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Legislative Assembly","@language":"en"}],"DateAvailable":[{"@value":"2017-06-19","@language":"en"}],"DateIssued":[{"@value":"[1954]","@language":"en"}],"DigitalResourceOriginalRecord":[{"@value":"https:\/\/open.library.ubc.ca\/collections\/bcsessional\/items\/1.0348639\/source.json","@language":"en"}],"FileFormat":[{"@value":"application\/pdf","@language":"en"}],"FullText":[{"@value":" PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nDEPARTMENT OF ATTORNEY-GENERAL\nProvincial Game Commission\nREPORT\nFor the Year Ended December 31st\n1952\nVICTORIA, B.C.\nPrinted by Don McDiarmid, Printer to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty.\n1953\n  To His Honour Clarence Wallace, C.B.E.,\nLieutenant-Governor of the Province of British Columbia.\nMay it please Your Honour:\nThe undersigned has the honour to submit the Report of the Provincial Game\nCommission for the year ended December 31st, 1952.\nR. W. BONNER,\nA ttorney-General.\nAttorney-General's Department,\nVictoria, B.C., July, 1953.\n Office of the Game Commission,\nVancouver, B.C., July 1st, 1953.\nHonourable R. W. Bonner, Q.C.,\nAttorney-General, Victoria, B.C.\nSir,\u2014We have the honour to submit herewith our Report for the year ended\nDecember 31st, 1952.\nWe have the honour to be,\nSir,\nYour obedient servants,\nJAMES G. CUNNINGHAM,\nFRANK R. BUTLER,\nGame Commissioners.\n TABLE OF CONTENTS\nReports\u2014 Page\nGame Commission     7\nOfficer Commanding \"A\" Division   11\nOfficer Commanding \"B\" Division  14\nOfficer Commanding \"C\" Division  18\nOfficer Commanding \" D \" Division  24\nSummary of Reports of Game Wardens in \" E \" Division  28\nReport of Fisheries Management Division\u2014Chief Fisheries Biologist Dr. P. A.\nLarkin  30\nReport of Game Management Division\u2014Chief Game Biologist Dr. J. Hatter  38\nReport of Predator-control Branch\u2014Supervisor of Predator-control G. A. West 43\nStatistical Reports-\u2014\nComparative Statistical Statement of Revenue, etc., 1913-52, Inclusive  46\nSummary of Total Revenue Derived from Sale of Various Licences, Collections,\netc., during Year 1952  47\nRevenue\u2014Sale of Resident Firearms Licences  48\nRevenue\u2014Sale of Deer, Moose-Elk, Goat, and Pheasant (Game) Tags  49\nRevenue\u2014Sale of Resident Anglers', Guides', Free Farmers', and Prospectors'\nFirearms Licences  50\nRevenue\u2014Sale of Non-resident Firearms and Outfitters' Licences  51\nRevenue\u2014Sale of Non-resident Anglers' Licences  52\nRevenue\u2014Sale  of Fur-traders',  Taxidermists',  and  Tanners'  Licences  and\nRoyalty on Fur  53\nComparative Statement of Revenue from Fur Trade, 1921-52, Inclusive...  54\nComparative  Statement  Showing Pelts  of Fur-bearing  Animals  on  Which\nRoyalty Has Been Collected, 1921-52, Inclusive  55\nStatement of Kind of Pelts of Fur-bearing Animals on Which Royalty Was\nCollected during Year 1952  56\nList of Confiscated Fur, 1952, and Revenue from Sale of Confiscated Fur-\nList of Confiscated Firearms, 1952, and Revenue from Sale of Confiscated Firearms  57\nBounties Paid, 1952  59\nComparative Statement of Bounties Paid from 1922 to 1952, Inclusive  60\nRevenue\u2014Big-game Trophy Fees Paid by Non-resident Hunters, 1952  60\nProsecutions, 1952  61\nHunting and Fishing Accidents, 1952  63\nStatement\u2014Trout Liberations, 1952  64\nStatement\u2014Returns from Holders of Special (Trapping) Firearms Licences,\nSeason 1951-52  76\nStatement\u2014Game-bird Liberations, 1952  77\nStatement\u2014Returns of Game-bird Farmers, 1952  78\nStatement\u2014Miscellaneous Receipts  78\nList of Resident Guides and Non-resident Outfitters, 1952  79\nPersonnel of Game Commission as at December 31st, 1952  88\n  Report of the Provincial Game Commission, 1952\nThe year under review, in so far as revenue is concerned, has been a successful one\nin spite of considerable loss of revenue from the non-resident trade through the outbreak\namongst cattle of foot-and-mouth disease in a small portion of the Province of Saskatchewan which resulted in an embargo on the importation of the meat of most species of\nbig game into the United States.\nThe total revenue derived from the sale of non-resident angling and game licences\nand trophy fees for the calendar year 1952 amounted to $212,699, as against $363,809\nfor the previous year, showing a loss of $151,110. There was an over-all increase in\nrevenue derived under the \" Game Act\" from the all-time high for 1951 of approximately\n$10,719.05 in spite of the reduction in the number of non-resident hunters. The revenue\nderived from resident hunters and fishermen showed an increase of $143,058 over the\nprevious year. The total revenue of the Department amounted to $941,439.70, as\nagainst $930,720.65 for the previous year. The increased revenue from the resident\ntrade resulted from the increased cost of various resident licences and game-tags recommended by the organized sportsmen at the Provincial Game Convention in 1951.\nParticulars covering sale of hunting and angling licences are set out hereunder:\u2014\nLicences\nKind of Licence Issued Revenue\nNon-resident angling licences  27,641 $165,620.00\nNon-resident firearms licences _._^  1,172 26,714.00\nResident angling licences  87,457 146,931.00\nResident firearms licences  80,403 397,630.00\nTotals.\n  196,673        $736,895,00\nOther miscellaneous revenue, such as the sale of game-tags, trophy fees, sale of fur-\ntraders' and guides' licences, fur royalties, etc., amounted to $203,877.70.\nThe decrease in non-resident trophy-fee payments was approximately $93,290, or\na total of $20,365 in 1952 as against $113,655 in 1951. It is anticipated that this picture\nwill be changed during the fall of 1953, provided that there will be no further outbreaks\nof foot-and-mouth disease in Canada.\nConsiderable progress has been made in scientific studies of wildlife during the year.\nSeveral major investigations in regard to game birds, big game, and sport-fishery problems\nwere conducted. These investigations included studies on pheasants, liberations of\nchukar partridge, study of California bighorn sheep in the Churn Creek area, a continuation of the moose survey throughout the Cariboo District, and in respect to deer on\nVancouver Island.\nAs a result of the moose investigations and a strong recommendation from our game\nbiologists, a short open season of six days on cow moose in certain areas was allowed.\nThis action, however, brought strong protests and criticism from some quarters. This\ncriticism was to be expected as the opening of a season on the female species of any\nmember of the deer family was a departure from past policies. Your Game Commission's policy in the past has been toward protection of the females of any member of the\ndeer family unless it was necessary to reduce the herd or stand of game in any particular\narea for cause such as over-population and damage to agricultural interests. However,\na more thorough knowledge of the situation brought about through scientific investigations, and in co-operation with the sportsmen and guides who are now becoming aware\nof the need of maintaining a proper balance of game in keeping with the available food-\nsupply, has to some extent lessened the criticism. At the present time the guides in the\nareas that were provided with a cow-moose season are co-operating very fully with our\ngame biologists, with the object in view of the safe management of game in those areas.\n K 8 BRITISH COLUMBIA\nPollution of some of our lakes and streams by mining and other interests, as well as\nan ever-increasing number of applications for water rights in some of our more accessible\nand popular fishing areas, continues to be a major problem; so much so that we have\nfound it necessary to employ one permanent biologist with a part-time assistant to carry\nout necessary investigations. This important assignment is under the direction of Fishery\nBiologist R. McMynn. The total number of new applications for water use handled by\nthis branch for the year was 906.\nThe operation of all fish-hatcheries and all phases of the fish-cultural operations has\nbeen placed under the very able supervision of Dr. Peter A. Larkin. It is expected that\nthis co-ordination of fishery operations will greatly improve the efficiency of the Branch.\nA change in the supervision of our Predatory-animal Control Branch has taken\nplace since our last Report. The former Supervisor of Predator-control, W. Winston\nMair, has been appointed to the position of Chief of the Canadian Wildlife Service at\nOttawa. His work with this Commission has been taken over by Game Biologist G. A.\nWest, a graduate of the University of British Columbia. The work of this Branch has\nincreased considerably during the past year. Systematic poisoning of predatory animals,\nprincipally wolves and coyotes throughout the interior and northern sections of the\nProvince, has been most successful. In fact, we anticipate recommendations in the very\nnear future from certain Farmers' Institutes and branches of the cattle industry to modify\nour activities in areas where the control of predators has been so successful. This is the\ngoal that the Department is attempting to reach. It is expected that the recommendations\nmay be for cancellation of bounty payments during the winter months, when we are most\nactively engaged in poisoning operations.\nDuring the past winter some 800 predatory-animal poison-stations were in operation, the majority of which were highly successful. It is anticipated that this programme\nwill be stepped up in the more remote areas of the Province next fall. The poisoning\nprogramme, or our activities of predatory-animal control in the northern sections of the\nProvince where there are a large number of registered trap-lines held in the names of\nIndians, was fully appreciated by the Department of Indian Affairs; so much so that\nfinancial assistance was received, enabling the chartering of aircraft to assist in our activities in the vicinity of these Indian trap-lines.\nThe cougar situation throughout the Province and more particularly on Vancouver\nIsland has been the cause of considerable concern and expense to the Department. The\nfact that we have had three instances of attacks by cougar on residents of the Island in\nrecent years, one of which resulted in the death of a child, has resulted in many more\ncomplaints than usual. Many of these complaints have originated on the west coast of\nVancouver Island, where transportation facilities are difficult and necessitate considerable\nuse of aircraft. Many of the complaints, however, have turned out to be baseless, but\nfailure to investigate one complaint that may result in an attack on some human would\nleave us open to much criticism, and consequently all must be investigated. The control\nof cougar necessitates the use of highly trained and valuable dogs, and the casualties\namong these dogs have been very high.\nThe game-checking station at Cache Creek was again in operation during the fall\nhunting season. The results obtained through this operation have been very valuable\nfrom a game-management standpoint, as well as a source of information to all parties\npassing through the station to the hunting-grounds.\nThe total amount of game checked through Cache Creek was down considerably\nfrom the previous year owing to the drop in non-resident hunters, and further through\nthe abnormally fine open fall. The game did not come down to their usual fall haunts\nuntil long after the close of all game seasons. In fact, some of the usual game wintering-\ngrounds were little used this past winter.\nThe following is a summary of results from the Cache Creek Checking-station:\u2014\n REPORT OF PROVINCIAL GAME COMMISSION,  1952 K\nGame Killed by Resident and Non-resident Hunters Checked through Cache Creek\nSpecies of Game\nResident\nHunters\nNon-resident\nHunters\nTotals\n54\n8\n694\n11\n11\n3\n4\n32\n28\n4\n552\n38\n65\n19\n697\n4\n1,235\n10\n5\n6,582\n425\n123\n10,293\n4,613\n106\n1,267\nMountain-goat _____ _ _ \t\nMountain-sheep     _\t\n38\n9\n7,i34\n463\n123\n727\n5,807\n11,020\nFish                               \t\n10,420\n106\n24,148\n7,217\n31,365\n41\n$535.00\n9\n$90.00\n50\n$625.00\n$2,610.00\nA total of 12,200 hunters passed through Cache Creek, of which 11,606 were\nresidents of the Province and 594 non-residents.\nChecking-stations such as Cache Creek not only supply us with much desired\ninformation, but are very popular from the standpoint of cattle interests; so much so\nthat we are in receipt of resolutions from those same interests for the establishing of\nchecks on the Hope-Princeton Highway and the vicinity of Elko in the East Kootenay.\nWhile checking-stations at these points would be beneficial to all concerned, the operation costs would be great, and our finances will not permit these operations at this time.\nThe popularity of the area of the Province lying north of Cache Creek through its\nvariety of game draws more and more coastal sportsmen into that district, and tremendous improvements on the roads leading into all sections of the Central and Northern\nInterior have played no small part in drawing the sportsmen into these areas from all\nparts of the Province and the United States.\nThe Sixth Annual Provincial Game Convention was held at Vernon this year on the\noccasion of that city's diamond jubilee. This Convention proved to be the most successful\none held so far, and the success was due to the excellent arrangements and co-operation\nof the Vernon and District Fish and Game Protective Association. The Convention was\nwell attended. It was the first time that this meeting has been held in the Interior, but\nthe success of the meeting indicates the desirability of holding the Annual Provincial\nGame Convention in different large centres each year.\nUPLAND GAME BIRDS\nThe 1952 season on pheasants showed an upward trend in population of birds both\non the Coast and in the Interior, especially in the vicinity of North Okanagan and that\nportion of the Okanagan Valley south of Okanagan Falls. Partridge and quail are also\nbecoming very numerous in the southern part of the Okanagan in the vicinity of Oliver\nand Osoyoos.\nDuring the year, plantings of chukar partridge were made in the Interior in the\nvicinity of Vaseaux Lake, Tranquille, and Ashcroft, the total of which amounted to 668\nbirds. The introduction of this species of game bird has been successful in the State\nof Washington, and care is being taken to carry on our liberations in the same type of\nhabitat that proved most successful in the State mentioned.\nThe peak on the cycle on grouse appears to have been reached, and populations\nare on the downward trend, although there were fair numbers of birds in most areas.\nPrairie-chicken and sharp-tailed grouse and blue grouse were numerous, but the ruffed\nand Franklin's grouse were found in reduced numbers.\n K 10 BRITISH COLUMBIA\nMIGRATORY GAME BIRDS\nThe past season was a very poor one for the hunting of migratory birds, at least\nin so far as the hunter was concerned. Birds were plentiful along the coast, but climatic\nconditions were favourable to the birds and not conducive to good duck-hunting.\nActually, the good duck-hunting days did not amount to more than seven or eight. The\nsame conditions prevailed in the Interior. We were finally favoured with a seventy-day\nseason on ducks in certain areas, but this concession was not granted until considerable\ncorrespondence had taken place with the Canadian Wildlife Service at Ottawa, and only\nafter it was learned that the Pacific Flyway States had been granted a seventy-day season.\nBIG GAME\nThe fall hunting season of 1952 generally was disappointing. Exceptionally mild\nweather prevailed over the whole of the Province until well after the close of all hunting\nseasons, with the result that big-game animals did not reach their usual wintering-grounds\nor popular hunting areas until well after the end of the year. The harvest of all big game\nwas exceptionally light, in spite of the fact that a heavier take of deer was anticipated.\nPopulations of deer are definitely on the increase, and it may be necessary to provide an\nopen season on the females of the species in some areas in order to prevent damage to\nagricultural interests.\nThe population of moose in the Cariboo-Lillooet areas has decreased, particularly\nin areas west of the Fraser River, owing to depletion of proper and suitable food through\nover-browsing, and it is doubtful if we will ever see the populations of moose back to\nthe numbers we had in the late 1940's. The short six-day experimental open season on\ncow moose that was allowed at the end of November in certain parts of the Cariboo,\nLillooet, and Kamloops Electoral Districts, recommended by our game biologists, caused\na great amount of criticism, especially in view of the apparent decrease in moose populations. But owing to the exceptionally mild late season, lack of non-resident hunters,\nand the shortness of the season, only 351 cow moose were checked through Cache Creek.\nThis number naturally did not include the local kill, which would probably reach another\n450 animals, making an estimated total of 800 cows harvested. The harvesting of this\nnumber would not materially affect the over-all population of moose in the areas open\nto hunting.\nMoose are steadily spreading south of the Thompson River, and in some sections\nare in fair numbers. A scientific survey of this new population and new area is\nanticipated, and it is just possible that additional moose-hunting territory will be available\nin the very near future. It is not expected that this new area will ever produce large\npopulations as in the Cariboo District, owing to lack of the quantity of browse suitable\nfor moose;  hence the advisability of controlling populations before they become too\naige' GAME-LAWS ENFORCEMENT\nEnforcement of the \" Game Act,\" the Migratory Birds Regulation, and the Special\nFishery Regulations for the Province of British Columbia is still a very important phase\nof proper game management. With increasing populations and better roads leading into\nmore remote hunting and fishing areas, the problem of enforcement and protection of this\nnatural resource increases.\nThe total number of prosecutions for the year under the aforementioned Acts and\nregulations amounts to 1,504, with a total of $25,755 in fines.    The following is a\nsummary of the prosecutions under the various Acts and regulations:\u2014\n\" Game Act \":   1,244 prosecutions and $22,184 in fines.\nSpecial Fishery Regulations:   178 prosecutions and $1,886 in fines.\n\"Migratory Birds Convention Act\" and Regulations:   82 prosecutions and\n$1,685 in fines.\nA more detailed analysis of prosecutions will be found later on in this Report.\n REPORT OF PROVINCIAL GAME COMMISSION,  1952\nGAME-FISH CULTURE\nK 11\nThe year 1952 saw important changes and improvements in our Fish-cultural Branch.\nDr. Peter A. Larkin, Chief Fisheries Biologist, has taken over all phases of trout-hatchery\nmanagement along with other scientific responsibilities. This means that such work\nas collection of trout-eggs, restocking programmes, temporary and permanent trout-\nhatcheries, lake and stream investigations and improvement work, pollutions, etc., now\ncome under Dr. Larkin's supervision. It is felt that this arrangement will result in\nimproved efficiency and economy in operations.\nHUNTING ACCIDENTS\nLater on in this Report will be found a detailed statement of hunting accidents for the\nyear, which shows that there were twenty-seven accidents, seven of which resulted in\ndeath. Of the total accidents, five covered cases of being mistaken for a deer or moose,\nthree of which died; five caused by taking loaded firearms from a boat or automobile,\none of which died; and eight were self-inflicted, two of which died. The number of\nhunting accidents remains fairly consistent from year to year. In every instance where\ncareless handling of firearms has been the cause of an accident, the licence held by the\nperson responsible has either been cancelled or suspended.\nACKNOWLEDGMENTS\nWe have taken every opportunity to attend conventions and meetings of such\norganizations as the Cattlemen, Farmers' Institutes, Game Associations and Zone\nOrganizations, Guides' and Trappers' Associations, as well as a great number of service\nclubs and schools, where our educational films have been shown at every opportunity.\nYour Commission fully appreciates the excellent co-operation received from these organizations as well as the personnel of all the Provincial and Federal governmental departments with whom we come in contact in our game-management work.\n\"A\" DIVISION (VANCOUVER ISLAND, THE GULF ISLANDS, AND THE\nMAINLAND COAST FROM TOBA INLET NORTH TO CAPE CAUTION,\nINCLUDING THE ISLANDS ADJACENT TO THE EAST COAST OF VANCOUVER ISLAND NORTH OF CAMPBELL RIVER).\nBy G. C. Stevenson, Officer Commanding\nI have the honour to submit my annual report covering game and fish conditions\nin \"A\" Division for the year ended December 31st, 1952.\nBig Game\nWapiti (Elk).\u2014This animal, though indigenous to Vancouver Island, shows little\nsign of increasing in any appreciable numbers. In those parts where elk are found, they\nappear to concentrate year after year in the same locality, and there is very little evidence\nof them extending their habitat. It is my opinion that elk were never very plentiful on\nVancouver Island, and though their range may have been somewhat wider before\nextensive human settlement, I doubt their numbers being ever great. When the biological\nsurvey being conducted by the Game Commission is completed, a better understanding\nof the situation may result.\nDeer.\u2014There was a marked improvement in the deer population during the past\nyear due in large measure to a moderate winter. In certain areas on Vancouver Island,\nsuch as Mohan Lake and Camp 5 in the Sayward District, these animals could be said\nto be plentiful. In the more settled districts where heavy hunting pressure is exerted,\nthe deer have become almost nocturnal in their habits, and this would account for the\n K 12 BRITISH COLUMBIA\npoor hunting success.   Hunters encounter much evidence of deer, but not the animals\nthemselves.\nCertain of the Gulf Islands show good deer populations, especially Saltspring Island,\nwhere hunting proved exceptionally good during the past season.\nMany parts of South Vancouver Island that once contained large stands of deer are\nnow practically devoid of these animals. This situation is difficult to account for, as food\nconditions have had ample time to recover from any over-browsing. In this connection\nI refer to large areas such as McGee Swamp, Highland District, Malahat, and Leechtown.\nOwing to heavy hunting pressure in confined areas, deer are becoming more and\nmore wary each year, and hunters should expect greater difficulty in bagging their game.\nBlack or Brown Bear.\u2014These animals are plentiful, but the brown variety is seldom\nencountered. A few of them are to be seen at the headwaters of the Adams and Salmon\nRivers.\nGrizzly Bear.\u2014These animals are not found on Vancouver Island, but on the upper\nreaches of Bute, Toba, and Knight Inlets they are fairly plentiful.\nFur-bearing Animals\nBeaver are increasing all over Vancouver Island, and control measures have had to\nbe adopted in several areas in order to protect property. Racoon have become a menace\nto poultry-farmers owing to their increasing numbers. Mink and marten are plentiful,\nand in some places muskrat are increasing. Squirrel and weasel are found in moderate\nnumbers, but they are not plentiful.\nUpland Game Birds\nBlue Grouse.\u2014These birds continue to maintain a heavy population on Vancouver\nIsland and some of the adjacent islands of the gulf group. The harvest of these birds\nduring the past hunting season was slightly in excess of the preceding year. There is\ndifficulty in telling when these birds commence leaving their breeding-grounds and\ndisperse elsewhere. Usually when the birds are ready for harvest, fire conditions prevent\nthe opening of the season, and by the time the fire-hazard is passed, the birds have\ncommenced to leave. A full harvest is not possible under these conditions, but the\nsituation is unavoidable unless weather conditions should be favourable at the time.\nWillow Grouse.-\u2014This species is showing definite signs of an increase and should\ncontinue to do so, as the controlled bag is proving very effective. Very limited numbers\nwere taken by hunters, and all indications point to an increase in these birds.\nCalifornia Quail.\u2014These birds fluctuate in numbers from year to year and hunting\nhas very little bearing on the population, as few are ever shot. The incidence of large\nfields of yellow broom has a marked bearing on their survival through the winter, as heavy\nsnow takes a severe toll of their numbers unless they have the shelter of the broom. There\nare fair numbers of these birds on the southern portion of the Island.\nPheasants.\u2014The pheasant population on Vancouver Island requires considerable\nstudy, especially where restocking with farm-raised birds is concerned. The basic stock\nremains sound, and in areas where hunting is prohibited these birds multiply considerably,\nbut where their numbers are reduced by hunting, and restocking is adopted, the difference\ndoes not appear to be filled adequately. I would suggest that pheasant-farmers be required\nto feed their birds a hard-grain diet for at least two weeks prior to submitting them for\nacceptance by the Department. In this way, birds would survive more easily in stubble\nfields, where their diet would be mostly whole grain and seeds.\nLiberations of young pheasants were made in the Saanich, Duncan, Cowichan,\nNanaimo, Alberni, Comox, and Courtenay areas. Farmer-hunting relationship during\nthe past season was very amicable.\n REPORT OF PROVINCIAL GAME COMMISSION, 1952\nK 13\nMigratory Game Birds\nDucks and Geese.\u2014These birds have been plentiful in this district during the past\nyear, but the hunter's scope is greatly restricted through various causes prevailing in the\nsouthern portion of Vancouver Island. These restrictions are mostly due to sanctuaries,\nmunicipal by-laws, and private property. The west coast provides exceptionally good\nduck and goose shooting, but accessibility is restricted to the few. A general survey in\nthis Division indicates migratory waterfowl are plentiful, and various sanctuaries show\nlarge populations.\nPredator-control\nThere were 268 cougars and 6 wolves destroyed in this Division during the past\nyear. So far no appreciable increase in cougar-kills has been noticed under the current\nbonus-bounty system, but it may require a little time for hunters to train additional dogs,\netc., in order to produce results. In the meantime the bonus system seems to be an\neffective answer to the clamour for higher cougar bounties.\nMany calls from remote settlements for help in destroying cougars kept Departmental\nhunters continually on the move, as the safety of the public cannot be ignored. This\nform of predator destruction\u2014apart from the expense involved\u2014interferes greatly with\nplanned control in selected areas.\nTimber-wolves cannot be said to be numerous, but small pockets of these animals\nare encountered in widely spread parts of Vancouver Island. Many exaggerated reports\nof their numbers are quoted from time to time, but few are trapped or shot. The six\nwolves presented for bounty during the past year practically all came from the Nanaimo\nand Cowichan areas.\nGame Protection\nThere were 165 informations laid under the \" Game Act \" and Fisheries Regulations\nfor various infractions; 164 convictions were obtained. An improvement in late shooting\nof migratory game birds was noted.\nGame Propagation\nThe question of game propagation is receiving considerable study by Departmental\nbiologists. Before an effective formula for propagation (this especially applies to upland\ngame birds) can be carried out, the question of supply and quality, together with survival\nrate, requires considerable research. Added to this is the attitude of Agricultural Associations to the liberation of birds on their lands. It is more and more necessary for Gun\nClubs and Game Associations to educate their members so that a harmonious understanding can be achieved between farmers and hunters.