huron (Nortii Cliannel)

37: 20 ',400
59 1 30.020
56' 25,930
501 16.600
1681 104.130
187! 60.870
16! 23.350

86,538 00
82.975 00

5

Lake Huron (Proper) ..,,...
Lake St. Clair. etc

60,859 00

7

44
2

1.391
37

339,000
9,000

^74
10

178,365 00

8
q

Lake Ontario

Inland Waters

79,972 00
4,672 48

Totals

'

125

3,198

650,495

774

703 335.120

1,564

1176

65,338

1,580

6.605,067

632,037 48

Recapitulation of the kinds, quantities and values

District.

K^pora and Rainy River Districts

Lake Superior

Lake Huron (North Channel)....

Georgian Bay

Lake Huron (Proper)

[vake St. Clair, etc

Lake Erie . ,..

Lake Ontario

Inland Waters

Totals

Values ....

lbs.

283.100
1.700
26.300
13.900

6,450
100

.331,550

33,155 00

lbs.

3,681,609

6,473

75,694

250,100

f50

13,531,993

1.795,052

42,215

19,384,086

$ c.
6i, 204 30

lbs.

1,600
12,400

4,200
69,150

2.700

63,000
12.600

lbs,

677,706

,517,395

688,121

362,137

62,968

29,010

,128,256

,273 501

88.419

165,650

5,827,513

f c.

16,565 00

5 c.
582.751 30

lbs.

229,800
90.800
8.500

208,850
43,354

lbs,

94.205

2,659,057

1,617,645

1,128,314

732,331

1,850
80,000

613.154

61,315 40

2,416
385.601
61,501

Iba.

673.761

18,354

59,869

38.927

1,449

62,030

229,131

212,800

90,497

6,681,100

668,110 00

110. 945 44

lbs.

753,370
107,282
194,612

66,655
204.358

48,871
184.379

15.141
153.667

1,720,335

$ c.

1920

GAME AXD FISHERIES.

33

FISHERIES.

the quantity and value of all fishing materials and other fixtures employed in the fishing
the year 1918.

Fishing' material.

Other fixtures used in
fishing.

Seines.

Pound Nets.

Hoop Nets.

Dip or Roll
Nets.

Nitrhf Lines.

Spears.

Freezers and
Ice Houses.

Piers and
Whar.ves.

No.

Yards

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

.Value.

No. Value.

H^o°ks. value.

No. Value

No.

Value.

No. Value.

$

68
38

150
22
62
8

689

$ c.

25,100 00
26.300 00
68.750 00
14,808 00
32.500 00
3.000 00
440,110 00

41

$ e.

2.340 00

$ c.

$ c.

J c.

86
29
31

25
39
139
■2afi

1

18.700

37 .000
8.925
6.625
6.. 325

10.850
127.600

14.836
7.700

63
22
25
22
5
14
66
17
14

9

9 360

■ " 1

2,000

60 00

8 .350

::.■.■:: ■--■"

5

12

3

172

32

704

363

150 00

235 00

225 00

17.300 00

727 00

19 436 00

10.043 00

19,950

19,800

1.820 00
285 00
104 00
152 00
sen sn

4,498

4

175
13,097
18.405
2,520
2.205

187

7,305

11.253

1,850

1,752

7

69 00

4.500
2,700
9.000
7.800

1 150

72

" 1

1 ,965

59
30

14
9
6

113 00

9 2 70

1.975 00

'i-is

121

222 00

25,875
1 425

14

32

10,500 00

12.700 333 00

636 50 27

2.205

179

36.402

22,347

1,069

621.068 00

1.332

50.456 00

36' 2.249 70

58.500 3.134 50

269

858 5ol 631

1

338. .561

248 j 74.778

*148 of these are spearing houses, value $1,776.

of fish caught during the year 1918.

-

1

-d

«

CQ

a

" 8

JS

1

3

2

e

o

"5

i

3

"3

S3

a

13

g

^ .25

>
a

. a

M

Ol

»

0,

h*

o

O

s

O

m

'£

>

lbs.

lbs.

lbs.

lbs.

lbs.

lbs..

lbs.

lbs.

No.

% •■ c.

24 291

7,268

240,418

207.524

12.001

364.437

823

12,815

285.169 40
691 768 At^

6 003

500
4

8.873
67.364
75.759
231.858

820

646

5.123

8.212

224.455

711,493

142.378

754,741
329.316
28.980
144,021
397.141
766 .522
709.806

12,114

ii.049

2,500

64.014

147.481

2.056.214

108.469

103
1.170

887J

451
1.820

300

279.584 08
?01 170 46

2,612

4.340

500

62,593

47.400

235.756

18 783

49

146,834 08

14 700

550

784,953

14,941

51,928

.350

12
2,000

1 073 708 59

1.600

1.36.428

355.396 67

107 118

24,110

31.205

8,272

112,354

103,130

2,34.. 3.59

3,723

2,39.149

161,042

2.428.200

632.894

67^,507

1.208,2.58

3. 729. .323

9. 277 J

2.061

813.259

.3.175. 110 32

$ C.

$ c.

$ c.

$ c.

$ c.

S c.

$ c.

$ c.

$ c.

$ c.

$ c.

35,872 35

9.662 52

121.410 00

37.973 64

53,610 56

24.185 16

186,466 15

9,277 50

1,236 60

81.325 90

3,175.110 32

34

THE REPOET UPON

No. 14

Comparative .Statement of yield for 1917-18, according to Districts.

Kenora and Rainy River Districts:

Herring, Salted lbs..

Herring, Fresh " .

Whitefish, Salted " •

Whitefish, Fresh " .

Trout, Salted " •

Trouit, Fresh " •

Pike " .

Pickerel (Dore) " .

Sturgeon " .

Eels " .

Perch " •

Tullibee " •

Catfish " .

Carp " .

Mixed and Coarse Fish " .

Caviare " .

Sturgeon Bladders No.

Pickerel (Blue) lbs..

Lake Superior:

Herring, iSalted lbs.

Herring, Fresh "

Whitefish, Salted "

Whitefish, Fresh "

Trout, Salted "

Trout, Fresh "

Pike "

Pickerel (Dore) "

Sturgeon "

Eels " .

Perch "

Tullibee "

Catfish "

Carp "

Mixed and Coarse Fish " ,

Caviare " ,

Sturgeon Bladders No.

Lake Huron, (North Channel).

Herring, Salted lbs..

Herring, Fresh " .

Whitefish, Salted " ,

Whitefish, Fresh " .

Trout, Salted " .

Trout, Fresh " .

Pike " ,

Pickerel (Dore) " .

Sturgeon " .

Eels " .

Perch " .

Tullibee " .

Catfish " .

Carp " .

Mixed and Coarse Fish .... " .
Caviare " .

Georgian Bay:

Herring, Salted lbs..

Herring, Fresh " .

Whitefish, Salted " .

Whitefish, Fresh " .

Trout, ,Salted " .

1917.

1918.

Increase.

167,920

2,300

680,717

250

111,804

787,359

961,658

20,460

1,600
677,706
229,800
.94,205
673,761
753,370
24,291

229,550

3,831

679

174,445

8,000

173
592,638

790

677

7,268

240,418

207,524

12,001

364,437

823

6,589

65,973

199,524

11,828

265,500

2,443.201

2,600

446,457

74,300

1,660,957

17,806

70,070

5,082

12,815

283,100

3,681,609

12,400

1,517,395

90,800

2,659,057

18,354

107,282

6,003

500

33
12,815"

17,600

1,238,408

9,800

1,070,938

16,500

998,100

548

37,212

921

500

10

700

332,774

22

100

1,800

38,564

21,100

594,035

6,600

,475.754

112,488

260,321

12,103

8,873

8,873

820
754,741

120
421,967

1,700

6,473

4,200

688,121

8,500

1,617,645

59,869

194,612

12,114

32.091

94,086

1.900

141,891

11

24,731

111,737

122

68

361,909

53

3,800

90,360

46,600

415,185

62,400

11,049
67,364

646

329,316

103

26,300

75.694

69,150

362,137

208,850

578
56"

22,500

22,550
'i46]456"

Decrease.

167,920

700

3,011

' 17,599*
113,598
208.283

228,201
677'

22
100

100

i&.goo'

52,619
65.709

13,682

44,373

122

32,598

14,666
'53! 048*

1920

GAME AND FISHERIES.

35.

Comparative Statement of yield for 1917-18, according to Districts— Continued.

1917.

1918.

Increase.

Decrease

Georgian Bay— Continued :

Trout, Fresh lbs.

Pike "

Pickerel (Dore)

Sturgeon

Eels "

Perch

Tullibee "

Catfish "

Carp "

Mixed and Coarse Fish "

Caviare "

Lake Huron (proper):

Herring, Salted lbs..

Herring, Fresh " .

Whitefish, Salted " .

Whitefish, Fresh " .

Trout, Salted " .

Trout, Fresh " .

Pike " .

Pickerel (Dore) " .

Sturgeon " .

Eels " .

Perch " .

Tullibee " .

Catfish " .

Carp " .

Mixed and Coarse Fish .... " .

Caviare " .

Sturgeon Bladders No.

Lake St. Clair, etc.:

Herring, Salted lbs..

Herring, Fresh " .

Whitefish, Salted " ,

Whitefish, Fresh " .

Trout, Salted " .

Trout, Fresh " .

Pike " ,

Pickerel (Dore) " ,

Sturgeon " .

Eels " ,

Perch "

Tullibee "

Catfish "

Carp "

Mixed and Coarse Fish .... "

r'qviare "

Pickerel (Blue) "

Lake Erie:

Herring, Salted lbs.

Herring, Fresh "

Whitefish, Salted "

Whitefish, Fresh "

Trout, Salted "

Trout, Fresh "

Pike "

Pickerel (Dore) "

Sturgeon "

Eels "

1,230,878

81,687

54.598

3,239

1,128,314

38,927

66,655

2,612

12.057

2,915

176,828

6,940

11,868

32.810

410

46,600

376,815

8.200

60,135

33,400

783,078

1,737

185,923

18,406

119,417

530,594

556

4,558

123,656

923

127

2,500
75,759

4,340

5,123
28,980

1,170

13,900 ,
250,100 ,
2,700 ,
62,968
43,354
732,331
1,449
204,358
18,783
4
64,014
231,858
500
8,212
144,021
887^1
49 !

760

2,833
9,954

18,435

377

4

3,654
20,365

30.450

950
'29',oi6*

950

58,023
64,389
14,350

62,030
40,871
14,700

4,007
"'356'

131.765

147,481

15,716

63,462

102,950

685,691

280

14.157.839
"i'.239*,52i'

62,593

224,455

397,141

451

550

121,505

171
550

13,531,993
"'ii 128^256'

2,344

141.682

227.459

47.163

18.936

2.446

229,131

184.379

51.928

102
87,449

4,76")

102.564
42,760

607

. 415

101.069
2.600
6.745
3.830

32,700

126.715

5,500

50,747
288

55.403

298,736

56

35|
78

1.440

23.518

869
'288.556'

625.846
'iii!265*

43.080
'is! 936*

M

THE KEPORT VVO^

No. 14

Comparative Statement of yield for 1917-18, according to Districts — Continued.

Lake Erie. — Continued:

Perch lbs

Tullibee "

Catfish "

Carp "

Mixed and Coarse Fish "

Caviare "

Sturgeon Bladders No

Pickerel (Blue) lbs

1>ake Ontario:

Herring, Salted .lbs.

Herring, Fresh "

Whitefish, .Salted "

Whiteflsh, Fresh : . "

Trout, Salted "

Trout, Fresh "

Pike "

Pickerel (Dore) "

Sturgeon "

Eels "

Perch "

Tullibee "

Catfish "

Carp "

Mixed and Coarse Fish "

Caviare "

Sturgeon Bladders No.

Pickerel (Blue) lbs.

Inland Waters:

Herring, Salted lbs.

Herring, Fresh "

Whitefish, Salted "

Whitefish, Fresh "

Trout, Salted "

Trout, Fresh "

Pike "

Pickerel (Dore) "

Sturgeon "

Eels "

Perch "

Tullibee "

Catfish "

Carp "

Mixed and Coarse Fish .... "

Caviare "

Sturgeon Bladders No

1917.

