"2c629991-e335-48ed-8199-8cd142c5804b"@en . "CONTENTdm"@en . "REPORT OF THE PROVINCIAL GAME WARDEN."@en . "http://resolve.library.ubc.ca/cgi-bin/catsearch?bid=1198198"@en . "Sessional Papers of the Province of British Columbia"@en . "British Columbia. Legislative Assembly"@en . "2016-03-07"@en . "[1927]"@en . "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/bcsessional/items/1.0228022/source.json"@en . "application/pdf"@en . " PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nDEPARTMENT OF ATTORNEY-GENERAL\nREPORT\nOF THE\nPROVINCIAL GAME WARDEN\nFOR THE YEAR ENDED\nDECEMBER 31st, 1925\nPKINTED BY\nAUTHORITY OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY.\nVICTORIA, B.C.:\nPrinted by Charles F. Banfield, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majecty.\n1927. To His Honour Robert Randolph Bruce,\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\nWarden for the year ended December 31st, 1925.\nA. M. MANSON,\nAttorney-General.\nAttorney-General's Department,\nVictoria, B.C., 1926. Office of the Provincial Game Warden,\nVictoria, B.C., May, 1926.\nHonourable A. M. Manson, K.C., M.P.P.,\nAttorney-General, Victoria, B.C.\nSir,\u00E2\u0080\u0094I have the honour to submit herewith my Report as Provincial Game\nWarden for the year ended December 31st, 1925.\nI have the honour to be,\nSir,\nYour obedient servant,\nJ. H. McMULLIN,\nProvincial Game Warden. REPORT OF PROVINCIAL GAME WARDEN, 1925.\nGENERAL SUPERVISION.\nFor administrative purposes British Columbia is divided into five territorial divisions and\nthe accompanying reports submitted by the Inspectors commanding these divisions are a careful\nand full presentation of Provincial game conditions as they exist at this writing.\nAPPOINTMENT OF CHIEF GAME INSPECTOR.\nThe quality of #our enforcement service is one steadily improving and a continuation of this\nhappy condition is fully assured by the recent appointment of a Chief Game Inspector. From\nthis officer much is expected. He will be required to assist the enforcement efforts of the Police\nand Game Branches; supervise the machinery devoted to the conservation and propagation of\nBritish Columbia game; and, in addition, sympathetically co-ordinate the best interests of our\nProvince and its sportsmen.\nTRAP-LINE REGISTRATION.\nThe intensive pursuit of fur-bearing animals has created a feeling of alarm as to the future\nof what at one time appeared to be an inexhaustible resource. To safeguard the future and to\ncreate a permanent Provincial asset, a trap-line registration system is being worked out, and\nonce in effect this scheme is expected to transform our trappers into fur-farmers with a\nPermanent stake in the country.\nCOMPARATIVE STATISTICS.\nCalendar Year.\n, ti\nB'S\na %\na 1\nt-3'33\nEB\nO\nO\n'>\nO\nO\na\n\$\nu\nWrrl\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A26\nm\nrji-r\n33 tr\n33 S\nG\"3\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2a\nBS\n\u00C2\u00ABs,S\nrt \u00C2\u00A3\n31\nrn r\\nC rtrt\nSI\nRevenue\nderived\nfrom Sale\nof Game\nLicences\nand Fees.\na\n8,2\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\"\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0096\u00A0fl b\n111\n194\n267\n'293\n329\n359\n309\n317\n296\n97\n167\n242\n266\n312\n317\n280\n283\n279\n4\n9\n10\n13\n25\n27\n17\n42\n29\n34\n17\n5\n36\n46\n74\n44\n24\n24\n43\n$1,763 50\n3,341 00\n6,024 50\n'6,073 00\n6,45'5 00\n7,275 00\n5,676 50\n4,768 00\n'5,825 00\n$ 65,487 50\n75,537 00\n116,135 00\n132,296 '50\n114,842 00\n127,111 50\n121,639 50\n125,505 50\n123,950 50\n1918\n1919\n1920\t\n3 5,291 39\n1921\t\n24,595 80\n1922\t\n1923\t\n1924\t\n51,093 89\n60,594 18\n56,356 68\n1925\t\n56,287 7S\nACKNOWLEDGMENTS.\nOwing to the splendid work of all members of the Force and the co-operation received from\nthe Game Conservation Board and the sportsmen of the Province, I feel that the wild life of\nBritish Columbia has received the utmost of protection, and I wish to express my thanks for\nthe hearty support furnished by the above.\n\"A\" DIVISION (VrtANCOUVER ISLAND).\nBy Inspector T. W. S. Parsons, Officer Commanding.