\nGame Reserves\nStrathcona Park, Shaw Creek, Bald Mountain, Elk Lake, Elk Falls, China Creek,\nand Miracle Beach are very effective reserves, with one or two of lesser extent that are\nreally Class \"A\" parks covered under section 11 (2) of the \" Game Act.\" The Shaw\nCreek reserve contains a considerable stand of elk.\nFur Trade\nMuch of the fur shipped from this Division is the product of fur-farms, but a good\nvolume of wild fur is taken by trappers who ship direct to the Mainland.\nTrap-lines\nRegistration of trap-lines and the measures adopted to control beaver are outstanding features of game management in this Province. A perusal of fur records will\nshow a consistent supply of fur which shows no sign of diminishing.   Very few of the\n K 14 BRITISH COLUMBIA\npublic realize the infinite amount of work and care that goes into the maintenance of a\nsmoothly working trap-fine registration system where detail in geographic problems and\na very close check on catches has to be maintained at all times.\nRegistration of Guides\nGuiding in this Division\u2014with a few exceptions\u2014is mostly confined to fishing in\nthe Campbell River and Comox regions.\nSpecial Patrols\nNo special patrols were carried out during the past year. Many of the west coast\npatrols, though carried out in remote sectors, were routine in nature and could not be\nclassified as special.\nHunting Accidents\nThere were eight hunting accidents in this Division during the past year, four of\nwhich were fatal. In all cases the evidence shows carelessness and a disregard to the\nordinary precautions necessary in handling firearms and hunting with companions. For\ndetailed information covering the accidents, see report \" Hunting and Fishing Accidents,\n1952.\"\nGame-fish Culture\nSuccessful liberations of Kamloops and cut-throat fingerlings were made throughout\nthis Division during the spring and fall. Cut-throat fingerlings released were of an\nexceptionally good size. In all, about 192,300 were planted in lakes and streams, with\nseveral thousand retained for experimental purposes.\nSummary and General Remarks\nThe hunting success experienced by sportsmen during the past season showed a\nhigher ratio than the previous year, and checking-stations were able to establish definite\nfigures showing increased bags of deer and grouse. Very dry weather at the opening\nof the hunting season invariably has the effect of lessening the take of deer at the\ncommencement, but hunters are usually successful at a later date. It must be remembered,\nas stated previously in this report, that deer on Vancouver Island are becoming more\nand more cautious each year as hunting pressure grows, and the halcyon days when a\nhunter could bag his old limit of three deer on the first day are gone.\nBlue-grouse shooting was uniformly good, and ducks and geese were numerous\neven though fine weather kept them from the fields until almost the close of the season.\nFishing has been good throughout the Island and is proving one of the major lures to\ntourists.\nGood co-operation is maintained among the various Game Associations in this\nDivision, and all problems have been settled amicably. The Royal Canadian Mounted\nPolice in this Division have been most co-operative and, when requested, have at all\ntimes provided personnel to carry out checks on roads and boats for transportation.\nI wish to take this opportunity of expressing my gratitude to them. To the Game\nWardens, predator-hunters, and personnel of the Puntledge Park Trout Hatchery, I wish\nto extend my sincere thanks for the able way in which they have carried out their duties\nto the Commission during the past year.\n\"B\" DIVISION (KOOTENAY AND BOUNDARY DISTRICTS)\nBy C. F. Kearns, Officer Commanding\nI beg to submit herewith my annual report for the year ending December 31st, 1952.\n REPORT OF PROVINCIAL GAME COMMISSION, 1952\nK 15\nBig Game\nMoose.\u2014The stand of moose in the East Kootenay, while not heavy, appears to be\nstabilized, with a slow penetration to outside areas. The main stand is in the Rocky\nMountain section, but they are in good numbers on the southern slope of the Selkirks\nand are occasionally in the East Kootenay. An open season in the Cranbrook district\nresulted in the taking of a few mature bulls.\nWapiti (Elk).\u2014These animals are well distributed in the East Kootenay, and a short\nopen season was allowed in the Creston district. A fair band of elk is now present at the\ntop end of Kootenay Lake from a planting a few years ago, and a short open season\nshould soon be considered there. The elk situation near Princeton and Penticton is\nbeing closely studied by the biological staff.\nCaribou.\u2014These animals are thinly distributed in the Selkirk Mountains adjacent\nto the Arrow and Kootenay Lakes. The short open season seems satisfactory, although\nonly a handful of caribou are bagged, due to their high ranging habits. Caribou-hunting\nin the Kootenays is a vigorous sport.\nMountain-goat.\u2014These animals are well distributed throughout the district and\nplentiful in the East and West Kootenays. The noticeable decline in the number of\nmountain-goat recorded previously still continues to be puzzling. Cougars, coyotes,\neagles, and disease are all suspected, although our recent severe winters are probably\nthe main adverse factor.   However, the situation is not yet too alarming.\nMountain-sheep (Bighorn).\u2014These animals are again in fair numbers after the\nepidemic several years ago, and it is hoped that they will continue their present satisfactory\nrate of increase.\nMule Deer.\u2014It is pleasing to report that the present winter, 1952-53, has been\nunusually mild and that all deer have wintered very well. Examination of deer-kills\u2014\npredatory or on the highways\u2014during the months of February and March indicated that\ndeer were in as good shape as in the hunting season\u2014an unusual and gratifying condition.\nIt is hoped that this favourable situation may partly compensate for our losses in the\nharsh winters we have had so recently.\nWhite-tailed Deer.\u2014The above remarks also apply.\nGrizzly Bear.\u2014These animals are well distributed but not plentiful. It may be\na matter of regret that grizzly bear seem to be on the way out in this section of the\nProvince where they can be so readily hunted in the spring. Already there is a current\nfeeling among the sportsmen that the elimination of spring hunting might be a prudent\nconservation measure.\nBlack and Brown Bear.\u2014These animals are well distributed and are plentiful.\nFur-bearing Animals\nThe prevailing low price of fur still continues to discourage trappers, although very\nfew of them have given up their registered trap-lines. It is to be hoped that the price of\nfur will appreciate, as the increasing number of beavers as well as lynx and bobcats are\ncausing us some concern. Game Wardens have been energetic in live-trapping beaver\nwhose dams are flooding highways or railways and moving them to more suitable sites.\nThe prevalence of deer-kills by both bobcats and lynx has been rather surprising\nthis past winter or two. The trappers formerly kept these animals under control when\nthe prices were better, but now these predatory wild cats are too numerous and too active.\nUpland Game Birds\nBlue Grouse.\u2014These birds were well distributed and very plentiful during the past\nseason in the Boundary, Similkameen, and West Kootenay; also fair numbers in the\nEast Kootenay.\n K 16 BRITISH COLUMBIA\nRuffed (Willow) Grouse.\u2014These birds are well distributed and presumably on the\nsame cyclical uptrend as the willow grouse.\nFranklin's Grouse.\u2014These birds are well distributed and presumably on the same\ncyclical uptrend as the willow grouse.\nSharp-tailed Grouse.\u2014Several successive open seasons in the Columbia district do\nnot seem to have changed their numbers, and they now appear to be well established and\nextending their range to portions of the East Kootenay, where they were quite plentiful\nhalf a century ago.\nPtarmigan.\u2014These are alpine birds and are hunted very little. Most hunters regard\nthem as a curio, and due to their trusting nature there is little inducement to bag them.\nPheasants.\u2014The pheasant situation appears more encouraging than for some years,\nand there is every prospect of improved shooting for the future. While we have as yet\nno satisfactory explanation for the universal decline of pheasants a few years ago, it does\nseem as if this phase or cycle is now over and the good shooting of ten years ago may\nreturn.\nEuropean Partridge.\u2014These birds are present but not numerous in the Creston,\nGrand Forks, and Penticton-Oliver districts.\nQuail.\u2014These birds are fairly numerous in the Penticton-Oliver-Summerland areas.\nCanada Geese.\u2014These birds wintered in good numbers in the Creston district.\nPractically all waters were open throughout the winter, and the usual concentrations were\nnot apparent.   It was not necessary to feed any migratory game birds as we usually do.\nDucks.\u2014The main nesting areas for ducks are in the Windermere and Golden\ndistricts along the Columbia River sloughs and in the vicinity of Creston and Osoyoos.\nMany ducks stayed all winter due to mild weather.\nCoots.\u2014These birds are plentiful everywhere in this Division, but they are not\nhunted.\nWilson's Snipe.\u2014These birds are migratory and present for only a few days each fall.\nSwans.\u2014Occasional.\nPredatory Animals and Noxious Birds\nPredators destroyed by game personnel during the calendar year totalled 83 cougars,\n13 bobcats, 11 bear, 28 ownerless dogs, and 71 wild house-cats. It is difficult to estimate\nthe total number of coyotes destroyed by means of poison baits, but a conservative\nestimate would indicate a large number of them were eliminated and there is a definite\nshortage where we have used poison. Several instances of this kind attest the efficiency\nof carefully placed poison baits for coyote-control.\nThe above summary is not intended to conflict with the detailed report of the\nSupervisor of Predator-control, but is merely to emphasize the active interest taken in the\npredator campaign by the entire field staff of this Division.\nGame Protection\nThere were 173 prosecutions for infractions of the \" Game Act,\" the Special Fisheries\nRegulations for British Columbia, and the \" Migratory Birds Convention Act,\" which\nresulted in 169 convictions and 4 dismissals.\nGame Propagation\nNo pheasant-stockings were made during the year, although a planting of chukar\npartridge was made in the Oliver district.\nGame Reserves\nThe Elk River Reserve, comprising the upper watershed of the Elk and Bull Rivers,\nand also the White River, is the most important one, as it is situated in the heart of the\n REPORT OF PROVINCIAL GAME COMMISSION, 1952\nK 17\nbig-game country. Game-bird sanctuaries at Nelson and Vaseaux Lake, south of Penticton, are also beneficial, and their establishment continues to meet with general approval.\nDeer sanctuaries at Elko and on the Kettle River are located on winter yarding-grounds\nand serve as a haven should unusual conditions occur during the open season when deer\nmight be too easily taken.\nFur Trade\nMost of the fur in this Division is handled by local resident fur-traders or sent to\ntraders in Vancouver.   Very little fur is exported locally from the Province by trappers.\nRegistration of Trap-lines\nAlthough fur prices continue to be very low, the value of trap-lines is such that very\nfew of them become vacant. Most trappers are confident that the price of furs will\nimprove ultimately.\nRegistration of Guides\nThe embargo against the export of meat last year practically eliminated the nonresident hunting in this Division. The odd party was taken out, but in general the guides\nhad their slackest hunting season since the early war years.\nSpecial Patrols\nWe have no special patrols other than routine ones made during the year on horseback, on foot, and with row-boats in the course of general duties. During the winter\nmany trips on foot by personnel hunting cougars have resulted in prosecutions for illegal\nhunting and are productive of much reliable information about the winter game situation.\nHunting Accidents\nThere were three hunting accidents in this Division during the year, one of which\nwas fatal. For detailed information covering the accidents, see report \" Hunting and\nFishing Accidents, 1952.\"\nSummary and General Remarks\nFor the first time in several years it is pleasing to be able to summarize game\nconditions for the past year without striking a sour note. The closing winter months of\n1952 were average; that is, the snow was not unduly deep nor was the weather unduly\ncold and all game got off to a good start in the spring. The summer was warm and fairly\ndry and merged so unobstrusively into the winter that the hunting season was over before\nwinter had even started. The bag of all wild game was light, and much fear was expressed\nthat our game animals were gone. This was a mistake, of course; they were simply not\nconcentrated on the lower levels as they usually are in the late fall months.\nWe were favoured with the sort of winter that occurs three or four times in a century.\nThe last similar winter was in 1925-26, although, if anything, this past winter was even\nmilder. We had no snow to mention and no cold weather. The deer were on much of\ntheir summer range all winter, and their usual concentration on the winter feeding-grounds\nwas missing, although in some customary places they did bunch up enough so that we\ncould get a reasonable estimate of their stand. It is worth recording that deer were in as\ngood condition during the months of January and February as they normally are in the\nhunting season. This means that our winter carry-over will be very high, the fawns will\nhave a good start in life, and there is every reason to believe that next season's hunting\nshould be good.\nThe usual cordial co-operation was received from the organized sportsmen during\nthe year, and the assistance from both the Department of Public Works and the Forest\nService in many instances is gratefully acknowledged.\n K 18 BRITISH COLUMBIA\nFishery Supervisor C. H. (Jimmy) Robinson, who is retiring March 31st, 1953, has\ncompleted fifteen years' service with the Game Department in addition to nineteen years\npreviously with the Federal Department of Fisheries. It is an understatement to say that\nMr. Robinson will be missed both in \" B \" and \" C\" Game Divisions. His careful\nattention to detail, his first-hand knowledge of all field problems, and his remarkable\nco-operation with the organized sportsmen's groups will leave a considerable gap in our\nInterior set-up. This is a day of new things, but Jimmy Robinson has done somewhat\nmore than his share in maintaining the efficiency and prestige of our sport-fish programme\nin the Central and Southern Interior areas of British Columbia.\n\" C \" DIVISION (KAMLOOPS, YALE, OKANAGAN, CARIBOO,\nCHILCOTIN, AND SQUAMISH DISTRICTS)\nBy R. M. Robertson, Officer Commanding\nI have the honour to submit herewith my annual report on game conditions in\n\" C \" Game Division during the year ended December 31st, 1952.\nBig Game\nMoose.\u2014The present open winter of 1952-53, with very little snow up to March\n15th, 1953, was responsible for the unprecedented lack of big-game movement from\nthe higher elevations to the more impoverished food-supply at lower levels. The rainfall\nrecord in the Kamloops district alone was 50 per cent below normal. The Thompson\nRiver gauge for the watershed at Kamloops has reached at the moment of writing,\nMarch 15th, 1953, a record low.\nHunters everywhere were keenly disappointed at the lack of good hunting at lower\nelevations, and the question was repeatedly asked, \" Where are the moose? \" The\nanswer so commonly heard was that big game still remained either far back or higher\nup on the more inaccessible slopes. Some reports from hunters living in regions\ndescribed as more remote revealed the fact that moose, even in those regions, were\nextremely scarce or non-existent.\nThe simple fundamentals of scarce food-supply, or even lack of the required nutrient\nfor big-game sustenance, were due to conditions entirely out of human control. These\nconditions are just as cyclic as the rising sun, except that the memory of longer cyclic\nchanges are non-existent in the public mind. The original causes of much of our meteorological phenomena on which big game has to depend for its sustenance is still very\nobscure to the world of science. Biologists have told us that we are faced with a\ndiminishing food-supply for moose due to overcrowding ranges. A problem as simple\nas this could be intelligently handled by any farmer having live stock. The logical conclusion would be to reduce the herd to conform with the food-supply available. We have\nto contend with the ups and downs of the growth cycle, with its years of abundance and\nscarcity plus its nutrient content or lack of it. It is indeed possible for animals to starve\non full bellies at the end of several dry and dull years. The entire problem of game\nmanagement and its biotic relationship is to a large extent beyond the understanding of\nthe layman. One cannot judge the quality of a regional food-supply by one range alone.\nScientific examination has been made by the small staff of biologists whom we have at\npresent to prove that there is sufficient evidence, relatively speaking, of a lack of nutrients\nand quantity of winter moose-feed, and, based on the amount of scientific information\nwe have at hand, we are due for a jolt unless sensible action is taken. The alternative\nof sensible action is to take the advice of the hunter who hunts on the range for several\ndays a year or even the trapper or guide (and there are hundreds) who try to judge the\nover-all picture from what happens on his trap-line or guiding area. Reasonable consideration for the other fellow's view-point is a basic fundamental of democracy, but in\n REPORT OF PROVINCIAL GAME COMMISSION,  1952\nK 19\nthe final analysis the preservation and conservation of wildlife resources must rest with\nthe recommendations of the biologist and the co-operation of the sportsmen and wildlife\nenthusiasts. Old customs die hard. There is considerable room for education along\nmore scientific lines. In a report published in the Canadian Journal of Research, October, 1950, by Professor Ian McTaggart Cowan and associates, they quote one authority\n\" setting a higher protein level for a satisfactory diet,\" and state \" feeding of domestic\nlivestock a 12% protein diet is considered the minimum for a maintenance ration.\"\nOn this basis, and according to Professor Cowan's findings, all the browse growth consumed by moose during the winter would be rated as deficient. Whether moose can\nlive on a lower-quality nutrient is a subject for further research.\nThe year just past was a disastrous one for the Province. Foot-and-mouth disease\nin Saskatchewan barred the export of domestic cattle and game. In one sense it was\na blessing in disguise in so far as exploitation of big-game resources was concerned.\nOur American friends who had planned a trip to this Province to hunt but did not come\nbecause of the embargo were not disappointed when they learned of the poor returns\nobtained by our resident hunters. The non-resident hunters who did come to this\nProvince in 1952 practically ignored the taking of moose and deer because of the\nembargo. Only thirty-two moose were taken by non-resident hunters during the open\nseason in the Cariboo and Chilcotin areas.\nIn the Merritt district the movement of moose proceeded slowly southward; a few\nwere seen around the Mud and Alleyene Lakes areas. Reports from Clinton mention\nthe poor food-supply and the prediction of another winter kill of moose. A few moose\nhave been reported in the Bolean Lake country in the Falkland district near Vernon.\nOther reports from various Detachments, especially Kamloops, drew attention to the\nfailing food-supply. The new growth of palatable willow around Kamloops is spindly\nand sparse; practically all the shoots are less than 8 inches long and less than one-quarter\nof an inch in diameter, which is truly indicative of the dry year. As a moose consumes\n60 pounds of willow and other growth per day, one can only conclude that a wider\nbrowsing and diminishing of the year's growth will follow. Areas to the south of the\nThompson River in the Kamloops and Merritt districts should be watched, and an open\nseason on moose should not be delayed any longer than is necessary. This applies also\nto the north-west portion of the Salmon Arm Electoral District, where favourable reports\nof moose penetration are continually being received. The kill of moose in Wells Gray\nPark was also disappointing. Guides reported a poor season. A survey by aircraft this\nwinter will reveal to some extent how we stand in comparison with previous years.\nTick infestation is reported in the area north of Quesnel River and east of the\nFraser. A good calf-crop was reported last spring from the Quesnel Detachment. Three\nor four moose wintered near the airport at Quesnel, making the landing of aeroplanes\nhazardous. I wish to endorse the recommendation coming from the Quesnel Detachment that opening the season on both sexes at the same time tends to make the hunters\ncareless. Hunters reported that bullets struck perilously close to them because of this\nfact. This precaution of opening the season on only one sex at a time was an opinion\nexpressed and followed around 1932.   Twenty years later it seems to have been forgotten.\nWhat has been said of moose and its food-supply applies to a large extent to other\nbrowsing ungulates.\nDeer.\u2014The kill for the year past was extremely disappointing. In some areas in\nthe Kamloops district the carcasses of deer were examined, and many were inclined to\nbe suffering from malnutrition. The records of the frozen-food locker plant at Kamloops showed a 75-per-cent reduction in deer storage over that of the previous year.\nCaribou.\u2014One comment from the Quesnel Detachment is worth mentioning in\nconnection with this species. Trappers report that caribou have, as a rule, a fair calf-crop\nin spring, but in the fall no calf tracks are seen.   Whether this is due to predators or\n K 20 BRITISH COLUMBIA\nsome other cause is difficult to determine.   The situation calls for a winter study similar\nto that being carried out by L. Sugden on mountain-sheep in the Churn Creek basin.\nMountain-sheep.\u2014The seven days' open season on mountain-sheep at Squilax\nnetted a total of five big-horn rams. For the first few days this area was hunted heavily,\nbut due to the hot weather the results were disappointing. There are approximately 100\nanimals in this area.    In the Shorts Creek district near Vernon very few sheep were seen.\nEwes were observed along the lake-shore all summer, which is a most unusual\noccurrence. Deterioration of food-supply, coupled with a very dry season and encroachment of forest-growth on sheep ranges, is one reason for no increase. In the Churn\nCreek basin there is no appreciable increase in numbers of mountain-sheep. This statement is characteristic of nearly all mountain-sheep areas. The Squam Bay area should\nremain closed for the protection of the very small band established there. In the Lillooet\ndistrict a very small kill of mountain-sheep was reported.\nMountain-goat.\u2014There are limited numbers around the Bowron Lake Game\nReserve, but their numbers are not increasing. In the Lillooet district a slight increase\nis noted in the Cayoose and Texas Creeks areas.\nVery few goats were taken from the Mount Robson district. A total of twenty-eight\ngoats was taken by non-resident hunters through the Cache Creek Checking-station\nduring the open season.\nFur-bearing Animals\nA report from the Quesnel Detachment states that 108 beaver were taken. This is\nno indication of the potential catch, since the price factor plays a very large part in\ntrappers' activities. Prices are not good at present, and there is little incentive to trap.\nFrom an area (Quesnel Detachment) of 7,000 square miles, only 34 fisher were taken.\nAlso trapped were 82 marten and 131 mink. Squirrels took top place, with a total of\n8,078 pelts. Indian trap-lines produced some fur, but we have no record of the total\ncatch.    Private-property trappers were also fairly active.\nA most unusual sight in the Quesnel Detachment is to see lynx run across the roads\nin broad daylight. The low price for this variety of fur is partly responsible for the\nincrease plus the upward trend of the snowshoe rabbit. One cannot compel trappers\nto spend much of their time on a trap-line under the present poor prices. The actual\ncatch, even in higher-priced years, is far below the productive potential.\nUpland Game Birds\nAfter the disastrous disappearance of pheasants nearly two years ago, there is\nevidence of a decidedly strong come-back in numbers everywhere. Sportsmen with\ngood hunting-dogs had little trouble getting their limit, although conditions were not up\nto the standard of former years. Vernon, as usual, retained its top position with a high\npheasant population. Several counts taken in small fields in the Vernon area showed\na relatively higher percentage of pheasants than was seen in any other Detachment.\nIn the Quesnel Detachment, willow and Franklin's grouse were numerous, but not\nas plentiful as in the previous year. The survival rate for 1953 will be an interesting\nfeature in view of the expected cyclic decline. There are, no doubt, regional boundaries\ninvolved here.\nThe numbers of blue grouse taken in all Detachments are considerably less than\nthose of other species. The fact that they take to the higher ranges as the season opens\nand that limited numbers of hunters follow them gives no indication of their increase or\ndecrease.\nWillow and Franklin's grouse are, in so far as the kill is concerned, more truly\nindicative of the upward and downward trends, since they are largely birds of the roadside.   The Cariboo and Chilcotin, which are described geologically as the \" great interior\n REPORT OF PROVINCIAL GAME COMMISSION,  1952\nK 21\nplateau,\" may be, to some extent, outside the category of \" higher ranges.\" Willow and\nFranklin's grouse were still very much in evidence, particularly willow, with a relative\ndecrease in Franklin's. Sharp-tailed grouse are not native to the hills of this Province,\nbut thrive better on the grain-fields and cattle ranges. Their numbers are very limited.\nThe 11,606 resident hunters visiting the Cariboo took 6,582 ducks, 425 geese, and\n10,293 grouse.\nMigratory Game Birds\nThe hunting of waterfowl was in line with other species of game. Spring migration\nwas a normal occurrence, showing neither increase nor decrease. The mild weather\nkept the ducks on higher ranges, and no influx to lower waters took place until very late\nin the season. The hunting was poor everywhere. Migration in fall was long delayed\nand of a desultory nature. There is no such phenomenon as migration of clockwork\nprecision in fall. In the north, advancing winter plays a part, with adult birds leading\nthe way south.\nPredatory Animals and Noxious Birds\nFor detailed information covering vermin killed by the Game Wardens in this Division, please refer to the \" Statement of Vermin Destroyed by Game Wardens.\"\nIn a check-up of bounties paid on predators during the year 1952 in this Division,\nit was observed that more bounties were paid in areas where poisoning operations were\ncarried out. It is possible that pelts may have been picked up by hunters on ranges\nwhere poison was used.