995,413

12,225

36,707

666,773

668.986

3,149

24

565,476

4.100

1.930,186

21,000

1,140,445

2,400

463,924

280,377

53,660

2,261

126,034

213,623

225,348

391,249

717,714

63

100

9,506

100

37,176

"i6i245'

76,211

78,773

9,430

24,015

28,526

8,080

100,833

241,182

332,208

116

700

1918 , Iijcjease. ; Decrease.

2,056,214 1,060,801

47.400

711,493

766,522

1,820

12

784.953

6.450

1,795,052

63,000

1,273,501

1,850

385,601

212,800

15,141

1,600

136,428

108,469

350

235,796

142,378

709,806

300

2.000

14,941

100

42,215

12,600

88,419

30.000

61.501

90,497

153,667

107,118

24,110

31 , 205

8,272

112,354

103,1.30

234,359

3,723

10,693
44.720
97.536

219.477

2.. 350

*42!6o6'
133,056

10,394

350
10,448

237

2,000
14,941

82,709

12,500

51 , 243

30,001)

45,256

14,286

74.894

97,688

95

2,(i79

192

11,521

3.607

12,225

1,329
12

135.134

550
78.323
67,577
38,519

661

105,154

248,871
7.908

138.052
97,849

70o'

1920

GAME AXD FISHERIES.

dt

Statement of the yield and value of the Fisheries of the Province for the year 1918.

Kinds of Fish.

Quantity.

Price.

Value.

Herring, Salted lbs.

Herring, Fresh

Whitefish, Salted

Whiteflsh, Fresh

Trout, Salted

Trout, Fresh

Pike

Pickerel (Dore)

Sturgeon

Eels

Perch

Tullibee

Catfish

Carp

Mixed and Coarse Fish

Caviare

Sturgeon Bladders No.

Pickerel (Blue) lbs.

Total

331,550
19,384,086

165,650
5,827,513

613,154
6,681,100
1,386,818
1,720,335

239,149

161,042
2,428,200

632,894

670,507

1,208,258

3,729,323

9,277^

2,061

813,259

$ c.

33,155 00

969,204 30

16,565 00

582,751 30

61,315 40

668,110 00

110,945 44

172,033 50

35,872 35

9,662 52

121,410 00

37,973 64

53,640 56

24,165 16

186,466 15

9,277 50

1,236 60

81,325 90

3,175,110 32

Comparative Statement of the yield of the Fisheries of the Province.

Herring, Salted lbs.

Herring, Fresh "

Whitefish, Salted "

Whitefish, Fresh "

Trout, Salted "

Trout, Fresh "

Pike "

Pickerel (Dore) "

Sturgeon "

Eels "

Perch "

Tullibee "

Catfish "

Carp "

Mixed and Coarse Fish "

Caviare "

Sturgeon Bladders No

Pickerel (Blue) lbs

Total Pounds

Total Increase Pounds, 1918

1917

821,900
19,214,391

101,900
4,644,121

179,350
5,744,984
1,557,370
1.956,846

132,494

168,985
1,517.069
1,013,909

442.043

1,419,521

3,848,386

5.806

1,628

565,476

42,834,551

1918

331,

19,384,

165,

5,827,

613,

6,681,

1,386,

1,720,

239,

161,

2,428,

632,

670,

1,208,

3,729,

9,

2.

813.

550

086

650

513

154

100

818

335

149

042

200

894

507

258

323

277J

061

259

46,002,115i

Increase. , Decrease.

9,650

169.695

63,750

1,183,392

433,804

936,116

106,655

'9ii!i3i*

228,464

3,47U
433
247,783

3, 167, 564 J

170.552
236,511

7,943

'ssi'.ois'

211,263
119,063

,38

THE EEPOET UPO^

No... 14

Value of Ontario Fisheries irom 1870 to 1918, Inclusive.

Years. Value.

$ c.

1870 264,982 00

1871 193,524 00

1872 267,633 00

1873 293,091 00

1874 446,267 00

1875 .' 453,194 00

1876 437,229 00

1877 438,223 00

1878 348,122 00

1879 367,133 00

1880 444,491 00

1881 509,903 00

1882 825,457 00

1883 1,027,033 00

1884 1,133,724 00

1885 1,342,692 00

1886 1,435,998 00

1887 1,531,850 00

1888 1,839,869 00

1889 1,963,123 00

1890 : 2,009,637 00

1891 .;...;... 1,806,389 00

1892 .. ... .......v.... 2,042,198 00

1893 1,694,930 00

1894 1,659,968 00

1895 1,584,473 00

Years.

Value.

1896 1,605,674 00

1897 1,289,822 00

1898 1,433,631 00

J 899 1,477,815 00

1900 1,333,293 OO

1901 1,428,078 00

1902 .-= -1,265,705 00

1903 1,535,144 00

1904 1,793,524 00

1905 1,708,963 00

1906 1,734,865 00

1907 1,935,024 90

1908 2,100,078 63

1909 2,237,544 41

1910 2,348,269 57

1911 2,419,178 21

1912 2,842,877 09

1913 2,674,686 76

1914 2,755,293 11

1915 3,341,181 41

1916 2,658,993 43

1917 2,866,424 00

1918 3,175,110 32

Total 74,322,013 84

Statement

ol the number and value of thei Tugs, Gasoline, Sail or Row Boats, Nets, Spears, etc.
used in the Fishing Industry of the Province of Ontario during the year 1918.

Value.

Tugs (3,198 tons) 125

Gasoline Launches 703

Sail or Row Boats 1 , 176

Gill Nets 6.605,067 yards.

Seines (36,402 yds.)

Pound Nets

lloop Nets

Dip and Roll Nets .

T?aited Hooks

Spears

Freezers and Ice Houses

Piers and Wharves

Total ,..,.. 2.696. 443 18

■ ■ ■ • ■ ' { * . i

$ c.

650.495 0!)

335.120 00

65.338 00

632.0.37 48

22.347 00

621,068 00

50.446 00

2.249 70

3,134 50

858 50

238,561 00

74.778 00

Number of men employed on Tugs 774

do do Gasoline Launches 1,564

do do Sail or Row Boats 1,580

3,918

Fourteenth Annual Report

OF THE

GAME AND FISHERIES
DEPARTMENT

1920

PRINTED BY ORDER OF
THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ONTARIO

TORONTO :
Primed and Published by CLARKSON W. JAMES, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty

19 2 1

Printed by
THE RYHRSON PRESS

To His Honour Lionel Herbert Clarke^

Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of Ontario.

May it Please Your Honour:

I have the honour to submit herewith, for the information of Your Honour
and the Legislative Assembly, the Fourteenth Annual Report of the Game and
Fisheries Department of this Province.

I have the honour to he.

Your Honour's most obedient servant,

H. Mills,

Minister of Mines.
Toronto, 2nd February, 1921.

[3]

FOURTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT

OF THE

Game and Fisheries Department of

Ontario

To the Honourable H. Mills^
Minister of Mines.

Sib, — I have the honour to place before you the Fourteenth Annual Report
of the work of the Game and Fisheries Department for the fiscal year ending
October 31st, 1920, It will be noted that the marked increase in net revenue
since 1917 still continues and the total net revenue for the year amounts to $327,-
557.67, of which amount the Department proper contributed $226,572.73 and the
Sales Branch $100,984.94. A statement of the Sales Branch operations is shown
elsewhere in this report.

Comparative Statement of Revenue and Expenditure — Game and Fisheries Dripartment,
1915-1920, as Published in the Public Accounts.

Revenue, Expenditure. Surplus.

1915 $168,763 47 $152,872 41 $15,891 06

1916 174,186 71 157,681 94 16,504 77

1917 219,442 94 154,055 17 65,387 77

1918 258,671 62 167,795 22 90,876 40

1919 346,197 14 185,247 72 160.949 42

1920 . 466,550 86 239,978 13 226,572 73

Sales Branch.
1920 $353,214 85 $252,229 91 $100,984 94

Statement showing the revenue received from game and also that received from
fish in the year 1915 as compared with the year 1920.

1935. 1920. Increase.

Revenue from Game $52,956 68 $313,132 39 $260,175 71

Revenue from Fish 115,806 79 153,418 47 37,611 68

$168,763 47 $466,550 86 $297,787 39

* Statistics.

' The statistics accompanying this report aside from other details show variety,
quantity, and location of all fry and fingerlings distributed from Provincial
hatcheries, together with quantity, variety and value of commercial fish produced
for 1919 and fishing equipment used, with comparison with other years. All of
which have been carefully prepared and affords interesting and valuable information.

[5]

THE REPOET UPON No. 14

Fish.

Commercial licenses were issued in 1919 for 5,960,158 yards of gill nets,
190 seines, 1,144 pound nets, 1,417 hoop nets, 36 dip and roll nets, 199 spears,
as well as 69,000 hooks, giving employment to 4,156 men on 123 tugs, 768 gaso-
line boats and 1,285 sail or row boats. The estimated value of investment in boat?,
freezers, ice houses, wharves and twine is $3,039,682.00.

The aggregate catch for the year amounts to 38,145,458 pounds, at an esti-
mated value to fishermen of $2,721,440.24.

The 1920 reports received from various sources would show that angling for
game fish had been very satisfactory and a large number of non-residents have
taken advantage of the excellent fishing obtained in so many parts of the Province.

Game.

Moose and Deer are reported to be quite plentiful and the season has been
favourable for hunting, although too mild in many sections to have game kept in
first class condition. The number of hunting licenses issued for the year is as
follows :

796 Non-resident.
16,943 Resident Deer.
1,988 Resident Moose.

Ruffed Grouse commonly known as Fartndge.-^The numerous reports received
in respect to the large number of partridge in the Province permitted the close
season to be opened for a period of 15 days, which was welcomed liy sportsmen
who are appreciative of the protection given by a close season for a number
of years.

Quail and Pheasants. — Do not appear to have increased in numbers.

Ducks. — From reports have been taken in 'goodly numbers as in former years.

FUES.

An abnormal condition in tlie fur market, which caused unheard-of prices
to be paid for all varieties of pelts, continued until early spring and the \alues
placed on furs of every description tempted a very large number of persons to enter
into the fur trade, and a corresponding number of persons to hunt and trap.
Licenses issued to fur dealers represented fees amounting to $34,850.27. being an
increase of $17,176.31 over the previous year, and fees collected from the sale of
trappers' licenses amounted to $75,223.54, being an increase of $36,630.88 over the
preceding year. The fur market, however, has since last spring taken a decided
reaction and the pendulum has temporarily, at least, swung far in the oppt)site
direction and will, no doubt, have its effect both on the number of dealers' and
trappers' licenses sold next year.

Beaver. — Are plentiful in Northern Ontario and a large number were trapped
during the season.

Otter. — Are not plentiful.

Marten and Fisher. — Are not reported as plentiful.

Muslcrat. — Are apparently on the decline.

1921 GAME AND FISHEEIES.

As a guide to the importance of the fur-bearing animals as a resource of
the Province, a list as shown below of the pelts exported and tanned will furnish
some idea of the value of the pelts specified and the importance of the fur trade.

Foe 12 Months Ending Octobeb 31st, 1920.

Exported. Tanned. Total.

Beaver g8,218 7,788 96,006

Fisher 4,036 33 4,069

Marten 6,225 90 6,315

Mink 29,101 4,594 33,695

Muskrat 282,593 151,473 434,066

Otter 3,926 168 4,094

For 5 Months Ending October 31st, 1920.

Exported. Tanned. Total.

Bear 355 54 409

Fox (Cross) 34 5 39

Fox (Red) 174 57 231

Fox (Silver or Black) 11 .. 11

Fox (not specified) 237 3 240

Lynx 165 -5 170

Raccoon 20 301 321

Skunk 196 886 1,082

Weasel (Ermine) 2,233 862 3,095

making a total of 583,843 skins. The estimated value to the trapper is placed
at $5,811,146.39, being an average of the prices paid for the past year.

Game Sanctuaries.