\nGame Protection\nThere were 442 prosecutions and convictions recorded in this Division during the\nyear. With an astonishing increase in construction of logging-roads, the 300-per-cent\nincrease in hunters carried their hunting activities farther afield. There is little use\ntrying to cover such a vast network of roads with the present totally inadequate staff\nof Wardens. Prevention of violations when dealing with slower traffic was the order\nof the day many years ago under the then existing road system, but with the enormous\ndevelopment of our timber resources to which greater access has been provided, one\ncould not begin to cover all the roads in the manner followed before the war. While\nenforcement of our game laws and regulations is a very necessary part of our duty, the\nintegration of our work with the biological study of our game resources should take\nmore prominence.\nThrough the road blocks carried out by the Game Wardens, statistical information\nuseful to the biologists was obtained. At the Cache Creek Checking-station the kill and\nother valuable information were also recorded. Unfortunately, the decrease in nonresident hunters left a gap in our yearly statistics. Assistance of a limited nature, where\npossible, was rendered to fishery and game biologists and predatory-animal hunters.\nGame Propagation\nThere were 308 chukar partridges and 1,392 pheasants liberated throughout this\nDivision during the year. The Department of Indian Affairs, under the supervision of\nFur Supervisor Robin Kendall, was given permission to take nuisance beavers for\nliberation on Indian trap-lines.\nGame Reserves\nOther than the Bowron Lake sanctuary, from which we take approximately fifteen\nbeavers per year, no programme of development has been contemplated. There are\nareas in the Division in which no hunting has been allowed for years. It would indeed\nbe interesting to know the results of a survey of the game resources within their boundaries and to assess their real value to our Province.    Since conditions, as far as we know,\n K 22 BRITISH COLUMBIA\nare static, little information of material value can be supplied. The Thompson River\nsanctuary immediately opposite the City of Kamloops is a bright spot as a waterfowl\nsanctuary.\nFur Trade\nThis business is in a comparative state of depression. Agents in the Interior invariably pass all furs into Coastal outlets.   There is little to report under this heading.\nRegistration of Trap-lines\nAfter a long period of effort to get individual Indian trap-lines registered, a great\ndeal of progress has been made, particularly in the Quesnel Detachment. Arrangements\nwere made with Robin Kendall, Fur Supervisor for the Department of Indian Affairs, to\nset things in motion and have the Indians and Agents and the local Game Wardens meet\nfor the purpose of drawing a map of trap-line boundaries, many of which date back to\nthe old tribal days. Previously, nearly all Indian trappers were confined to large blocks\nof territory where Indians agreed among themselves to respect each other's trapping\nrights. While this, in a measure, was satisfactory to the Indians, it did not provide us\nwith a check system as to where many Indians were obtaining their pelts. To obtain\na closer check, it was decided to change from the large tribal block to the individual\ntrap-line, much the same as that of the white trapper. This work was ably carried out\nin detail by Game Warden H. J. Lorance, of the Quesnel Detachment, aided by Mr. Kendall and others. The Williams Lake and Vernon Detachments and Canim Lake Reserve\nhave been completed. The Alexis Creek Detachment Indian blocks will be on the\nagenda for action shortly.\nSpecial Patrols\nA special patrol was made by Game Warden H. J. Lorance, accompanied by\nR.C.M.P. Constable George Hackin, who was engaged on police duty, and Robin Kendall, Fur Supervisor for the Department of Indian Affairs, to the Nazko-Kluskus Frontier\nCattle Company area to draw up individual Indian trap-lines boundaries based largely\non old historical family records. The patrol was made by car to Nazko, pack and saddle\nhorse to the area occupied by the Frontier Cattle Company, and return to Nazko, thence\nby car to Quesnel. This patrol was undertaken from May 28th to June 12th, 1952.\nMileage covered on the patrol was:  By car, 175 miles, and by horse, 230 miles.\nHunting Accidents\nFour hunting accidents occurred in this Division during the hunting season. For\ndetailed information covering the accidents, please refer to statement \" Hunting and\nFishing Accidents, 1952.\"\nRegistration of Guides\nThe system of individual guiding areas, a great many of which overlapped, was\nabolished in this Division. There was no guarantee of individual hunting rights of a\npermanent nature. To prevent any suggestion of monopoly, each Detachment having\nmoose and other big-game animals within its boundaries was divided into blocks of\nfrom 300 to 500 square miles each. This meant that most of the guides operating within\nthe new boundaries were neighbours well known to each other. In carrying out the\nscheme, greater harmony among guides prevailed, and, by mutual understanding, guides\ninvariably confined their hunting activities to their favourite hunting-grounds in an area\nwhere greater elbow room was provided. The scheme met with the approval of the\nguides, and I feel sure that when our American friends return after the foot-and-mouth\ndisease embargo is lifted, they will appreciate the greater freedom of hunting movement\nover the newly formed areas of increased size.\n REPORT OF PROVINCIAL GAME COMMISSION, 1952\nK 23\nSummary\nThe past year, without a shadow of a doubt, from a hunter's point of view, was the\npoorest in the history of the Game Branch. Foot-and-mouth disease, now happily\neliminated, was a destructive factor due to the embargo placed on the importation of\nbig game into the United States. Greater stress should be placed on the importance\nof encouraging Prairie sportsmen to come to British Columbia to maintain the cropping\nof big-game ranges already overstocked. These deplorable results, both for big game\nand waterfowl, apart from the embargo, were due to conditions entirely out of human\ncontrol. Scientific game management avails little if weather conditions are against any\nsuggestion of normal movement of big game or waterfowl. The elements cannot be\ncontrolled, nor can the ups and downs or cyclic increases and decreases be switched to\nsuit our purpose. We are the recipients of what nature hands out to us, but much can\nbe learned from a scientific understanding of natural phenomena and knowing what to\nexpect, and when to expect it, and how to deal with the effect of its occurrence. The\nsuggestion, after limited scientific investigation, that moose-food during winter is deficient\nin protein content, relatively speaking, is worth further investigation. The question to\nbe answered is whether moose can thrive on a low winter protein diet. Over-browsing\nis prevalent, except in areas of unpalatable swamp willow and other growth of a similar\nnature.\nOur pheasant population has not fully recovered from its phenomenal overnight\ndisappearance of two years ago. There are, however, signs everywhere of a strong\ncome-back. The expected cyclic decrease of grouse has not yet become fully apparent.\nAfter the past hunting season, large numbers were still left, although a decrease is\nreported in some sections. Investigation of cause and effect in relation to a multiplicity\nof varying conditions both in the flora and fauna of British Columbia is impossible to\nattain with the limited staff of biologists we have at present. There seems to be little\nrealization and appreciation of the enormity of the task simply because the hunter with\na gun does not understand the problems arising out of adverse conditions beyond human\ncontrol.\nThe wolf during the past three or four years has, relatively speaking, almost\ndisappeared. The wolf is not here to accomplish the leveling-off of a surplus of moose\nunable to obtain full nourishment or quantity from its wintering-grounds. Our biologists\nand observing Game Wardens have drawn our attention to conditions affecting the\nfood-supply and the effect in the form of annual die-offs. The brutal fact is that hunters\ndo not like to hear the news. The whole of our natural resources must be scientifically\nand adequately managed from a biological and administrative view-point. We have a\nduty to perform for the benefit of future generations, and that duty should be carried out\nfearlessly. It is poor game management to increase certain species of big game to the\npoint where they have to be winter-fed. We have been warned in the past by American\nauthorities to keep our game resources as natural as possible. One hunter at a Game\nAssociation meeting summed up his knowledge of game management problems when\nhe said, \" What do I know about game conditions in this Province as compared to\nbiologists who are spending six days a week studying game and its welfare? \" Human\njudgment is not always infallible in the face of fluctuating conditions.\nThe revised guiding system of group areas to replace the individual guiding areas\nformerly established furnishes greater security for the guide and his family. It has been\nvery well received by the guides generally. American hunters will welcome the greater\nelbow room afforded during their annual hunt, which many look forward to as the\nfinest vacation ever.\nIn the fur-bearing world, prices were at a very low ebb. Trappers sought other\nemployment of a more lucrative nature. This may be all to the good. I do not think\nthat we have even remotely approached the fur potential. The forthcoming appearance\nof television is something for the biologist and the Game Warden to pleasantly contem-\n K 24 BRITISH COLUMBIA\nplate.   Its educational value is enormous.   Visual education for the younger generation\ntoward a better understanding of our wildlife resources has indeed a bright future.\nTo the Forest Service Parks Branch officials at Kamloops, and to officers of the\nRoyal Canadian Mounted Police, officials of the Water Rights Branch, and Wardens of\nthe Division, my thanks are gratefully extended for the very valuable assistance rendered\nand duty performed during the year. In conclusion and after completing thirty-three\nyears with the Game Department, I would like to pay my respects to officials of the\nvarious Government departments in the Interior and especially in the Kamloops district\nfor the splendid support and courtesy extended over the years. It is a record to which\nI look back with many happy memories of services rendered by Government officials in\ntheir effort to serve the public of British Columbia to the best of their ability.\n\" D \" DIVISION (ATLIN, SKEENA, OMINECA, PRINCE RUPERT, FORT\nGEORGE, PEACE RIVER, AND YUKON BOUNDARY DISTRICTS)\nBy W. A. H. Gill, Officer Commanding\nI beg to submit herewith my annual report covering game conditions in \" D \"\nDivision for the year ended December 31st, 1952.\nBig-game Animals\nMoose.\u2014These animals are plentiful throughout the Division, except along the\ncoast and in the Fort Nelson area. In the spring of 1952 there was still 2 feet of snow\nwith a heavy crust, which condition made moose easy prey for wolves and coyotes. This\ncondition lasted for two weeks and was so severe that the moose were hardly able to\nmove around enough to obtain sufficient food.\nMoose ticks were scarce in 1952, but it was noticed that a great number of moose\ntaken during the hunting season had tapeworms. As tapeworms are not dangerous to\nhuman beings when the meat is cooked, and since they apparently do not destroy the\nmoose, they are not considered too great a menace.\nIn 1952 a great number of moose were taken by the local sportmen during the\nfirst two weeks of the season. After this, however, due to the mild fall, the moose\nmoved back to the higher levels and few were taken.\nA considerable number of poison baits were set out in order to destroy wolves in\nthe more heavily populated moose wintering-grounds, with splendid results.\nDeer.\u2014These animals are still fairly scarce, except in the Queen Charlotte Islands,\nwhere a continuous open season has been in effect for the past several years.\nIncreases in the deer population have been noted in the Burns Lake and Prince\nGeorge areas. I might say that, while setting out poison for predators, particular\nattention has been paid to the deer wintering-grounds.\nCaribou.\u2014These animals are slowly decreasing in numbers, but they may still be\nfound in fairly large numbers in the Cold Fish Lake area and in the area between Fort\nSt. John and Fort Nelson.\nBlack and Brown Bear.\u2014These are not nearly as plentiful as in past years, and it\nis felt that the bear population has been sufficiently reduced by our Predator-control\nBranch to where they are no longer a major menace to domestic stock and game.\nGrizzly Bear.\u2014These big-game animals are plentiful and could stand to be hunted\nmuch more heavily than they are at present.\nMountain-sheep.\u2014Mountain-sheep are still found in large numbers north of the\n56th parallel, but the white sheep (Ovis dahl) are scarce.\nMountain-goat.\u2014These animals are plentiful wherever the terrain is suitable. In\nthis Division, few are taken by the sportsmen.\nWapiti (Elk).\u2014Elk are very scarce in this Division; a few bands are reported in\nthe Wapiti River, Moberly Lake, Germansen Lake, and Tete Jaune areas.   We hope to\n REPORT OF PROVINCIAL GAME COMMISSION,  1952\nK 25\nbe able to release some elk in the Butcher Flats area west of Bednesti Lake in the Fort\nGeorge District.\nFur-bearing Animals\nMarten.\u2014These splendid fur-bearers are steadily increasing, and no doubt this is\ngreatly due to the low prices being paid by fur-traders.\nBeaver.\u2014These animals are plentiful, and old-time white trappers report that as\nfar back as they can remember beaver are far more numerous now than at any time in\nthe past.\nDue to the Indian practice of taking as many beaver as possible at each colony,\nsome of the Indian trap-lines are still understocked. However, I feel that this practice is\nbeing gradually overcome through the efforts of Robin Kendall, Fur Supervisor for the\nDepartment of Indian Affairs.\nFox.\u2014Due to the fact that there is no market for fox-pelts, trappers have stopped\ntrapping these fur-bearers, and consequently they are becoming plentiful.\nMink.\u2014An increase has been noted in the mink population, but due to the pelts\nof these animals being in good demand, the trappers are taking more than in past years.\nFisher.\u2014These animals are steadily increasing, but because of the uncertain fur\nmarket, they are not being trapped to a great extent.\nLynx.\u2014Lynx are very plentiful; this, no doubt, is due to the abundance of rabbits,\nand due to the fact that they are not being heavily trapped because of low fur prices.\nAll other fur-bearers are holding their own. However, it is believed that squirrels\nare decreasing slightly in some areas. They are still being heavily trapped, as prices are\nfairly good.\nUpland Game Birds\nPheasants.\u2014The Smithers Rod and Gun Club was supplied with twenty adult\npheasants. These birds were kept in pens, and the eggs obtained from them were hatched.\nToward fall, some of the birds were released. Out of the twenty birds received from the\nGame Commission, one was dead on arrival and three were badly injured. Fourteen of\nthe original birds are still alive, and ten birds raised by this active club appear to be\nquite healthy. The club still has two pens of pheasants which are being kept for breeders\nfor the spring of 1953. They plan to incubate all eggs obtained and to release the birds\nin the fall.\nSome of the pheasants released in the Vanderhoof and Dawson Creek areas are still\nalive, but no increase has been noted.\nWillow Grouse.\u2014A slight decrease in willow grouse in certain areas was noticed.\nHowever, it would appear that they are still plentiful and a good season for 1953 can be\nexpected.\nBlue Grouse.\u2014These birds are scarce in this Division and are seldom seen.\nFranklin's Grouse.\u2014Franklin's grouse (fool hens) are still scarce and have shown\nno increase since 1949.\nPrairie-chicken (Sharp-tailed Grouse).\u2014Prairie-chicken are plentiful in all the\nfarming districts in this Division. As many as 100 birds have been flushed in one flock.\nI believe a longer season should be put into effect in order to spread these birds out and\ndecrease their numbers before some disease destroys them.\nMigratory Game Birds\nDucks and Geese.\u2014Very poor duck-hunting was experienced in most areas in this\nDivision. Because of a mild fall the birds did not arrive as early as usual. When the\nmigration started, the birds passed right on through owing to a sudden storm and the\nlateness of the season.\nLocal ducks and geese showed a slight increase.\n K 26 BRITISH COLUMBIA\nDestruction of Vermin\nTimber-wolves and Coyotes.\u2014An extensive coyote and wolf poisoning programme\nhas been carried out in and around the farming areas. Horses have been obtained in all\nfarming communities, and 1,080 poison stations have been set out.\nConsiderable work has been undertaken in putting out poison stations in localities\nwhere heavy concentrations of wolves are known to be destroying game animals. All\nthis work and the results obtained are reported to the Supervisor of Predator-control,\nG. A. West, and, therefore, I would refer you to his report on the subject.\nI wish to thank all farmers and loggers who donated the twenty-nine horses used in\nour poisoning operations, and also others who so generously assisted us in this worth-while\neffort.\nCougars.\u2014These predators are increasing slightly, but not in sufficient numbers to\nwarrant the employment of predatory-animal hunters or keeping trained dogs in this\nDivision to hunt cougars.\nMagpies.\u2014Magpies are steadily increasing and are being hunted more extensively\nby game personnel.\nEagles.\u2014Numerous reports have been received from trappers in connection with\neagles killing muskrats.   These birds seem to be increasing.\nGame Protection\nAs stated in previous Annual Reports, a Department-owned aircraft is definitely\nneeded. With the ever-increasing use of aircraft by sportsmen in this vast Division, it is\nimpossible to check them when they are permitted to land on lakes which are hundreds\nof miles inland and which are impossible to reach by road or by any other means of\ntransportation at our disposal. Such aircraft could be used almost continuously in this\nDivision alone.\nA considerable increase in population in this Division has occurred. Many permanent residents have moved into the district, as well as a number of transients, the majority\nof whom are employed by the Aluminum Company of Canada or by the Columbia\nCellulose Company plant at Prince Rupert. The opening of the John Hart Highway\nhas also been responsible to some degree for the increase. As a result of this great influx\nin population, a large increase in the number of prosecutions has occurred. Two hundred\nand fifty-two convictions were obtained during the period from January 1st to December\n31st, 1952.\nA new Detachment has been opened at Terrace. This was necessary because of the\ngreat increase in population in that area. This increase is caused mainly through the\nColumbia Cellulose Company logging operations and the construction of the highway\nand railway from Terrace to Kitimat.\nBecause of the unexpected development in the Atlin district, it is felt that a Game\nDetachment will be necessary there in the near future.\nGame Propagation\nPheasants.\u2014Twenty adult pheasants were donated to the Bulkley Valley Rod and\nGun Club at Smithers. These birds were placed in suitable pens pending favourable\nweather, and as the birds were still laying, a number of eggs were gathered and hatched,\nwith the result that ten additional birds were raised. In December of this year, fourteen\nof the original birds were still alive and all of the ten young birds survived.\nThe Bulkley Valley Rod and Gun Club still has two pens of these birds in captivity\nand will hatch all eggs obtained, and any young birds raised will be liberated in the fall\nin the Smithers area.\nElk.\u2014It is hoped that the request submitted by the Prince George Rod and Gun\nClub for the liberation of elk at Butcher Flats will be given favourable consideration.\n REPORT OF PROVINCIAL GAME COMMISSION, 1952 K 27\nBeaver.\u2014Beaver liberated in this Division have all become well established in\nsuitable areas. All trappers who obtained beaver from the Department for propagation\npurposes are very pleased with the results.\nGame Reserves\nThere are only three small game reserves in this Division. These are located around\ntowns and are more for the protection of the public than for game.\nThe Nechako Bird Sanctuary at Vanderhoof has resulted in providing far better field\nshooting for local sportsmen. Now that the Aluminum Company of Canada has shut off\nthe flow of water in the Nechako River with the Kenney Dam, it is not known whether\nor not this sanctuary will be inhabited by migratory birds as in the past unless considerable\nwork is done on the river-bed in order to hold back sufficient water for the protection\nof ducks and geese resting on this sanctuary.\nIt is hoped that a migratory game-bird sanctuary will be established at Buckhorn\nLake (Buckthorn Lake) in the vicinity of Prince George for the purpose of making\na resting-place for ducks and geese and thereby providing better sport for the local\nresidents.\nFur Trade\nDue to the low price being paid for raw furs, trappers have not been as actively\ntrapping their lines as in the past.\nRegistration of Trap-lines\nVery few complaints are received. However, because of the newer maps being\nbrought out from time to time, a great deal of work is involved in changing registrations\nand relocating the trapper's registered areas in conformity with the new maps.\nGame Warden J. A. McCabe, of Fort Nelson, has completed registering almost all\nthe outstanding registrations in the Fort Nelson area. He is greatly handicapped in this\nwork because most of his Detachment can be reached only by dog team. Many patrols\nhave to be made, and many trappers must be interviewed before a trap-line registration\ncan be completed.\nRegistration of Guides\nThis system is working very satisfactorily. Complaints are no longer received from\nguides or visiting sportsmen, as was the case in the past when guides were not restricted\nto certain areas.\nSpecial Patrols\n\u2022_\nFive special patrols were made in 1952. Game Wardens J. A. McCabe and B.\nVilleneuve made a special patrol to Hay Lakes, Alberta, in February, 1952. The patrol\nlasted for thirty-one days, and a distance of 720 miles was covered by dog team and\n133 miles by car. This patrol was undertaken for the purpose of checking Alberta Indian\ntrappers who are trapping in British Columbia and to observe the beaver population.\nExtremely severe weather was encountered on this patrol, and the hardships endured by\nthese Game Wardens have shown them to be a credit to the Department.\nIn June, 1952, a special patrol was made by aircraft to Hay Lakes, Alberta, in\ncompany with Game Wardens J. A. McCabe and B. Villeneuve, and Fur Supervisor for\nIndian Affairs Branch, R. Kendall, and myself for the purpose of holding a joint meeting\nwith the Indian Affairs Branch and the Alberta and British Columbia Game Branch\nrepresentatives in order to clear up points of dispute regarding Alberta Indians trapping\nin British Columbia and to make recommendations for better fur conservation.\nIn June, 1952, Game Wardens McCabe and Villeneuve made a special patrol by\nriver-boat to Fort Liard, Northwest Territories, in order to check fur-buyers' books and\n K 28 BRITISH COLUMBIA\ninterview enforcement officers for the Northwest Territories.    A distance of 400 miles\nwas travelled by boat.\nTwo patrols were made to Haynes, Alaska, during the months of September and\nOctober by Game Wardens J. Stewart, of Lower Post, and J. A. McCabe, of Fort Nelson.\nThese special patrols were made for the purpose of checking hunters. On these patrols\n4,722 miles were covered by car.\nHunting Accidents\nThere were two hunting accidents in this Division during the year, one of which\nwas fatal. For detailed information covering the accidents, see report \" Hunting and\nFishing Accidents, 1952.\"\nGame-fish Culture\nCoarse-fish traps in Beaverly and St. George Creeks, one of which flows into and\nthe other out of West Lake, were operated continuously during the coarse-fish run.\nA trap was also operated in Cluculz Creek at the outlet of Cluculz Lake. Fish tox\nwas used in Beaverly, St. George, Cluculz, Norman, Deep, and Sucker Creeks. Samples\nof fish were weighed at each operation, and it is estimated that approximately 34 tons of\ncoarse fish were destroyed in all.   Less than 100 trout were destroyed in these operations.\nSeveral lake surveys were carried out in this Division by the Scientific Branch, who,\nno doubt, will be submitting a detailed report on their findings and also on the number\nof fry and eggs planted.\nI wish to thank the Bulkley Valley and Prince George Rod and Gun Clubs for their\nsplendid work in connection with fish-culture.\nSummary and General Remarks on Game and Fish\nI feel that the game and fish in this Division are in a satisfactory condition. However,\nI would like to stress the need for more suitable equipment for the use of Game Wardens\nand predator-hunters in combating the timber-wolves and for carrying out checking in\nremote areas we are unable to reach at present.\nI wish to thank all Game Wardens and office staff for their splendid co-operation.\nSUMMARY OF REPORTS SUBMITTED BY GAME WARDENS IN \" E\" DIVISION (MAINLAND COAST NORTH TO TOBA INLET AND LOWER\nMAINLAND AS FAR INLAND AS NORTH BEND).\nBig Game\nDeer (Coast or Columbian).\u2014Fairly numerous throughout the whole Division.\nElk (Wapiti).\u2014The herd of wapiti in the McNab Creek area, Howe Sound, appears\nto have reached its peak in numbers because of lack of suitable browse.\nBlack or Brown Bear.\u2014Notwithstanding a continuous open hunting season being\nin effect on these animals, very few have been taken, and reports of damage have been\nincreasing.\nGrizzly Bear.\u2014At the heads of Loughborough Inlet, Phillips Arm, Frederick Arm,\nBute and Toba Inlets, grizzly bear are fairly plentiful. As access to these regions is\nsomewhat difficult, they are not hunted to any great extent.\nMountain-goat.\u2014These animals are in fair numbers at the headwaters of Coquit-\nlam, Alouette, Stave, Davis, Harrison, and Chehalis Lakes, as well as in sections of the\nChilliwack district.\nFur-bearing Animals\nDue to the downward trend in the fur market, fur-bearers have not been as heavily\ntrapped as in the past, and consequently a general increase has been noted in all fur-\n REPORT OF PROVINCIAL GAME COMMISSION,  1952 K 29\nbearing animals, especially racoon and beaver. However, in the Alert Bay Game\nDetachment, due to a lengthy strike of fishermen, trapping was carried on more extensively than in the past.\nUpland Game Birds\nGrouse (Blue and Willow or Ruffed).\u2014In this Division blue grouse in most sections\nare not plentiful, but willow or ruffed grouse seem to be increasing slightly in some\nportions.\nCalifornia Quail and Hungarian Partridge.\u2014These birds are found only in a few\nsections of the Lower Mainland, where they are not very plentiful.\nPheasants.\u2014Hunting of this wonderful game bird provides enjoyment to large\nnumbers of hunters residing in the fairly heavily populated areas of the Lower Mainland;\nso much so that it has become a very difficult problem to provide sufficient birds to satisfy\nthis large number of hunters, especially in a fairly restricted hunting area which in recent\nyears has become more restricted through increased population.\nThe Delta region is probably the most heavily hunted, with good to fair sport being\nobtainable in the areas on the north and south sides of the Fraser River as far east as\nRosedale.\nDuring the 1952 open season, fair bags of pheasants were secured, and reports\nindicate that there were more birds present than during the 1951 season.\nMigratory Game Birds\nDucks and Canada Geese.\u2014-Climatic conditions prevented any great amount of\nhunting, although birds were more numerous than in the past years. Fair bags of ducks\nwere frequently secured off the mouth of the Fraser River.\nDuring the summer a greater number of resident ducks were to be noticed in many\nsections of the Division.\nBlack Brant.\u2014In the Boundary Bay area, the principal hunting territory for brant,\nbirds were not very plentiful during the open season, but after the season expired, large\nconcentrations of brant were to be observed.\nSnow Geese.\u2014As in the case of brant, these birds were far more plentiful after the\nhunting season had finished than during the period when shooting was permitted.\nBand-tailed Pigeons.\u2014These birds were to be found in scattered numbers throughout the Division and were probably more numerous on the Lower Mainland in sections\nfrequented by pigeons each year.\nWilson's Snipe.\u2014While not very plentiful, they are not hunted to any great extent.\nPredatory Animals and Noxious Birds\nCougar, red fox, bob-cat, and racoon, along with black bear, have been responsible\nfor numerous complaints of damage, and many of these animals were destroyed during\nthe year. Crows and big-horned and snow owls are the principal noxious birds to be\nfound in the Division, but their numbers are being kept down through constant shooting.\nDomestic dogs and cats have been responsible for the destruction of game and\ndomestic animals and birds. A number of reports of dogs running deer have been\nreceived and attended to with considerable success.\nGame Protection\nAttention is drawn to the statement of prosecutions found in another portion of\nthis Report.\nGame Propagation\nThe policy of purchasing and releasing pheasants in suitable habitat has continued,\nand, from returns received, many of these released birds were brought to bag during the\nopen season.\n K 30 BRITISH COLUMBIA\nGame Reserves\nThe existing game reserves in the Division have been constantly patrolled, and these\nareas have provided rest and a haven for migratory waterfowl especially.\nFur Trade\nReduction in fur prices has been very noticeable, and, as a result, trapping has not\nbeen carried on as extensively as in past years.\nRegistration of Trap-lines\nThrough this system of trap-line control the registered trapper is afforded protection, and there would appear to be very little doubt that this system has been responsible\nfor a regulated fur harvest each year.\nRegistration of Guides\nAs this Division cannot be classed as a good big-game country, there have been\nvery few guides operating in the area.\nSpecial Patrols\nMany patrols have been made during the year, but none of these can be classed\nas special patrols.\nHunting Accidents\nSee statement on \" Hunting Accidents.\"\nGame-fish Culture\nA great many lakes and streams have received plantings of trout from the Smiths\nFalls Hatchery at Cultus Lake. For further particulars, attention is drawn to the distribution statement which is to be found in another portion of this Report.\nSummary\nAll Game Wardens in the Division express appreciation for assistance rendered by\npersonnel of other Government departments, Game Associations, farmers and sportsmen\nin general.\nANNUAL REPORT OF THE FISHERIES MANAGEMENT DIVISION\nBy Dr. P. A. Larkin, Chief Fisheries Biologist\nIn 1952 the Fisheries Management Division began its first year of operations as\nan integrated unit. Estimates for the Hatchery Branch and Scientific Fisheries Branch\nwere combined, both Branches coming under the direction of the writer, and the administration of all of the fisheries work was reorganized. The fisheries work is now set up\nunder four divisions, each in charge of a permanent staff fisheries biologist; namely,\nProtection, Management, Research, and Hatcheries. Each Branch has an assistant\nfisheries biologist. While this organization is not completely consistent with modern\nconcepts of fish-cultural practice, it is an expedient arrangement which, while it reflects\ncurrent problems and past practices, nevertheless has proven exceptionally suitable to\nhandling the accelerating fisheries work of the Department. The staff of the Division\nwas increased by the appointment of six permanent men in 1952 as a part of the\nprogramme of expansion. The new appointments were mostly recruited from former\ntemporary staff, and in consequence all of the new men have done exceptional work\nin their first year with the Department.    The following annual reports of the four\n REPORT OF PROVINCIAL GAME COMMISSION,  1952\nK 31\nDivisions in the Fisheries Branch clearly indicate that 1952 was a year of considerable\naccomplishment.\nHatchery Division\nThe statements of trout liberations from Departmental hatcheries indicate the\nbustling activity characteristic of the hatchery staff. Some striking changes were made\nin the hatchery work in 1952. Loon Creek Hatchery, for the first time, raised advanced\nfry for planting in Cariboo lakes. This programme was successful and will be accelerated\nand improved in 1953. Summerland Hatchery acquired five new rearing-ponds which\nwere used in large part for raising fingerlings for planting in Shuswap Lake. Cut-throat\nbrood stock at Smiths Falls Hatchery produced sufficient eggs to allow a switch over to\ncut-throat rearing at both Smiths Falls and Puntledge Park Hatcheries. However, difficulties in obtaining condemned liver and spleen for trout-food at the hatcheries as a\nconsequence of foot-and-mouth disease embargo put a crimp in an otherwise successful\nyear of operation. A large fraction of the trout at the Summerland Hatchery had to be\nreleased in December and January as a necessary economy; there was a heavy loss at\nthe Smiths Falls Hatchery because of dietary deficiencies, and all hatcheries had to do\na resourceful job of manipulating stocks of trout-food in the emergency.\nSubstantial improvements were made iti the permanent installations of all of the\nhatcheries during the year.\nHatchery Biological Experiments\nBy I. Barrett, Division Fishery Biologist\nFurther experiments on the effects of starvation on various aspects of the physiology\nof the Kamloops trout were conducted at the Summerland Trout Hatchery from October,\n1952, to March, 1953. These experiments were a continuation and extension of those\nwhich had been run during the winter of 1951-52 at the same hatchery.\nThe study involved an investigation of the following physiological aspects of\nstarvation: Activity (cruising speed); tolerance to high temperatures; respiration\n(carbon dioxide-oxygen relation); active metabolism; total fat content; total water\ncontent; haemoglobin content of blood; protein content of blood serum; and growth\nrate. The fish used were of two age-groups\u201417 to 20 months old and 8 to 10 months\nold. These formed the basis for a duplicate set of experiments over the six-month course\nof the current investigation.\nAlthough the analysis of the data is incomplete, some generally indicative results\nand trends of the research can be seen. There is a drop in the cruising speed (swimming\nability) of starved trout, although this drop is not directly proportioned to the length of\ntime that the fish have been starved. Starved Kamloops trout are more sensitive to high\ntemperatures than are unstarved ones. A greater percentage of starved fish die, and\ndie sooner, than do control trout held in the same lethal-temperature bath. In the respiration work it has been shown that starved fish are less able to extract oxygen from\nwater in the presence of carbon dioxide than are well-fed trout at an intermediate range\nof carbon-dioxide content. Above and below this range there is no apparent difference\nof effect of carbon dioxide on either starved or unstarved trout. There is some indication\nthat trout unfed for long periods require more oxygen than their unstarved counterparts\nto do the same amount of work. However, the data on this point require further\nanalysis.\nThe total fat content of the starved fish drops steadily until after 100 days of starvation; there is almost no fat left in the body. A slight increase in the water content of\nthe starved fish indicates a possibility of a disruption in osmotic balance and in salt\ncontent. Both the blood haemoglobin and the serum protein content vary greatly within\nthe control Kamloops trout due to a variety of factors and therefore present little possibility of determining changes due to inanition.    In addition, there is a general loss of\n K 32 BRITISH COLUMBIA\nweight (possibly complicated by an intake of water) and a drop in growth rate with\nprolonged starvation.\nA general pattern readily emerges from these findings. When trout are starved,\nthey lose weight and start to use their own body fats and tissue proteins to maintain life.\nTheir osmotic balance is upset. Vitamin, mineral, and hormonal relationships are\ndisrupted. The starved fish become excitable, compared to well-fed trout. In other\nwords, the fish are subject to a number of internal stresses, initially induced by starvation.\nWhen these fish are exposed to additional external experimental stresses\u2014swift currents,\nhigh temperatures, high carbon-dioxide dosages, and induced work\u2014they cannot respond\nto these stresses as well as well-fed fish. These results and their obvious implications\nmay be applied (with reservation) to some hatchery practices and to some problems\nof population dynamics.\nProtection Division\nBy R. G. McMynn, Division Fishery Biologist\nActivities of the Protection Division during the year 1952-53 are briefly outlined\nin the following report. These activities appear to fall most conveniently into four categories\u2014Water Licences, Pollutions, Obstructions, and Research.\nWater Licences.\u2014The submission by the Comptroller of Water Rights of all water-\nlicence applications, renewals, and extensions to the Game Commission for their clearance\nand approval has again proven to be a most valuable service. Our early notification of\nall proposed industrial and mining developments which plan to utilize water enables us\nto evaluate such projects in the light of their anticipated effects on the game and sport-\nfish resources of the area. In many cases, recommendations for the protection of the\nwildlife resources have been made and acted upon.\nA new system of processing and filing all water-licence applications was initiated\nduring the latter part of 1952. This system, incorporating printed forms, is proving to\nbe most effective in the handling of the many applications which are received each month.\nLast year 906 water-licence applications, renewals, or extensions were investigated\nby Game Department personnel. The following breakdown indicates the number of\napplications studied in each division during the year 1952-53:\u2014 Applications\n\" A \" Division  180\n\" B \" Division  267\n\" C \" Division  248\n\" D \" Division     40\n\" E \" Division  171\nTotal  906\nPollutions.\u2014A number of stream pollutions (or potential stream pollutions) were\ninvestigated by the Game Department in 1952-53, and in most cases successful abatement\nwas achieved.\nMining activities, especially in the Kootenay Districts, were responsible for a number\nof investigations (competently dealt with by Fishery Supervisor Robinson). Although\nmine tailings usually do not contain chemical substances which are directly harmful to\nfish, the silting problem often destroys trout spawning-grounds as well as the food\norganisms upon which fish normally thrive. Rather than outlining details of each investigation (available in the files), the numerous pollution studies are summarized in the\nfollowing breakdown:\u2014\n(1)  Mining pollutions:\u2014\n(a) Abatement plans completed:\u2014\nHighland Belle, base metal, Kettle River.\nKootenay Belle, base metal, Kaslo Creek.\n REPORT OF PROVINCIAL GAME COMMISSION,  1952\nK 33\n(b)\nMastodon mine, base metal, Mastodon Creek.\nEstella mine, base metal, Wasa Lake.\nHudson Bay mine, base metal, Sheep Creek.\nJackson Basin, base metal, Kaslo Creek.\nBlue Belle, base metal, Kootenay Lake.\nDeeks-McBride, gravel-washing, McKay Creek.\nDeeks-McBride, gravel-washing, Capilano River.\nCapilano Crushing Company, gravel-crushing, Capilano River.\nCanadian Exploration, base metal, Salmon River.\nPending:\u2014\nAinsworth Base Metals, base metal, Woodbury Creek.\nCanadian Exploration, tungsten, Salmon River.\nSheep Creek Gold Mines, base metal, Healy Creek.\n(2)  Other pollutions:\u2014\n(a) Abatement completed:\u2014\nMarysville Fertilizer Plant, gypsum, St. Mary River.\nCanadian Pacific Railway, oil pollution, Coquitlam River.\nCowichan River, sewage chlorination.\n(b) Pending:\u2014\nCanada Packers, vegetable-cannery, Atchelitz Creek.\nCawston Cannery, vegetable-cannery, Lowe Brook Slough.\nFraser Valley Milk Producers, milk wastes, Luckakuck River.\nCelanese Corporation, pulp and paper, Arrow Lakes.\nSlaughter-house, Luckakuck River.\nAs a result of the Province's present industrial boom, 1952 produced a number of\nobstruction problems, chiefly in the form of dams.   In order that sport-fish interests might\nbe protected, many of these projects were investigated and reported upon.   In the following projects, protection of the sport-fish resource was achieved through the construction\nof fish-ladders, the clearing of reservoirs or the regulation of water spillage to provide\nminimum flow:\u2014\nSpringbank Dehydration Company, irrigation, control of spillage.\nHicks Lake, recommendation of dam-removal.\nLardeau River, log-driving, strong objection by Game Department\u2014results\nstill pending.\nHarmac Pulp-mill, water storage at Fourth Nanaimo Lake, reservoir-clearing\nand fish-ladder.\nOne Mile Creek, irrigation-dam, fish-ladder.\nSmall River, irrigation-dam, fish-ladder (now being constructed by Federal\nFisheries Department).\nTheodosia River, river diversion, provision of minimum flow.\nButtle Lake, proposed storage, public hearings.\nRainy River, water storage, provision of minimum flow.\nSpillimacheen River, power and water storage, reservoir-clearing recommended\n(pending development).\nCoquihalla River, oil pipe-line, alternate route suggested and will be followed.\nViolamac Mines, Wilson Creek, power-dam, reservoir-clearing recommended.\nSt. Mary Lake, outlet-clearing recommended.\nGeneral.\u2014In addition to the above investigations, a number of other duties were\ncarried out by the Protection Division during the year 1952.    These can be briefly\nsummarized as follows:\u2014\n(1) Scale readings of all cut-throat trout scale samples submitted by anglers\nfrom the Lower Mainland.\n(2) Poisoning of Goodacre Lake in Victoria.\n K 34 BRITISH COLUMBIA\n(3) Preparation for publication of a paper entitled \" The Effects on Sport Fish\nof Present and Future Water Utilization on the Campbell River Drainage\nSystem.\"\n(4) Lake surveys of Stave Lake, Alouette Lake, and St. Mary Lake.\n(5) An intensive investigation of Salmon River (Langley area). The interim\nreport follows.\nSalmon River.\u2014Many streams on the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island have\nhad their drainage-basins largely denuded of forest-cover by the increasing utilization of\nland for agriculture. Many small diversions take water from these streams for domestic\nor irrigation purposes. These land- and water-use practices tend to increase the rate of\nrun-off, lower the water-table, and reduce minimal summer stream-flows to the detriment\nof fish populations.\nThe Salmon River in Langley Township is a good example of the above trends, and\na continuing investigation has been carried out on this stream since July, 1952. The\npurposes of the investigation are to evaluate the stream as a spawning and rearing area,\nto estimate the effects of land use, and to formulate remedial measures if possible.\nIt has been found that the stream is a substantial spawning and rearing area for\ncohoe salmon and sea-run cut-throat trout, with large areas of excellent spawning-gravel,\ncover, and food production in the upper reaches. The mature trout provide a fair\nsport-fishery when on their spawning migrations to the river.\nAlthough the stream-banks are largely untouched in the upper reaches, the surrounding land in the drainage area has been increasingly used for agriculture. This has\nresulted in more rapid drainage, with attendant violent fluctuations in stream-flow.\nWinter floods scour the bottom in the lower reaches and remove all fish-food organisms\ntemporarily. Food production in the upper reaches is high throughout the year. Actual\ndiversion of water for domestic and irrigation purposes does not constitute a significant\nreduction in flow, but the generally decreased water-holding capacity of the drainage area\nhas probably resulted in reduction of fish habitat during the dry summer months.\nAs no natural storage areas are available in the headwater region of Salmon River,\nlittle can be done to conserve water in the face of increasing agricultural expansion.\nThe remaining brush and forest-cover along the stream-banks could well be left untouched\nto provide shade, cover, and to prevent erosion.\nManagement Division\nBy S. B. Smith, Division Fishery Biologist\nWith the appointment of G. E. Stringer as Assistant Fisheries Management Biologist\nin May, 1952, it was possible to plan for considerably broader field operations in 1952-53.\nHowever, since Mr. Stringer was not available to this Division until August, the major\nportion of field activities in the Fisheries Management Division took place in August and\nSeptember.\nThe period from April 1st to August 1st was occupied mainly with completion of\nresearch dealing with methods of calculating fish lengths from scales and with variations\nin growth of trout in Paul Lake. It is planned to gather some further complementary\ndata during the coming summer, and the research should be in a sufficient state of\npreparedness to make possible submission for publication by November or December,\n1953.\nRoutine laboratory work, scale-readings (from samples submitted by anglers),\ninvestigations of the Vedder and Seymour Rivers, together with some time devoted to\nplanning and setting up routine recording systems for data pertinent to this Division,\noccupied most of the month of July. In addition, two field-trips to the E. C. Manning\nProvincial Park were carried out to assist in establishment of an extensive creel-census\nprogramme for the lakes in the park.\n REPORT OF PROVINCIAL GAME COMMISSION,  1952\nK 35\nActivities in August were confined mainly to investigation of fish reclamations and\ntransfers. Extensive field-trials were carried out with an electrical fish attractor, with\nwhich it was hoped that large numbers of fish could be captured in the period of low\nwater when they had become stranded, particularly below irrigation diversions. The\nelectrical equipment was tried out in five localities (Alouette River, Loon Creek, Upper\nPaul Creek, Quilchena Creek, and Aberdeen Creek). It is with regret to say that\nencouraging results were not obtained, and that future possibilities of reclaiming stranded\nfish with the type of equipment presently available do not appear too hopeful.\nAlso in August a modified Oneida trap-net was used for investigation of the possibility of transferring large numbers of small fish from over-populated lakes to waters\nwhere they might provide additional sport-fishing. It was particularly hoped that fish in\nthe length range 6 to 8 inches might be trapped and transferred to lakes containing coarse\nfish, in the expectation that survival of the transferred fish would be sufficient to provide\nan important adjunct to hatchery liberations in those waters. For the lakes which were\ninvestigated, it was found that the effort required to operate the trap-net (in terms of\nwages for two men) was not compensated by the returns in the number of fish captured.\nHowever, the possibility has not been discounted that lack of success was due to hot\nsummer weather (and lack of movement of fish into the shallow zones where the nets\nwere operated) or that more suitable lakes could have been chosen.\nInvestigation was made of the opportunities for introductions of bass to waters\nunsuitable for the production of trout. Bass were trapped in Shannon Lake near West-\nbank, in the Okanagan Lake area, and transferred to Yellow Lake near Keremeos.\nResults of this initial transfer will not be known for at least two years, but ease of\ncapturing bass has led to planning for trapping and transfer of this species in 1953 from\nShannon Lake to Garcia Lake in the vicinity of Merritt. This and other proposed\ntransfers of bass will be observed closely in subsequent years.\nOne major fish reclamation was carried out during the first week in September.\nIn company with members of the Vernon Rod and Gun Club, approximately 5,000 fish,\n6 to 8 inches in length, were salvaged from the outlets of Aberdeen and Haddo Lakes\nin the Lumby area. These fish were transferred by tank-truck to Kalamalka Lake near\nVernon. It is planned to carry out the above reclamation project three times during the\nsummer of 1953.\nPreliminary organization of an anglers' survey was completed in October, 1952, and\na questionnaire form was drawn up. The purpose of the survey by questionnaire was\npointed toward assessment of the economics and distribution of the British Columbia\nsport-fishery. It was not found possible to carry out the survey in the fiscal year of 1953,\nbut it is planned to complete this work in early 1954. Analysis of the Manning Park\ncreel-census data was completed and forwarded to the British Columbia Forest Service,\nParks and Recreation Division, in January, 1953. The programme proved to be highly\nsuccessful, and recommendations regarding management of the sport-fishery in Manning\nPark are outlined in detail in the report.\nOver 400 resort operators were circularized in January, 1953, requesting assistance\nin gathering catch statistics on the lakes and streams where resort businesses are operating.\nTo date, response has been gratifying, with more than 150 operators signifying their\nwillingness to co-operate. Record-books and cards have been sent to all those who have\nreplied, and it is expected that eventually over 200 resort operators will give assistance.\nGame Wardens will assist with the resort operators' fishing records, and it is hoped that\nmost of those operators keeping records for the British Columbia Game Department will\nbe contacted personally this summer.\nRecord-books similar to those supplied to resort operators have been printed and\nwill be made available to Game Wardens for the summer fishing season in 1953. These\nlatter record-books will enable Game Wardens to gather catch data from anglers during\nthe course of their routine patrol activities.\n\u2022\n K 36 BRITISH COLUMBIA\nIt is felt that catch data supplied by Game Wardens and resort operators, together\nwith results of the proposed anglers' survey by questionnaire, will make possible the first\ncomprehensive evaluation of the sport-fishery of the Province. Completion of this work\nwill be given every attention, in the hope that publication will be possible by February\nor March, 1954.\nA comprehensive review of the literature pertaining to aquatic-weed control by\nchemical treatment was carried out during the past two months. It has been submitted\nin report form to the British Columbia Department of Agriculture and the British\nColumbia Game Commission.\nFishing records gathered at the British Columbia Game Department checking-station\nat Cache Creek, covering the period 1949 to 1952, inclusive, are in the final stages of\npreparation.   A report covering analysis of these data will be available shortly.\nActivities presently are centred on the compilation of pertinent field information on\nlakes and streams which support sport-fishing. Record-cards have been printed and will\nlist all available data regarding management of the various areas. Liberations of trout\nfor the period 1948-52 and for subsequent years will also be recorded on these cards.\nIt is hoped that as the file becomes more complete, it will provide the means of facile\ninventory of management problems and activities, and will aid greatly in future planning\nin this Division.\nTime spent on routine analyses, laboratory work, scale-readings, and similar work\nhas not been stressed, although it has occupied, in some months, a considerable portion\nof the time available. If previously discussed plans materilize for transfer of G. E.\nStringer to a position as regional biologist, it is suggested that consideration be given to\nthe appointment of a technician for this Division in 1954.\nIn conclusion, it may be stated that much of the success of work accomplished in\nthis Division in the past twelve months can be attributed to the continuing enthusiasm\nand energy of G. E. Stringer as Assistant Fisheries Management Biologist.\nResearch Division\nLake Surveys\nBy T. G. Northcote, Assistant Fishery Biologist\nIn termination of a general limnological survey of British Columbia inland waters\ninitiated in 1949, investigations were carried out largely in the Princeton-Merritt area,\nKootenay, Cariboo, and Northern Districts of the Province in 1952: Six lakes in the\narea between Princeton and Merritt (Garcia, Marquette, Corbett, Courtney, Glimpse,\nand Harmon); eleven lakes in the Kootenay District (Christina, Wilgress, Jewel, Hanson,\nPremier, Kiakho, Rosen, North Star, Surveyor's, Grave, and Lillian); twenty-three lakes\nin the Cariboo (Pavilion, Loon, Eighty-three Mile, Watch, Fawn, Horse, Sheridan,\nBridge, Crystal, Twin, Lac des Roches, Canim, Clearwater, Lac la Hache, Dempsey,\nFelker, Chimney, Spain, Loomis, Onion, One-eye, Sapeye, and Tatlayoko); fifteen lakes\nin the Northern District (Dragon, Bouchie, Ness, West, Graveyard, Cluculz, Oliver, Prud-\nhomme, Rainbow, Chapman, Dennis, Kathlyn, Hart, Azouzetta, and Charlie); Tunkwa\nLake near Kamloops; Gallagher Lake near Oliver; and St. Mary Lake on Saltspring\nIsland.   Fifty-eight lakes in all were surveyed by crews between May and October.\nCompilation and analysis of data from these and previous years' investigations has\nproceeded during the remainder of 1952 and spring of 1953. Data on file include map\nof lake giving depth contours, calculation of surface area and length of shore-line, notes\non drainage and spawning areas, vertical distribution of temperature and dissolved\noxygen, penetration of light, chemical analysis of lake-water, qualitative and quantitative\nabundance of plankton, ocurrence of bottom flora and fauna, age determinations of trout,\nand stomach-content analysis of all species of fish present. These data are integrated to\ngive indication of lake productivity which may be used to guide future management\npolicies for the lakes.\n REPORT OF PROVINCIAL GAME COMMISSION, 1952\nK 37\nKokanee in Kootenay Lake\nBy E. H. Vernon, Assistant Fishery Biologist\nA study of kokanee in Kootenay Lake was initiated to determine if these fish exist\nas separate small populations, each spawning in a separate stream, or whether the\nspawning run to any one stream may be regarded merely as a part of a general\ninterbreeding lake population.\nIn August and September of 1951 some 1,200 kokanee were collected from eight\nstreams in Kootenay Lake. During the winter of 1951-52 some preliminary studies were\ncarried out to explore techniques of analysis of these data. About 200 further specimens\nwere collected from three streams in September, 1952.\nPreliminary investigation of the data indicated that kokanee in Kootenay Lake were\nbroadly separable into three groups:\u2014\n(a) South-end fish, spawning in Cultus, Midge, Sanca, and Goat Creeks,\naveraging approximately 18.5 centimetres and 55 grams, and predominantly 3 years old at maturity.\n(b) North-end fish, spawning in Meadow Creek and Lardeau River, averaging\napproximately 21.5 centimetres and 105 grams, and maturing at 4 years\nof age.\n(c) West Arm fish, spawning in Kokanee and Redfish Creeks, averaging\napproximately 24.5 centimetres and 155 grams, and maturing at 3 years\nof age.