Since my last annual report, the Nopiming Game Sanctuary has been created
and is situated between the Counties of Carleton and Kenfrew. This is a valuable
addition to the few sanctuaries that now exist and I must once more strongly
recommend that immediate steps be taken to provide for more sanctuaries in
that part of the Province that is so suitable from natural conditions to afford the
very apparent present need of Game Preserves of such an area as would tend to
protect existing game and to reproduce that which has been so lavishly taken,
particularly during the period just past wlien abnormally high prices prevailed.

Hatcheries.

During the year, the hatchery under construction at Port Frances was
completed and a successful hatch and distribution of pickerel was made therefrom
last spring. Improvements were also made at the Normandale Hatcherv. which
included a dwelling house for the use of the officer in charge at that point. The
details of the fry and fingerlings distributed for the year appear elsewhere in this
report and may be considered as satisfactory under the circnmstances, having a
total distribution of:

Total

43,985,000

Whitefish Fry.

31,030,000

Pickerel

1,134,000

Trout

920,000

Herring "

286,700

Speckled Trout Fingerlings

427,660

Black Bass

460

Parent Bass.

77.783,820

THE REPORT UPON

No. 14

While very rapid development and progress has been made in the extension
of Provincial Hatcheries during the past few years, yet the field is far from
covered at the present time and very pressing demands are presented by the resi-
dents of every district each and every year for a much greater supply and distribu-
tion of fry and fingerlings than the Department has available. I would, therefore,
recommend that further hatcheries and breeding ponds be constructed as oppor-
tunity affords and as capable officials can be obtained to operate same.

Reorganization.

No matter how wise or necessary restrictions and regulations may be, they
are worse than useless and bound to fail in providing the desired remedy if the
means of enforcing them are not available. In July last, the Honourable F. C.
Biggs, the then Minister in charge of the Game and Fisheries Act, after due
consideration, decided that a change in the system of the enforcement of the Act
throughout the Province was necessary in the best interests of the game and fish,
and the large number of part-time overseers has been replaced by full paid officials
who devote their entire time to the interests of the Department and who operate
imder the control and guidance of District Wardens. The new arrangement of
the outside staff has only been in effect for a short period, but from the results
already obtained, ample proof has been furnished to justify the reorganization and
in due time I am convinced that the Act will be better enforced than at any
previous period and result in the conservation of the Province's resources of fish
and game.

Acknowledgment.

In conclusion, I desire to advise you that in presenting this report, I am
indebted to a large extent for what has been accomplished to the co-operation
received not only from the several Departments of the Provincial Government,
Game Protective Associations and different railway companies, but also to the
loyal support given by the several members of the inside and outside staffs, who
have performed their duties willingly and efficiently in the best interests of the
Department.

I wish to publicly acknowledge the courtesy of the Federal Government in
furnishing this Department with two hundred thousand salmon trout and four
hundred and fifty thousand pickerel fry to provide for the demand from the
public for a greater fry distribution.

All statistics mentioned, as well as many others, will be found in detail
»n statements published herein.

All of which is respectfully submitted.

I am,

"^our ol)edieiit pervant.

(Sgd.) D. McDonald,

Deputy Minister of Game and Fisheries.
Toronto, November 1st, 1920.

1921 GAME AXD FISHEEIES. " J)

Statement of Revenue Received from Game and Fisheries During the Year Ended

October 31st, 1920.

Rondeau Park $90 19

Royalty Coupons (Beaver and Otter) 57,462 97

Royalty on furs 36.940 27

Trappers' licenses . 75,223 54

Non-resident hunting licenses c. 19,346 50

Resident deer licenses 52,265 36 .^

Resident moose licenses 9,119 46 ^ ^■^'■\

Fur dealers' licenses .T 34,850 27

Tanners' licenses 120 00

Game dealers' licenses 556 10

Hotel and restaurant licenses, etc 248 00

Cold storage licenses 50 00

Guides' licenses 1„526 75

Fines — game 14,246 88

Sales— fur, etc 11,086 10

Fishing licenses 114,359 31

Fishery royalties 3,255 11

Angling permits : 30,706 85

Fines— fish 2,805 45

Sales— fish,, twine, etc 1,688 02

Miscellaneous 603 73

$466,550 86 $466,550 86

Government Fish.
Sales of fish, etc $353,214 85 $353,214 85

Total ,. $819,765 71 $819,765 71

10 THE EEPOET UPON No. 14

D. McDonald^ Esq.^

Deputy Minister of Game and Fisheries,
Toronto, Ont.

Deae Sir^ — I have pleasure in handing you herewith a financial report of
the Sales Branch for the fiscal year ending October 31st, 1920, by which you will
note that there has been a surplus of cash received over expenditures amounting
to $100,984.94.

The total fish purchased for the fiscal year amounts to 2,268,601 lbs., as against
3,156,902 lbs. of the previous year and the municipalities supplied during the
past year being 94, with 214 dealers, against 106 municipalities and 218 dealers
for the previous year. The reduction in production is accounted for by the restric-
tions placed on the source of supply, as no part of the licensed fishermen's catch
was taken, and all operations were confined to contracts placed direct with fisher-
men at Lakes Nipissing and Nipigon, aside from a small percentage of fish taken
in other waters during the spawning operations.

All of which is respectfully submitted.

Yours truly,

(Sgd.) Geo. H. Eapsey,

Superintendent.

Sales Branch.

Income and Expenditure for year ending October 31st, 1920.

Inooke.
Cash, paid treasurer $353,214 85

EJXPBNDITUBE.

Paid fishermen $144,983 55

EJxpress, freight and cartage 47,771 08

Boxes and cases 14,988 20

London and St. Thomas warehouse, charges 2,433 42

Toronto warehouse, charges 8,858 70

Wages, packing and shipping. Macdiarmid 8,764 12

Salaries, Macdiarmid 2,100 00

Salaries, Toronto warehouse 4,762 26

Salaries, Toronto office 1,025 67

Commission, purchasing 687 24

Travelling expenses 233 94

Sundry expense, Macdiarmid 1,908 89

Sundry expense, Toronto • 152 94

Ice 2,867 37

Postage and stationery 1,125 69

Buildings, docks, warehouse, etc., Macdiarmid 6,907 16

Equipment and supplies, Macdiarmid 342 29

Horses, motor and motor boat expense 1,446 57

Telephone and telegraph 281 68

Advertising 40 00

Miscellaneous expense 549 14

$252,229 91

Surplus cash in treasury over expenditures 100,984 94

$353,214 85

1921

GAME AND FISHERIES.

11

WATERS STOCKED.
WITH QUANTITIES AND KINDS OF PISH PLANTED IN EACH IN 1920.

Black Bass Fingerlings distributed from Ponds at Mount Pleasant.

Waters Stocked.

County.

River Thames and Tributaries Middlesex

Mississippi Lake Carleton

Cedar Creek Oxford

Carrie's Pond Middlesex

Water Works Dam Dundas

Kennington Pond Halton

Lake Couchiching Simcoe

Lake Simcoe do

Lake Joseph Muskoka

Lake Rosseau do

Lake Muskoka do

Lake at Huntsville do

Clear Lake Peterboro

Stony Lake do

Rondeau Bay Kent

Jackson's Point Simcoe '. .

Cameron Lake Victoria

Crow Bay Northumberland

Pond iMills Middlesex

Twin and Crow Lakes Hastings

Severn River Simcoe

Provincial Museum (Fingerlings) . .

Credit River Peel

Total

Parent Black Bass at Orient Bay

Parent Black Bass in Smith Lake at Kenora

Quantity.
70,000
20,000
10,000
10,000
20,000
30.000
20,000
20.000
20,000
20,000
20,000
40,000
20,000

2a,ooo

20,000
10,000
10,000
10.000

5,000

10,000

20,000

200

2,000

427,000

240
220

Total

460

Speckled Trout Distributed from Mount Pleasant Hatchery.

Waters Stocked.

County.

Kent and Patterson Creeks Norfolk

Bickle's Creek Waterloo

Rocky Saugeen Durham

Little Saugeen Wellington

Beaver River . . . ^. Grey

Fairy Lake Halton

Mill Creek Waterloo

Trout Creek Wentworth

River Wye Middlesex

Clear and Weaver Creeks Norfolk

Purvis Lake Bruce

Charlston Creek Frontenac >

Beaver Creek Wentworth and Wellington

Cavanville Creek Durham

Strong's Creek Northumberland

Plato Creek Peterboro

Bowan's Creek do

Cook's Creek do

Sedgrick's Creek do

Marsh's Creek Middlesex

Reist's and Groff 's Creeks Waterloo

Creek flowing in Grand River . . . . T. ; •• do

Dolphin Creek Grey

Sydenham Creek .- do

Silver Creek Bruce

Maitland and Conestoga Perth

Calendon Lake Dufferin

Quantity.

20,000

5,000

10,000

10,000

10,000

25,000

12,000

10,000

10.000

5,000

10.000

10,000

40.000

5.000

lO.OOO

5,000

5.000

5,000

5,000

2.500

7.000

4.000

4,000

4.000

4.000

4.000

5.000

12

THE EEPORT UPON"

No. 14

Waters Stocked.

County.

Rocky Saugeen River Grey

Coldwater River Simcoe

Vint's Creek do

Mill Creek Waterloo and Wellington

Upper Waters of Ouse , Peterboro

Riverdale Park Toronto

Sixteen Mile Creek Halton

Wassagawaga Creek Peel

Quantity.
5,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
10,000
200
5,000
4,000

Speckled Trout Fry Distributed from JSformandale Hatchery.

Waters Stocked. County.

Millgrove Creek Wentworth

Grindstone Creek do

Dorcliester Dam Middlesex

276,700

Quantity.

2,000
3,000
5,000

Salmon Trout Fry Distr%l>uted from Port Arthur Hatchery.

Waters Stocked. County.

Lake Nipigon Thunder Bay

Lake Shebandawan da

Long Lake do

10,000

Quantity.
734,000
200,000
200,000

Salmon Trout Fry Distributed from Thurlow Hatchery.

Waters Stocked. County.

Gould Lake Frontenac

Charlton Lake Leeds

Horseshoe Lake Hastings

Eagle Lake do

Rideau Lake Leeds . . . .'

1,134,000

Quantity.
30,000
60,000
20,000
30,000
60,000

Pickerel Fry Distributed from Port Carling Hatchery.

Waters Stocked. County.

Severn River Muskoka

McKaye Lake do

Nipissing Lake ;Nipissing

Trout Lake Algoma . .

Sparrow Lake Muskoka

Lake Rosseau ,
Lake Joseph .
Lake Muskoka

Gull Lake

Silver Lake . .

do
do
do
do
do

200,000

Quantity.

200,000

200,000

500,000

200,000

500,000

1,000,000

1,000,000

1,150,000

50,000

50,000

Pickerel Fry Distributed from Fort Frances Hatchery.

Waters Stocked. County.

Moses Bay Rainy River

Stangiomain Bay , do

Cascade Falls do

Inlet Bay do

Porter's Inlet do

Big Canoe River do

4,85a,000

Quantity.
6,560,000
6,020,000
4,620,000
4,130,000
3,120,000
1,730,000

Pickerel Fry Distribii^ed from Thurlotv Hatchery.

Waters Stocked. County.

Eagle Lake Hastings

Loughboro Lake Leeds

Charleston Lake do

26,180,000

Quantity.
150,000
150,000
150,000

450,000

1921 GAME AXD FISHERIES. 13

Whitefish Fry Distributed from Port Arthur Hatchery.

Waters Stocked. County. Quantity.

Lake NIpigon Thunder Bay 8,943,000

Lake Wabigoon Kenora 500,000

Long Lake Thunder Bay 500,000

Lake Shebandawan do 500,000

Lake Kashabowie do 500,000

Whitefish Lake do 500,000

Little Long Lake do 500,000

11,943,000

Whitefish Fry DistriMited from Normandale Hatchery.

Waters Stocked. County. Quantity.

Lake Ontario Wentworth (Hamilton Beach) . 140,000

Lake Ontario do 140,000

Lake Erie Vicinity Long Point and Nor-
mandale 31,112,000

31,392.000
Herring Fry Distributed from Normandale Hatchery.