\nBecause of these apparent groupings, samples of fifty-two fish were taken from\nCultus Creek in the south end, Kokanee Creek in the West Arm, and Lardeau River in the\nnorth end. Measurable morphological features of these three groups were compared.\nNo absolue differences were found, but statistical differences in lateral-line scale count,\nvertebras count, gill-raker count, and pyloric C\u00a3eca count indicate that these three groups\nare separate populations.\nThese three groups were also compared on the basis of body proportions. The\nrelations to fork length of head length, eye diameter, and peduncle length were compared.\nHere again no absolute differences were found and the statistical differences were not as\nclear-cut, but again suggest that these three groups are separate populations.\nFurther work is now being directed toward comparison of fish from different creeks\nin each of the three main areas noted above. Fish collected in 1952 will also be compared\nwith those of 1951 to evaluate differences between years as well as between areas.\nKamloops-trout Growth-studies\nBy S. B. Smith, Division Fishery Biologist\nThe growth of scales of rainbow (Kamloops) trout from the time of first scale\nformation was investigated. A method for the calculation of fish lengths at ages previous\nto capture was developed. Use of the above method of calculation of fish lengths made\npossible the study in more detail of the growth of Paul Lake trout.\nIt was found that in Paul Lake the intense sport-fishery was selective of faster-\ngrowing fish in all year-classes available to the fishery. Samples drawn at random from\nthe anglers' catches in this case could not be considered as representative with respect\nto growth rate. In some years significant differences in the mean lengths of spawning\nand non-spawning fish were found to obtain, suggesting a possible relationship between\ngrowth rate and attainment of sexual maturity.\nA major change in lake ecology was detectable from comparisons of growth rates\nover the period 1946-51. During this time, growth of Paul Lake trout fluctuated until\n1948, from which year onward it became more variable and declined steadily. Introduction of the redside lake shiner (Richardsonius balteatus Richardson) possibly in 1945,\n K 38 BRITISH COLUMBIA\nincrease in numbers of that species, and eventual competition with trout for food was\nsuggested as the reason for the decline in growth rates of the trout.\nMuch of the data and conclusions drawn from the above research are directly\napplicable to fishery management problems of the British Columbia Game Department.\nSUMMARY OF ACTIVITIES OF THE GAME MANAGEMENT\nAND RESEARCH BRANCH\nBy Dr. J. Hatter, Chief Game Biologist\nIntroduction\nIn looking back over 1952 and the activities of the newly formed Game Management\nBranch it is apparent that some significant progress has been made. For the first time in\nthe history of the Province a short season on cow moose was declared in order to partially\nalleviate the over-population of moose in many of the Interior districts. Anyone familiar\nwith the management of big game will realize that initial seasons on the female sex are\nattended by much criticism and opposition. This usually stems from minority groups\nand individuals who do not understand the dynamics of wild ungulate populations and\nthe need to control them, if possible, in balance with the safe carrying capacity of the\nwinter range. It was revealing, however, to observe the manner in which the majority\nof our sportsmen accepted the decisions of the Game Department without critical\ncomment.\nSayward Forest on Vancouver Island was reopened to deer-hunting after three years\nof closure, and some valuable information was gathered relative to the welfare of deer on\nthis highly productive area.\nThe introduced Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep at Squilax were opened to hunting\nfor the first time in many years. Here also we gained some information on hunter success\nand, even more important, the response of hunters to special seasons of this type.\nPlans were laid and approved for a marked change in the existing policy of liberating\npheasants. All major releases in the future will be composed of adult hens in March,\nprior to the breeding season, and cock birds liberated during the month of September.\nThere will be no further releases of juvenile birds in midsummer. Under the old system,\nhen pheasants were exposed to the adversities of the winter season before any benefits\ncould be obtained from the production of young.\nThe above constitute a few major advances made during 1952, and I hope they\nmark the preliminary steps in realizing greater harvests from our game populations, many\nof which show characteristics of only light cropping in the past. A more liberal approach\nto the harvest of big game would seem to be a healthy one, particularly in light of\nintensified predator-control and past irruptions of game species followed by periodic\ndeclines.\nManagement\nBig Game\nMoose.\u2014Examination of winter ranges in the early spring constituted one of the\nmost important phases of our moose-study. Inspections were made in the following\ndistricts: Bridge Lake, Eagan Lake, Green Lake, Vidette, Beaver Valley, Big Creek, and\nMeadow Lake.\nIn almost all instances continued over-use and depletion of the palatable winter\nfoods was found to exist. In several areas noticeable browsing was found present on\nsecondary browse species, and even unpalatable forms, such as lodgepole pine and\nsoopolalfie (Shepherdia canadensis), showed signs of browsing.\nDue to the United States embargo resulting from the outbreak of foot-and-mouth\ndisease, few non-resident moose-hunters visited the Province in 1952. This situation,\ncombined with unusually difficult hunting conditions, reduced the moose-kill recorded at\nCache Creek from 2,270 in 1951 to 1,260 in 1952 (latter including 351 cow moose).\n REPORT OF PROVINCIAL GAME COMMISSION,  1952\nK 39\nDuring the either-sex moose season during the last week of November, 351 cow\nmoose were checked through Cache Creek. Uteri were collected from thirteen females\nover the age of 18 months. Of this number, twelve were pregnant but only one carried\na twin pregnancy. The fertility rate based even on this small sample may well reflect\npoverty conditions during the winter months. A marked contrast was found to exist in\nthe fertility of the Cache Creek sample and the sample of forty-odd uteri from Wells Gray\nPark where approximately one-third of the adult cows carried twin foeti. The winter\nrange in Wells Gray Park still furnishes an abundance of palatable forage species, a\ncondition undoubtedly responsible for the high rate of increase observed in the moose\npopulation.\nExperimental use of two types of aircraft, one a De Haviland Beaver and the other\na Cessna 170 with wide flaps, showed the latter to be preferable for use in taking a\ncensus of moose. Cost per hour of flying the Cessna 170 was half that of the larger\naircraft.\nBighorn Sheep.\u2014The Squilax band of introduced bighorns was opened to shooting\nfor one week at the beginning of the deer season in September. Five rams were recorded\nkilled.\nAn intensive study of native California bighorn sheep was commenced in Churn\nCreek basin. Lawson Sugden spent from November to June in the basin, where a cabin\nwas constructed for his convenience. No results of the study are available at this time,\nexcept that cougar predation has appeared as an important limiting factor on the winter\nrange. Further work will be extended to the lambing-grounds and to the summer range.\nThe Wildlife Management Institute has contributed $500 to partially finance the summer\nwork. We are most grateful to this organization for its assistance in this important\nproject.\nPeriodic inspections were made of the Vaseaux Lake and Ashnola bands of bighorn.\nA census was also taken of the band of sheep near Riske Creek, and future plans for\nharvesting or removal studied.\nElk.\u2014An aerial survey of the elk herd at Princeton was undertaken on February\n12th, 1953. A total of sixty-seven animals was counted. Work on this population has\nbecome of routine nature and periodic studies will be carried out by E. W. Taylor.\nDeer.\u2014-Investigation and research on deer has constituted the most important single\nactivity of D. J. Robinson, game management biologist on Vancouver Island. An interim\nreport on the deer of Sayward Forest has been completed, and at the time of writing is\nin the process of being mimeographed for distribution to sportsmen and Department\npersonnel.\nA state of over-population is now manifest over much of the Sayward Forest and\nan either-sex season is highly advisable.\nThe deer harvest in the Interior was greatly reduced last year due to unfavourable\nhunting conditions during the dry fall. Due to the light snowfall, few deer entered the\nlower winter ranges even as late as February, and many sportsmen believed the deer\nto have suffered a die-off, but in April when the green grass appeared, mule deer entered\nthe open ranges in large numbers. It is remarkable how alarmed people may become\nwhen they fail to see deer in midwinter and how they fail to take into account climatic\nconditions.\nUpland Game Birds\nPheasants.\u2014-The Department's policy with respect to the purchase and liberation of\npheasants, as previously mentioned, underwent a major revision during the past year.\nIn future, releases will consist of adult hens in March and cock birds during the summer\nmonths, and has been designed to yield greater benefit from moneys expended on pheasant\nliberations. Loss of juvenile hens between release and the breeding season almost a\nyear later has been great.    Likewise, the return of banded juvenile cocks to the hunter's\n K 40 BRITISH COLUMBIA\nbag has not been too encouraging. Under the new plan it should be possible to obtain\nsome production from sexually mature hens released just prior to the breeding season.\nCock birds released in September will also be exposed to fewer hazards before they\ncontribute to the kill one month later.\nChukar Partridges.\u2014The release of chukar partridges has been continued. Liberations were made at Vaseaux Lake, Keremeos, and also near Ashcroft at the mouth of the\nBonaparte River. The birds have seemingly done well during the mild winter, and on a\nnumber of occasions they have been seen at considerable distances from the place of\nrelease. So far, however, there is no absolute proof that past releases have resulted in\nany natural production.   All released birds have been banded.\nBlue Grouse.\u2014Blue-grouse shooting was superlative in many Interior localities last\nfall. Good sport was also enjoyed on Vancouver Island, where a good harvest was\nexperienced before the birds migrated out of reach of the majority of hunters.\nRuffed Grouse.\u2014The birds were still reasonably plentiful in most Interior districts,\nbut in localities where they have been most plentiful over the past two seasons they are\nnow apparently lower in numbers. For example, at Bridge Lake a marked decline was\nevident, whereas in some localities not believed to be optimum, reports were received of\nthe \" best yet\" populations. There is thus the suggestion that the ruffed-grouse decline,\nnow due, is not taking place uniformly, but rather the crash is occurring first in those\nlocalities where the highest populations were first reached.\nFur-bearing Animals\nBeaver.\u2014Eleven beavers were trapped in the Courtenay area and transported to the\nQueen Charlotte Islands, where they were released at Yakoun Lake and on the Tlell\nRiver.   This is the second release since 1949.\nWaterfowl\nThe five-year duck-banding programme initiated in 1948 was concluded last summer.\nThe three-man field party under the leadership of Glen Smith realized a successful catch\nof over 3,000 waterfowl.\nQuarterly presentation of the Pacific Flyway Report has continued as in previous\nyears.\nIt has been most difficult to integrate waterfowl studies with work on resident\nspecies, especially big game. During the spring migration the assessment of browsing\nintensity on moose winter ranges has made it extremely difficult to obtain reliable information on waterfowl populations passing through the Interior.\nThe Hunter Sample\nThe hunter sample this year was varied from the preceding two years. Instead of a\nstraight \"one in fifteen\" and \"one in twelve\" contact of licensed hunters of 1950 and\n1951 respectively, it involved the selection of every tenth ordinary firearms licence and\nevery fifth general firearms licence, extra-general firearms and special firearms licence.\nIn the Vancouver and New Westminster agencies, all licence types were subjected to a\nstraight \" one in ten \" sampling.\nThe initial hunter sample for the 1952-53 season had a potential coverage of 12.03\nper cent of the Provincial hunting population. The returned portion of the sample gave\na 5.35-per-cent coverage, which is considered adequate to give accurate trends in the\ngame harvests.\n REPORT OF PROVINCIAL GAME COMMISSION,  1952\nSummary of the 1952 Harvest of Major Game Species\nK41\nDucks\nGrouse\nPheasants\nDeer\n68,136\n135,324\n100,073\n25,707\n10,543\n61,124\n12,884\n201.927\n6,347\n24,792\n15.329\n6,533\n2,234\n5,825\n39.789      1        1.551\n2,967\n25,889\n\t\n339,783\n341.613      1      48.019\n17,559\nMoose\nSouth of Quesnel  3,889\nNorth of Quesnel  1,898\nKootenays   423\nPeace River  632\nTotal  6,842\nSpecial Survey of Pheasant-hunters\nThe survey of the 1952 pheasant season was conducted in the manner of that\nfirst held in 1951, hence comparisons of trends between the years may be made with\nreliability.\nHunter response to the recent mailed questionnaire was only 37.8 per cent, a decline\nfrom the 53.9-per-cent return obtained from those contacted in 1951. The number of\nlicensed pheasant-hunters increased from 16,672 in 1951 to 19,159 in 1952, a gain of\n14.9 per cent for the Province as a whole. Vancouver Island and the Queen Charlotte\nIslands were the only major regions showing a lessening of hunter numbers in 1952.\nThe distribution of regional relative hunting pressure throughout the recent season\ndid not change greatly from that of the previous year. Hunting pressure on Vancouver\nIsland was apparently less intense than in 1951, while in certain areas of the Interior and\nKootenay Districts marked increases were noted. The Lower Mainland was still the\nmost heavily gunned region and received over 71 per cent of the hunting pressure of the\nProvince. The Okanagan, Vancouver Island, Kamloops-Cariboo, and Kootenay Districts\nfollowed in that order, bearing 15.5, 7.6, 4.0, and 1.5 per cent of the total hunting\nintensity respectively. In all regions, over 80 per cent of the hunters confined their\npheasant-hunting activities to the general area in which they were resident.\nIndividual hunting success averaged 2.8 cocks per man per season in 1952, as compared to 2.6 in 1951. This improved Provincial average was due in large measure to\nmore successful hunting in the Okanagan and Lower Mainland Districts (Table I).\nIn spite of what appeared to be a rather quiet opening in some areas, the season kill\nof pheasants for 1952 was in excess of that of the previous year by 29.3 per cent. As\nestimated, 48,551 cocks were harvested in British Columbia during the 1952 season.\nVancouver Island and Queen Charlotte Islands were the only major regions in which the\ntotal bag was below that of 1951; all other districts showed increased kills in 1952. The\nOkanagan area in particular appeared to enjoy very good hunting compared to that found\nin other sections. When the ratio of kill to hunting pressure is considered for this district\nand measured against that for other parts of the Province, it would appear very definitely\nthat the pheasant population in certain sections of the Okanagan is still being relatively\nunderharvested.\nDuring 1952 a total of 8,895 cocks was released throughout the Province. Of this\nnumber, 8,709 were banded birds. Band recoveries reported in the sample survey\nindicate that 33.9 per cent compares fairly closely with the four-year mean of 31.0 per\ncent return estimated for cocks liberated on the Delta study area.\n K 42 BRITISH COLUMBIA\nTable I.\u2014Harvest Data and Estimates for the 1951 and 1952 Pheasant Seasons\nRegions of Hunter Residence\nand Areas Hunted\nAverage Number of Birds\nper Hunter per Season\nEstimated Number of\nCocks Harvested\nBanded Cocks as a\nPercentage of the\nRegional Sample Kill,\n1952\n1951\n1952\n1951\n1952\n2.25\n3.31\n2.01\n1.67\n2.18\n2.34\n2.92\n1.96\n2.43\n3.29\n2.67\n3.47\n3.30\n2.19\n2.51\n2.83\n3.23\n1.87\n3.00\n3.18\n4.17\n3.25\n2.17\n2.61\n2.77\n2.35\n2.66\n]\n}-      2.80\nJ\n1.50\n)       2.78\nI\n2.90\n1.93\n2.71\n1.37\n2.12\n2.15\n1.50\n2.91\n2.82\n3.96\n3.25\n3.13\n3.26\n2.00\n2.54\n3.03\n4.03\n3.86\n2.06\n3.43\n3.92\n4.16\n3.90\n2.56\n3.18\n3.00\n2.62\n2.71\n2.61\n2.27\n2.13\n1.50\n1,447\n1,114\n691\n269\n851\n341\n2,733\n1,146\n1,511\n1,446\n2,342\n4,335\n5,962\n2,793\n299\n448\n916\n393\n166\n84\n1,803\n3,645\n603\n59\n539\n41\n180\n50\nr    47\n-1         869\nL          55\n34\n(        159\n123\n1,534\n733\n309\n280\n782\n96\n3,113\n1,862\n1,616\n2,657\n3,708\n5,263\n6,419\n2,911\n712\n713\n1,221\n765\n316\n166\n3,388\n5,117\n706\n171\n1,063\n68\n141\n107\n245\n1,427\n7\n104\n196\n613\n22\n3.06\n2.65\n3.69\nAlberni    \t\n6.39\n4.62\nAgassiz _  : \t\n13.35\n11.91\nMission-.. \u2014 \t\n16.39\n11.11\n9.27\n12.09\n1.71\nDelta          _\n8.76\n7.80\n10.71\n1.89\n2.32\n10.05\n4.17\nNo release\nNo release\nNo release\nNo release\n3.69\n2.58\nNo release\nNo release\n1\n8.25\nKamloops _ \u2014\u25a0- '.-._\u2022 \u2014\nr\nJ\n' 11.78\nNo recovery reported\n2.17\nNo release\nTotals and averages\t\n2.66\n2.81\n37.5221\n48,551\n5.06                |\n1 Eleven birds shot on Saltspring Island not shown.\nOpinions have been voiced to the effect that pheasant-hunting would soon decline\nwere it not for the annual stocking of farm-raised birds. Such arguments are hardly\ntenable when the proportion of released to wild cocks bagged is examined (Table I).\nIn 1951 it was estimated that the planted birds contributed only 7.2 per cent of the total\nharvest. On the basis of the more extensive 1952 sample, this group comprised only\n5.06 per cent of the Provincial pheasant-kill.\nPublic Relations\nGreater effort has been to distribute reports and results of investigations and research\nto enforcement personnel and to Rod and Gun Clubs. In the past year numerous such\nreports have been especially prepared for the consumption of Game Wardens and sportsmen's organizations.\nIt is felt that this activity is vital in the absence of a Departmental news-letter or\npublication. Several of the circulars dealt with the problems of harvesting big game and\nespecially the need to embark on either-sex season on moose and deer.\nThe members of the Management Division have availed themselves of opportunities\nto address conferences and sportsmen's meetings on various topics connected with the\nmanagement of wildlife. Although it is often difficult at the time to see just what is\naccomplished in this phase of our work, it is now beginning to appear that it is having the\ndesired effects in gaining public support and interest in game-management practices.\n REPORT OF PROVINCIAL GAME COMMISSION,  1952\nK 43\nPREDATOR-CONTROL BRANCH\nG. A. West, Supervisor of Predator-control\nThe destruction of noxious mammals and birds was up considerably in the Province\nduring 1952. This upswing was partly because of increased co-operation and effort by\nthe Game Wardens and predatory-animal hunters. However, much of the increase was\nprobably because of increased predator populations in some areas and the introduction\nof hunters into other regions.\nGenerally speaking, it is felt that we are holding our own against, or have control of,\nthe larger and more important predators. Traps, coyote-getters, hounds (in the case of\ncougars), and rifles were the main weapons in eliminating predators in specific complaints, but poison was the most important mass killer of predators.\nThe principal predators and their relationships can be broken down and presented\nas follows:\u2014\nBears.\u2014These animals caused a multitude of complaints from every major settled\nand (or) grazed area in the Province. A total of 189 bears (182 blacks and 7 grizzlies)\nwas destroyed by the Department to alleviate the damage or nuisance caused by bears.\nThe lower coastal area was probably troubled more than any other comparable district,\nbut there was little damage other than to fruit-trees, garbage-cans, etc. The density in\nsome areas was considerable; 52 bears, of which 29 were killed by Department personnel,\nwere destroyed in North Vancouver.\nIn the Interior regions, bears caused damage to orchards, bee-hives, and, in some\ninstances, live stock.   One hundred and twenty-three bears were destroyed in these areas.\nCougars.\u2014Cougars were again numerous in 1952. Although bounty and Departmental kills (465 and 111 respectively) were slightly lower than in 1951, it might be said\nthat the unusual weather experienced during the fall and early winter months was partially\nresponsible for the lower number taken. Under ordinary circumstances the kill probably\nwould have been larger than the number shown for 1952.\nThe registered bonus cougar-hunters on Vancouver Island have accounted for 59\nof a total of 243 cougars presented for bounty. This total represents an additional\n$1,180 in paid bounties but also represents a very substantial saving in time. The time-\nsaving enables the predatory-animal hunters in the Department to be available for the\nlong patrols to the west coast and for area hunting. These patrols are very expensive and\noften yield small returns because of the difficulties encountered, but they are necessary\nevils and are unavoidable under the present circumstances.\nAt this point I should like to point out that the Game Wardens and predatory-animal\nhunters in \" B \" Division have completed a very fine job of hunting and killing cougars\nduring the past year.\nCoyotes.\u2014On the whole, coyotes were under control. Only in isolated instances\nwere coyotes more than a nuisance in areas that are treated annually with poison stations.\nHowever, Williams Lake and district were very well populated with coyotes during the\nsummer. The increase came mainly through large litters, and this is thought to have a\ndirect connection with the game die-off in the area during the spring of 1952. Predatory-\nanimal Hunter Mortensen did very well against the increase, with 216 coyotes accounted\nfor and many more dead of poison.\nIt is anticipated that the new areas opened to control will be reduced in their populations of coyotes and the predation kept to a minimum. However, at the present time,\nPredatory-animal Hunters Fletcher (Smithers) and Ellis (Dawson Creek) have just\nbegun their operations, and consequently it is early for any definite conclusions.\nCoyotes may well become a problem in the Lower Fraser Valley in the future,\nespecially on the north side of the river. A total of twelve, nine more than in 1951, was\ndestroyed by Game Warden Cliffe and Predatory-animal Hunter Hillen.\n K 44 BRITISH COLUMBIA\nJust as a matter of interest it might be mentioned here that Assistant Supervisor\nE. H. Samann reports that the removal of coyotes from the ranges in the Kamloops region\nhad no apparent effect on the small-mammal populations. This conclusion was the\nresult of three years of trapping small mammals on predetermined areas.\nFoxes.\u2014Foxes have ceased to be a major menace in many parts of the Fraser\nValley. A total of 216 was destroyed during the year in this area by the Game Wardens,\nand the predatory-animal hunter, Mr. Hillen, tallied 158 foxes, and probably many more\nwere destroyed but these carcasses were never found. At any rate, many of the poultry-\nfarmers have extended their thanks to the personnel responsible for the decrease in the\nfox population.\nPredatory-animal Hunter A. M. Hames used coyote-getters with telling effects\nagainst the foxes at Wolf Lake and Tsolum River on Vancouver Island. He has received\nfavourable reports that indicate the population of foxes was reduced considerably.\nWolves.\u2014Wolves were of major importance in the northern sections of the Province\nand were a source of concern. Thanks to Inspector W. A. H. Gill, \" D \" Division Game\nWardens and Predatory-animal Hunter M. Warren, the numbers were reduced substantially. The probable number of wolves destroyed during the year is unknown, but the\nminimum was 195 destroyed in \"D\" Division and 18 destroyed in \"C\" Division.\nPoison appeared to be the only method to effect mass killing of wolves, and thus it\nwas on this premise that the operations were based. The conventional capsules were\nused extensively, but it was believed that 1080 baits, well placed, would be just as effective.\nAt present, experiments with 1080 are being carried out by Inspector Gill and Predatory-\nanimal Hunter Warren.\nAs more territory becomes accessible to the predatory-animal hunters for control\npurposes, it is felt that the wolf populations of the northern portions of the Province will\nbe reduced to the point where they can be controlled to a definite degree.\nSundry Predators.\u2014Some of the smaller predators such as bobcats and racoons\ncaused considerable trouble in the Fraser Valley and Vancouver Island. Racoons were\nresponsible for a good portion of the damage to poultry stocks on Vancouver Island, and\nboth of the above species were troublesome in the Fraser Valley. However, by the use\nof traps and hounds, Department personnel reduced the populations of these predators,\nand losses of poultry were kept to a minimum.\nFor details concerning the major and minor predators see table following, which\ngives the numbers for 1951 and 1952 of each species destroyed in each Division.\nThere were 442 complaints received and investigated by Department personnel in\nthe control of predators during 1952. This represents an increase of 128 or 41 per cent.\nThis need not necessarily indicate an increase in predators, but rather an increased availability of personnel to handle complaints.\nThe poisoning programme undertaken by the Predator-control Branch, with the very\nable assistance of many of the Game Wardens, was a successful undertaking. A total of\n366 poison baits was placed. Although no figures of destroyed predators were available,\nthe success was measured by the decrease in predation or by the absence of predators.\nBroadly speaking, poison baits were operating in the following areas:\u2014\n(1) Peace River\u2014only a few stations.\n(2) Smithers-Prince George.\n(3) McBride.\n(4) Williams Lake-Chezacut.\n(5) Empire Valley-Seventy Mile.\n(6) Kamloops-Merritt.\n(7) Okanagan-Princeton.\n(8) North Thompson River.\n(9) Nelson-Castlegar.\n(10) Creston-Cranbrook-Canal Flats.\n REPORT OF PROVINCIAL GAME COMMISSION, 1952\nK 45\nPlans for 1953 include the above areas on a wider scale plus new areas. It is anticipated that, by using aircraft, areas not poisoned to any degree before will be thoroughly\ncovered with poison baits placed in the appropriate locations. This will include flights\nover the Bonaparte Plateau, Horsefly Lake, and the Chilcotin in addition to the areas to\nbe poisoned in the north.\nVarious localities on the Lower Mainland and on Vancouver Island will receive\ntreatment to combat the complaints of wolves.\nInvestigations will be made during the spring and early summer months in the\nvicinity of Kitimat, Bella Coola, and possibly the Itcha Mountains near Anahim Lake in\nefforts to determine the predator situation in these areas. If warranted, a system of\ncontrol will be instituted if at all possible.\nAt this point I would like to thank all members of the Department for the splendid\nco-operation shown during the past year. My special thanks to those Game Wardens\nwho have aided the Predator-control Branch by placing poison baits and being responsible\nfor them in their Detachments.   