Waters Stocked. County. Quantity.
Lake Erie Vicinity Long Point and Nor-
mandale 920,000

Total distribution 77,783,360

1920

Bass Fingerlings 427,200

Parent Bass 460

Speckled Trout Mount Pleasant Hatchery 276,700

Normandale Hatchery 10,000

Salmon Trout Port Arthur Hatchery 1,134,000

Thurlow Hatchery 200,000

Pickerel Port Carling Hatchery 4,850,000

Fort Frances Hatchery 26,180,000

Thurlow Hatchery 450,000

286,700

1,334,000

31,480,000

Whitefish Port Arthur Hatchery 11,943,000

Normandale Hatchery 31,392,000

43,335,000
Herring Normandale Hatchery 920,000

77,783,360
Comparative Statement of Distribution.

1919 1920

Black Bass Fingerlings 200,500 427,200

Parent Black Bass 548 460

Speckled Trout 20,600 286,700

Salmon Trout 1.050,100 1,334,000

Pickerel Fry 2,550,000 31,480,000

Whitefish Fry 7,740,000 43,335.000

Herring Fry 10,800.000 920,000

22,361,748 77,783,360

14

THE EEPORT UPON

No. 14

ONTARIO

Return of the number of fishermen, tonnage and value of tugs, vessels and boats, the

industry during the year 1919, in .the Public

Diatricts.

Fishinjt

material.

Tues.

Oasoline Laanches.

Sail

or Row Boats.

Oill-Neta.

N..

Ton-
nage.

Talae.

Men.

No.

Valne.

Men.

No.

Value.

Men.

Yards.

Value.

1

Kenora and Rainy River.
Lake of the Woods

12
9

$

2.000
1.200

500

3

2

2

38
13

2

4

2

1

26

1

f

14,975

5,550

850

1,472

750

250
11,450

600

66
21
3

5

3

2
49

1

35
5
3

4

3

5
23

3

3

4

$

1,457

■ 170

• • 208

""no

250

. • 450
1,070

175

■125

350

24
2
2

6

•t

ti
20

10

7

13

.50.100
19,750
7,500

10,800

9.300

5.450
36,964

6,000

6,500

12.500

10 -IH

2
S
4

5

Eagle, Shoal, Stormy, Manitou
and Sturgeon Lakes

Rowan, Indian, Deception, Feegan
and Big Sandy'.Lakes

Scotch, Obabicon, Whitefish,
Dogtooth, Bear and Wabigoon
Lakes

Minnctakie, Sandy, Otter, Star,

3,825
1,760

1,940
1 300

6

Big Vermillion, Lac Seul, Rock,
Pelican and Lake of Bays Lakes

628

7

4i

500

3

6,399

8

Six Mile, Sanford, Jackfish.Tuttle

1 , 290

9

Loon, Kairskons, Big Saw Mill,

975

10

Sand Point, Namican, Trout,
Clearwater and White Otter

2

900

5

2, 4 -Jo

Totals

t 301

4,200

10

89

36,797

1.55

88

4.365

94

164,864

30,816

Return of the kinds, quantities and values of' fish caught during the

Districts,

i

m

i

1

n

i

%

1

•S

la

■ i
g

o ■

i

Pike.

1

M

1

Kenora and Rainy River.
Lake of the Woods

lbs.

lbs.

lbs.

lbs.

178,164
141.335
20,390

21.544

13.504

27,122
56,339

2.972

9,737

. 25,376

lbs.

lbs.

14.855
18.461
10,000

1.435

1.150

20,055
1,000

3,000

5.156

15,395

lbs.

317.353

38,4.33

450

11,590

9.177

6,852
226.229

7,021

6,0J6

12,203

lbs.

394,031

2

Eagle, Shoal, Stormy, Manitou

105,484

3

Rowan. Indian. Peegan, Decep-

21,345

4

Scotch, Obabicon, Whitefish, Dog-
tooth, Bear and Wabigoon

1.100

50

19,498

5

Minnetakie, Sandy, Otter, Star,

37,894

6

Big Vermillion, Lac Seul, Rock,
Pelican and Lake of Bays Lakes

8,568

7

210,615

8

Six Mile, Sanford, Jackfish,

5,415

9

Loon, Kairskons, Big Saw Mill

3,714

10

Sand Point, Namican,- Trout,
Clearwater and White Otter
Lakes

30,495

Totals

1,100

496,483

50

90,807

635,404

8.37,049

$ 0.

$ c.

110 00

$ c.

49.648 30

$ c.

5 00

$ c.

9,080 70

$ c.

31.770 20

% c.

83.704 90

1921

GAME AND FISHEEIES.

15

FISHERIES.

Quantity and value of all fishing materials and other fixtures employed in the fishing
Waters of Kenora and Rainy River Districts.

Pishine material.

Other fixtures used in
fishine.

Seines.

Pound nets.

Hoop nets.

Dip or
roll nets.

Night lines.

cn/^.r. Freezers and
spears. j^.^ g^nggg

Piers and
Wharves.

No.

Yards.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

Hooks. Value.

No. Value.

No.

Value. No.

Value.

$

$

32 13.000

39

$

2,920

$

$

$

20

9

4
19

$

8,940

2,025

200

720

1,050

850

23
10

2

4
2

3

$

4,995

1,650

I

300

6

400

■■; I

505

...

100

175

:!1 10,560

5,035 1 7

900

0

175

1

~

'

1
1

It
150

7

3,500

1

50

70

27,060

47

3 495

j

68

18,985

52

8,675

year 1919, in the Public Waters of Kenora and Rainy River Districts.

a

o

i

.a
o

t

-.3
0

•s
1

Oarp.

Mixed and coarse
fish.

.2

'>
a
o

2

V

a

O

a
m

3

3

a!

Value.

lbs.

6 310

lbs.

lbs.

lbs. ' * lbs. I lbs.

80,779 ! 70.754 53.232

lbs.

82,922

300

2,950

700

lbs.

60

No.

lbs.

1 c.

91,583 07

5.148

•

28,770 53

5,314 00

540 ' i;. (111(1

5,482 60

*

4,549

5,986 59

7,367
145,219

10,850

4.664

5.000

6,210 78

2,666

9,717

140,. 325
900

584

8,438

189
20

53,621 39

200

2.021 75

2,417 10

3,140

1

.,i

8.819 83

1

14,316

9,717

241,263 76,754

53,232

259.972

269

210,297 64

1

$ c.

1 ,717 92

$ c.

1 c.

T77 36

1 c. S c.

14,475 78 6-140 32

% c.
2.129 28

S c.

10,898 88

S c.

269 00

$ 0. $ c.

$ c.

210,227 04

1

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No. 14

ONTARIO

Return of the number of fishermen, tonnage and value of tugs, vessels and boats,

fishing industry during the year 1919,

Districts.

Fishing Material.

Tugs.

Gasoline Launches

Sai

or Row Boats.

Gill-Nets.

No.

Ton-
nage

Value.

Men.

No.

Value.

Men.

No.

Value.

Men.

Yards.

Value.

1

Lake Superior.
Thunder Bay

7

912

$

24,200

95

4

1

1

0

4
5

3
6

7

3
3

4

$

2.050

TOO
1,800

750

1,200

1,900

850
5,. 300

3.750

2.000
2,700

2,500

10

4
3

3

7
10

5
11.

14

8
10

11

13

7
6

3

4

3

4
1

13

4
2

$

2,600

500
830

290

610

170

225
125

1.660

250
110

20

9
10

3

5

5

5

20

7
3

265.500

11.700
39,500

18,000

1.57.500

20,500

8,000
75,500

65.700

46.400
93,500

134.000

%

25,170

2

Pigeon River to Sturgeon Point
and Whitefish Lake.

2 059

3

4

Black Bay and Point Magnet ....
Evelyn. Lamb, Spir and Shagau-

1

18

3,000

4

2.255
1 625

5

Rossport, Pays Platte Bay aid

6

112 19.000

15

31,100

6

Jackfish, Port Coldwell, McKay

2 040

7

Kashabovvie, Sturgeon, Heath ote,
Shebandowan Head and Green-

1 600

8

6

145

'is, 500

48

11,480

9

Oros Cap, Goulais Bay and Wawa

6,320

10

Batchawana Bay, Parinienne and

1

1

3

21
36

103

4,000
5.000

19,000

5
5

26

6,240

11
12

Gargantau and Mamainse Point..
Michipicoten and Richardson's

12,105
15,150

Totals

25

647

■99,700

198

43

23,600

104

60

7,370

87

9.35.800

117,144

Return of the kinds, quantities and values of fish caught

Districts.

u

w

11

-2 .a

u

il

Eh"-

M
Ph

■it

1
%

Lake Superior.

Thunder Bay

Pigeon River to Sturgeon T'oint
and Whitefish Lake

lbs.
480.600
64,750

lbs.
1,488,610
9,700

lbs.
2,250

lbs.

86,667

32.136
52,949

5,150

34,500

14,900

46,065
1.620,970

42,2S8

62,350
13.794

17,920

lbs.

1,883

500
355

200

500

200

lbs,

255,225

16,210
13,330

.37,866

350,015

56,900

15,921
617,900

141,407

87,450
93,538

274.460

lbs.

4,615

160
5,056

75

200

850

6,460
1,080

399

56

lbs.
14,500
1 490

^

Black Bay, and Point Magnet....

62,58?

4

Evelyn, Lamb, Spar and Shagan-
ash Islands

275

5

Rossport, Pays Platte Bay and
Wilson Island

1.000

6

Jackfish, Port Coldwell, McKay
and Twin Lakes

9,200

7

Kashabowie, Sturgeon, Heathcote,
Shebandowan Head and Green-
water Lakes

600

10,018

8

Lake Nip igon ,

30,035
1,551

9

Gros Cap, Goulais Bay. and Wawa
Lake

9,172
675

600

300

10

Batchawana Bay, Parisienne and
Sandy Island

2,474

11

Gargantau and Mamainse Point..

700
140,000

6,908

12

Michipicoten and Richardson's
Harbour

29

933

Totals

545.350

1,508,157

3,450

2,029,699

144,638

1,960,222

18,980

140 966

Values

$ c.

27,267 50

$ c.

75,407 86

$ C.

345

$ c.

202,969 90

$ c.

14,463 80

$ c.

196,022 20

J c.
949 00

$ c.

14,096 60

1921

GAME AND FISHEEIES.

17

FISHERIES.

the quantity and value of all fishing materials and other fixtures employed in the
in the Public Waters of Lake Superior.

Fishing Material.

Other fixtures used in
fishing.

Seines.

Pound Nets.

Hoop Nets.

Dip or
Roll Nets.

Night Lines

c„„„,- Freezers and
Spears. ice Houses.

Piers and
Wharves.

No.

Yards.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.
Ho6ks.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

$

2

1

5

$

1,000

250
.8,000

$

.J

$

$

5

1

0

$

12,300

50
900

4

3
3

1

4

1

$

1,100

1,000

800

1,00

10
.3

4,000
975

3

2

1

1,800
275

25

850

25

10
3

9

2,500
1,500

9,000

10

350

2

3

1

! i

320

2,000
300

3,200

2

2
2

3

700

1,500

2,500

12

8.000

2,500

1

55

30,225

10 1 ?^n

_l

2-1

21,170

25

10,575

1

' 1

during the year 1919, in the Public Waters of Lake Superior.

p
o
«.

0

03

"S

J3

Oh

1

"3

<a
0

0

«

M

eg
0

m

as;

11

5-°

03

1-

Value.

lbs.

lb6.

lbs.

Ibs.

lbs.

lbs.

lbs.

62,100

98
58,757

lbs.

No.

lbs.

$ c.

137.227 75

8,768 02
15.. 534 40

4,. 35 2 85

3-^,640 22

8,363 50

7,645 80
229,219 90

19,421 23

15,365 67
12,.35E 72

49,064 U

i

81

718

4.800
900

75

440
400

l/,595

::::::::::;:::::::::::::

140
12

3,037

2C6

575
21,643

140, .360

1.5C

075

21,<)19

840

290,217

1,52

545,963 21

$ c.

2,630 28

{c.

f c.

$ c.

50 40

$ c. $c.

$ c.

11 608 68

$C.
J 52 00

$c.

$c.

$ c.

545,963 21

1

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No. 14

ONTARIO

Retura of the number of flshermea, tonnage and value of tugs, vessels and boats,

fishing industry during the year 1919, in the

Fishing material.

District.

Tagi.

Gasoline Launches.