In doing this they have been of tremendous help.\nVermin Destroyed, 1951 and 1952\nDivisions\nTotal\nSpecies\n\"A\"\n\"B \"\n\"C\"\n\"D\"\n\"E\"\n1952\n1951\n1952\n1951\n1952\n1951\n1952\n1951\n1952\n1951\n1952 [ 1951\nBear  \t\n3\n115\n25\n74\n2\n62\n1\n1\n82\n40\n61\n40\n12\n13\n76\n79\n44\n27\n1\n1\n3\n2\n56\n60\n40\n26\n53\n58\n17\n178\n5\n367\n55\n2\n72\n7\n18\n40\n7\n202\n14\n316\n56\n2\n150\n2\n14\n65\n1\n53\n236\n10\n9\n3\n195\n1\n44\n1\n39\n187\n10\n3\n1\n1\n1\n93\n51\n23\n366\n2\n12\n94\n216\n81\n48\n2\n3\n2\n240\n3\n3\n24\n26\n3\n36\n15\n189 |  91\n54 |  12\nCat (wild)\t\n788 |  619\n111 |  117\n659 |  546\n260 |  177\nFox    \t\n229 |   31\n72 |  207\nRacoon\t\nSkunk  \t\n147 |  77\n56 |  18\nWolf  ....\n216 |  107\n1 | . ..\nTotals\t\n282\n224\n253\n240\n779\n803\n573\n380\n895\n355\n2,782 | 2,002\n59\n1\n28\n1\n6\n59\n4\n15\n2\n3\n211\n36\n37\n15\n121\n7\n238\n20\n29\n12\n54\n25\n985\n29\n120\n67\n511\n16\n1,087\n38\n159\n59\n580\n22\n265\n52\n71\n68\n15\n188\n24\n33\n27\n22\n1\n1,289\n20\n108\n14\n8\n70\n712\n21\n64\n9\n5\n56\n2,809 | 2,284\n138 j  107\nF.ag.f.\nHawk\t\n364 |  300\nOwl\t\n165 [  109\n655 |  661\nMerganser- \t\n99 |  107\n29\n25\n58\n52\n129\n164\n83\n99\n90\n6\n41\n7\n389 [  381\n6 |   7\nTotals  \t\n124\n108\n485\n430\n1,857\n2,109\n554\n394\n1,605\n915\n4,625 | 3,956\nGrand totals\t\n406\n332\n738\n670\n2,636\n2,912\n1,127\n774\n2,500\n1,270\n7,407 | 5,958\n K 46\nBRITISH COLUMBIA\nSTATISTICAL STATEMENTS\nComparative Statistics,\n1913 to 1952, Inclusive\nProsecutions\nRevenue\nDerived from\nSale of Game\nCalendar Year\nInformations\nLaid\nFirearms\nConfiscated\nDerived from\nConvic\nCases\nFines\nLicences\nFur Trade\ntions\nDismissed\nImposed\nand Fees\n1913      \t\n188\n181\n7\n$4,417.50\n$109,600.80\n1914                  \t\n294\n273\n21\n5,050.00\n92,034.20\n1915 \t\n279\n258\n21\n4,097.50\n72,974.25\n1916.\t\n127\n110\n17\n2,050.00\n66,186.97\n1917    .\n111\n97\n14\n1,763.50\n65,487.50\n1918\n194\n167\n17\n5\n3,341.00\n75,537.00\n1919\n267\n242\n25\n36\n6,024.50\n116,135.00\n1920          .   \t\n293\n266\n27\n46\n6,073.00\n132,296.50\n$5,291.39\n1921 _\t\n329\n312\n17\n74\n6,455.00\n114,842.00\n24,595.80\n1922\t\n359\n317\n42\n44\n7,275.00\n127,111.50\n51,093.89\n1923  .   .\n309\n280\n29\n24\n5,676.50\n121,639.50\n60,594.18\n1924    .\n317\n283\n34\n24\n4,758.00\n125,505.50\n56,356.68\n1925..   ..\t\n296\n279\n17\n43\n5,825.00\n123,950.50\n56,287.78\n1926                    \t\n483\n439\n44\n39\n7,454.00\n135,843.50\n62,535.13\n1977\n518\n469\n49\n47\n10,480.50\n139,814.00\n71,324.96\n439\n406\n29\n7 283 50\n140,014.75\n142,028.22\n58,823.07\n47,329.89\n1929\n602\n569\n33\n54\n9,008.00\n1930      .\n678\n636\n32\n33\n9,572.75\n147,660.00\n45,161.11\n1931 ...-\n676\n625\n51\n40\n8,645.00\n137,233.31\n46,091.08\n1932...\t\n538\n497\n41\n37\n5,493.50\n141,269.55\n40,363.79\n1933 _\n498\n474\n24\n22\n3,531.00\n135,876.94\n44,167.48\n1934\t\n477\n454\n23\n4\n5,227.82\n149,955.11\n47,102.81\n1935   _   \t\n454\n438\n16\n19\n4,399.50\n148,689.64\n49,831.95\n1936\t\n451\n436\n15\n14\n3,965.00\n157,647.30\n52,196.50\n1937_ \t\n585\n552\n33\n20\n5,332.50\n177,771.33\n53,697.48\n1938   \t\n613\n574\n39\n42\n5,729.50\n192,024.07\n44,963.87\n1939\n547\n526\n21\n21\n4,776.50\n193,170.53\n49,187.00\n1940  ..   .\n440\n419\n21\n18\n5,197.00\n188,605.20\n68,466.33\n1941  _\n446\n430\n16\n9\n4,977.50\n213,267.67\n63,125.30\n1942 \t\n409\n392\n17\n27\n5,079.50\n205,451.71\n68,475.07\n1943  \t\n356\n342\n14\n18\n5,554.50\n207,661.72\n58,354.03\n1944\t\n379\n372\n7\n8\n5,570.50\n238,902.36\n70,363.23\n1945.. .. \t\n652\n632\n20\n30\n8,381.50\n352,228.85\n104,250.95\n1946\n819\n798\n21\n39\n10,921.00\n502,555.25\n107,357.72\n1947\t\n895\n878\n17\n56\n11,837.50\n597,529.30\n99,344.14\n1948\n1,142\n1,117\n25\n74\n17,537.00\n610,383.56\n73,392.08\n1949                             .   _\n1,115\n1,099\n16\n86\n18,148.50\n656,997.38\n61,543.26\n1950      \t\n1,359\n1,337\n22\n69\n22,923.00\n706,591.06\n71,335.44\n1951....\t\n1,489\n1,468\n21\n83\n24,087.50\n830,178.59\n76,454.56\n1952 \t\n1,504\n1,476\n28\n87\n25,755.00\n856,971.22\n58,713.48\n21,927\n20,920\n987\n1,321\n$319,675.57\n$9,649,623.34\n$1,948,171.43\n REPORT OF PROVINCIAL GAME COMMISSION,  1952 K 47\nSummary of Total Revenue Derived from Sale of Various Licences,\nCollections, etc., January 1st to December 31st, 1952\nRevenue derived from\u2014\nSale of resident firearms licences.\nSale of deer, moose-elk, goat, and pheasant tags\t\nSale of resident anglers', guides', and prospectors' firearms licences\t\nSale of non-resident firearms licences and outfitters'\nlicences \t\nSale of non-resident anglers' licences\t\nSale of fur-traders', taxidermists', and tanners' licences,\nand royalty on fur\t\nSale of confiscated and surrendered fur\t\nSale of confiscated firearms\t\nSale of big-game trophy fees from non-residents\t\nProsecutions\u2014fines imposed under the \"Game Act\"\nMiscellaneous revenue\t\nTotal.\n$398,012.00\n88,983.00\n154,936.00\n26,964.00\n165,620.00\n58,713.48\n307.20\n234.07\n20,365.00\n25,755.00\n1,549.95\n$941,439.70\n'\n K 48\nBRITISH COLUMBIA\nOOOOOOOQOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO\nq^O\u00ab\u00abOOOininOO>riio>nOViininiriOinviqoift\nmOOHMinfnoo^ONacovDMXiriioiHTMMji'-'mOM-ua\noo^DV^minoofniooo-^-OoO'-H^>nOo\\ovncoo\\\u00abnOoo^DT-i\nooooooooooooo\n0\u00bbn*inw-)Oinw^O\u00bbnOv-iOO\ncNtow-iodb'-<o\\vd'-Hrnco(S'--'oo\naooiDiHTt'wrimNnmcfinirn+ri\nin* Mnin*^\"\nto vo \\o r-T r-T oo\"     oC co\" rf on\" oo\" iN ro co~ o\" t-* en\" i-T ^ \u00abn oC ci oo vo v-T o\" en f* on\ni->   i-H \u00bbH \u00abn ,__,,_! 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O CN \u00abH \\\u00a3> NO \u00a3j \"*\u2022 O O O *r> ty t- On n\u00a9 O CN\ninroco^^^inr^^oooooo^tst~-oo\\coO\u00bb-ti>'-\"0,<jor>looo\\0\\oo\nIMHHQO\nIflrtHOOt'\n;cocNt-~coc^'*\"ncofOi\nCON^Om't^O^in\nNOCN        i-iTt^tCNOA'sD\ni-'COONCOOOOr~coooc^^'^cO'--CNrf(SOcor~\"riNO(NTl-ooONcO'-H\\Ow*i\noor4cNr^^i^c^O\\w^t^^ONoocovoONO\\Ooor^r-->0'--'ND'-'r--ONr--o\ncococococOr^^^\\^co^cNr^coco_NOt^o\\mo^rJO\\c^rN^c^co^ONO\\r~-\nt-T c^t-T rii\u2014coi-H h h t-T oCi-Tco\"\nSS8\nooooooooooooooo\nqqqqqqqqqqqqqqq\nvdo\\ONcococodo\\'(Nodi--'^:odvdcd\nCOCO        On        cScoOt-'OrNi-'        *H\nCO        i-(        i-i CO (S\nJ Is\n<u  u  fl _M\n\u25a0a i\nw   O\nilli\n1UOUU\nfig\nJ \u00a7    P_\u00a3\ns| BOS\nL_     CI   U\n113 S ;\u25a0\n!   !_3   i\u00bb   w   tSf \u00ab_\u00bb 1h\n! \u00a7 \u00a3 a % 2 S\u00abr \u00a3\no o\n(-> p.\nQp_,ooiS\u00abMMas_2;zzzofi\u00a3_S\u00ab\u00ab\u00a3o,\u00ab\u00abw5>>\n\u25a0SI\n>^\n REPORT OF PROVINCIAL GAME COMMISSION, 1952\nK 49\nH\nco\n<\nco\nO\n<\n<\nW\nQ\nz\n5.nN\nh SG\n< ON\nO rH\nOh\n\u25baJ   CO\nIk\n\u00a3\n<\no\ngg\nggg\no \u00a9 \u00a9\ninmin\nri \u25a0*\" tt\nco t--\nVIOOIfl\nr- 1-1 co\nco t\u2014 \u00bbD *t\ncn r> id\n\u00a9  Tj-  \u00a9\nMHTf\n1-H C-\ni-t r- i-t\nit CN \u00ab\noooh   : r> i* w c\ninnit     ! ,*fr \u00bbH co\nco    ! *t m \u00a9\nO\n0\n888  |88888\n'tTt't   j d ^t ri |g n\nsgg\n\u00abd^\nno cn\nco \u00bbn\n88\nSOOOOOOOQOOOO\n^oSqqqqqqqqq\nTh>*rMvosdc\u00bbbcNrsoo\"\u00a9rscN\nid      ^H^icoi-'i-ii-^^OT-i'-ir-'-H\n\u2022h cs      i-i ts      dm\n88888888\ni CO \u00a9 CN\n. 00 nO\n! i-< CN\n8\ncn\n| |\n1 j\n| j\ng\ncn\n8\n\u00a9\n\u00a9\ncn\no\n\u00a9\n1\n1\n8 8 8888888888888888888888888888\ni*r4\u00a9Ndesc_oci\u00a9co^deNTh\u00a9od^Nde_ONONOWM\nooTtoimcoi-^^r^r^i-oocNc^\\ot^Mc^i-'Nor^\\ouoM\u00a9ONCSNOooco\nt)- (N CO        C- CN r-\u00ab CN ^        OOCSnO\u00a9        r^ n cs ^ ts \"n *o r* CO i-^ n cn\nr-Tr-T cN \"* to        Tfr r-T       i-( in *\u25a0*    *' Vh\nPQ\n\u00ab\ni\ngo\nW   O\nQ H\nn<\no\nw\n<\nw\n5\nH\no\n(In\nQ\nW\n&\n\u00ab\nw\nQ\nw\n13\nZ\nw\n>\nw\nw\no\no\na\nw\nE\n<_\n888888\nri CN 00 NO \u00a9 00\ncn On no id no NO\n.-_    ,-< rtVOH\n88\n<* \u00a9\nCN 00\nen *<t\nHiotooOt\nNO On CO t\u2014 CO 00\n00 id\nCN O\n*\u00a9 it\nNO CN\n!CSrHOC0N00Ni-'^Tfr^\u00abnrHr^O^t^C0,<*00Cn0N,\u00ab*V0CN\u00a9N0C0'^tC00N\nI'trlTHiHriioMhrHWO^HrtmnHHinootomNtoOaccoitH\nt~  NO *-l COi-C i-\"CN Tf  i-<  CO  ID \u00a9NOi-t-i-*CNCOCONOlDi\u2014  NO\n: cn i-h\n! t~- ID\n: w cn\n\u00a9 \u00a9\n\u00a9 \u00a9\nco in\nCN\nSo \u00a9 \u00a9\nt \u00a9 q \u00a9\nOiricdH\nO\ni\n<\n\u00a7\nSO \u00a9 O O O\n, >D ID ID q \u00a9\nCO VO i-H vd ID CN\nC^ \"<t VO 00 en On\ncn en 1-h cN en\nSo o o \u00a9 \u00a9\nID ID ID ID ID\nw^iDvdcncNco\u00a9Ndcni-*Ndr^ONON\\do^cnTto6cNONH\nCOi-lCOOOr^^CC^itONrMr^ONCOr^COqt^CNCNOONO^tlDt-^i-lNOrHCSNO\nMWlt  HH^f OOCSi-INOVOi-IVOCOOOOcOOi-IVfNOT-lt^^l-CNi-li-iCnlD\nco\n' CN\nl-H   \u00a9\nON CO\nCN CN\nINOcOCOCOO^t       ;\u00a9i-(COr^lDt--\u00a9COt--eOCOThOOONCOOOr--ONNOTrONIDCOt--(_--\ni^ONCsr-r-oo    ir-cor^^o^tONVooNoococoiDONr-'Dr-o^i-iDTfr-cNONO't\niNOOOOCOCOOOi-lNO^COCNcOCOCOt-NDOC^OCNONCOCNIDON\nI tn no t- co^ tt t\u00bb\nH CS        (S CN        i-i        i-<\nt\u2014 \u00a9  CO  CM  m  \"*\nCN co cn m CN\noorT^i-T\n1 IS\n\u00a9    1\n\u00abD     !\n\u00bbD\nCN\n! co\ni  I\nID\nCN\n3 3\nS <!_>\n9 .o\na a\n____ c\n\u00a7\u20228\n& s\nSogo\nill\na cu fe w\np >- o a\n\u00abU   ijm   U   O   U   c\u00ab\nr-^Hnjtunw^5^i-n^2PP>c3S_^^Ca.>\nuuouuOfMOOOWWWjSzzzzoeJiSiSfifiiacii\nS o s\nI \"a I\nPh W CO\n\u25baJ\nI c-S E\n K 50\nBRITISH COLUMBIA\nRevenue Derived from Sale of Resident Anglers', Guides', Free Farmers', and\nProspectors' Firearms Licences, January 1st to December 31st, 1952\nAnglers\nGuides\nFree\nFarmers\nProspectors\nGovernment\nAgency\n$1\n$2\nTotal\nNo.\nAmount\nNo.\nAmount\nNo.\nAmount\nNo.\nNo.\nAmount\nAlberni \t\nAshcroft\t\n671\n89\n7\n6\n70\n253\n382\n236\n1,230\n749\n717\n11\n192\n138\n1,066\n85\n912\n153\n174\n1,948\n783\n169\n5,369\n182\n778\n18\n716\n341\n588\n344\n12\n107\n468\n351\n31\n4,947\n735\n$671.00\n89.00\n7.00\n6.00\n70.00\n253.00\n382.00\n236.00\n1,230.00\n749.00\n717.00\n11.00\n192.00\n138.00\n1,066.00\n85.00\n912.00\n153.00\n174.00\n1,104\n284\n65\n170\n1,358\n806\n2,059\n2,285\n820\n592\n702\n709\n284\n218\n2,749\n291\n1,871\n462\n478\n$2,208.00\n568.00\n130.00\n340.00\n2,716.00\n1,612.00\n4,118.00\n4,570.00\n1,640.00\n2\n5\n4\n59\n137\n11\n15\n6\n7\n33\n43\n2\n62\n18\n6\n1\n2\n98\n46\n20\n6\n19\n4\n2\n14\n6\n2\n2\n$15.00\n8\n5\n3\n13\n7\n29\n35\n11\n10\n29\n14\n1\n9\n5\n1\n24\n18\n9\n37\n1\n10\n39\n12\n55\n5\n8\n29\n1\n35\n48\n39\n47\n24\n20\n5\n39\n145\n26\n18\n44\n$1.00\n$2,895.00\n657.00\n45.00\n565.00\n1,550.00\n110.00\n130.00\n60.00\n26\n12\n30\n37\n26\n71\n4\n20\n15\n14\n83\n6\n55\n83\n14\n3\n106\n1\n16\n66\n10\n53\n5\n8\n41\n9\n3\n70\n39\n2\n209\n60\n24\n385.00\n3,287.00\n3,232.00\nCourtenay\t\n1.00\n4,482.00\n5,082.00\n1,936.00\n\t\n1,230.00\n1,184.00\n1,404.00\n1,418.00\n568.00\n436.00\n5,498.00\n582.00\n3,742.00\n924.00\n956.00\n2,156.00\n4,330.00\n1,014.00\n18,942.00\n956.00\n3,644.00\n2,584.00\n1,104.00\n3,776.00\n3,568.00\n2,334.00\n1,798.00\n972.00\n4,522.00\n2,374.00\n1,464.00\n20,550.00\n3,452.00\n65.00\n330.00\n490.00\n20.00\n1,998.00\n2,451.00\nGolden\t\n\t\n1,919.00\n780.00\n574.00\nKamloops-.\t\n665.00\n1.00\n3.00\n2.00\n1.00\n7,230.00\n667.00\n4,657.00\nLillooet  \t\nMerritt \t\n135.00\n1,214.00\n1,131.00\n1,948.00\n783.00\n169.00\n5,369.00\n182.00\n778.00\n18.00\n716.00\n341.00\n588.00\n344.00\n12.00\n107.00\n468.00\n351.00\n31.00\n4,947.00\n735.00\n1,078\n2,165\n507\n9,471\n478\n1,822\n1,292\n552\n1,888\n1,784\n1,167\n899\n486\n2,261\n1,187\n732\n10,275\n1,726\n4,104.00\nNelson  \t\n60.00\n\t\n5,173.00\n1,183.00\nNew Westminster\n10.00\n5.00\n24,326.00\n1,138.00\nPenticton_._\t\nPouce Coupe.\n20.00\n855.00\n1.00\n2.00\n4,443.00\n3,459.00\n1,820.00\n4,552.00\n435.00\n225.00\n60.00\n220.00\n55.00\n20.00\n155.00\n60.00\n10.00\n20.00\n10.00\n1,530.00\n4,381.00\n2,738.00\n2,031.00\n1,134.00\nQuesnel - ...   _\n1.00\n5,010.00\n2,880.00\n1,555.00\n25,512.00\n4,207.00\nVancouver\t\n5.00\n2,810\n101\n2,810.00\n101.00\n1,730\n711\n3,460.00\n1,422.00\n1\n147\n6,280.00\n12.00\n3,065.00\nTotals        .\n27,939\n$27,939.00\n59,518\n$119,036.00\n780\n$7,970.00\n1,234\n905\n$35.00\n$154,980.00\n44.00\nTotal. .  .\n\t\n$154,936.00\n REPORT OF PROVINCIAL GAME COMMISSION,  1952\nK 51\nRevenue Derived from Sale of Non-resident Firearms and Outfitters'\nLicences, January 1st to December 31st, 1952\nGovernment Agency\nGeneral\nFirearms\nLicences\nGeneral\nFirearms\nLicences\n(Alternative)\nGeneral\nFirearms\nLicences\n(Special)\nOrdinary\nFirearms\nLicences\nOutfitters'\nLicences\nTotal\nNo.\nAmount\nNo.\nAmount\nNo.\nAmount\nNo.\nAmount\nNo.\nAmount\n5\n7\n57\n10\n78\n22\n1\n56\n40\n27\n7\n2\n2\n4\n305\n89\n16\n103\n34\n19\n2\n3\n8\n1\n2\n85\n7\n25\n1\n1\n3\n1\n4\n8\n5\n2\n3\n2\n1\n2\n1\n15\n13\n1\n1\n6\n2\n$15.00\n5\n2\n1\n6\n1\n6\n1\n3\n41\n1\n1\n15\n1\n3\n1\n.\n$15.00\n15 00\nAfl'H\n$125.00\n175.00\n1,425.00\n250.00\n1,950.00\n550.00\n25.00\n1,400.00\n1,000.00\n\t\n$15.00\n125.00\n45.00\n15.00\n60.00\n175.00\n1,470.00\n265.00\n6.00\n\t\n\t\n2,016.00\n550 00\n25 00\n120.00\n75.00\n3.00\n18.00\n3.00\n$50.00\n1,573.00\n1,093.00\n3.00\n675.00\n175.00\n50.00\n50.00\n100.00\n30.00\n45.00\n30.00\n\t\n18.00\n738.00\n175 00\n\t\n50.00\n30.00\n\t\n80.00\n100.00\n$50.00\n15.00\n30.00\n3.00\n9.00\n18.00\n7,625.00\n2,225.00\n400.00\n2,575.00\n850.00\n475.00\n50.00\n\t\n7,714.00\n2,225.00\n415.00\n15.00\n225.00\n195.00\n15.00\n123.00\n3.00\n150.00\n50.00\n3.073.00\n1,098.00\n490.00\n\t\n50.00\n3.00\n3.00\n75.00\n200.00\n25.00\n50.00\n2,125.00\n175.00\n625.00\n\t\n75 00\n15.00\n\t\n215.00\n25.00\n50.00\n90.00\n30.00\n45.00\n2,260.00\n175 00\n_..\n655.00\n...\nTotals\t\n1,017\n$25,425.00\n1\n$50.00\n71\n$1,065.00\n83\n$249.00\n5 | $250.00\n.... | |\n$27,039.00\n75 00\n\t\nTotal  \t\n\u2014\n\u2014\n\u2014\n....\n\t\n$26,964.00\n K 52\nBRITISH COLUMBIA\nRevenue Derived from the Sale of Non-resident Anglers' Licences,\nJanuary 1st to December 31st, 1952\nGovernment Agency\nAnglers' Licences\n(Other than\nCanadian)\n$3.50\nAnglers' Licences\n(Canadian)\n$5\nAnglers' Licences\n(Canadian)\nAnglers' Licences\n(Minor)\nTotal\nNo.\nAmount\nNo.\nAmount\nNo.\nAmount\nNo.\nAmount\n122\n24\n16\n12\n93\n299\n616\n587\n608\n16\n39\n158\n119\n366\n64\n834\n116\n1,290\n18\n91\n178\n539\n11\n9,532\n2,040\n438\n272\n75\n84\n70\n135\n32\n67\n344\n795\n8\n611\n286\n232\n102\n$854.00\n168.00\n112.00\n84.00\n651.00\n2,093.00\n4,312.00\n4,109.00\n4,256.00\n112.00\n273.00\n1,106.00\n833.00\n2,562.00\n448.00\n5,838.00\n812.00\n9,030.00\n126.00\n637.00\n1,246.00\n3,773.00\n77.00\n66,724.00\n14,280.00\n3,066.00\n1,904.00\n525.00\n588.00\n490.00\n945.00\n224.00\n469.00\n2,408.00\n5,565.00\n56.00\n4,277.00\n2,002.00\n1,624.00\n714.00\n\t\n11\n1\n18\n43\n18\n34\n107\n108\n4\n567\n437\n2\n58\n6\n37\n3\n2\n21\n79\n9\n80\n11\n32\n416\n30\n9\n11\n7\n14\n16\n66\n5\n37\n15\n16\n7\n$6.00\n12.00\n$55.00\n5.00\n90.00\n6\n12\n1\n7\n86\n100\n104\n114\n2\n54\n92\n37\n7\n157\n12\n249\n3\n17\n12\n60\n1,780\n312\n70\n55\n1\n6\n9\n34\n2\n5\n39\n83\n61\n51\n29\n$915.00\n185.00\nAtlin\t\n202.00\n1.00\n7.00\n86.00\n100.00\n104.00\n114.00\n85.00\n2\n3\n1\n215.00\n90.00\n170.00\n535.00\n540.00\n873.00\n$7.00\n10.50\n3.50\n2,276.00\nCourtenay\t\nCranbrook\t\n4,592.50\n4,751.50\n4,910.00\n10\n7\n229\n35.00\n24.50\n801.50\n147.00\n20.00\n2,835.00\n2,185.00\n10.00\n2.00\n54.00\n92.00\n37.00\n7.00\n157.00\n12.00\n249.00\n3.00\n17.00\n12.00\n60.00\n319.50\nFernie  \u2014\n4,796.50\n3,110.00\n2,609.00\n\u2014\n455.00\n290.00\n30.00\n185.00\n15.00\n10.00\n105.00\n395.00\n45.00\n400.00\n55.00\n160.00\n2,080.00\n6,285.00\n\t\n854.00\n9,464.00\n3.50\n144.00\n1\n664.00\n1,366.50\n4,228.00\n122.00\n7\n24.50\n1,780.00\n312.00\n70.00\n55.00\n1.00\n6.00\n9.00\n34.00\n2.00\n5.00\n39.00\n83.00\n68,928.50\n14,647.00\n1\n3.50\n3,299.50\n4,039.00\n1\n1\n3.50\n3.50\n529.50\n150.00\n45.00\n55.00\n35.00\n70.00\n80.00\n330.00\n25.00\n185.00\n75.00\n80.00\n747.50\n544.00\n1,034.00\n261.00\n544.00\n2,527.00\n1\n19\n6\n3.50\n5,981.50\n81.00\n66.50\n61.00\n51.00\n29.00\n4,589.50\n2,128.00\nVictoria\t\n21.00\n1,754.00\n35.00\n7\n7.00\n756.00\n21,339\n$149,373.00\n289 |    $1,011.50\n2,337\n$11,685.00\n3,676\n$3,676.00\n$165,745.50\nLess refunds\t\n125.50\nT\"tf.l\n\t\n|\n\t\n\t\n\t\n$165,620.00\n REPORT OF PROVINCIAL GAME COMMISSION, 1952\nK 53\nRevenue Derived from Sale of Fur-traders', Taxidermists', and Tanners'\nLicences, and Royalty on Fur, January 1st to December 31st, 1952\nGovernment Agency\nResident\nFur-traders'\nLicences\nResident\nFur-traders'\nLicences\n(Transient)\nRoyalty\nor Tax\non Fur\nTaxidermists'\nor Tanners'\nLicences\nTotal\nNo.\nAmount\nNo.\nAmount\nNo.\nAmount\nNo.\nAmount\n2\n10\n1\n1\n2\n3\n1\n19\n3\n7\n2\n3\n34\n18\n1\n4\n2\n1\n2\n7\n1\n2\n12\n1\n22\n5\n1\n2\n1\n4\n2\n1\n8\n6\n306\n50\n55\n4\n2\n35\n149\n1\n11\n2\n$3.50\n72.49\n1.50\n939.06\n46.94\n.25\n26.70\n1.50\n11.25\n11.60\n9.00\n1\n1\n4\n1\n2\n5\n2\n$3.50\nAtlin -\n$50.00\n\t\n122.49\n\t\n1.50\n250.00\n1,189.06\n46.94\n$100.00\n100.25\nCnnrtenay\n25.00\n25.00\n26.70\n25.00\n26.50\n11.25\n11.60\n50.00\n75.00\n59.00\n75.00\n12.22\n41.70\n$2.00\n2.00\n8.00\n2.00\n2.00\n400.00\n414.22\n41.70\n25.00\n475.00\n75.00\n175.00\n50.00\n25.00\n200.00\n100.00\n_ 200.00\n11,074.83\n4,091.14\n2,030.37\n141.75\n6.00\n1,314.46\n34,315.72\n1.50\n99.50\n3.50\n11,757.83\n4,268.14\n2,205.37\n391.75\n4.00\n10.00\n6 00\n75.00\n850.00\n1,393.46\n35,875.72\n1.50\n700.00\nlooob\n4.00\n103.50\n450.00\n553.50\nTotals...\t\n106\n$2,650.00\n18\n$1,800.00\n682\n$54,256.48\n16\n$32.00\n$58,738.48\n25.00\nTotaL  .... -.\t\n\u2014\n$58,713.48\n K 54 BRITISH COLUMBIA\nTotal Collections from Fur Trade, 1921 to 1952, Inclusive\nYear\nFur-traders',\nFur Royalty\nTanners', and\nTotal\nor Tax\nTaxidermists'\nLicences\n$24,595.80\n$6,195.00\n$30,790.80\n51,093.89\n6,365.00\n57,458.89\n60,594.18\n6,930.00\n67,524.18\n56,356.68\n6,090.00\n62,446.68\n48,737.78\n7,550.00\n56,287.78\n56,045.13\n6,490.00\n62,535.13\n61,629.96\n9,695.00\n71,324.96\n51,563.07\n7,260.00\n58,823.07\n40,769.89\n6,560.00\n47,329.89\n40,431.11\n4,730.00\n45,161.11\n41,056.08\n4,925.00\n45,981.08\n36,253.79\n4,110.00\n40,363.79\n39,592.48\n4,575.00\n44,167.48\n42,697.81\n4,405.00\n47,102.81\n44,986.95\n4,845.00\n49,831.95\n46,186.50\n6,010.00\n52,196.50\n47,257.48\n6,440.00\n53,697.48\n39,423.87\n5,540.00\n44,963.87\n44,238.00\n4,949.00\n49,187.00\n62,745.33\n5,721.00\n68,466.33\n56,755.30\n6,370.00\n63,125.30\n63,176.07\n5,299.00\n68,475.07\n52,122.03\n6,232.00\n58,354.03\n63,412.23\n6,951.00\n70,363.23\n93,793.40\n10,559.00\n104,352.40\n98,766.72\n8,591.00\n107,357.72\n92,637.14\n6,707.00\n99,344.14\n66,939.08\n6,453.00\n73,392.08\n56,563.26\n4,980.00\n61,543.26\n65,205.44\n6,255.00\n71,460.44\n70,799.56\n5,655.00\n76,454.56\n54,256.48\n4,457.00\n58,713.48\n$1,770,682.49\n$197,894.00\n$1,968,576.49\n1921-\n1922-\n1923-\n1924-\n1925-\n1926.\n1927...\n1928.\n1929-\n1930-\n1931-\n1932..\n1933-\n1934-\n1935-\n1936..\n1937-\n1938-\n1939.\n1940.\n1941..\n1942-\n1944 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On\"\u00a9\" it I CN CN\n' ON CN ' i-H CO\n! ! ;\nm    '5\n!     !\ni\ncn\n!   i\ni   i   :\nj\n1  CO  ON\nr-\n,____,\nf-i o\nTt-\n! \u00a9 \u00a9\nco On \u25a0* i-i \u25a0*\n1 *H *~i\n*n\nON   O   ON\nr-\nVI\nCO\n\u25a0 it h- H m    !-<tcoOvi-t\u00bbn    I\neo \u25a0* r-    I       i-i co\ncn i* tt    :      \u25a0* vo\nI cs    I i-i m no vo    I on cn\nlOOffit  H       |  CO  OO\n1 ^ In\nCO     | CO\nCN\nCN\nCN t     I CO\nI00\n1\n\u25a0\"* CN\nTt   1-1\nCN ID\nj   1\nj-CN      j\nit  NO  \u00a9  OO\nOO  NO  CO  CN\n-t \u25a0* m\nEi-S\n\u00a7^e\n_ a\n3 3\ng-lsf _ss| trails si is\nudtoww_jzZfcn.A.artOT>>\n.2 1\nell\n REPORT OF PROVINCIAL GAME COMMISSION, 1952\nK 57\nList of Fur Confiscated under \"Game Act,\" January 1st to\nDecember 31st, 1952\nConfiscated from\u2014\nConfiscated at\u2014\nKind of Fur Confiscated\nDate of\nConfiscation\n.a\no\nP3\nu\nu\npa\nX\no\n\u2022a\nw\nK\na\nc\ns\na\n3\na\n0\no\nH\nu\nI\nt\/_\nFeb 19\nBen W. Lubie\n3\n\u2014\n1\n1\n2\n8\n\t\n3\n3\n1\n1\n2\n76\n9\n1\ni\n2\n2\n1\n1\n4\n\u201e   21\nChas. M. Ward\t\nHope \t\nGiscome   \t\n\u201e   29\n4\nMar   6\n3\n2\n1\n7\n\u00bb   12\nCampbell River\t\nArmstrong-\t\nFort Nelson \t\nCourtenay\t\nOliver \t\n\u201e   19\n7\n\u201e   21 ...\nA. F. George\t\nFur found by Game Warden\nC E. Estlin.\t\n21\n\u201e   17 \t\n17\nDaniel Pinski  ...\nF. E. Pinski \t\nFrank Marsell\t\nEdwin M. Chase \u2014\t\n\u201e   17\t\n\u201e   24\t\n\u201e   28\nKeremeoS- \t\nManning, Alta\t\n___. | ....\n.... | _.\n.... | ._.\n1 1 ....\n140\n35\nMay 15\t\n\u00bb   15\nMara \t\n4\nJ. W. McPherson     .\n2\n36\n15\n60\n19\nNotch Hill\t\n10\nBeal Carlick          \t\n2\nJuly 17\t\nDec.  3\t\n3\nFort St. James.. _.\nSardis  \u2014 \t\nH. J. Newfeld\t\nVictor Skalk-\t\nTotals- \t\n1\n4\n8\n1\n1\n16\n4\n85\n1\n7\n331\nNote.-\u2014The sum of $307.20 was received during 1952 from the sale of confiscated and surrendered fur.\nList of Firearms Confiscated under \"Game Act,\" January 1st to\nDecember 31st, 1952\nDate of\nConfiscation\nConfiscated from\u2014\nConfiscated at\u2014\nKind of Firearms\nConfiscated\nRifles\nShotguns\nBlair Davidson  \t\nC F. Hendry\t\n.,    10              \t\nFort Nelson  \t\nHenry Martens    \u2014\t\nH. B. Gobin \t\n,   26\nPort Coquitlam\t\n1\n\u201e    31\nHans Rutter  \t\n\u201e   31\nPenny.\t\nWilliam Bartsolf...\t\nN. Fj-.it\nKelowna\t\nS. T, Kenton\n\"    ,,\nDarrington, Wash\t\n'    -..\nA. McDonald\t\nS. Niedjalski _\nPenny   ..   .._____\n\u201e    12\nSardis _. __ \t\n\u201e    12\nApr 24\n1\n\u201e    24\nDonald Stubbs  ~\n\u201e    24\n\u00bb   24\n\u00bb   24\nCobble Hill\t\n\u201e   24\n\u201e   24\n\u201e   24\nOvstcr Bay\n\u201e    24\nF. M. Gentry\t\n\u201e   24\nVictoria  \t\nit   25\nJ. A. Camarta\nHedley                  ..   .._\n28\n K 58\nBRITISH COLUMBIA\nList of Firearms Confiscated under \"Game Act,\" January 1st to\nDecember 31st, 1952\u2014Continued\nDate of\nConfiscation\nConfiscated from\u2014\nConfiscated at\u2014\nKind of Firearms\nConfiscated\nRifles\nShotguns\nMay 15       \u2014\nM. R. C. Haller\t\nP. Bevargia \t\nP. Giirrialln\n\"7\n\u201e    19\n\u201e    19\t\n\u201e    23\t\nC. Kerr \u2022\t\nM. Smith-\t\n\u201e   23      \t\n\u201e    23    \t\n1\nWilliam Nespick  \t\nA. Fisher \t\n\u201e    12\t\n\u201e    17\t\n\u201e    17           \t\nAlcide Fillion    \t\nGerhard Furano \t\nLee Ying -\t\nWilliam VogeL _\nR. L. Stewart  ...\nTassin  Berkey,   DeWild,   Francis,\nand McAdams \t\nT. A. Martin \t\nPrince George ... .\nTabor Creek.  __ _    __    \u201e..\nJuly   5\t\n\u201e    16\t\n\u201e    16.\t\nEnderby \t\nAug. 19\t\n\u201e    19\nLadysmith.\t\n\u201e    19\t\n1\n\u201e    19\nRobert Petty\t\nRobert Woods \t\nF. H. Archer.\t\nD. R. MacDonald  \t\nB. M. Archer  \t\nLenzie Nash  _\u2014\t\nGeorge Kimpton\t\n1     i\n\u201e    19    _            \t\ni\ni\n.    19\nWindermere\t\n-\n,,    19\t\nWindermere'       \t\nSept. 10\n\u201e    10\n1\nOct.    8\n8 \t\nJames Hotchkiss\t\nW. M. Parker\t\nVictoria  _\t\n.,      8\n8\n8\nR. Hale\t\nL. M. Schram \t\nVancouver  .\t\nOlalla \t\nNov. 21 \t\n\u201e    21        \t\nThomas D. Johnson  \t\nHans Gichann  \t\nFresno, Calif\t\n21\n\u201e    21\nVancouver   .   .\n\u201e   21            \u2014.\nA. Jenkins-           \u2014\nL. A. Lutz\t\nC. Pierce \t\nK. Gill \t\nWilliam Ballantyne \t\nJ. P. Gunderson  \t\nVancouver    \t\nVancouver-\t\nBloedel \t\nMission __ ___\nVictoria\t\nSal fair\n\u201e   21\n\u201e   21\t\n\u201e   21\t\n\u201e   21 \t\n\u201e   21  '   -\n21\n\u2014\n\u201e   21           \t\nGarry Johnson , _\nL. Scheffer _ \u201e    \t\nVancouver  \t\n\u2022   \"\n21\nR. Hupfau \t\nE. Sienkiewick.\t\nNickel Plate ..\u2014\t\n\u201e    21     \t\nPenny\t\n21\n21\nJohn Ewart _\t\nJ. G. Wally\t\nW. H. Lembke  .\n\u201e    28\t\nDec.   3\t\n3\n1\n1\nAshcroft\t\nAshcroft     \t\nVancouver.,\t\nKamloops \t\n1\n\"      4\t\n\u201e     4\t\n\u201e     4\t\n\u201e    10\t\nMario Sabu\t\nC. S. Henry ,\t\nP. Dohn\t\n1\n\"7\nR. I. Smith \t\nPrince George \t\ni\n75        |        12\n1\nNote.\u2014The sum of $234.07 was received during 1952 from the sale of confiscated firearms.\n REPORT OF PROVINCIAL GAME COMMISSION,  1952\nBounties Paid during the Year Ended December 31st, 1952\nK 59\nGovernment Agency\nWolves\n$40\n$25\nCougar\nBounty, $20   Bonus, $20\nCoyote, $4\nTotal\nAlberni _\nAtlin \t\nBarkerville\u2014_ _\nBurns Lake\t\nClinton _-\t\nCourtenay\t\nCranbrook\t\nCumberland\t\nDuncan\u2014-.\t\nFernie  \t\nGolden\t\nGrand Forks\t\nKamloops \t\nKaslo \u2014 -\t\nKelowna\t\nLillooet\t\nMerritt\t\nNanaimo\t\nNelson \t\nNew Westminster\nPenticton\t\nPouce Coupe-\t\nPowell River..\t\nPrince George\t\nPrince Rupert\t\nPrinceton\t\nQuesnel \t\nRevelstoke \t\nRossland \t\nSmithers \t\nSalmon Arm\t\nVancouver\t\nVictoria\t\nVernon \t\nWilliams Lake\t\nTotals\t\n21\n3\n210\n148\n184\n94\n1\n25\n2\n53\n675\n47\n3\n6\n85\n18\n27\n23\n2\n14\n8\n25\n5\n6\n6\n22\n11\n2\n3\n2\n5\n1\n1\n2\n6\n24\n39\n10\n53\n465\n32\n59\n11\n5\n381\n404\n190\n44\n119\n42\n365\n12\n91\n86\n457\n1\n120\n11\n77\n409\n324\n32\n81\n133\n13\n21\n94\n72\n35\n1\n164\n974\n4,769\n$1,060.00\n119.00\n20.00\n6,834.00\n2,096.00\n2,340.00\n1,120.00\n540.00\n645.00\n216.00\n806.00\n328.00\n2,280.00\n48.00\n464.00\n784.00\n1,948.00\n584.00\n725.00\n84.00\n368.00\n5,376.00\n100.00\n5,916.00\n2,498.00\n364.00\n972.00\n97.00\n84.00\n1,001.00\n408.00\n670.00\n1,004.00\n856.00\n5,796.00\n$48,551.00\n K 60 BRITISH COLUMBIA\nComparative Statement of Bounties Paid from 1922 to 1952, Inclusive\nCalendar Year\nWolves\nCougars\nCoyotes\nCrows\nMagpies\nEagles\nOwls\nAmount\n1922  _\t\n1923                  \t\n303\n162\n195\n291\n336\n344\n452\n411\n312\n310\n372\n195\n173\n137\n183\n372\n444\n530\n491\n701\n8\n628\n572\n430\n599\n423\n384\n366\n285\n196\n261\n265\n301\n472\n461\n519\n725\n524\n395\n488\n524\n1,092\n1,687\n5,175\n7,276\n14,070\n20,192\n3,672\n1,881\n1,544\n2,864\n53,443\n172\n5,770\n10,046\n2,246\n70\n7,095\n20\n89\n17,625\n172\n$60,494.80\n14,840.00\n1924\n20,398.40\n1925 \t\n1926\n1,025\n1,389\n403\n1\n24,397.00\n41,077.00\n1927  \t\n1928\t\n1929  '\t\n1930    .\t\n2,487\n3^427\n65,377.95\n50,709.25\n42,122.00\n36,090.25\n1931 _\t\n1932\n42,036.15\n80 00\n1933\n1\n221\n561\n837\n828\n915\n1,159\n1,659\n1,002\n1,039\n1,017\n1,321\n1,202\n932\n1,102\n1,156\n1,180\n991\n753\n728\n\t\n6,285.00\n1934     _  ...\n1935\n1,877\n1,950\n1,400\n2,094\n1,971\n2,038\n1,924\n1,546\n1,221\n1,259\n5,506\n2,720\n2,976\n3,911\n6,847\n9,822\n5,202\n4,769\n6,825.00\n12,374.00\n1936\t\n1937 - \t\n1938\t\n1939\n\t\n20,350.00\n19,540.00\n21,018.00\n26,399.00\n1940\n\t\n23,131.00\n1941\n16,868.00\n1942                            \t\n\t\n17,397.00\n1943                                \t\n\t\n16,587.00\n1944                           \t\n20,243.00\n1945\n\t\n46,627.00\n1946\n22,392.00\n1947  .     ....\t\n1948.       \t\n1949\n36,386.00\n58,344.00\n70,501.00\n1950 _\t\nJ951\n73,688.00\n51,133.00\n1952\n48,551.00\nTotals   \t\n21,720\n12,424\n118,486\n69,431\n8,230\n7,204\n20,615\n$1,012,261.80\nBig-game Trophy Fees Paid by Non-residents, January 1st to\nDecember 31st, 1952\nSpecies\nGovernment Agency\n1\nUi\no\nw\nQ\nm\na!\nm o\n3\nO\n\u00a3\n'Eh\nU\nO\nu\ns\nn\nft> s_\n\u00a71\np u\ni\nO rt\nS OX)\nSo.\no u\na-a\no\nM\nO\nO\na\n3\nw\nAmount\n4\n3\n3\n~6\n15\n2\n7\n2\n18\n9\n2\n1\n2\n2\n2\n9\n4\n3\n6\n~ 5\n5\n5\n1\n1\n8\n4\n1\n22\n17\n1\n3\n5\n2\n2\n5\n43\n7\n~3\n6\n~i\n6\n1\n~~3\n18\n~2\n~3\n~6\n2\n15\n2\n23\n22\n27\n2\n7\n3\n49\n15\n9\n~~6\n12\ni\n7\n1\n6\n3\n1\n__\n\"42\n6\n~~i\n29\n3\n1\n6\n9\n3\n6\n~25\n9\n7\n6\n3\n14\n9\n$2,610.00\nAtlin-\t\n435.00\n195.00\n1,015.00\nCourtenay...\t\n45.00\n2,260.00\n2,740.00\nKamloops\t\n35.00\n130.00\n5.00\nNelson -\n100.00\n920.00\n985.00\n5.00\n5,065.00\n1,580.00\n350.00\nRevelstoke-   \u2014 - \u2014\n50.00\n115.00\nVancouver..\t\n1,050.00\n820.00\n78\n102\n57\nn\n48\n192\n71\n104\n26\n$20,510.00\n145.00\n\t\n\t\n~~\n\u2014\n\u2014\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n$20,365.00\n REPORT OF PROVINCIAL GAME COMMISSION, 1952\nK 61\nProsecutions (Provincial Game Divisions), January 1st to\nDecember 31st, 1952\nDescription of Offence\nDivisions (See Foot-note)\nc\n6\nS-3\nFines or\nPenalties\nImposed\nGame Animals\nAllowing dogs to run or hunt deer-\nBuying or selling game animals illegally-\nExceeding bag-limit on game animals-\nHunting or killing game animals with rim-fire shells or\nmetal-cased bullets\t\nHunting, killing, or possession of game animals under\n1 year of age-\nHunting, killing, or possession of game animals during\nclose season\t\nHunting, killing, or possession of game animals of\nfemale sex\t\nPit-lamping or hunting game animals at night-\nPossession of game animals on premises of logging camp..