Sail

or Row Boats.

OiU-Nets.

No.

Ton-
nage.

Value.

Men,

No.

Value.

Men.

No.

Value.

Men.

Yards.

Vain*

1

Lake Huron, North Channel.

Brace Mines, St. Joseph's Island
and Cedar Island

$ V

1

4

3

6

$

300
2.100

1,750

3.500

2

8

8
10

5

4

13
5
6
1
4
3

1
2
4

$

330
360

325

635

285

320

50

345

125

100
35
400

8
2
11
8
6
2
6
4

2
2
3

9,800
31.000

5,200

20,500

7,500

6,500

215,000

166,270

212.400

4.000
61.800
122.500

$

760

%

Thesoalon

3.000

630

■2.460

a

.4

Mississauga River, Blind River,
Aleoma Mills and Spragrge. ....

Spanish, Cutler, John's Island and
Bay of Islands

1
3

23
55

5.000
11.900

6

6

Pakowkami, Laugrou
Echo and Chibleau L

I^ng, Little Lalocb
Pecord and Crooked

Mississauga Straits,

, Gordon,

655

6

e. Dollar,

650

7

Cockburn

5
3
4

166
79
106

40,000
14,000
20.000

28
17
19

20.300

8

Providence and South Bays, Fitz-

2
13

2
2

1,300
7,050

2,000
5,600

8
24

6
6

13,786

»

Killarney, Squaw
Wekwemikong Bay

Manitowaning and .
Bays, Lake Manitou

Island and

17,460

10

^heguindah
md Laloche

400

11

Little Current, Kagavv-ong and

1
3

20
71

2,000
15,500

4
14

3,260

IS

Oore Bay, Meldrum Bay and Berry

12.400

TotaU

20

520

108,400

99

32

:23,600

72

55

3.310

61

862,470

75.761

Return of the kinds, quantities and values of fish caught during

Districts

Lake Huron, North Channel.

I Bruce Mines. St. Joseph's Island
and Cedar Island

i Thessalon

3 Missisaaiiga River, Blind River,

Algoma Mills and Spragge

.Spiinish, Cutler, John's Island and

Uay ot Islands

Pakowkami, Laugon, Gordon,

Kcho and Chibleau Lakes

Ix)ng, Little Laloche, Dollar,

Pecord and Crooked Lakes

Mississauga Straits, Cockburn

and Duck Islands

8 Providence and South Bays, Fitz

William Island

Killarney. Squaw Island and

Wekwemikong Bay

10 Manitowaning and Shegiiindah
Bays, Lake Manitou and Laloche
Island

II Little Current, Kagawong and
Mindi'moya

jajGore Bav. Meldrum Bay and Berry
Island

lbs.

Totals .

Values.

2,600

2,869

I c.

143 45

550
1,275

1.094

19.183

2,200

1,511

2,693

28.506

$ c.

1425 30

lbs.

500
100

848

) c.

84 80

lbs.

8,358
43,820

.32.202

6.924

1 , 260

661

114,083

39,355

437,798

8,019

37.443
69.413

lbs.

799.3.36

79.933 60

8.250
1,.300

lbs.

8, 0.^8
38,747

20.650

12.957

1,670

1,920

808, 108

236,462

371,806

8,175

9,555

77,. 500

10,550 1,595,608

$ c, $
1,055 00 159,560 80

lbs.

6,905
15,958

3,106

86,959

4,260

5,200

6

700

19,768

10.736

lbs.

3.235
2.704

18,687

105,108

490

2,979

90

276

21,048

23,287

5,976 46,800
1,765 I 700

160.639 225,404

$ e. $

.031 95 1 22,540 40

1921

GAME AND FISHERIES.

19

FISHERIES

the quantity and value of all fishing materials and other fixtures employed in the
Public Waters of Lake Huron, North Channel.

Fishins: material.

Other fixtures used in
fishintr.

Seinei.

Pound nets.

Hoop nets.

Dip or
roll nets.

Nieht lines.

Spears.

Freezers and
Ice Houses.

Piers and
Wharves.

No.

Tarda.

Value.

No.

Value.

No. Value.

No.

Value.

No.
Hooks.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

No. Value.

$

a

9
17
33

$

600
• 2,900

7,500

11,450

2

$

60

$

$

$

4

3
10

1
2
2
2

1
4

2

$

325
1,200

1,400

2,500

200

100

1,000

1.000

l',600

500
3,250
1,500

1

$

100

1
3
2

50
150

80

3

6

4,400

4,200

23

8

43

9

18
13

21,000

8.000

.39,100

3.400
8,9.50
6.000

3

9

o

4
3

1.100

1,000

1,050

1
J

350

26,800

3,000

175

108,900

«

340

36

14,575

25

42,000

the year 1919, in the Public Waters of Lake Huron, North Channel.

i

i

i

1

a

1

1

Mixed and Coarse
fish.

'S

5

1

i
S

a

3

o

0^

Value.

lbs.
129

lbs.

lbs.

950
4.870

lbs.

lbs.

200

lb..

130

100

lbs.

7.425
34.9i'3

66.898

168.180

4,4?0

11,666

lbs.
2

No.

lbs.

$ c.

2,796 33

204

11,21)6 55

1.823

24

50

10,310 50

4,159

1.824
1.140

25,249 65

j

933 00

!

600
30

l,.382 19

130

14,202
11.794

!
i

93,922 .32

8,200
14,079
5.105

15.931
13.858

j

28,859 91

681

236

887

155

27

81.831 52

•v>8-

4 88'' 46

5.684

2.560

7

11,309 .37

18S

15,446 27

13.523

11,580

25,996

1,111

1.020

.350.755

86

291 130 10

$ c.

1.622 76

$ c;

? c.
926 40

$ c.

1.559 76

$ c.

88 88

$ c.

40 80

$ c.

14.0.30 20

i c.
86 00

$ c.

$ c.

$ c.
291,1,30 10

20

THE REPORT UPON

No. 14

ONTARIO

Return of the number of fishermen, tonnage and value of tugs, vessels and boats, the

industry during the year 1919

District.

Pishing material.

Tugs,

Oasoline Launches.

Sail

or Row

Boats

Gill-Nets.

No.

Ton-
nage.

Value.

Men.

No.

Value.

Men.

No.

Value.

.Men.

Yards.

Value.

1

Georgian Bay.

2
3

52
46

$

11.000
16.000

8
16

3
10

$

5.200
5.275

8
16

6
4

12
5
7

18
12

r

330
425

1,075
195
355

1,025
985

13
5
14

9
14
31
19

63.800
203.824
25.000
23.380
174.600
273.900
150.600

$

12,89&

9

19,820

0

3.415

It

4
11

28
17

825
4,050
12,315
14.425

8
21
65
37

1,251

H

2
6
3

34

158
63

11.000
25.500
9,200

10
26
14

12.493

6
7

Mcaford to Owen Sound Bay..
Colpoy's Bay to Tobermory

21,195
13,972

16

343

72.700

74

73

42.090

155

64

4,390

105

915.104

85,04t

•Return of the kinds, quantities and values of fish caught

5

U3

"3

"g

o

03

£

Si

District.

U

«ii

<a

•s

CD

V

«

a

p

(U

^

^

dj

^

■"tr

a

0

»

M

M

JS

jS

M

a

w

^

^

H

H

Bh

04

Qeorgian Bay.

lbs.

lbs.

lbs.

lbs.

lbs.

lbs.

lbs.

lbs.

1

7,950

160.091

173,451

3,129

10,915

25,620

844

51,980

112, .353

200

14.300
126,126
335,293

3.888

9,681

14.113

200

400

36

54 .9,t»

9

500

100

11,400

33.450

2 900

700

10,2u5

S

200
2.000

300
2 500

11. 6W

4

900
400

2. COO

1.300

12,800

6

Meaford to Owen Sound Bay . . . .
Oolpoy's Bay to Tobermory

Totals

7

600

12,520

400

16,958

9.500

258,165

23

5.600

60,870

9,650

391,008

26.300

898,417

28.341

76,839

$ c.

$ c.

$ c.

$ c.

$ c.

$ c.

$ c.

$ c.

280 00

3,043 50

965 00

39.100 80

2.630 00

89,841 70

1.417 05

7.C83 91)

1921

GAME AND FISHEEIES.

31

FISHERIES.

quantity and value of all fishing materials and other fixtures employed in the fishing
in the Public Waters of Georgian Bay .

Fishing material.

Other fixtures used in
fishing.

Seines.

Pound Nets.

Hoop nets.

Dip or
Roll Nets.

Night Lines.

Spears

Freezers and
Ice Houses.

Piers and
Wharves.

No.

Yards.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.
Hooks.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

No. Value.

$

12
4

$

12,600
2,000

$

$

$

$

1
1

1
3

$

2,000

1,500

150

170

1
2
1
3

%
1,000

3,600

72

1 10 )

1

75

100

19 410

70''

4

1,000

1,095

2,300
8,. 500
9,100

74
1,465
•1,200

6

8

835
1.700

4

10

45 J

7

3,700

1 500

• • •

5

1.07.'>

1,195

23

18,300

19

410

....1

23,500

2'.811

20

6,345

21

4 851

1

during the year 1919, in the Public Waters of Georgian Bay.

s

<0

1

■s

1

<a
1

a

«

«
o
u

13

s

s

%

D

■S

s

a
o
a

E?

a

Value.

lbs.
1,057

lbs.

lbs.

lbs.

lbs.

lbs.

73

23

13,295

lbs.

16,. 500

lbs.

No.

lbs.

$ c.

28,477 16

121

41
6.000

13
4,875

30,205 71

45,232

200

5,44.3 13

300

3,609 50

600

*

40.600

5,500

143

13,902

18,968 10

50

35

7,050
4G.434

60

.35,606 82

525

32,522 57

1,778

50

6,076

53 784

1 OiH

54.516

81.277

200

154 732 99

$ c.

213 36

J c.

5 00

$ C.

486 08

$ c. $ c.
3,227 04 .395 84

S c.
2.180 64

$ c.

3,251 08

S c.

$c.

$ c.

12 00

$ c.

154,732 99

22

THE REPORT UPON

No. 14

ONTARIO

Return of the number of fishermen, tonnage and value of tugs, vessels and boats,

fishing industry during the year 1919,

District.

Fishintr material.

Tqks.

Oasoline Launches.

Sail or Row Boats.

Gill-Nets.

No.

Ton-
nage.

Value. 1 Men.

No.

Value.

Men.

No.

Value.

Men,

Yards.

Value.

1
s

Lakt Huron (Proper).

Tobermory to Southampton

Soathampton to Pine Point

9
1

210
17

S

36.500
5,000

47
6

14
S
17

27

J 1

8.200 ' 34
4,000 12
7,040 1 32

9,730 ^ 45

12
2

$

2.165
100

22
4

460.300
91, 000
96,500

$

32,995
10,875
8,725

4

County of Lambton (including
RiTer St. Olair)

21

845

23

Totals

10

227

41,500

53

61

28,970 12S

35

3.110

49

647,800

52,595

Returns of the kinds, quantities and values of fish caught

District.

1

1

1

a

i

1

a
Id

£

<S

s

'2

i

m

a
2

i

a

o

o

a

o
«

o

£

1

2

Lakt Huron (Proper).
Tobermory to Southampton

lbs.
8.000

lbs.

42.800

650

12.952

86,615

lbs.

6,800

lbs.

28.161

200

9,640

52,618

lbs.

48,800
1,200
2,150

IbB.

581.144
141,599
90,127

14,852

...

1.958

ioo

1.^75

lbs.

2.202
300

3

18,704

4

County of Lambton (including
River St. Clair)

161, 3f 6

Totals

8,000

143,017

6.800

90,619

51,550

827.722

3.8S3

182,662

Values

$ c.

400 00

$ C.

7,150 85

$ C.

680 00

$ C.

9,061 90

$ c.

6.156 00

$ C.

88,772 SO

$ C.

166 65

$ c.

1«,256 2 0

1921

GAME AND FISHEEIES.

33

FISHERIES.

the quantity and value of all fishing materials and other fixtures employed in the
in the Public Waters of Lake Huron (Proper).

Fishintr material.

Other fixtures used in
fishiner.

Seines.

Pound nets.