\nPossession of untagged moose, elk, or deer-\nPossession of game animals from which evidence of sex\nremoved\t\nFirearms\nCarrying firearms on a game reserve \t\nCarrying  loaded  firearms  or  discharging  same  from\nautomobile\t\nCarrying or possession of unplugged shotgun .\nDischarging firearms on or across highway-\nMinors carrying firearms unaccompanied by an adult-\nNon-residents in possession of unsealed firearms\t\nFur Trade and Trapping\nBaiting traps with game meat-\nDestroying beaver houses-\nFailing to make returns on trapping licence..\nFur-trader failing to keep proper record-book..\nInterfering or trapping on another person's trap-line-\nPossession of untagged beaver-pelts  \t\nPossession of unprime pelts  \t\nTrading in pelts without a licence-\nTrapping or carrying traps without a licence-\nTrapping during close season-\nTrader or trapper evading payment of royalty\t\nLicences\nNon-residents carrying firearms without a licence-\nNon-residents angling without a licence-\nResidents carrying firearms without a licence-\nResidents angling without a licence\t\nMigratory Game Birds\nExceeding bag-limit or possession-limit-\nHunting migratory game birds from power-boat-\nHunting migratory game birds during prohibited hours..\nHunting migratory game birds with a rifle...\n6\n3\n32\n30\nHunting migratory game birds in prohibited areas \t\nHunting,  possession, or killing migratory game birds\nduring close season\t\nUpland Game Birds\nAllowing dogs to hunt game birds during prohibited time-\nExceeding bag-limits on upland game birds..\nHunting pheasants during prohibited hours or when snow\non ground-\nHunting, killing, or possession of upland game birds\nduring close season-\nPossession of untagged pheasants-\nPossession of upland game birds with plumage removed-\n12\n20\n91\n61\n47\n4\n1\n14\n10\n49\n36\n18\n4\n9\n7\n5\n5\n74\n125\n30\n11\n10\n6\n__.. |\n5\n2\n2\n5\n13\n47\n28\n7\n7\n13\n199\n21\n11\n21\n11\n1\n1\n1\n1\n15\n4\n1\n4\n19\n4\n1\n40\n49\n273\n266\n1\n3\n44\n7\n5\n20\n44\n7\n3\n5\n2\n2\n5\n13\n49\n28\n10\n7\n14\n200\n21\n11\n21\n11\n1\n1\n1\n2\n19\n6\n1\n4\n19\n4\n1\n40\n49\n275\n266\n1\n3\n45\n8\n5\n20\n44\n7\n3\n$135.00\n50.00\n125.00\n50.00\n405.00\n1,665.00\n2,175.00\n2,250.00\n540.00\n170.00\n130.00\n55.00\n1,756.00\n240.00\n105.00\n83.50\n120.00\n50.00\n25.00\n10.00\n625.00\n55.00\n10.00\n130.00\n375.00\n60.00\n50.00\n1,850.00\n495.00\n3,167.00\n2,632.50\n150.00\n30.00\n1,080.00\n80.00\n50.00\n295.00\n30.00\n35.00\n20.00\n1,060.00\n70.00\n20.00\n K 62\nBRITISH COLUMBIA\nProsecutions (Provincial Game Divisions), January 1st to\nDecember 31st, 1952\u2014Continued\nDescription of Offence\nDivisions (See Foot-note)\n\"A\"\nB\"\nD\"\na\no\nO\nSB\nFines or\nPenalties\nImposed\nSpecial Fishery Regulations\nAngling for trout during close season\t\nAllowing sawdust to pollute river-\nExceeding bag or possession limit on trout \t\nJigging, molesting, or taking fish on spawning-grounds-\nPossession of or using fish-roe in prohibited area\t\nTaking or possession of undersized trout\t\nUsing more than one line or rod-\nUsing gear designed to catch more than one fish-\nUnlawfully selling trout\t\nMiscellaneous\nCold-storage operator failing to keep record-books\u2014\t\nGiving false information to Game Warden to  obtain\nlicence or obstruction\t\nGuide failing to make return of hunting trip or failing\nto complete the form on reverse side of a nonresident licence\t\nGuiding without a permit or licence\t\nGuide failing to report violations of \" Game Act \".\nKilling big game while acting as guide-\nKeeping live game animals in captivity without a permit-\nNon-resident hunting big-game animals without a guide\t\nOperating a cold-storage plant without a licence or permit\nTrespassing on private property\t\nTotals..\n165\n1 I\n173\n442\n252\n60\n4\n2\n4\n8\nS\n11\n1\n1\n18\n444\n28\n64\n1\n12\n9\n24\n23\n24\n16\n1\n1\n20\n13\n10\n1\n1\n1\n3\n1\n26\n64\nI\n12\n10\n24\n25\n25\n16\n1\n1\n22\n13\n10\n1\n1\n2\n3\n1\n28\n$508.50\n20.00\n155.00\n135.00\n425.00\n275.00\n240.00\n117.50\n10.00\n10.00\n210.00\n140.00\n460.00\n50.00\n50.00\n25.00\n60.00\n10.00\n345.00\n1,476\n1,504\n$25,755.00\nGaol Sentences\nKilling game animals of the female sex\u20143, total of six months.\nTrapping fur-bearing animals during close season\u20141, five days.\nGiving false information\u20141, thirty days.\nNote.\u2014\"A\" Division: Vancouver Island area and part of Mainland. \"B\" Division: Kootenay and Boundary\nareas. \"C\" Division: Kamloops, \u2022 Yale, Okanagan, Cariboo, and Lillooet areas. \"D\" Division: Atlin, Skeena,\nOmineca, Fort George, Peace River, and Yukon Boundary areas. \"E \" Division: Vancouver, Coast, and Lower Mainland areas.\n REPORT OF PROVINCIAL GAME COMMISSION, 1952\nK 63\n.\nCO\ncn\nH\nZ\nW\nQ\nU\nu\n<\no\nz\nE\n1\/1\nQ\nZ\n<\no\nz\nH\nZ\no\nIs\nOJ3\no a\n9- jo\n0\u00bb.\ntH      t-f     t*      (-I      <K)\n(D    <U   W    V    p\nZ?ZZ\u00ab    QIZZ\n\u00ab.a o o o o .a o o .a .a o .a o .a\n^QZZZZQZZOQZQZQ\neq to eg w\ng) u u u\nzzzz\no .S\n2 3\n4=\nd\n|L\n3\nC\no\nj*\ns\n<u\nEE oo a. n\n;   .,     j\n09   O  J\n\"9 S is\nB  K W\na - w\nIII\nis\u00a7t\nd abdo\nveiled\nlodgin\nt shou!\nfoot\t\nq rt v* j_3 jj\n3 jtf &w *j\n\u00a7 2 \u00a3 -5 .9\nHB      I\nK\nJ !\n3 a\nb \u00ab\u00b0\no *a y a 3\nrms, a\nright\ne of fa\nand, a\noughl\nh\t\nCD\na\n5'\nE\nE\nR\n0\ncu\nE\n1-\nsi\n\u00ab ** E\nS\n3 u t+2\nW   r^   *\"\u2022    O\nd o C\n\u2014 .O \u2022- \u2022\n2 *j .B :\n__, j o B\n[\/_ ffi P. 0, K\nccSBBBSS\nM    \u00bb    O    \u00ab    \u00ab\n\u00a323\n43   B\n3   o\n\u2022a *a\nd d u .\nX g o\n3.5 a> 1u\n\u00bb3\n5\ncn\n<n\no o\nDO M H\nc d o d d\n\u00ab n y\nd d I\nd 3 \u00ab\n\u00b0 cd o3 rt d -\n\u00a3? o o o (\u00a3-;\ncd cjj be ci; > -\n'SiijlJ.g;\n.\"\u00a3 X3 TJ -O   m   * '\n*o a d d \u25a0 o\no o\n\u25a0  __,   tu\ns \u00a7 S *\n( En'fi\ni  o  rt  rt S\n)\u00abuuS\nw   oi   w\n91 II) (0\nV HI 1_\n*\u00ab_> *CD \"o\nU H N\nuou\n.2 w.\n3 \u2022**  CO\n^ o K\nM   O    cd\nj  ~  o  d\n3 a *o '-d ;\n5 d o d\n, rd m^:\nj i\u00ab,5 9_\n2 S\u00abS-S\nS   <D <D\n_ o> W M\n$ t\u2014   O -h _-^   nj rt\n3   a> fl   m  o p -3\n2 u d in v- _\u00ab w\n\u25a09l\nc a\n3 5\nt-j. __\no p\u00ab 2\nB j -a\n.9     U\nI S1 ? o S\na 11 a il -\nrtc_      < * w\n\u00a3 -O \"U \u00ab H _D  3\nDhWhQO\nSS3\"99 g\u00ab\nU53 w w teoaw\n8 u\n_\u00bb O   S\nBUO\n\u25a0\nl-J\no>\n&\n\u2022a\no\nw g\nC\nc\na\nE\nX\nc\nI-I\nc\n*\ns\ntd\n0\nV\nt\n0\nc\ntt.\n^_\n\"5\n>\u25a0\n%\n0\nX\nd i_j\nP\nc\na, o\n^.\nPaw\neden\ntrick\nIf\na\nto\n<\no\nrt\nis\nin\n0\n\u20141\nw\n<\n<\ncc\n!> w\nCO\nC\np-\np-\nw\n!\u00a7    h\nJ;\nid'\n9 S..9\n*BS\n\u20228 >? \u00a7\n2   ^   H\nPSoStt.\nI   I\n2 \u00a3 Km** S\nE  i3  o fi  e  >\nSSI\nI- ^ _-\nca \u00ab  o\nO  rt ^\niUtn >\nO\n9 S5\n*- T1 rT .O\nw O E \u00ab-B'S_-a^,>- ftv-w^^ w\nwBBX)m'ornM .aa-k>_-jH\n*^2\u2122\u00bbS%3|5WOflC\n\" E < ffi i? w p <cqQ0n.a;Z\nOO\n,     O   DA\nPhOO\nt^\nt#\n|     j\nrn o *\"\nON \u00ab-\n<N\ni     |     |\nmoo wa\no\nc\nonor\n\u25a0\nj\n0\\ ir\ny\n1\n1\nrH  rH  CS  ^  <*-}\n1-1 T\"\nHHHHlHHMN                      MHNMCi\nCN\n\u00a3  . \u2022 5?ftf\n:::s:::-s^'tt:t:s\n_  O    ,\ntL,\n2 co C\n^\nc\na\no\n K 64\nBRITISH COLUMBIA\nSummary of Game-fish Culture Distributions, Showing Eggs, Fry,\nand Fingerlings, 1952\nKind of Game Pish\nEggs\nFry\nFingerlings\n472,310\n4,390,580\n865,000\n364,270\n10,000\n4,294,634\n75,440\n104,000\n127,949\n1,145,732\nTotals\n5,727,890\n4,744,344\n1,377,681\nSummary of Game-fish Eggs, Fry, and Fingerlings at Departmental\nHatcheries, December 31st, 1952\nHatchery\nCut-throat\nEggs or Fry\nEastern Brook\nEggs or Fry\nKamloops\nFingerlings\nor Fry\n12,690\n3,447\n298,400\n200,095\nSmith Fans\n96,580\n\t\n300,589\nTotals\n16,137\n298,400\n597,264\nEggs\nFry\nFingerlings\nSummary\nTotal distributions\nOn hand at hatcheries, December 31st, 1952.\nTotal \t\n5,727,890\n4,744344\n1,377,681\n11,849,915\n911,801\n12,761,716\n REPORT OF PROVINCIAL GAME COMMISSION, 1952\nK 65\n03\no\nz\nH\nZ\n<\nCM\nH\n.=>\ns\nH\nO\n&\n<\nS\n\u00a3\/5\na\nu\nZ\n<\nn\n\u00ab\ns\no\nw\nCO\nw\nO\n&< a\nE\nw\n4) Cfl\n\u25a0S3\na> ES.\n1     i\n8000000   i QO \u00a9 o\u00a9 o   1   :o\n_ 5 \u00a9 r- \u00a9 \u00bbn    lOOQOOO    1     IO\noinONinH   1 o \u00a9 \u00a9 \u00a9 0 m        io\n: t \\o (s en m 00\nft,\n1 ^.^i\n\u00a9\n00\"\nI !\n!   !\nM\nd\nO\n>\u2022\nM\nd\ncd\nP-\nS\n0\nH\n0\nK\nn\n^\u2022a-sj\ns?.33\n13 2\n]  H-l    4)\n\u25a0g 9\no .S\n1-s\n^ .2\nc3 \"C\n\u25baJ .2\na s\no o u\nO U A!\ni-l M & \u00a3\nW) 60 E   t- 1\n\"  o 3 a .\nS\no\n\u201e cd  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H &\n\u00a731-50\n\u25a05 S3\n\u00ab _2\n\u25ba35 \u00bb\nU.     *\u25a0,     \u2122\nB n \u00ab\n<ou\nas\n0\nn\n\u25a0W .U A\n.-)_-!_-\nIH\nu\nu\nOQW\n\u20229\no\nO   C\ned E?\ncu _-) o\ncfl J^\n^5*3\n\u00a3a>3\n K 66\nBRITISH COLUMBIA\n\"<3\n3\n\u20225\nK\n6\nin\nOS\ntn\nO\nz\nH\nZ\n<\n>-.\nOh\nH\nO\n3\nH\n&\no\nW\ni\n5\na\nu\nz\n<\nm\nw\nH\nJ\n3\nU\nw\nW\n<\nk, a.\n03\nB a\nPh\nII\n^\nS(\nO\nCO\nH\nft\ncd\no o\no o\nm o\nss\nM fH\no\no\no\no\"\nCN\ni I\n\u00a9 \u00a9 \u00a9 \u00a9 \u00a9 o\n\u00a9 \u00a9 o o o o\ne> \u00a9^ o \u00a9 o_ o\n\u00a9\" o o o \u00a9 *n\n\u00a9 \u00a9 \u00a9\nO O O\nO O O\n\u00a9OOOOOOO\nSO \u00a9 o o \u00a9 o o\noooqqoo\no o\" \u00a9* o\" \u00a9 \u00a9 o\" \u00a9\no o\no o\no \u00a9\no\"\u00a9\"\nCM ^t\nss\no\n\u2022   \u2022\no O O     _\n\u00a9 o\no\nm *h \\o    :\n>n *n\ncn\nr~<            |\n1\ns\nM a\nsi\n1\ni     \u00bb 3\nd\nPh\n1\np\nf-\nO\nn\na\nQ      EC    cd   m\n1 r\ncd w  cd i>\nM  a)  M  \u00ab\nC \u00a3 '\u00a3  >  cd\n>,\n1 a Ef b\nfl s 2 a \u00bb\n\u25a0Jo \"3 &\u00a3\nB>hBO\n\u25a0aw\ncd _,   +_.\n'* 1 _s\nAS\n*B   1)\nS E\n1 \u00a3\nB. oo\na s\no   _s\n REPORT OF PROVINCIAL GAME COMMISSION, 1952\nK 67\n!   I\nI   i\ni  !  i\n\u00a9 \u00a9 C\n\u00a9 o C\no \u00a9 e\n\u00a9 o\n\u00a9 o\no o\n\u00a9 \u00a9\n\u00a9\"\u00a9\nII\ncn o*\n\u00a9 \u00a9\no \u00a9\no o\nI 1\n!  I  !\n!   !   1\n>\u00a9Q\u00a9\u00a9OQ\u00a9OOQ(\n!Ooooo55ooo<\n) OO\"0OOO0OOO<\nI\no\n\u00abn\no\\\n\u00a9 \u00a9 c\no \u00a9 c\ncn \u00abi \u00bbo\nI   !\ni   I\n. I ! .\n-.III...\nMM\nMM\no n\ncd  ej ,:\nPhP<C\nIt?\ncd  a>\n3 \u00a3\n01 (_)\ni.9 S\ni &. p_i\na a '9 a i | o\nrt o a \u2122 rt 3 s.\n\u25a09-\u00b0\noo \u00a7\n\u25a0S-go\npart's\nrt O  O\n> 6 o\n.2 \u00ab 8 2\ni .5 j= \u2022\u00a7\n\u25a0 \u00a3,-*-   7_\n8.3\n, >P<\n.   \u25a0 o g\ncq Q m w\n K 68\nBRITISH COLUMBIA\ns\n.S\nc\nCN\n\u00bbn\nON\ns\nz\nH\nz\n<\nI-l\nPh\nH\nP\no\no\na\ns\ns\n1\no\nz\n<:\np2\nM\nw\n5\nH\ni-l\nu\nX\nto\nw\nO\nft a\nI   I\n! !\ncivo\ns-9\no\no\nn\nm\nft\nft\"\nft\na.f\nft\"\nj i ! i\n!     I     \u25a0\ni j\n100,000\n100,000\nIP\n1 *> \u00a9\n! i i\n! ! !\nill!\n! I\ni I\nz *>\n2 3\nn    *\n\u00ab 3\nv   <u *_       \u2122\n\"55 .a * J m\no 3 law\n<9       **\n\u00ab ,3\n^ *\n=5hJ\n5 <\u00ab\na T3\nw o\na h\n3   \u00bb   O   K\n_> \u2022\u00a3 \u2022* U\n<\u00ab h'\u00a3\nii  i-i cd cd\n3  cd  S o\n(p^moa\nO   J>   O   l\ncd cd\ncd   O\no   u\nmm\ncd M\na\n\u202232\noo\n REPORT OF PROVINCIAL GAME COMMISSION, 1952\nK 69\nl  l\n\u00a9 vp \u00a9 r\u00bb\ncs ^ r-t a\\\ni    |\n!   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O\ni \u00a9\ni \u00a9\nr\n\u00a9\n\u00a9\n\u00a9\n\u00a9\"\n\u00a9 \u00a9\n\u00a9  CO\n\u00a9 W>\n\u00a9 oT\n\u00a9\nr-J\nVO\n(N\ncn\nj\n: o    i o\n1 m    i \u00a9\nj cn    ; \u00a9_\n: oo   ! rf\n1        i\n\u00a9 \u00a9 \u00a9 O     !\nO O \u00a9 CO     !\n\u00a9, \u00a9_ \u00a9_ t-^    |\ncn cn cn co\"   i\n\u00a9\n\u00a9^\n00\nen\n00\nft\nj\n: \u00a9     !     !\n: \u00a9    .\n: \u00a9    I    !\n\u00a9**     .\nj \\D      j\nl\no\nen\n\u2022si-\ni    :    i\n:   |    :\ni i i\n! 1 !\ni   i   !\ncn\nd\n0\ncd\nH\n__   S\nB-2\nCO    cfl\nM a\no 3\n_M    9\nss\n<     CO\nw i\nCJ\nH\ncd\nP.\nS          CO\n3    3\n-5   .S\nR    9\nx3 a\nI 1\na   \u00ab\n5 3\n<          O      4\n_z     6 A\nW       J;    cc\nH    \"2 t-\na\n4\nJ*\n4\n4\nfit\n4\nE\nCI\nt\nC\n0 4\n4\nfit\n\u00ab\n\u00ab\nft\nk\n4\n5\nj\n4\nfit\n\u00bb\n4\nit\n4\nfit\n4.\na\nfit\ncc\n4.\ns\n0\na.\n4.\n>\nu\na\n\u25a0g\ns\na\n-\nE\nc\n1\nT\na\no\na\nCO\na\n\u25a0g\nca\nOJ\n. >-\n$\n4)\nk\n4)\n\u00bb\u00ab!\nCJ\na\ntq\n4)\n41\n4)\n4)\n4.\n4.\nft\nfit\nH\ni-\n4\ni-\n4.\n4\n,<-\nfit\nI\n?\u25a0\n4\nfit\na\n>\n4)\nfit\ncd\n0\n5\nX    iT a i^ *** :S\":&-ttM J* \u00abv\nNorth St\nPaddy R\nPickerin\nPremier\nQuartz 1\nRoche L\nSand La\nSeven _V\nSilver Sr\nSkookur\nSmith L\nat\ncd \u00ab\n7\n5  cd  \u00ab\n\u00a3 S 5 c\n<U   4)   P   tv\noS            h \u00ab'\u00a3;SBiiBlA<-a:>':\u00a7\n2\n5\nSumn\nSurve\nTama\nis\nc\n4\n1\n4\/\n>\n4)\nPS\nFerni\nMattl\nBeav(\nBegb\nButte\nFivel\nGriffl\nIllecil\nJorda\nMcln\nSouth\nSumn\nThree\nVicto\nWillii\n REPORT OF PROVINCIAL GAME COMMISSION,  1952\nK 75\nO \u00a9 \u00a9 \u00a9 \u00a9\n\u00a9 \u00a9 \u00a9 \u00a9 \u00a9\nCD \u00a9 \u00a9^ \u00a9_ \u00a9\nin \u00a9* in \u00a9\" \u00a9\"\n<H -vT CN O O\n\u00a9\u00a9\u00a9\u00a9\u00a9\u00a9\u00a9OO\u00a9\n\u00a9 \u00a9 \u00a9 \u00a9 O \u00a9 \u00a9 \u00a9 \u00a9 \u00a9\n\u00a9 \u00a9 \u00a9 \u00a9 \u00a9 \u00a9 \u00a9_ \u00a9, q \u00a9^\no\" \u00a9 \u00a9\" in \u00a9 \u00a9 \u00a9\" m\" \u00a9* \u00a9\"\nrtHlnHCflNrt  HON\n\u00a9 \u00a9\n\u00a9 \u00a9\n\u00a9 \u00a9\nOO     i \u00a9 iO\u00a9\u00a90\u00a90\u00a9\u00a90\u00a9\n\u00a9\u00a9   io !\u00a9\u00a9\u00a9\u00a9\u00a9\u00a9\u00a9\u00a9\u00a9\u00a9\n\u00a9,\u00a9    j \u00a9\u201e jqqqqqqqqq\u00a9^\n\u00a9\" \u00a9    jo\" i in \u00a9\"\u00a9\" \u00a9\"\u00a9\"\u00a9\" o\" \u00a9' \u00a9\" in\nHM      ! r-C j(StN(NcnCNCNcntN\u00bbHcN\nj !\ni8\ni\no\n\u00a9\nO\n8\n! O\ni\n\u00a9\"\n\u00abn\no\"\njcn\ni\nI\nCN\n(N\ncn\n! \u00a9\ni o\nI   I\na \u00a3\no *\n8 se\n9 t)\n< \u00a7\n0 I\n\u2022 1\nW   4)\nj i-l ca ca\nca 3 o\nmmcQU\n4> ^\n_\u00bbJ3 aU'd\n<*M\n9   >i|__)l-l   OJ   \u00abH   \u00ab\n9-a\n5 o >i\n-    l-i    V-\n)OU\nk _ bo ca\na a c c j:\nQftftOffi\n4_s i\na* o\nj \u00ab a\nis \u00b0\n0   0)   ^\nft A I*\n'\u2022S u 2.\no o a\n\u00ab_3 \u25a0\ncoftg\n\u25a0S.S O\nu  o y\nca ca a\ni-l i-l i-l\nu ca .\"3\nI-) B  \u25a0?\nca \"\"j\na c -3\nca ca 2\na u 5\no o o\n_-)\n4> +j\n\u25a0a s\ncd ^j\nco h-. cd\n^ \" en\nCd   S \u00ab\nw a 13\nCd -r-\n\u00aba \u00ab\u00bbJ \u00ab\u25a0 \u25a0\u2014* J3\n^JoSS\u00ab\nZftft\n\u25a0a a \u00ab .3 T \" a -a 2 i-l\n3!'3d,&ai33i \u00bb\nI\u2014' *3  __.   Mw5   3 60^\n\u20229 2 * iy a 3 \u00a7\n0_a D, P.-9 \u00bb 3 B >-a\n> a \u00ab u o 'C\nft   co\n&\u25a0* \"!\n\u00b09\u00ab\n\u00a3\u00a33\n1\nca\no\nI\n K 76\nBRITISH COLUMBIA\nReturns from 2,450 Holders of Special Firearms Licences, Showing Big Game,\nFur-bearing Animals, and Predatory Animals Killed, Season 1951-52\nBig Game\nBear\n463\nCaribou     16\nDeer \u201e  560\nMoose  412\nMountain-goat\nMountain-sheep\n     35\n     10\nWapiti (elk)     36\nFur-bearing Animals\nBeaver _\nFisher\t\nFox\t\nLynx\t\nMarten _\nMink\t\nMuskrat\n7,105\n499\n546\n1,316\n7,436\n6,328\n28,013\nOtter\t\nRacoon\t\nSkunk \t\nSquirrel\t\nWeasel\t\nWildcat\t\nWolverine\nPredatory Animals\nCougar      112 Wolves\nCoyote  1,438\n386\n593\n197\n217,105\n16,623\n116\n148\n236\n report of provincial game commission, 1952\nSummary of Liberation of Game Birds, 1952\nK 77\nArea\nVancouver Island-\nAlberni\t\nCourtenay \t\nCowichan\t\nNanaimo-Parksville\t\nVictoria (North and South Saanich).\nTotals\nPheasants    Chukar Partridges\n150\n475\n462\n300\n950\n2,337\nLower Mainland\u2014\nAgassiz\t\n  252\n  1,082\n  2,981\n  2\nLulu Island .  1,216\nChilliwack\nDelta\t\nEssondale .\nLangley\t\nMatsqui\t\nMission (Hatzic and Nicomen Island).\nPitt Meadows\t\nSumas Prairie\t\nSurrey\t\nTotals _\nInterior\u2014\nAshcroft\t\nCache Creek\nCreston\t\nEnderby \t\nGrand Forks\nKamloops\t\nKeremeos\t\nLillooet\t\nMerritt\t\nOliver\t\nPenticton\t\nSalmon Arm\nSummerland\nSmithers \t\nTotals 1\n643\n1,473\n1,370\n1,855\n1,565\n1,468\n13,907\n149\n300\n100\n200\n437\n200\n106\n200\n200\n200\n400\n200\n20\n200\n108\n360\n2,712\n668\nNote.\u2014Total cost covering purchase of all game birds listed was $38,265.50.\n K 78 BRITISH COLUMBIA\nStatement of Game-bird Farmers, 1952\nNumber and Kind of Birds on Hand as at January 1st, 1952\nPheasants     4,192 Ducks     45\nQuail  5 Partridges  307\nNumber and Kind of Birds Raised, 1952\nPheasants  24,956 Partridges  815\nQuail  2\nNumber and Kind of Birds Purchased, 1952\nPheasants  344\nNumber and Kind of Birds Sold, 1952\nPheasants  20,561 Partridges  692\nQuail  3\nNumber and Kind of Birds Killed, 1952\nPheasants     2,997 Ducks     31\nQuail  2\nNumber and Kind of Birds on Hand as at December 31st, 1952\nPheasants     5,934 Ducks     14\nQuail  2 Partridges  430\nNote.\u2014During the year 1952 there were 106 licensed game-bird farmers in the\nProvince, but during the year 1952 seventeen of these farmers discontinued business.\nThere were two nil returns. Game-bird bands sold to licensed game-bird farmers during\nthe year 1952 amounted to $238.70 (2,387 bands at 10 cents each).\nMiscellaneous Revenue, 1952\nSale of Lists to Various Licence-holders, etc.\n112 Game Convention minutes at 75 cents per copy\t\n2,387 game-bird bands at 10 cents each\t\n235 trap-line transfer fees at $2.50 each\t\nProceeds, sale of trout-eggs.\nProceeds, sale of live fur-bearing animals..\nProceeds, permits to export game meat..\nProceeds, fee for tagging deer and moose hides.\nProceeds, sale of three fur-traders' lists\t\nProceeds, sale of live cougar\t\n$84.00\n238.70\n587.50\n235.50\n70.00\n70.00\n182.50\n4.50\n77.25\n REPORT OF PROVINCIAL GAME COMMISSION,  1952 K 79\nLIST OF GUIDES AND NON-RESIDENT OUTFITTERS, 1952\nDefinition of Guide Licence Classifications\nA First-class Guide shall be one who has acted as a guide in the Province for a period\nof at least three years in the ten years immediately preceding his application for a guide's\nlicence, and who has suitable equipment for outfitting any person desiring to hunt game.\nA Second-class Guide shall be one who has acted as a guide in the Province for a\nperiod of at least three years in the ten years immediately preceding his application for\na guide's licence, but who cannot qualify as a First-class Guide.\nAn Assistant Guide shall be one who cannot qualify as either a First-class or Second-\nclass Guide, and shall be entitled to act as a guide in the hunting of game birds or in\nangling for trout, and after securing a permit so to do from the Game Commission, when\nemployed by or under the supervision of a First- or Second-class Guide, to guide big-game\nhunters.\nVancouver Island and Mainland Coast North to North End of Vancouver Island\nClass of Class of\nName and Address of Guide Licence Name and Address of Guide Licence\nAlsdorf, William, Campbell River. 2nd Robertson, George R., 2329 Blanshard St.,\nBrimacombe, Herbert, Stuart Island 2nd Victoria 2nd\nFlesher, Eric Reed, Phillips Arm  2nd Vanstone, James, Campbell River 2nd\nHancock, Joseph, Lake Cowichan    1st Stanton, James, Minstrel Island    1st\nHancock, Arthur C, Lake Cowichan    1st Smith, Calvin, Box 550, Courtenay  2nd\nKay-Nichols, Caesar, Sayward  2nd Williamson, David, Campbell River.-J 2nd\nMarshall, Donald, Campbell River 2nd Wilson, Jack, Sproat Lake 2nd\nMainland Coast (Stewart South, Including Bella Coola)\nClass of\nName and Address of Guide Licence\nBrynildsen, Guy Alger, Bella Coola 2nd\nBugnella, Angelo, Stewart  2nd\nLetho, John, Stewart 2nd\nMack, Clayton, Bella Coola    1st\nName and Address of Guide\nMoody, David, Bella Coola..\nNygaard, Martin, Bella Coola..\nClass of\nLicence\n 2nd\n.....   1st\nSi Wallace, Andrew Stephen, Bella Coola  2nd\nSkuce, Herb, Ocean Falls    1st\nName and Address of Guide\nCullis, Herbert W., Taft\t\nDawson, V. N., Adams Lake\nAdams Lake-Salmon Arm-Revelstoke-Vernon Areas\nClass of Class of\nLicence Name and Address of Guide Licence\n  2nd Harrison, Bryan R., Adams Lake     1st\n  2nd Harrison, Robert Owen, Adams Lake    1st\n._.   1st Laforme, George W., Revelstoke    1st\n... 2nd May, Arthur William, Celista  2nd\nRobertson, Douglas G, Squilax  2nd\nSmall, Roy, Trout Lake    1st\nWader, Loyd, Sicamous  2nd\nDeSimone, Samuel H., Revelstoke\t\nEngler, John, Lumby\t\nHaestfield, Francis N., Chase 2nd\nHansen, Chase E., Cherryville 2nd\nHansen, Lee, Kamloops    1st\nHansen, Lee, Salmon Arm    1st\nCassiar District (Atlin-\nClass of\nName and Address of Guide Licence\nBall, George, Telegraph Creek    1st\nCarlick, Tom, Telegraph Creek 2nd\nCarlick, Walter, Telegraph Creek  2nd\nClever, Gene B., Bennett  2nd\nDennis, Alex., Telegraph Creek 2nd\nDennis, John Greyke, Telegraph Creek    1st\nEdzerza, George, Atlin    1st\nFrank, Benny, Telegraph Creek 2nd\nJack, Alex., Telegraph Creek 2nd\nTelegraph Creek District)\nClass of\nName and Address of Guide Licence\nJack, Henry Taku, Atlin  2nd\nMutts, Alix, Telegraph Creek 2nd\nNelson, William H., Telegraph Creek  2nd\nNole, Bill, Telegraph Creek 2nd\nNyman, Robert, Atlin 2nd\nLashovts, Frank Pete, Telegraph Creek 2nd\nWilliams, Jack, Atlin 2nd\nAsp, Phillip, Lower Post 2nd\n K 80\nBRITISH COLUMBIA\nWest Kootenay (Including Nelson-Creston, Kootenay Lake, and Lardeau)\nClass of\nName and Address of Guide Licence\nCummings, Arnold, Boswell  2nd\nDanet, Seldom, Ferguson    1st\nDrummond, James, Burton 2nd\nFletcher, Jaye R., Nelson 2nd\nHorswill, Robert, Robson  2nd\nKoch, Charles A., Sanca  2nd\nMacNicol, J. W., Johnson's Landing 2nd\nClass of\nLicence\n2nd\n2nd\nName and Address of Guide\nMarshall, Clark A., Burton\t\nNewbrand, Emil, Box 109, Nakusp..\nOliver, George J., Gray Creek 2nd\nO'Neil, Richard, Sirdar 2nd\nRodgers, James L., Creston    1st\nSchwartzenhauer, Carl, Deer Park  2nd\nBoundary Districts (Grand Forks West to Princeton, Including Kettle Valley and Ashnola)\nClass of\nLicence\n... 2nd\nName and Address of Guide\nBradshaw, George A., Westbridge\t\nClark, Herbert G., Keremeos    1st\nGold, Robie Booth, Bankier 2nd\nHolding, Richard, Princeton  2nd\nName and Address of Guide\nLewis, James W., Princeton\t\nManion, William B., Tulameen\t\nWright, Brian (Pat), Princeton  2nd\nHall, D. Elmer, Westbridge 2nd\nClass of\nLicence\n.....   1st\n2nd\nKamloops District (Savona-North Thompson-Clearwater)\nClass of\nLicence\n..... 2nd\nName and Address of Guide\nBlackman, William, Valemount\t\nBlair, Percy, Little Fort  2nd\nBoule, James, Savona    1st\nBrousseau, Cliff, Savona    1st\nBrown, Starr Alfred, Little Fort  2nd\nBurdett, Mrs. Loretta, Savona  2nd\nBurdett, George, Savona    1st\nCarter, Cecil, Black Pool  2nd\nComeau, William R., Savona    1st\nCooper, Norman T, Savona  2nd\nCooper, Phillip, Westsyde    1st\nEllis, Bux., Battle St., Kamloops    1st\nFarquharson, James, Kamloops  2nd\nFennell, A. C, Chu Chua  2nd\nGrant, Gordon, McLure    1st\nHagen, Harry, Barriere 2nd\nHelset, Ted, Clearwater    1st\nHogue, John, Clearwater  2nd\nHoover, Eldred, Black Pines    1st\nHumphrey, A. C., Knutsford  2nd\nJohnson, Stan, Black Pool  2nd\nKing, Mervin L., East Black Pool  2nd\nName and Address of Guide\nKorsvick, George, Valemount-\nLafave, John, Louis Creek-\nClass of\nLicence\n 2nd\n    1st\nLatremouille, Joseph, Little Fort    1st\nLean, Theodore B., R.R. 1, Clearwater    1st\nLloyd, William, Criss Creek  2nd\nLoveway, Thomas, Little Fort  2nd\nLudtke, Charles D., Clearwater  2nd\nLudtke, Laurence, Clearwater    1st\nMcDiarmid, Garfield, Clearwater    1st\nMarriott, Robert, Heffley Creek  2nd\nMurray, George E., Savona     1st\nNelson, Gerald, Kamloops (Black Pines) 2nd\nPeel, Murrill A., Pritchard    1st\nRainer, Karl, Darfield  2nd\nSand, Martin J., Vavenby  2nd\nScott, Duncan, Barriere    1st\nSmall, Reg, Clearwater    1st\nThacker, George, Walhachin     1st\nTurner, John, Criss Creek 2nd\nTuson, Clifford, Savona    1st\nWhittaker, John, Lac la Jeune, Kamloops\u2014 2nd\nWilson, Donald, Vinsulla 2nd\nPeace River District and Lower Post\nClass of\nName and Address of Guide Licence\nAnderson, Edward, Dawson Creek  2nd\nAnderson, Stewart, Box 534, Dawson Creek   1st\nArtemenko, William, Fort St. John 2nd\nBeattie, Donald, Hudson Hope 2nd\nBeattie, Robert, Gold Bar 2nd\nBelcourt, Clarence, Big Slough (near Hazel-\nmere P.O., Alta.) 2nd\nGelcourt, Maglorie, Big Slough (near Ha-\nzelmere P.O., Alta.) 2nd\nBrown, Wesley J., Mile 175, Fort St. John..   1st\nCalliou, John, Kelly Lake (Goodfare P.O.,\nAlta.)  2nd\nCalliou, Sam, Moberly Lake 2nd\nCallison, E. O., Mile 422, Alaska Highway   1st\nCallison, Dennis W., Fort Nelson    1st\nCameron, Patrick, Moberly Lake    1st\nCameron, Ralph, Moberly Lake 2nd\nCooke, Frank Edward, Fellers Heights 2nd\nCourvoisier, Henry C, Fort Nelson    1st\nDalziel, George C. F., Lower Post 2nd\nClass of\nName and Address of Guide Licence\nDavidson, J. O., Muddy River    1st\nDhenin, Rene G., Fort St. John    1st\nDurney, Milo, East Pine    1st\nElden, Otto, Little Prairie 2nd\nFleet, Delbert L, Fort St. John 2nd\nGarbitt, Theophile S., Moberly Lake    1st\nGolata, Frank W., Dawson Creek    1st\nHambler, Albert, Kelly Lake  (Goodfare\nP.O., Alta.)  2nd\nHambler, Joe, Kelly Lake (Goodfare P.O.,\nAlta.)     1st\nJohnston, Freddie, Teslin Lake, Y.T 2nd\nKruger, William, Hudson Hope  2nd\nLarson, Albin O., Fort Nelson    1st\nLetendre,  James,  Kelly Lake   (Goodfare\nP.O., Alta.)   2nd\nLetendre, Roland, Kelly Lake (Goodfare\nP.O., Alta.)  2nd\nLonghurst, William James, Fort St. John\n(Mile 147)     1st\n REPORT OF PROVINCIAL GAME COMMISSION,  1952\nK 81\nPeace River District and Lower Post\u2014Continued\nClass of\nName and Address of Guide Licence\nMcDonald, Charlie, Fort Nelson 2nd\nMcGarvey, Morris M., Taylor    1st\nMacLean, Arthur J., Fort St. John    1st\nMcLean, William, Little Prairie    1st\nMould, Tom, Muncho Lake    1st\nNeilson, Gordon, Fort Nelson  2nd\nNeilson, Gordon R., Fort Nelson  2nd\nO'Dahl, Joel, Fort Nelson    1st\nPaquette, Morris, Moberly Lake    1st\nPeck, Donald R., Mile 200, Trutch    1st\nClass of\nName and Address of Guide Licence\nPeterson, A. H, Fort Nelson    1st\nPitts, Ray W., Fort St. John  2nd\nPowell, Gary J., Hudson Hope  2nd\nRoss, James A., Mile 147, Fort St. John    1st\nRutledge, Leo, Hudson Hope    1st\nThomas, John, Arras  2nd\nVarley, Jim, Coal River 2nd\nWawyandie, Paul, Kelly Lake (near Good-\nfare P.O., Alta.) 2nd\nWatson, James H, Fort St. John  2nd\nPrince George District \"A \" (Prince George East to Jasper)\nClass of Class of\nName and Address of Guide                             Licence Name and Address of Guide                             Licence\nBergammer, Joe, Fort McLeod 2nd Jensen, Arne, Dome Creek 2nd\nBoyko, Wm., Finlay Forks  2nd Jensen, Ernest H., Dome Creek    1st\nBrooks, George, South Fort George    1st Johnson, Howard T., South Fort George\u2014 2nd\nCannon, Walter L., Sinclair Mills 2nd Johnson, John H., South Fort George  2nd\nCorless (Jr.), Richard F., Prince George....   1st Mintz, Arthur J., Tete Jaune 2nd\nGaugh, Allen H, Prince George    1st Monroe, Everett A., McBride  2nd\nHale, Stanley, Dome Creek  2nd Neighbour, Hersch, Tete Jaune    1st\nHargreaves, Roy F., Mount Robson    1st Sande, Walter J., Sinclair Mills    1st\nHenry, Gordon K., Box 225, Prince George   1st Simmons, Herbert, Box 1973, Prince George   1st\nHenry, Walter J., Prince George    1st Witter, Henry L., Box 165, Prince George 2nd\nHooker, James B., Dome Creek    1st Zlotucha, Antoni, Prince George 2nd\nPrince George District \" B \" (Prince George West to Terrace)\nName and Address of Guide\nClass of\nLicence\nBennett, Vernon, Southbank  2nd\nBraaten, Edwin, Southbank  2nd\nCampbell, Theodor Blair, Hazelton  2nd\nCooke, Ted, Vanderhoof  2nd\nCowan (Jr.), Hugh S., Clemretta  2nd\nDavidson, Charlie B., Vanderhoof-    1st\nDonald, Jimmy, Burns Lake 2nd\nFletcher, Allen Eugene, Smithers  2nd\nFoote, Charles H, Fraser Lake  2nd\nGilliland, Donald W., Germansen Landing 2nd\nGrainger, Barry, Noralee 2nd\nHarrison, Alford J., Burns Lake 2nd\nHaugen, Karl, Manson Creek  2nd\nHenson, Frank E., Marilla    1st\nHipp, Anthony J., Terrace\t\nJohnson, George Martin, Vanderhoof..\nKnox, John, Ootsa Lake\t\nKohse, Louis, Vanderhoof\t\nLoback, Wesley L., Marilla\t\n2nd\n2nd\n1st\n2nd\n1st\n2nd\n2nd\n1st\n1st\nMcNeill, John W., Ootsa Lake    1st\nLord, Walter H., Tchesinkut Lake\t\nLoss, Helmar Frederick, Topley\t\nMcConachie, H. R., Fort St. lames..