Hoop nets.

Dip or
Roll Nets.

Nisht Lines.

Siwars.

Freezers and
Ice Houses.

Piers and
Wharves.

No.

Yards.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

•
Value.

No.

Value.

No.
Hooks.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

No. Value.

$

2

$

500

$

$

3,900

$

325

$

7
2
9

4

$

3.730

700

1,100

1,825

3

$

500

10
53

4,500
29.200

5

295

350

4

49

1,000

150

tt

5

295

350

64

34.800

4

49

4.900

475

92

6,355

2

500

1

during the year 1919, in the Public Waters of Lake Huron (Proper).

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Value.

lbs.
51

lbs.

lbs.
4 .433

lbs.

148,618
11,437
10,110

lbs

lbs.

3)0

lbs.

19,698

lbs.

1
No. ' lbs.

$ c.

79,. 361 56
15,048 S'l
19,226 58

j

1.30S

56,476

6. ",70

29,756
55.860

40

983

1

9,735

25

383

6,710

5i>0

32,523 84

11,094

25

67.469

170,165

383

6.910

105,314

1,023

.] 550

146,159 60

$ c.

1.331 28

$ c.

2 50

1 c.

'...397 52

$ c. $ c. j $ c.
10.209 90 .10 64 -276 40

■ $ c.
4.213 56

$ c.

1.023 00

$ c. 1 $ c.
' ;n 00

$ c.

146.159 60

24

THE REPOET UPON

No. 14

ONTARIO

Betum of the number of fishermen, tonnage and value of tugs, vessels and boats,

fishing industry during the year 1919,

District.

Fishing material.

Tubs.

Gasoline Launches.

Sail or Row Boats.

Gill-Nets.

No.

Ton-
nage.

Value.

Men.

No.

•
Value.

Men.

No.

Value.

Men.

Yards.

Value.

1

Lakt St. Clair.
Kent County (including River

$

40

30

5

$

15.100
6.325
1,850

73
51
15

60
50
26

$

4,233

2,080

800

125
66
47

$

0

R

Totals

7S

2.8,275

142

1.86

7.068

238

Keturn of the kinds, quantities and values of fish caught

District.

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Lake St. Clair.

Kent County (including River

Thames)

tilssex County

Detroit River

Totals.

Values .

lbs.

lbs.

lbs.

lbs.

10.300
3,000

13.300

$ c.

1 ,380 00

lbs.

lbs.

$ (T.

lbs.

29,570
3,075
5 ,590

38,235

$ c.

1,9U 75

lbs.

26,194

32,700

1,425

60,319

$ c.

6,031 90

1921

GAME AND FISHERIES.

25

FISHERIES.

the quantity and value of all fishing materials and other fixtures employed in the
in the Public Waters of Lake St. Clair, etc.

Fishing: material.

Other fixtures used in
fishing.

Seines.

Pound nets.

Hoop nets.

Dip or
Roll Nets.

Night Lines.

Spears.

Freezers "and
Ice Houses.

Piers and
Wharves.

No.

Yards.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.
Hooks.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value. No.

Value.

37

6,800
5,400
4,033

1

5.981
3,300
S.535

$

105

87

$

11.850
8.500

$

2,600
3,200

$

23
395

$

29
S

$

9.925
3,840

11

$

2,200

20

7

2,900

....

85

8^

16.223

11.816

7

2,900

192

20.350

5.800 1 418

38

13,765

U

2,200

during the year 1919, in the Public Waters of Lake St. Clair, etc.

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£

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lbs.

lbs.

lbs.
87,787

lbs.

lbs.
42,935

lbs.

160,720

lbs..

279,512

lbs.

No.

lbs.

$ C.

32,164 94

10,800

50.350
2.010

30,200
670

75,100
58,620

252,000
5.750

478

25,755 75

500

8,541 20

••••••••

10,800

140,147

73,805

294,440

537,262

478

500

61,461 89

$ c.

% C.

$ c.

S c.

$ C.

$ c.

$ C.

$ c.

$ c.

$ c.

$ c.

1 ;3S6 00

11,211 76

5,S04 40

11.777 60

21,190 48

478 00

30 00

61,461 89

26

THE BEPOET UPON

No. 14

ONTARIO

Ketum of the number of fishermen, tonnage and valae of tugs, vessels and boats, the

fishing industry during the year 1919,

iJigtrict.

No.

FishiDK material.

Tusrs

Ton-
nase.

Valae Men,

Gasoline Launches.

No.

Value

Men.

Sail or Row Boats.

No. Value. Men. Yards

Gill-Nets.

Value.

Lake Erie.

1 Pelee Island

SIEssex County

SIKent County, West.

Kent County, East
Elttin County, West
Eltrin County, East .

Norfolk County

Haldimand County (to and in-

cludine the Grand River)

Port Maitland to Port Colborne
Port Colborne to Niagara Falls

Totals.

119
'"52'

69
555
298

1,257

39,000

17,000

25,000
141,565
74.500

36.800

338,865

275

6,200
39, 150
36,700
13.850
11,025

5,250
11.350

12,750
300

126.575

184

910
1,095
1,770
1,235
1,285

2,605

1,005

25

510

10,440

207

66,800

11,465.

7.000

1,750

117,920

16,£0a

8,500

2,000'

158.300

6,885

58S,000

89,540

235,000

42.870

136,800

20.970

3,000

400

2.100

350

1,273,920 192.130

Return of the kinds, quantities and values of fish caught

District.

5 S

* J"

o o

Lake BrU.

Pelee Isla nd

Essex County

Kent County, West ,

Kent County, East ,

Elgin County, West

Elgin County, East

Norfolk County

Haldimand County (to and in-
cluding the-Grand River)

Port Maitland to Port Colborne.. ,
Port Colborne to Niagara Falls.. .

Totals.

Values .

lbs.

lbs.

122,024

91.815

572,121

275,927

546,779

2,171,752

2,108,748

1,513,677
22,870

7.425,713

$ 0.

371.285 65

lbs.

$ c.

lbs.

127.973
207,017
207.824
36,723
38.832
130,762
142,418

199,922
3,309

1,094,280

109,488 00

lbs.

lbs.

$ c.

778

$ c.

152 80

lbs.

1,638

657,486

426

20,576

42,733

583

25

3,570

737,0.87

$ C.

.86,351 85

lbs.

12,250
41,686
19,173
18,014
12,719
32,180
4,128

3,931
342

144,32S

$ c.

14,4.82 30

1921

GAME AND FISHERIES.

27

FISHERIES.

quantity and value of all fishing materials and other fixtures empftyed in the
in the Public Waters of Lake Erie.

Fishing material.

Other fixtures used in
fishing.

Seines.

Poand Nets.

Hoop Nets. j^Dip^o-;^^

Night Lines.

Spears.

Freezers and
Ice Houses.

Piers and
Wharves.

No.

Yards.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value. No.

Value.

No.
Hooks.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

No,

Value.

S

1.200

$

!;on

! $

30 ! 16,400
184 1159.900
I3S 111,750
104 -H.lOO
91 72,700
43 ' 32,900
50 24,100

62 ' 33,400

6 ^ 2,000

1

$

$

$

5
25
81
22
24
11
15

9
2

$

6,400
23,400
62.500
34,200
12,200
12,100
12,300

4,200
250

2
9
13
14
11
9
13

1

$

400

li

I.O.JO ; 844

150 ;joo
2.400 : 1.200

3

50 ....

30 0

10

1.295

.>

6,150

t)

1

5,850

14,050

i;

48

100

12

3,750

88

l.i.480

1.280

7,(585
S!t5

23

570

6,400

•»

14

120

800

1

a

100

120

.... ...... ..!....

3 •.700

90

I

6i

19.640

11.544

711 532.050

aa

620 20

168

4,400

11^

144

167,550

79

38,695

during the year 1919, in the* Public Waters of Lake Erie.

a
e
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M
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0

1

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0^

i

s

m

a.

m
O

Mixed and coarse
fish.

2

5

4

ll

09

a

n

u

•

0

>■

lbs.

7,919

lbs.

lbs.

136,987
94,890
147,911
159,802
120,825
215,290
156,021

59,654
3,405
2,150

lbs.

lbs,

2,049

4,924

95

258

2.188

6.581

17,686

196

lbs.

20,428

55,374

11.776

7,380

367

509

182,119

98,445

182

1,800

lbs.

80,536
282,056
82,05.7
44,114
27,856
17,392
130,748

14,112
13,948
20,799

lbs.

536
269
51
32i
16
87
319

408
109

No.
4

22,952
437.291
879,847

$ c.

38.150 ,34

9,831

78,701 45

1,624

119,887 85

1,019

67,163 04

1,024

486.967
238,100
128,948

175,985
12,547
5.150

72,842 21

809

158,846 40

4,389
14,042

1,808

15

157,378 73
121,316 62

2,062

3,455 51

1,563 46

42,709

1,096,935

1,323

33,972

378,380

793.6.58

1.827i

4

2,387,787

819,305 61

1 c.

5,iS5 08

1 c.

87,754 80

$ c.

79 38

$ C.

8,717 76

$ c.

15,185 20

$ c.

31,746 32

$ c.

1,827 25

$ c.

2 00

$ c.

143,967 22

$ c.

819,305 61

^xJ8

THE REPORT UPON

No. 14

ONTARIO

Retura of the number of fishermen, tonnage and value of tugs, vessels and boats,

fishing industry during the yeae 1919,

District.

Fishing material.

Tags.

Qasoline Launches

Sail or Row Boate

Gill-Nets.

No.

Ton-
nage.

Value.

Men.

No.

Value.

Men .

No.

Value

Men.

Yards.

Value.

1

Lake Ontario.
Lincoln County

1

29

$

5.000

3

20

$

9.675

36

12
1
7

15

1

6

2

1

30

142

156

38

39

$

615

20

500

5,705

30

480

175

50

1,520

5,785

15, .552

1,465

1,625

19
2
4

30
2
8
4
2

47
228
276

46

60

1
101,120

$

9,185

n

Welland County

3

7
6
3
7
9
4

14
65
11
12
14

4.450
975
1,100
2,8.';0
2,950
2,500
5,100
21,000
1,625
2,925
3,725

14
12

3
13
18

9
29
119
10
23
28

62,000
99,000
10,000
■S5,500
33,650
60,000
81,460
419,120
108,350
92,400
36,500

6 500

4

6,520

5

Peel County

1 200

6

York County

3 290

7

2,870
8 305

R

Durham County

21

4,000

4

»

Northumberland County

7 455

10

Prince Edward County

30 776

11

Bay of Quinte (Proper)

15 460

12

Bay of Quinte (Eastern Channel).
Wolfe Island and Vicinity

6 296

13

3,265

Totals

2

SO

9,000

7

172

58,875

309

450

33,522

728

1,139,100

101,122

Return of the kinds, quantities and values of fish caught

District.

1

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•s

1

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1

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48

m

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1

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2

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1

1

Lake Ontario.

lbs.

lbs.

106,238

lbs.

lbs.

64,230

lbs.

lbs.

349

lbs.

lbs.

18, IS"

9.

Welland County

89

16

3

46,100

122,000

9,000

5,600

2,716

3,425

51,140

287,942

1,045,336

26,015

3.900

46,400

50,500
1,400

31,525
110,667

84.177
106,700
632.516
319,501
1<8,398

20,319

5,850

33.700

16,500

6,005

2,885

5,401

53,400

343,620

130

53.563

31,800

200

4

7,400

fi

7

287

R

150

q

Northumberland County

2,1.30
1,150

"ioo'

150

36,990
4«,871
135,270
4,727
25.861

10

1,275
5,200

83

11

Bay of Quinte (Proper)

Bay of Quinte (Eastern Channel).
Wolfe Island and Vicinity

Totals

19,517

19

200
700

1,986

13

600

469

10,930

1,709,412

7,225

1,586,333

900

553,203

246,095

40,459

Values

$ c.

546 50

$ c.

85,470 60

$ c.

722 50

$ c.

158,633 30

$ c.

90 00

$ c.

'^5.320 30

$ c.

12,. 304 75

1 c.

4,045 90

1921

GAME AXD FISHERIES.

29

FISHERIES.

the quantity and value of all fishing materials and other fixtures employed in the
in the Public Waters of Lake Ontario.

_ Fishine material.

Other fixtures used in
fiahine.

Seines.

Pound Nets.

Hoop Nets.

Dip or Roll
Nets.

Nieht Lines.

Spears.

Freezers and
Ice Houses.

Piers and
Wharves.

No.

Yards

Value.

No. Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.
Hooks.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

533

90

$

750
J 50

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

3

15 00

102

306

104
21

2,553

1,955

300

400

16 00

....

20
505
135

30
200
175

.. . ....

31

325
100
360
3,815
500

i

1
51
173
372
13
109

20
1,755
5,675
12,775
.375
3,720

....

__

"5, '675'
2,600
3,675
1,700

*244'66'

26 00

176 00

44 00

....

11
6

75

350

90

150

";;;j ;;

';80

....

7
95

10
199

1

10

6

900

1,000

22

1.735

1,604

1

719

24,320

2

15 00

13,450

506 00

102

306

tl77

10.808

21

1,315

t 102 spearing houses, value $1,053.

during the year 1919, in the Public Waters of Lake Ontario.

d
S

1

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^

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1

a

5

o

o

2
3

u

1

i

1

a

O

1

3

3

2
«>

M
u

1

lbs.

lbs.

874

lbs.

700

lbs.

lbs.
300

lbs.

16.400

1.487

50

500

lbs.

16.615

45

33,770

10.000

400

8,650

862

20.930

86,959

128.145

239,006

18.100

39.532

lbs.

No.

2,692

t c.

15,238 12

67 33

25
775

2,860

9,134 10

15,387 50

2.256 00

100
24

10, .500
2,. 392

4,807 00

77

11,643 51

9,981 25

14.055
.34.100
73,624
13,772
29,961

5.980

15,102

110.126

800

23.110

.38,496
51,400
122,712
.1,580
33,275

3.100

118.7.56

9.580

860

5,846

29,088 94

202

133,156 75

129,397 98

21,282 SO

16,206 87

167,186

158,802

247,840

169.471

603.014

202

2.692

317,646 73

1 c.

t C.
16,718 60

t c.

12,704 16

1 c.

$ c.

19,827 20

$ c.

3,778 84

$ c.

24,120 56

f C.

202 00

$ c.

1 c.

161 52

$ c.
.397,646 73

30

THE KEPOET UPON

No. 14

ONTARIO

Return -of the number of fishermen, tonnage and value of tugs, vessels and boats,

fishing industry during the year 1919,

District.

Pishine material.

Tugs.

Qasoline Launches.

Sail

or Row Boats.

Gill Nets.

No. S;

Value. Men.

No.

Value.

Men.

No.

Value.

Men.

Yards.

Value.

1

Inland Watert.

Prontenac County

$

7
8

3

7
4
4
7

13

$

1,476
1.150

550

3.300
1,395
3,400
3,500

7,150

8
12

4

10
8
9

15

33

26
69

24

26
6
35

$

615
5.155

431

479

165

1,250

28
93

3D

28
5
45

$c.

3

Lanark and Leeds Counties

3

GrenviUe. Dundas, Stormont and

4

Prescott, Russell, Oarleton and
Renfrew Counties

1.900

270

5

Peterboro aad Victoria Counties.

H

7

8

Timiakaminsr and NipiaainK Dis-
tricts

28

2,125

27

19.200

3 480

Totals

53

20.920

99

213

10.?20

256

21.100

3.750

Return of the kinds, qaantities and values of fish caught

District.

1

M

H

»

1

a

a

V

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1

Whitefiah, freah. 1

i

i

o

z

3

O

£

o
Q

o

2

•>
jt

S

1

Inland Wattra.
Prontenac County

Iba.

lbs.

lbs.

lbs.

Iba.

lbs.

Iba.

6,799
17,147

425

2.875

tba.

■SI

Lanark and Leeds Counties

3

GrenviUe, Dundas, Stormont and
Glengarry Counties

4

Prescott. Russell, Carleton and
Renfrew Counties

1 , 000

965

5

Peterboro and Victoria Counties.
Lake Simcoe

fi

3,920
60,21S

10,888

843

10,210
.■,3,896

27.224

8,865

"*27!766"
81.683

8.104

7

Lake Nipissing

188.322

82.B88

8

Timiakaming and Nipiaamg Dia-
tricti

500

8.470

Totals

75,056

843

94.330

500

12.335

136.689

214,079

Values ~

$ c.

$ c.

3,752 80

$ c.

84 30

$ c.

9.433 00

$ c.

50 00

$ C.
1,283 50

$ c.

6,834 45

» c.

21,407 90

1921

GAME AND FISHEEIES.

31

FISHERIES.

the quantity and value of all fishing materials and other fixtures employed in the
in the Public Waters of Inland Waters.

Fishing material.

Other fixtures need in
fishingr.

Seines. | Pound nets.

Hoop nets.

»'«^^°"i Night Lines.

Soears Freezers and
bpears. j^^ Houses.

Piers and
Wharves.

No. Yards. Value. JNo.

Value.

No. Value.

No.

Value, jni^ks.

Value.

No.

Value.

No. Value, No.

Value.

3

50
100

12

$

60
210

10

$

81
305

15

(5
;;

$

2.570
5,630

530

883
35
100

$

$

$

2
4

$

450

$

4

2
4

10
10

2,400
6.150
1,900

190
163
64

....

1

4

140

1

10

i

400

a. 150

5110
2,G50

3
1

32
6

6

6,500

188 M7

363

14

95

7.300

(i.lOO

(>
12

•>.600
4,850

5

17

900

4->

1 , 1 25

1,700

15

2.712

3.430

39

13 .400

396

10,873

10

58

16,950

605

97

363

28

8,375

23

2.610

during the year 1919, in the Public Waters of Inland Waters.

Sturgeon.

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Iba.

lbs. lbs.
3,377 1.800
9,474 ! 13,840

4.225 1 1.375

2.550 1 6,690
440 i 600

lbs.

lbs.

26,409

58.82L

7,500

21.737
1,030

lbs.

lbs.
24,379
102,841

11,685

86,49%

4,990

16,618

80,865

118.911

lbs. ! No.

lbs.

< e.

3,909 53
12,247 71

2.5.37 16

4 433 61

3.477

2.480

900

650
20,100
169.950

1

6.950

46

660

1 178 00

6,774

10,318 .34
38 302 6(

9r,i:;2

2,974

776 1 8.607

11.564

600

21 885 49

i

108.519

20,842

33.686

11.564

116.087

194,080

336,279

3,020

94,812 47

< c.

13,082 28

$ C.

2,084 20

1 c.

2.694 88

t C.

693 84

1 c.

9,286 96

$ c.

7,768 20

1 c.

13.451 16

1 C.
3.020 00

1 c.

« c.

$ e.

94,812 47

32

THE REPORT UPON

No. 14

ONTARIO

Eecapitulation of the number of fishermen, tonnage and value of tugs, vessels and boats,

industry during

Districts.

Fishing material.

Tubs.

Gasoline Launches.

Sail or Row Boats.

Gil)-NeU.

No.

Ton-
nage.

Value.

Men.

No.

Value.

Men.

No.

Value.

Men.

Yards.

Value.

1

9

Kenora & Rainy River Dists.

4
25
20
16
10

30i
647
520
343
227

$

4,200
99,700
108,400
72,700
41,500

10
198
99
74
53

89
43
32
73
61
75
170
172
53

$

36.797
23,600
23,600
42,090
28,970
23,275
126,575
58,875
20,920

155
104

72
155
123
142
456
309

99

88

60

55

64

35

136

184

450

213

$

4.365

7,370

3,310

4,390

3,110

7,063

10,440

33,522

10,220

94

87
61
105
49
238
207
728
256

164.864
935,800
862,470
915,10^
647,800

$

30,816
117 144

3
4

Lake Huron (North Channel)

75 ,'761
85 041

5
6

Lake Huron (Proper)

Lake St. Clair, etc

52,595

7

46
2

1,257
50

333,865
9,000

275

7

1,273,920

1,139,100

21,100

192 130

8
9

Lake Ontario

Inland Waters

101,122
3,750

Totals

I'H

3,074i

669,365

716

768

384.702

1,615

1285

83,790

1,825

5,960,158

658,359

Recapitulation of the kinds, quantities and values

Districts.

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lbs.

lbs.

lbs.

1,100
3,450
848
9,650
6,800

lbs.

496,483

2,029,699

799,336

391,008

90,619

13,300

1,094,280

1.586,333

94,. 330

lbs.

fiO
144.638
10.550
26,300
51,550

lbs.

90,807

1,960,222

1,595,608

898,417

827,722

lbs.

635,404

18,980

160,639

28.341

3,333

38,235

727,037

246,095

136,689

lbs.

8.?7,049
140,166

9

545,350 1,508,157
2,869 28,506
5,600 60,870
8,000 143,017

3
4

Lake Huron (North Channel)....

225,404
76 839

5
6

Lake Huron (Proper)

Lake St. Clair, etc

182,562
60,819

7

Ivake Erie

7,425,713
1 709 419

900

500

1,528

553,203

12,335

144,323

8

10,930

7,225
843

40 459

q

Inland Waters

75,056

214,079

Totals

572,749

10,950,731

29,916

6,595,388

234,488

5,939,842

l.S94,75.S

1 922 000

Values

$ c.

28,637 45

$ c.

547 536 55

i c.

2.991 60

$ c.

659,538 80

$ c.
23,448 80

$ c.

593,984 20

$ c.

99.737 65

$
192,200

1921

GAME AND FISHEEIES.

3;J

FISHERIES.

the quantity aad value of all fishing materials and other fixtures employed in the fishing
the year 1919.

Fishing material.

Other fixtures used in
fishing.

Seines.

Pound Nets.

Hoop Nets.

Dip or Roll

Nets.

Night Lines.

Spears.

Freezers and
Ice Houses.

Piers and
Wharves.

No.

Yards

Value.

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

No

Value.

No.
Hooks.

Value.

No.

Value

No.

Value.

No.

Value.

$

70
55

175
23
64
7

711

$

27.060
30,225

108,900

18,300

34,200

2,900

5.S2,050

47

10

8

19

'"192

26

719

.896

$

3.495
350
340
410

"261350

620

24,320

10.873

$

$

$

68
24
36
20
22
38
144
•l77
28

$

18.985

21,170

14,575

6,345

6,355

13.765

167,550

10,808

8.375

52
25
95
21
2
11
72
21
23

8,675
10 575

'i.'i95

350

11.816

ll..'>44

1,604

3,130

^

42.000

4.8.50

500

5

1.075
995
16,?23
19,640
1.7.^5
2.712

23..'i00
4.900
5,800
4,400
13,450
18,950

2,811
475
418
112
506
605

5

4

49

89

o 200

61

20
2
10

168
15
58

38.695
1,815
2,610

99

102
97

306
363

15

39

13,400

190

41,680

29,939

1.144

767,035

1,417

60,758

36

290

69,000

4,927

199

669

557

267,928

252

111,920

*<103 spearing houses, value $1,053.

of fish caught during the year 1919.

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3

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OS

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6

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m

lbs.

14,316
21,919
13,523
1,778
11,094
10,800
42.70E

108,519

224,658

$

«,'t5S

167. 86
20,842

188.103

$ c.

18.810 30

11.580
6,076
67,469
140,14
1,096,935
158,805
33,686

1.524,412

121,952 96

lbs.

241,2R3

'840

25,996

53.784

170,165

1,323
ii!564

504.9.35

» c.
.30.296 10

lbs.

76,754

1.111

4,948

,383

73,805

33,972

247,840

116,087

554,900

$ c.

44,392 00

lbs.
53.232

1.020
54,516
6,910
294,440
378,380
169,471
194,080

1.1.52,049

$ c.

46.081 96

lbs.

259,972
290,217
350,755
81,277
105,314
537,262
793,658
603,014
;}36,279

3. .357. 748

134,309 92

lbs.

269
152

1.023

478

l,827j

202

3,020

7.057}

$ c.

7.057 25

No.

lbs.

$ c.