\nMcNeill, Clifford, Ootsa Lake..\nName and Address of Guide\nClass of\nLicence\nMeier, John, Vanderhoof  2nd\nMenard, Gerard, Nithi River..\nMoran, Thomas E., Vanderhoof-\t\nMorgan, James E., Ootsa Lake\t\nMunger, Francis W. R., Box 24, Houston-\nMurray, Ronald W., Fort St. James\t\nNelson, George, Vanderhoof\t\nNelson, John N., Clemretta\t\n2nd\n2nd\n1st\n2nd\n2nd\n1st\n1st\nPease, Clarence A., Nithi River    1st\nPlowman, Clarence, Endako  2nd\nPrince, Alex., Fort St. James  2nd\nPrince, Teddy, Fort St. James 2nd\nRowland, Edward F., Decker Lake  2nd\nSeyforth, Joe, Fort St. James 2nd\nShea, James B., Telkwa ,    1st\nSmith, Craig H., Fort St. James    1st\nSmith, Richard H, Fort St. James  2nd\nTowrond, Peter N., Noralee  2nd\nVan Tine, Edward, Ootsa Lake    1st\nVanzanten, James H., Francois Lake 2nd\nWalker, Thomas A., Fort St. James    1st\nWheeler, William H., Burns Lake 2nd\nWinsor, William J., Isle Pierre  2nd\n K 82\nBRITISH COLUMBIA\nCariboo District \"A \" (100-Mile House South, Including Ashcroft)\nClass of\nName and Address of Guide Licence\nBaker, James A., Clinton 2nd\nBaker, J. C, Clinton    1st\nCleveland, R. C, Bridge Lake    1st\nChabara, Anna, 70-Mile House  2nd\nCleveland, J. G., Bridge Lake    1st\nCleveland, L. C, Bridge Lake    1st\nCleveland, Weston, Eagan Lake    1st\nColdwell, H. W., Jesmond    1st\nCollins, M. A., Cache Creek    1st\nDougherty, Charles A., Ashcroft    1st\nDougherty, E. G, Clinton    1st\nDyer, Guy H, 70-mile House 2nd\nEden, Donald D., 70-Mile House  2nd\nEden, R. B., 70-Mile House 2nd\nFaessler (Jr.), C. J., Fawn P.O    1st\nFenton, Henry, Big Bar Creek  2nd\nFen ton, Walter, Big Bar Creek    1st\nFlaherty, R. J., Fawn    1st\nForde, H. D. W., Clinton  2nd\nFowler, Norman A., Loon Lake 2nd\nGaines, Clinton, Fawn  2nd\nGammie, Bert, 70-Mile House    1st\nGraf, Mike, R.R. 1, Fawn. _._    1st\nGrid, Percy, 70-Mile House  2nd\nGrinder, Louise, Clinton  2nd\nGrypuik, Sam, Cache Creek 2nd\nHansen, John F., Bridge Lake    1st\nHansen, Wesley B., Bridge Lake  2nd\nHiggins, Ed, Fawn P.O    1st\nHiggins, K. E., Fawn 2nd\nHiggins, M., Bridge Lake    1st\nHodges, E. W., R.R. 1, Fawn    1st\nHorn, Walter A., 70-Mile House 2nd\nHuckvale, J., Fawn    1st\nHunter, Mickey, Ashcroft  2nd\nHutchison, D. B., 70-Mile House  2nd\nJohnson, Claude, Bridge Lake    1st\nJohnson, J. A., 100-Mile House  2nd\nKing, C. I., R.R. 1, Fawn 2nd\nKing, Gordon B., R.R. 1, Fawn  2nd\nKnauf, H. G., Fawn  2nd\nLarson, J. O., Bridge Lake    1st\nLarson, K. J., Fawn  2nd\nLeavitt, F. W., R.R. 1, Fawn    1st\nLeBourdais, Joe, Clinton  2nd\nLevick, J. S., R.R. 1, Fawn    1st\nLewis, Victor, Dog Creek 2nd\nLong, C. H, Fawn P.O 2nd\nLoring, Ed, Clinton  2nd\nMacLean, D., Fawn 2nd\nMcMahon, Jesse C, 70-Mile House    1st\nName and Address of Guide\nClass of\nLicence\nMcNeil, B. S., Fawn P.O    1st\nMcNeil, H. M., Fawn P.O    1st\nMathewson, A. E., Ashcroft  2nd\nMatier, J. H, Clinton    1st\nMooring, A. R., Fawn    1st\nNordgren, Jonas, Fawn P.O  2nd\nOlafson, H. J., R.R. 1, Fawn 2nd\nParent, S. J., Fawn 2nd\nPark, A. H., 70-Mile House  2nd\nPark, Jack P., 70-Mile House  2nd\nParkes, G. L., 70-Mile House 2nd\nPerault, Joe, Jesmond  2nd\nPetrie, Donald, Bridge Lake    1st\nPigeon, C. L., Clinton    1st\nPigeon, J. R., Clinton    1st\nPigeon, Norman, Clinton 2nd\nPollard, Harold, Clinton    1st\nPowell, H. J., Fawn P.O    1st\nPowell, T. G., Fawn    1st\nReinertson, R. J., 100-Mile House    1st\nReynolds, A. J., Jesmond    1st\nReynolds, H. D., Jesmond    1st\nRoberts, R. V, Fawn P.O    1st\nScheepbower, J. A., 70-Mile House 2nd\nScheepbower, John C, 70-Mile House 2nd\nScheepbower, William, 70-Mile House 2nd\nScott, Douglas, 100-Mile House    1st\nSedman, John E., R.R. 1, Fawn  2nd\nSiebert, John, Jesmond    1st\nSingleton, Fred, Fawn P.O  2nd\nThomason, D. M., Bridge Lake    1st\nThorsteinson (Jr.), C, Fawn  2nd\nUmphrey, S. T., Fawn P.O 2nd\nVan Horlick, Buster, Clinton  2nd\nVequeray, R. J., Jesmond    1st\nWalsh, F. C, 70-Mile House 2nd\nWatkins, Bud, Cache Creek 2nd\nWhitley, W. P., 70-Mile House 2nd\nWilkinson, Thomas H., Fawn 2nd\nWinteringham, Frank, Fawn  2nd\nWomack, C. B., Fawn    1st\nYoung, William, Clinton  2nd\nBayne, A. H, Canim Lake    1st\nBessette, Arthur, Ashcroft 2nd\nDean, J. C, R.R. 1, Fawn 2nd\nGrinder, Walter, Jesmond    1st\nHigginbottom, A. H, Jesmond    1st\nHouseman, J. J. 100-Mile House  2nd\nLehman, Bert, Lillooet 2nd\nVecqueray, A. E., Clinton  2nd\n REPORT OF PROVINCIAL GAME COMMISSION,  1952\nK 83\nCariboo District \" B \" (100-Mile House North to Marguerite\nand Williams Lake, East of Fraser River)\nName and Address of Guide\nAbram, A. E., Lac la Hache..\nClass of\nLicence\n  2nd\nArchie, Charlie, Buffalo Creek    1st\nArchie, George, Canim Lake    1st\nArchie, Jacob, Canim Lake    1st\nAsh, Chris, Big Lake  2nd\nAsserlind, H. C, Keithley Creek  2nd\nAtkins, Daniel, Horsefly  2nd\nBarrett, Stan, Horsefly 2nd\nBob, Edward, Canim Lake    1st\nBobb, E. R., Marguerite  2nd\nBowe, Alfred, Williams Lake  2nd\nBryce, Jack, Big Lake  2nd\nChristopher, David, Canim Lake  2nd\nDecker, English, Canim Lake  2nd\nDick, Mathew, Alkali Lake  2nd\nEagle, Clifford B., Lac la Hache    1st\nGibbons, M. L., Williams Lake    1st\nGoetjen, Charles E., Horsefly    1st\nGraham, James W., Horsefly  2nd\nGraham, John, Horsefly 2nd\nGreenlee, E. L., Canim Lake    1st\nGunn, J. M., Horsefly    1st\nHamilton, G. G., Williams Lake  2nd\nHamilton, H. M., Lac la Hache    1st\nHamilton, Pete, Williams Lake  2nd\nHamilton, Roy M., Williams Lake  2nd\nHamilton, Thomas, Williams Lake ;\u2014 2nd\nHockley, George, Horsefly    1st\nHooker, F. C, Horsefly    1st\nHooker, S. B., Horsefly    1st\nHooker, Frederick P., Horsefly    1st\nName and Address of Guide\nHubbard, I. H., Horsefly\t\nJacobsen, John, Big Lake.\t\nJenner, Ernest, Horsefly..\nClass of\nLicence\n.--    1st\n\u2014. 2nd\n..... 2nd\nJohnson, Zale A., Clinton    1st\nJones, Fred, Horsefly    1st\nJones, Lawrence, Horsefly    1st\nKelly, James A., Soda Creek  2nd\nKrebs, L. B., Lac la Hache  2nd\nMcBurney, Aubrey, Keithley Creek  2nd\nMcDougall, Robert, Big Lake    1st\nMichel, Sam, Williams Lake 2nd\nMorgan, Bud, Likely    1st\nMorris, D. L., Forest Grove    1st\nNicol, Shelley, Horsefly    1st\nOak, Ernest, Horsefly  2nd\nPaxton, H. E., Macalister  2nd\nPinkney, Robert, Canim Lake    1st\nRacher, W. L, Horsefly    1st\nRobertson, William, Macalister  2nd\nRoper, Alf, Canim Lake    1st\nSharp, William, Ochiltree..\nVaness, lohn, Horsefly..\nWalters, Glen, Horsefly..\n2nd\n1st\n1st\n2nd\n1st\nWebster, Alister, Horsefly\t\nWalters, Leonard, Horsefly\t\nWiggins, Wiley, Miocene  2nd\nWilliams, Aubrey, Horsefly    1st\nWilliams, Mrs. Thelma, Horsefly  2nd\nWotzke, Herbert, Williams Lake  2nd\nWynstra, Jack, Horsefly 2nd\nCariboo District \" C \" (Quesnel-\nClass of\nName and Address of Guide Licence\nAllen, George H, Quesnel    1st\nArmstrong, Wilfred, Quesnel 2nd\nCochran, James Dean, Barkerville    1st\nColdwell, Harry B., Punchaw    1st\nHarrington, Alex. G., Quesnel    1st\nKnudson, Leonard E., Box 841, Quesnel\u2014 2nd\nLaurent, Louie, Quesnel (Nazko)-  2nd\nLavoie, George Chas., Batnuni Lake 2nd\nMartin, George, Wells 2nd\nBarkerville, North from Marguerite)\nClass of\nName and Address of Guide Licence\nMiller, Issac Edward, Punchaw    1st\nMoffat, Ronald H, R.R. 1, Quesnel    1st\nMcKort, Irvin lames, R.R. 1, Alexandria 2nd\nO'Leary, Arthur, Quesnel    1st\nOrr, William M., Chilliwack 2nd\nQuanstrom, Carl, Quesnel  2nd\nRawling, Arden L., Quesnel  2nd\nSorum, Erick, Quesnel 2nd\nTibbies, Fred C, Quesnel    1st\nCariboo District \" D \" (Chilcotin District, Cariboo West of Fraser River)\nClass of\nName and Address of Guide . Licence\nBlatchford, John A., Alexis Creek    1st\nBliss, Bill, Alexis Creek    1st\nBryant, Alfred, Anahim Lake    1st\nBullion, Jimmie, Hanceville  2nd\nButtler, Leonard, Tatla Lake  2nd\nCamille, Francis, Dog Creek    1st\nCapoose, Oggie, Anahim Lake  2nd\nChristy, Frank, Pavilion _.  2nd\nClayton, John H, Anahim Lake 2nd\nChurch, R. H, Big Creek    1st\nChristy, Thomas, Moha 2nd\nCollier, Eric, Meldrum Creek 2nd\nCunningham, C. B., Bralorne    1st\nDester, Batiste, Kleena Kleene    1st\nDorsey, Lester, Anahim Lake    1st\nEdwards, Ralph A., Hagensborg  2nd\nClass of\nName and Address of Guide \u25a0  Licence\nElkins, Joe, Alexis Creek- .  2nd\n    1st\n 2nd\n 2nd\n    1st\n    1st\nElkins, Thomas, Alexis Creek _\nErickson, Carl B., Anahim Lake-\nGarner, Thomas, Alexis Creek\t\nHance, Grover, Hanceville\t\nHansen, Fred, Kleena Kleene..\nHaynes, Harry, Alexis Creek    1st\nHaynes, Kenneth W., Tatlayoko Lake    1st\nHenderson, John, Tatlayoko Lake    1st\nHenry, Cecil, Hanceville    1st\nHenry, Eagle Lake, Alexis Creek..    1st\nHolte, Andy, Anahim Lake    1st\nHolte, Thomas, Anahim Lake  2nd\nHoltry, Lewis, Anahim Lake 2nd\nHudson, E. R., Kleena Kleene 2nd\nHugo, Mark, Hanceville    1st\n K 84\nBRITISH COLUMBIA\nCariboo District \" D \" (Chilcotin District, Cariboo West of Fraser River)\u2014Continued\nClass of\nName and Address of Guide Licence\nJack, Johnny, Alexis Creek 2nd\nJohnson, T. W., Riske Creek    1st\nJohnson, Vic, Riske Creek 2nd\n  2nd\n    1st\n    1st\n 2nd\n 2nd\n    1st\n 2nd\n  2nd\n    1st\nMulvahill, William, Redstone 2nd\nNicholson, Donald R., Tatla Lake  2nd\nNicholson, Terrence, Tatla Lake  2nd\nO'Keefe, W., Bridge Lake    1st\nOsterlund, Ed, Moha 2nd\nPaxton, Alex., Alexis Creek      1st\nPaxton, Ann, Alexis Creek  2nd\nOleman, Patrick, Shalalth  2nd\nPetal, Henry, Alexis Creek...  2nd\nKnolls, Alvis, Redstone\t\nLeLievre, Lind, Penticton\t\nMcKill, Clarence, Kleena Kleene..\nMack, Maxine, Alexis Creek\t\nMaindley, John, Alexis Creek\t\nMaxted, William, Big Creek\t\nMoore, K. B., Tatlayoko Lake\t\nMullens, B. A., Tatla Lake\t\nMulvahill, R., Redstone\t\nName and Address of Guide\nRafferty, A. T., Riske Creek..\nRobson, Bert, Atnarko\t\nRosette, Augustine, Gang Ranch .\nRoss, Eddie, Redstone-\nClass of\nLicence\n..... 2nd\n  2nd\n    1st\n2nd\nRoss, Peter, Redstone 2nd\nSchuk, Edward, Tatlayoko Lake 2nd\nSquinas, Thomas, Anahim Lake    1st\nStephenson, Donald, Alexis Creek.\nSulin, Willie, Anahim Lake\t\nUlm, Roy C, Soda Creek-\nWatson, Arthur, Alexis Creek-\n... 2nd\n\u2014 2nd\n... 2nd\n... 2nd\nWatt, Bruce, Big Creek  2nd\nWilson, David F., Tatla Lake    1st\nWeir, Donald J., Alexis Creek    1st\nWilson, Dave, Tatla Lake    1st\nWilson, Thomas J., Big Creek  2nd\nWitte, Duane, Hanceville    1st\nWitte, Frank, Big Creek    1st\nWoods, Billy, Hanceville    1st\nYoxall, Alfred, Alexis Creek  2nd\nEast Kootenay \"A \" (Cranbrook-Invermere-Golden Districts)\nName and Address of Guide\nClass of\nLicence\nAnderson, Charles D., Windermere    1st\nAsimont, Horst, Invermere 2nd\nBjorn, Henry Manning, Fort Steele 2nd\nBrewer, Carl, Invermere 2nd\nBuckman, Alan, Fort Steele 2nd\nCloarec, Leon Jean, Cranbrook 2nd\nCooper, Albert B., Invermere  2nd\nDrysdale, Alistair lames, Skookumchuck  2nd\nDubois, Vaughn, Windermere    1st\nGoodwin, Elwood, Edgewater    1st\nGould, Percy, Canal Flats    1st\nHanson, Tyvegert, Wilmer    1st\nHarrison, William, Edgewater    1st\nHogan, Charles A., Harrogate    1st\nJimmy, Joe, Windermere  2nd\nJohnston, Alex., Invermere  2nd\nKain, Isador, Wilmer 2nd\nKing, Norman, Golden    1st\nLindborg, Alex., Golden    1st\nMcClain, J. I., Spillimacheen    1st\nClass of\nLicence\n2nd\nName and Address of Guide\nMcintosh, Ewen M., Athalmer\t\nMcKay, Gordon, Invermere    1st\nMitchell, Robert A., Brisco 2nd\nMorris, Edward, Golden 2nd\nNicol, Arthur Henry, Fort Steele    1st\nNixon, Walter, Invermere    1st\nPommier, Emile, Skookumchuck  2nd\nRauch, Harold, McMurdo 2nd\nRichter, Frank, Invermere    1st\nSheek, Wesley P., Spillimacheen 2nd\nSykes, Harry, Spillimacheen    1st\nTegart, George, Edgewater    1st\nTegart, Hiram W., Brisco    1st\nThompson, Jack, Edgewater  2nd\nTegart, James, Brisco    1st\nThompson, James, Edgewater    1st\nThompson, Lioel, Edgewater    1st\nTyler, Graham, Invermere 2nd\nWhite, James Freeman, Fort Steele    1st\nWolfenden, Winston, Brisco    1st\nEast Kootenay District \" B \" (Cranbrook East to Crowsnest, Including Fernie and Natal)\nClass of Class of\nName and Address of Guide                             Licence Name and Address of Guide                             Licence\nBaker, Martin, Natal    1st Kubinec, Pete, Fernie 2nd\nBaher, Mike (Mathias), Natal    1st McGinnis, Earl, Natal    1st\nBarnes, Alfred, Fernie    1st McGuire, Albert, Flagstone. 2nd\nBarnes, James N., Fernie    1st Porco, Albert, Box 289, Natal    1st\nCutts, Jack, Fernie . 2nd Philips, Frank,   1551  St. Andrew's Ave.,\nDvorak, Frank, Fernie    1st North Vancouver    1st\nDvorak, Wenzel, Fernie 2nd Riddell, H. S., Wardner 2nd\nEftoda, Gordon, Natal    1st Rosicky, Anton, Wardner    1st\nGravelle, Nick, Flagstone 2nd Rothel, Malcom, Natal    1st\nHammer, Andy, Wardner.  2nd Travis, Frank, Natal 2nd\nHicks, Phillip, Fernie    1st Washburn, L. F., Flathead    1st\nHolley, Tom, Natal 2nd\n REPORT OF PROVINCIAL GAME COMMISSION,  1952\nK 85\nAssistant Guides\nVancouver Island, Lower Mainland, and Mainland Coast\nDurrant, lesse, Campbell River.\nGarner, Lloyd D. G., Cultus Lake.\nGillespie, G. K., Lake Cowichan.\nHarford, H, 800 Bute St., Port Alberni.\nKomo, Harry, Lake Cowichan.\nMcDonald, Leslie, Campbell River.\nStanwood, Larry,  145 Ninth Ave. E.,\nRupert.\nPrince\nRevelstoke-Salmon Arm and Okanagan Districts\nBeacott, Phil, Sicamous.\nDavis, George E., P.O. Box 480, Revelstoke.\nGraham, I. C, Sicamous.\nMartin, Peter, Sicamous.\nWallis, Edward H, Revelstoke.\nYoung, A. H., Sicamous.\nGold, R. B., Bankier.\nGrand Forks-Greenwood\nLawrence, George V., Hedley.\nKamloops District\nMelvin, Savona.\nHansen, Howard, Little Fort.\nHarrop, Frank, Valleyview, Kamloops.\nHumphrey, Frank, Knutsford.\nMcLean, Bob, Okanagan Falls.\nMcLean, Cliff, Black Pines.\nMorton, Alf, Barriere.\nOrum, Colin M., Mount Robson.\nPeterson, Ross, Savona.\nPhillips, Roy, Savona.\nRalston, Dave, Summerland.\nWagner, Martin, Battle St., Kamloops.\nWharton, Francis, Little Fort.\nPeace River\nArhus, Carl, Fort Nelson.\nBeattie, Robert H, Hudson Hope.\nBelcourt, Francis, Mile 47, Fort St. John.\nBelcourt, George, Little Prairie.\nBigfoot, Charlie, Mile 232, Fort Nelson.\nBrady, Otto, Mile 147, Alaska Highway.\nBrown, John, Fort St. John.\nCalliou, Joe, Little Prairie.\nCalliou, Peter, Fort St. John.\nCardinal, Alex., Moberly Lake.\nCourvoisier, Lawrence, Bear Flat.\nCourtepatte,   Alfred,   Kelly   Lake   (Goodfare\nP.O., Alta.).\nCouterille, Prince, Moberly Lake.\nCryman, George, Moberly Lake.\nDavis, Albert, Moberly Lake.\nDavis, Angus, Moberly Lake.\nDesjarlais, Louis, Moberly Lake.\nDopp, Bruce David, Fort St. John.\nForfar, Craig, Lower Post.\nFrank, Ernest, Lower Post.\nGauthier, Eugene, Kelly Lake (Goodfare P.O.,\nAlta.).\nGauthier, John, Moberly Lake.\nGauthier, Alexis, Moberly Lake.\nGladu, Fred, Kelly Lake (Goodfare P.O., Alta.).\nGoodrich, Gordon, Pouce Coupe.\nGray, George D., Kelly Lake (Goodfare P.O.,\nAlta.).\nHambler, George, Kelly Lake (Goodfare P.O.,\nAlta.).\nJackson, Bobbie, Teslin Lake.\nMcGarvey, George M., Hudson Hope.\nMcGuire, Colum, Rolla.\nMadison, Noel, Pouce Coupe.\nMajor, Donat A., Fort St. John.\nMillar, W. E., Fort St. John.\nMitchelle, Gabriel, Moberly Lake.\nNapoleon, Felix, Moberly Lake.\nNapoleon, Tom, Moberly Lake.\nNichols, Frank C, Little Prairie.\nPeck, O. Keith, Hudson Hope.\nPeck, Vernon L., Hudson Hope.\nPowell, Jack K., Fort St. John.\nRissling, Peter, Dawson Creek.\nRoss, Lynn, Mile 147, Alaska Highway.\nRoss, Donald G., Fort St. John.\nSouthwick, Harvey, Fort St. John.\nSouthwick, Tullie O., Fort Nelson.\nSt. Pierre, Sam, Trutch.\nThomas, Albert N., McLeod Lake.\nTrea, Joe, Taylor.\nVince, Robert G, Fort St. John.\nWatson, Gordon Edmond, Fort St. John.\nQuock, Charles, Telegraph Creek.\nCassiar\nWard, Jimmie Joseph, Atlin.\n K 86\nBRITISH COLUMBIA\nPrince George District \"A \"\nBoyko, William, Finlay Forks.\nHall, Cyril, Box 1369, Prince George.\nKey, Robert, Prince George.\nMarsh, Henry, McBride.\nOlson, John V., Box 1369, Prince George.\nSait, Fred, McBride.\nVan Somer, Art, Fort Ware.\nWitter, Wilbert H, Box 165, Prince George.\nZlot, Mike, Box 792, Prince George.\nZlot, Martha, Prince George.\nPrince George Dictrict \" B\nAnderson, Duncan M., Babini.\nBhornstad, J., Fort St. James.\nBrumblay, Fred, Germansen Landing.\nCharlie, Michel, Marilla.\nChristie, E. D., Southbank.\nCornell, James, Fort St. James.\nEaster, Cal, Fort St. James.\nFoote, Charles W., Fraser Lake.\nHarrison, William James, Burns Lake.\nHoff, William M., Chief Lake.\nHughes, Rolland, Vanderhoof.\nIsadore, T., Fort McLeod.\nKeys, Stewart, Vanderhoof.\nLord, Roy, Tchesinkut Lake.\nLord, Samuel, Burns Lake.\nMattess, August, Fort St. James.\nMelville, Kennedy, McLeod Lake.\nPlowman, Enid A., Endako.\nQuilty, James, Nadina River.\nSackner, Stewart, Vanderhoof.\nVan Tine, Douglas L., Ootsa Lake.\nVan Tine, James, Ootsa Lake.\nAbbs, R., Fawn.\nAlexander, Richard, Shalalth.\nBlack, J. P., Bridge Lake.\nBoyd, Jack, 70-Mile House.\nChappell, T. S., Cache Creek.\nDahlgren, C, Bridge Lake.\nDuncan, Peter, Clinton.\nDuncan, T. W. G., 100-Mile House.\nFelix, John, Shalalth.\nFlaherty, R. W., Fawn.\nFrancis, E. G., 70-Mile House.\nGaelick, W., Fawn.\nGrandberg, Norman, Fawn.\nHadwick, Al, 70-Mile House.\nHeigh, Arthur M., Pavilion.\nHiggins, Elmer, Bridge Lake.\nOgden, Lawrence, Lac la Hache.\nOgden, Pete, Lac la Hache.\nAnderson, Alvin P., Quesnel.\nCariboo District \"A \"\nHogg, G. W., 70-Mile House.\nJohnson, Wayne C, Bridge Lake.\nKeir, James D., Bralorne.\nKelley, C. E., Fawn.\nKent, W. R., Lytton.\nKnauf, E. C, Fawn.\nKrinke, Paul, Bridge River.\nLowes, J. H, Canim Lake.\nMaclnnis, John, Barkerville.\nPeters, Benjamin, Shalalth.\nPeters, Jacob, Shalalth.\nReinertson, J., 70-Mile House.\nSchwartz, Thomas, Bralorne.\nShields, Freddie, Shalalth.\nShulldes, B., Jesmond.\nCariboo District \" B \"\nWaite, Ronald G., Williams Lake.\nCariboo District \"C\"\nWilkinson, Hugh John, Punchaw.\n\u25a0\n REPORT OF PROVINCIAL GAME COMMISSION,  1952\nK 87\nAuchinachie, James, Alexis Creek.\nBetal, Tony, Alexis Creek.\nBlatchford, Bob, Alexis Creek.\nBonner, James, Big Creek.\nBoy, Billy, Alexis Creek.\nBullion, Sammy, Alexis Creek.\nButtler, Lee, Tatla Lake.\nCahoose, Gus, Anahim Lake.\nChell, Otto, Alexis Creek.\nDeaur, Buck, Hanceville,\nElkins, P., Anahim Lake.\nFrench, Robert, Redstone.\nGrambush, Donald, Anahim Lake.\nGregg, Frank, Kleena Kleene.\nHolte, James, Anahim Lake.\nLucyk, Peter, Alexis Creek.\nLulua, Tommy, Alexis Creek.\nMoore, Gerry, Alexis Creek.\nCariboo District \" D\nPinter, Andy, Hanceville.\nQuilt, Jack, Hanceville.\nQuilt, Johnny, Hanceville.\nRosette, Alex., Gang Ranch.\nRosette, Raymond, Gang Ranch.\nSammy, Eugene, Alexis Creek.\nSing, Isaac, Anahim Lake.\nSnow, C. B., Summer Land.\nSquinas, Harry, Anahim Lake.\nThompson, C. A., Anahim Lake.\nTimothy, Dominic, Kleena Kleene.\nTimothy, Isador, Kleena Kleene.\nTurner, George, Hanceville.\nTurner, Timothy, Kleena Kleene.\nUlm, Roy C, Soda Creek.\nWarde, Don, Soda Creek.\nWier, Donald A., Alexis Creek.\nWilson, Gordon, Anahim Lake.\nNelson-Creston\nBlackmore, Robert C, New Denver.\nCummings, Ray, Boswell.\nKootenay District \"A \"\nAlexander, Michael, Spillimacheen.\nBarbour, I. A., Wilmer.\nDendy, Dennis, Edgewater.\nDorion, Douglas, Golden.\nGoodwin, Dave, Invermere.\nHynes, Ben, Spillimacheen.\nKing, Ronald, Golden.\nNixon, Arthur J., Invermere.\nPommier, Louis Emile, Cranbrook.\nSmith, Mrs. J. M., Fort Steele.\nSmith, Dennis, Fort Steele.\nWells, John, Athalmer.\nKootenay District \" B \"\nBaker, Fred, Natal.\nBennet, John, Natal.\nBush, William, Ta Ta Creek.\nCunliffe, John, Fernie.\nGravelle, Alex., Flagstone.\nLetcher, George, Fernie.\nLogan, Mrs. Doris May, Wardner.\nMcFarlane, Kenneth, Natal.\nMcKenzie, Fergus, Fernie.\nPeters, Donald, Fernie.\nRosicky, Andrew, Wardner.\nSharpe, Gerald, General Delivery, Oliver.\nSingleton, John, Fernie.\nWaytula, Ogie, Natal.\nWhiting. Renal, Natal.\nWormington, Samuel Frank, Box 535, Kimber-\nley.\nNON-RESIDENT OUTFITTERS\nBeloud, Ben, Mile 1,016, via Whitehorse, Y.T.\nMcCullough, Henry, Wambley, Alta.\nRay, Jack, Hinton Trail, Alta.\nRussell, Andy, Twin Butte, Alta.\nSunderman, Kelly, Hythe, Alta.\n\u25a0\n K 88 BRITISH COLUMBIA\nPERSONNEL OF GAME COMMISSION AS AT DECEMBER 31st,  1952\nAttorney-General (Minister) Hon. R. W. Bonner, Q.C Victoria.\nGame Commission (members) lames G. Cunningham Vancouver.\nFrank R. Butler. Vancouver.\nScientific Branch\nScientific Advisers  Dr. W. A. Clemens Vancouver.\nDr. Ian McTaggart Cowan Vancouver.\nChief Game Biologist Dr. J. Hatter Vancouver.\nRegional Game Biologist E. Taylor Vancouver.\nRegional Game Biologist P. W. Martin   Kamloops.\nRegional Game Biologist D. J. Robinson Nanaimo.\nChief Fisheries Biologist Dr. P. A. Larkin Vancouver.\nDivision Fishery Biologist C. C. Lindsey Vancouver.\nDivision Fishery Biologist R. G. McMynn Vancouver.\nDivision Fishery Biologist S. B. Smith Vancouver.\nAssistant Fishery Biologist I. Barrett Vancouver.\nAssistant Fishery Biologist T. G. Northcote Vancouver.\nAssistant Fishery Biologist G. E. Stringer Vancouver.\nAssistant Fishery Biologist E. H. Vernon Vancouver.\nAssistant Fishery Biologist F. Maher Vancouver.\nTechnical Hatchery Officer D. R. Hurn Vancouver.\nStenographer . Miss M. Jurkela Vancouver.\nGame-fish Culture Branch\nFishery Supervisor-\nFishery Officer..\n-C. H. Robinson..\n_E. Hunter\t\n.Nelson.\n.Nelson.\nFishery Officer R. A. McRae Nelson.\nHatchery Officer J. J. Phelps Nelson.\nFishery Officer F. S. Pells Cultus Lake.\nFishery Officer F. H. Martin Cultus Lake.\nHatchery Officer-\nFishery Officer.\t\nHatchery Officer..\nHatchery Officer-\nFishery Officer\t\nHatchery Officer..\n_J. C. Lyons\t\nJ. D. Inverarity _\n_G. Law\t\n.N. W. Green..\n_A. A. Higgs...\n_E. R. Inglis\u2014.\n..Cultus Lake.\n.Courtenay.\n.Courtenay.\n..Summerland.\n.Summerland.\n.Summerland.\nHeadquarters\nChief Clerk-\nIntermediate Clerk-\nIntermediate Clerk-\nClerk..\nSecretarial Stenographer..\nClerk-Stenographer\t\nClerk-Stenographer\t\nClerk-Stenographer\t\nClerk-Stenographer\t\nClerk-Stenographer\t\nClerk-Stenographer\t\n_H. D. Simpson...\n_.I. McLellan\t\n..Miss. I. Lawson..\n_.W. Fowkes\t\n.Miss J. Smith\t\n.Mrs. M. Drinkwater..\n.Miss E. P. Golder.\t\n.Miss A. Lenagan\t\n.Miss R. McKay\t\nMiss A. Sien\t\n.Mrs. J. Whitfield\t\n..Vancouver.\n..Vancouver.\n..Vancouver.\n.Vancouver.\n..Vancouver.\n.Vancouver.\n.Vancouver.\n..Vancouver.\n..Vancouver.\n..Vancouver.\n-Vancouver.\n\"A\" Division (Vancouver Island and Portions of Lower Mainland)\nInspector.\t\nIntermediate Clert.\nStenographer\t\nGame Warden\t\nGame Warden\t\nGame Warden\t\nGame Warden\t\nGame Warden\t\nGame Warden\t\nCorporal Game Warden-\nGame Warden\t\n_G. C. Stevenson.\n.JD. Keirs\t\n..Miss J. Bull\t\n_J. W. Jones\t\n-R. W. Sinclair.....\n..W. S. Webb\t\n..R. S. Hayes\t\n-C. E. Estlin\t\n_.F. P. Weir\t\n..O. Mottishaw.\t\n_.F. H. Greenfield..\n,. Victoria.\n..Victoria.\n..Victoria.\n_Royal Oak.\n..Victoria.\n-Alberni.\n..Campbell River.\n..Courtenay.\n..Duncan.\n-Nanaimo.\n..Nanaimo.\n REPORT OF PROVINCIAL GAME COMMISSION, 1952\nK 89\n' B \" Division (Kootenay and Boundary Districts)\nInspector C. F. Kearns..\nClerk-Stenographer\t\nGame Warden\t\nGame Warden\t\n_Miss A. L. Burton..\n__R. A. Rutherglen...\n..P. D. Ewart\t\nGame Warden-\nGame Warden-\nGame Warden-\nGame Warden-\nGame Warden..\n.1. W. Bayley\t\n..R. R. Farquharson..\n B. Rauch..\n J. J. Osman\t\n .W. A. McKay-\nCorporal Game Warden A. F. Sinclair-\nGame Warden-\nGame Warden-\nGame Warden..\n.J. V. MackilL.\n...A. Monks\t\n.A. F. Gill\t\n..Nelson.\n..Nelson.\n..Nelson.\n-Castlegar.\n..Cranbrook.\n..Cranbrook.\n..Creston.\n.-Fernie.\n..Golden.\n..Grand Forks.\n-Invermere.\n-Penticton.\n..Princeton.\n' C \" Division (Kamloops, Yale, Okanagan, and Cariboo Districts)\nInspector\t\nStenographer-\nGame Warden\nGame Warden\nGame Warden\nGame Warden\nGame Warden\nGame Warden.\nGame Warden.\nGame Warden\nGame Warden.\nGame Warden.\n_R. M. Robertson..\n..Miss S. D. Noble-.\n-J. P. C. Atwood-.\n..H. Tyler\t\n..W. T. Ward\t\n_.K. R. Walmsley..\n..W. I. Fenton\t\n..D. D. Ellis.\n..R. S. Welsman..\n\u201eE. M. Martin\t\n..Kamloops.\n..Kamloops.\n..Kamloops.\n-Kamloops.\n..Kamloops.\n-.Alexis Creek.\n..Clinton.\n.Kelowna.\n-Lillooet.\n..Merritt.\nH. J. Lorance Quesnel.\nG. A. Lines Revelstoke.\nGame Warden D. Cameron Salmon Arm.\nGame Warden A. S. Frisby Vernon.\nGame Warden E. Holmes Wells.\nGame Warden L. Jobin Williams Lake.\n\" D \" Division (Atlin, Skeena, Omineca, Fort George, Peace River,\nand Yukon Boundary Districts)\nInspector W. A. H. Gill , Prince George.\nClerk R. J. Guay Prince George.\n..Mrs. E. Brown Prince George.\n..A. J. Jank Prince George.\n_.L. I. Olson Prince George.\nStenographer-\nGame Warden\nGame Warden\nGame Warden W. H. Richmond Burns Lake.\nGame Warden J. A. McCabe Fort Nelson.\nGame Warden B. Villeneuve Fort Nelson.\nGame Warden H. O. Jamieson..\nGame Warden I. Dowsett\t\nGame Warden\t\nGame Warden\t\nCorporal Game Warden-\nGame Warden\t\nClerk-Stenographer\t\nGame Warden\t\nGame Warden\t\nGame Warden\t\n.J. M. Hicks-\n_.G. Taylor\t\n-E. Martin\t\n_C. J. Walker..\n-Miss U. V. Raymond..\n.L. J. Cox\t\n..J. D. Williams\t\n_.L. G. Smith\t\n..Fort St. John.\n..Lower Post.\n-McBride.\n..Pouce Coupe.\n-Prince Rupert.\n..Prince Rupert.\n..Prince Rupert.\n..Smithers.\n..Terrace.\n.Vanderhoof.\n\"E\" Division (Vancouver, Coast, and Lower Fraser Valley District)\nCorporal Game Warden-\nGame Warden\t\nGame Warden\t\nGame Warden\t\nGame Warden\t\nGame Warden\t\n..L. R. C. Lane\u2014\n_.R. S. King\t\n_R. K. Leighton..\n..F. R. Lobb\t\n_.H. D. Mulligan..\n_.H. L. Rose\t\nCorporal Game Warden-\nGame Warden\t\nGame Warden\t\nGame Warden\t\nGame Warden\t\nGame Warden\t\nGame Warden\t\nGame Warden\t\n..W. J. Mason\t\n_.D. A. MacKinlay..\n..A. J. Butler\t\n_.H. P. Hughes.\t\n_.W. H. Cameron-\n..P. M. Cliffe\t\n_F. Urquhart\t\n_.B. E. Wilson\t\n...Vancouver.\n..Vancouver.\n..Vancouver.\n..Vancouver.\n.Vancouver.\n..Vancouver.\n..Alert Bay.\n..Alert Bay.\n_Chilliwack.\n..Cloverdale.\n.Ladner.\n..Mission.\n..Port Coquitlam.\n..Powell River.\n K 90\nBRITISH COLUMBIA\nPredator-control\nSupervisor of Predator-control G. A. West\u2014\nAssistant Supervisor of Predator-control\u2014E. H. Samann.\n_J. Dewar\t\n_W. J. Hillen..\n_G. Haskell\u2014\nPredatory-animal Hunter..\nPredatory-animal Hunter..\nPredatory-animal Hunter..\nPredatory-animal Hunter..\nPredatory-animal Hunter..\nPredatory-animal Hunter..\nPredatory-animal Hunter..\nPredatory-animal Hunter..\nPredatory-animal Hunter..\nPredatory-animal Hunter N. Lingford..\n._M. Morigeau\t\n..A. M. Hames\u2014\n-C. G. Ellis\t\n..M. W. Warren..\n_A. E. Fletcher..\n_M. Mortensen..\n-Vancouver.\n..Kamloops.\n..Nanaimo.\n-Abbotsford.\n..Cranbrook.\n..Fairmont.\n..Merville.\n..Pouce Coupe.\n..Prince George.\n..Smithers.\n-Williams Lake.\n..Kamloops.\nVICTORIA, B.C.\nPrinted by Don McDiarmid, Printer to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty.\n1953\n1,200-753-4665\n","@language":"en"}],"Genre":[{"@value":"Legislative proceedings","@language":"en"}],"Identifier":[{"@value":"J110.L5 S7","@language":"en"},{"@value":"1954_V01_13_K1_K90","@language":"en"}],"IsShownAt":[{"@value":"10.14288\/1.0348639","@language":"en"}],"Language":[{"@value":"English","@language":"en"}],"Provider":[{"@value":"Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library","@language":"en"}],"Publisher":[{"@value":"Victoria, BC : Government Printer","@language":"en"}],"Rights":[{"@value":"Images provided for research and reference use only. For permission to publish, copy or otherwise distribute these images please contact the Legislative Library of British Columbia","@language":"en"}],"SortDate":[{"@value":"1954-12-31 AD","@language":"en"},{"@value":"1954-12-31 AD","@language":"en"}],"Source":[{"@value":"Original Format: Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. Library. Sessional Papers of the Province of British Columbia","@language":"en"}],"Title":[{"@value":"Provincial Game Commission REPORT For the Year Ended December 31st 1952","@language":"en"}],"Type":[{"@value":"Text","@language":"en"}],"Translation":[{"@value":"","@language":"en"}],"@id":"doi:10.14288\/1.0348639"}