2 00

200

550

500

2,387,787

2,692

2,391.729

143,503 74

210,927 64
545,963 21
291,130 10
154,732 99
146,159 60

61,461 89
819,305 61
.397.646 73

94,81? 47

2,721,440 24

2.721,440 24

34

THE REPORT UPON

No. 14

Comparative Statement of yield for 1918-19, according to Districts.

Kenora and Rainy River Districts:

Herring, Salted lbs. .

Herring, Fresh " ■

Whiteflsh, iSalted " •

Whitefish, Fresh " .

Trout, salted " •

Trout, PYesh " •

Pike " ■

Pickerel (Dore) " .

Sturgeon " .

Eels ''_ •

Perch

Tullibee " •

Catfish " ■

Carp " .

Mixed and Coarse Fish " .

Caviare " •

Pickerel (Blue) " .

Lake Superior:

Herring, iSalted lbs.

Herring, Fresh "

Whitefish, Salted "

Whitefish, Fresh "

Trout, ,Salted "

Trout, Fresh "

Pike "

Pickerel (Dore) "

Sturgeon "

Eels ' "

Perch "

Tullibee "

Catfish "

Carp "

Mixed and Coarse Fish "

Caviare "

Lake Huron, (North Channel).

Herring, Salted lbs.

Herring, Fresh "

Whitefish, Salted "

Whitefish, Fresh "

Trout, (Salted "

Trout, Fresh "

Pike "

Pickerel (Dore) "

Sturgeon "

Eels "

Perch "

Tullibee "

Catfish "

Carp "

Mixed and Coarse Fish .... "

Caviare "

Georgian Bay:

Herring, Salted lbs.

Herring, Fresh "

Whitefish, Salted "

Whitefish, Fresh "

Trout, Salted "

1918.

1919. ^ Increase. Decrease.

1,600
677,706
229,800

94,205
673,761
753,370

24,291

7,268

240,218

207,524

12,001

364,437

823

12,815

283,100

3,681,609

12,400

1,517,395

90,800

2,659.057

18,354

107,282

6,003

500

1,100

496.483

50

90.807

635,404

837,049

14,316

83,679

500

181,223

229,750

3.398

38,357

9,975

9,717

241,263

76,754

53,232

259,972

269

2.449
1,045

41,231

545,350

1,508,157

3,450

2,029,699

144,638

1.960,222

18,980

140,966

21,919

262,250

512,304
53,838

626'

33.684
15,916

8,873

840

820
754,741

1,700

6,473

4.200

688,121

8,500

1,617,645

59,869

194,612

12,114

11,049
67,364

646

329,316

103

26,300

75,694

69,150

362,137

208,850

290,217
152

2,869

28,506

848

799,336

10,550

1,595,608

160,639

225,404

13,523

152

1,169
22,033

11,580

25,996

1,111

1,020

350.755

5.600
60.870

9,650

391.008

26,300

111,215
2,050

130.770

164! 465*

554

12,815

2,173,452
8,950

698.835

500

820
464,524

3,352

22,037

531

41,368

20.700
14.824
59.500

28,871

182..5o(»

1921

GAME AND FISHEEIES.

35

Comparative Statement of yield for 1918-19, according to Districts — Gontlued.

1918.

1919.

Georgian Bay — Continued :

Trout, Fresh lbs. .

Pike " .

Pickerel (Dore) " .

Sturgeon " .

Eels " .

Perch " .

Tullibee " .

Catfish " .

Carp " .

Mixed and Coarse Fish .... " .

Caviare " .

Pickerel (Blue) " .

Lake Huron (proper):

Herring, Salted lbs..

Herring, Fresh " .

Whitefish, Salted " ,

Whitefish, Fresh " .

Trout, Salted " .

Trout, Fresh " .

Pike " .

Pickerel (Dore) " .

Sturgeon " .

Eels • " .

Perch " .

Tullibee " .

Catfish " .

Carp " .

Mixed and Coarse Fish .... " .

Caviare " .

Sturgeon Bladders No.

Pickerel (B.lue) lbs. .

r

Lake St. Clair, etc.:

Herring, Salted lbs..

Herring, Fresh " .

Whitefish, Salted " ,

Whitefish, Fresh " .

Trout, ,Salted " .

Trout, Fresh " .

Pike " ,

Pickerel (Dore) " ,

Sturgeon " ,

Eels " .

Perch " ,

Tullibee "

Catfish " ,

Carp "

Mixed and Coarse Fish " ,

Caviare "

Pickerel (Blue) "

Lake Erie:

Herring, Salted lbs.

Herring, Fresh "

Whitefish, .Salted "

Whitefish, Fresh "

Trout, Salted "

Trout, Fresh "

Pike "

Pickerel (Dore) "

1,128,314

38,927

66,655

2,612

2,500
75,759

4,340

5,123
28.980

1,170

13,900

250,100

2,700

62,968

43,354

732,331

1,449

204,358

18,783

4

64,014

231,858-

500

8,212

144,021

8871

49

898,417
28,341
76,839

1.778
50

6,076
53,784

4,948
54,516
81,277

Increase.

10,184

50
3,576

Decrease

229,897
10,586

"*"834'

21,975

200

8,000

143,017

6,800

90,619

51,550

827,722

3,333

182,562

11,094

25

67,469

170,165

383

6,910

105,314

1,023

608
49,393
52,297

200

550

950
'29*,6i6"

62,030
40,871
14,700

13.300

147,481

62.593

224,455

397,141

451

550

38,235
60,319
10,800

140,147

13,531,993
"i! 128! 256'

78,805
294,440
537,262

478
500

4,100
27,651

8,196
95,391

1,884

21
3.455

135i

550

19,448

11.212

69,985

140,121

27

1,170

5,900
107,083

21.796
7.689

61,693

117

1,302

38.707

49'

950
'i5,7i6*

23.795
"3,960
"7,334'

50

7,425,713
' 1,094 .286*

6,106,280
"" "33!976"

2,446
229.131
184,379

1.528
727,037
144.323

497.906

918
■40. 656'

36

THE EEPORT UPON

No. 14

Comparative Statement of yield for 1918-19, according to Districts — Continued.

I,ake Erie. — Continued:

Sturgeon lbs.

Eels " .

Perch " .

Tullibee " •

Catfish " •

Carp " •

Mixed and Coarse Fish " .

Caviare " •

Sturgeon Bladders No.

Pickerel (Blue) lbs.

Lake Ontario:

Herring, Salted lbs. .

Herring, Fresh " .

Whitefish, Salted " .

Whitefish, Fresh " .

Trout, Salted " .

Trout, Fresh " .

Pike " .

Pickerel (Dore) " •

Sturgeon " .

Eels " .

Perch " .

Tullibee " .

Catfish " .

Carp " .

Mixed and Coarse Fish .... " .

Caviare " .

Sturgeon Bladders No..

Pickerel (Blue) lbs. .

Inland Waters:

Herring, Salted lbs.

Herring, Fresh "

Whitefish, Salted "

Whitefish, Fresh "

Trooit, (Salted "

Trout, Fresh "

Pike "

Pickerel (Dore) "

Sturgeon " ,

Eels " .

Perch " ,

Tullibee " ,

Catfish " ,

Carp " ,

Mixed and Coarse Fish .... " .

*" Caviare " ,

1918.

1919.

Increase.

51,928
'2,'656,"2i4"

42,709

47,400

711,493

766,522

1,820

12

784,953

6,450

1,795,052

63,000

1,273,501

1,850

385,601

212,800

15,141

1,600

136,428

108,469

350

235,796

142,378

709,806

300

2.000

14,941

100

42,215

12,600

88,419

30,000

61,501

90,497

153,667

107,118

24,110

31,205

8,272

112,354

103,130

234,359

3,723

1,096,935

1.323

33,972

378,380

793,658

1,827J

4

2,387,787

10,930

1,709,412

7,225

1,586,333

900

553,203

246,095

40,459

1,323

27,136
7i

167,186
158,802

Decrease.

247,840

169,471

603,014

202

2,692

75,

94,

12,

136,

214,

108,

20,

33,

11,

116,

194,

336,

3,

056
843
330
500
335
689
079
519
842
686
564
087
080
279
020

1,602,834

4,480

312,832

167,602
33,295
25,318

30,758
50,333

12,044
27,093

32,841
"b'Mi

46,192

60,412

1,401

2,481

3,292

3,733

90,950

101,920

9,219

959,279

13,428
333,113

85,640
55,775

950

1,600

350

106,792

98

2,000

12,249

100
'ii!757*

29,500
49,168

3,268

703

1921

GAME AND FJSIIERIES.

37

Statement of the Yield of the Fisheries of the Province of Ontario for the
Year 1919, as Furnished by the Fishermen's Annual Returns.

Kinds of Fish.

Quantity.

Price.

Value.

Herring, Salted lbs. .

Herring, Fresh " .

Whiteflsh, Salted " .

Whitefish, Fresh " .

Trout, Salted " .

Trout, Fresh " .

Pike " .

Pickerel (Dore) " .

Sturgeon " .

Eels " .

Perch " .

Tullibee " .

Catfish " .

Carp " .

Mixed and Coarse Fish " .

Caviare " .

Sturgeon Bladders No.

Pickerel (Blue) lbs.

Total

572,

10,950

29,

6,595

234

5,939

1,994

If 922

^224

188

1,524

504

554

1,152

3,357

7

2,391

,749
,731
,916
,388
,488
,842
,753
,000
,658
,103
,412
,935
,900
,049
,748
,0574
4
,729

5

10

10

10

10

5

10

12

10

8

6

8

4

4

00

50

6

$ c.

28,637 45

547,536 55

2,991 60

659,538 80

23,448 80

593,984 20

99,737 65

192,200 00

26,958 96

18,810 30

121,952 96

30,296 10

44,392 00

46,081 96

134,309 92

7,057 25

2 00

143,503 74

2,721,440 24

Quantities based on Fishermen's Annual Returns.

Prices based on figures furnished by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics.

Comparative Statement of the Yield of the Fisheries of the Province.

1918

Decrease.

Herring, Salted lbs.

Herring, Fresh " "

Whitefish, Salted "

Whiteflsh, Fresh "

Trout, Salted "

Trout, Fresh "

Pike "

Pickerel (Dore) "

.Sturgeon "

Eels "

Perch "

Tullibee "

Catfish "

Carp "

Mixed and Coarse Fish "

Caviare "

Sturgeon Bladders No

Pickerel (Blue) lbs

Total Pounds

Total Decrease, Pounds, 1919

331,550
19,384,086

165,650
5,827,513

613,154
6,681,100
1,386,818
1,720,335

239,149

161,042
2,428,200

632,894

670.507

1,208,258

3, 729,. 323

9,277S

2,061

813,259

46.002,115J

8,433,355
135,734

*"378i666'
741,258

14.491

'96.3 [788*

127,959

115,607

56,209

371,575

2,220i

2,057

7,856,657i

38

THE REPORT UPON

No. 14

Value of Ontakio Fisiikbies from 1901 to 1919 Inclusive.

Years,

Value.

1901 1,428,078 00

1902 1,265,705 00

1903 1,535,144 00

1904 1,793,524 00

1905 1,708,963 00

1906 1,734,865 00

1907 1,935,024 90

1908 2,100,078 63

1909 2,237,544 41

1910 2,348,269 57

Years. Value.

$ c.

1911 2,419,178 21

1912 2,842,877 09

1913 2,674,686 76

1914 2,755,293 11

1915 3.341,181 41

1916 2,658,993 43

1917 2,866,424 00

1918 3,175,110 32

1919 2,721,440 24

Statement of the Number and Value of the Tugs, Gasoline, Sail or Row Boats, Nets,
Spears, etc., Used in the Fishing Industry of the Province of Ontario During
THE Year 1919.

Value.

Tugs (3,074% tons) 123

Gasoline Launches 768

Sail or Row Boats 1,285

Gill Nets 5,960,158 yards.

Seines (41,680 yards)

Pound Nets

Hoop Nets

Dip and Roll Nets

Baited Hooks

Spears

Freezers and Ice Houses

Piers and Wharves

Total

$ c.

669,365

384,702

83,790

658,359

29,939

767,035

60,758

290

4,927

669

267,928

111,920

Number of men employed on Tugs

" " " Gasoline Launches

/• " " Sail or Row Boats

716
1,615
1,825

4,156

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NATURAL RESOUKCES