\nI have the honour to submit annual game reports for the year 1925, as prepared by Staff-\nSergeant A. T. Stephenson and Sergeant Robert Owens, ill charge of the northern and southern\ndistricts of Vancouver Island respectively. These N.C.O.'s continuously supervised their territories and are particularly well qualified to deal with the matter in hand. The divisional\npersonnel consists of twenty-nine officers, N.C.O.'s, and men, and I am happy to say that all\nranks, whether regular police officers or special game details, have evinced the greatest interest\nin game matters; indeed, that a fine spirit of co-operation exists between the two branches is\nmore than evidenced by the results of their work as tabulated on pages 34 and 35. The Police and\npublic too are on the most friendly terms, and I cannot sufficiently express my appreciation to\nthe sportsmen of Vancouver Island for the manner in which they have supported the efforts\nof \" A \" Division in its attempt to give them a creditable and effective game service. There are\ntwelve separate police and game detachments on the Island, and whilst all have done well, X 8 British Columbia. 1925\nI cannot refrain from drawing particular attention to the excellent launch service performed\nby Constable S. W. Dawson, of Campbell River, and Constable H. Bishop, of Sidney, who in the\nexecution of their duty made many hazardous sea patrols. The assistance rendered by \" E \"\nDivision in the person of Constable W. H. Hadley, of Alert Bay, also deserves recognition.\nOn land the work of Game Wardens R. M. Stewart, A. Monks, R. Marshall, G. B. Simpson,\nG. L. Ewing, and R. Gidley has been most thorough and on my inspection tours it has been\na pleasure to listen to much favourable comment upon their activities, activities in which the\npolice proper were frequently included.\nThe reports of Sergeant Owens and Staff-Sergeant Stephenson follow:\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nVICTORIA DISTRICT (SOUTHERN VANCOUVER ISLAND).\n. Report of Sergeant R. Owens, N.C.O. i/c.\nGame .Animals.\nBear.\u00E2\u0080\u0094A decided increase over the years 1923-24 has been noted. A number of bear have\nbeen seen, particularly in the Jordan River area, and from reports these animals have become\nplentiful in the Duncan and Cowichan Districts.\nDeer.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Very favourable reports have been received as to the increase of deer. During the\nlatter portion of the hunting season bucks were reported to be plentiful. Does and fawns were\nvery numerous, especially in the Duncan area. The buck law has materially assisted in the\nincrease of deer. Very few cases of illegal hunting were reported during the past season and\nthe diligent patrols maintained by Constables has had a moral effect, reducing infractions of\nthe \" Game Act.\"\nWapiti (Elk).\u00E2\u0080\u0094On the Shaw Creek Game Reserve elk are reported to be steadily increasing\nand appear to be spreading at the western end of Lake Cowichan. Herds of elk seen were\nreported in good condition.\nFur-bearing Animals.\nMarten.\u00E2\u0080\u0094In the Cowichan area good reports of these animals have been received and trapping in the area mentioned has been favourable. In the remainder of the district marten are\nreported as being on the increase.\nRacoon.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Reported very plentiful in the district.\nOtter.\u00E2\u0080\u0094These animals are scarce throughout the district.\nBeaver.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Slightly on the increase in Cowichan area, but are scarce in other parts of district.\nMink.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Very few in district, with exception of Lake Cowichan area, where there has been\na slight increase.\nSkunk.\u00E2\u0080\u0094None reported in any part of the district.\nWeasel.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Fairly plentiful in portions of the district.\nMuskrats.\u00E2\u0080\u0094In the Duncan and Lake Cowichan areas, where these animals were put down\na few years ago, they are reported on the increase and are being carefully protected both by\nConstables and the residents, as the latter mentioned are desirous of seeing these animals\nincrease.\nGame Birds.\nPheasants.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Throughout the district pheasants have been plentiful, although in the Lake\nCowichan area these birds were reported as being scarce and of small size, and it is felt that\nnew blood should be put down in this part of the district. A number of Mongolian pheasants\nwere liberated during December in the Duncan District and from reports are doing well.\nGrouse (Blue).\u00E2\u0080\u0094In the Highland, Shawnigan Lake, East and West Sooke, and the Jordan\nRiver Districts blue grouse have been fairly plentiful. These birds have, however, been scarce\nin the Lake Cowichan, Duncan, and Sidney areas.\nGrouse (Willow).\u00E2\u0080\u0094These birds have been fairly plentiful in the Highland, Shawnigan Lake,\nEast and West Sooke, and Jordan River Districts, but have been scarce in Lake Cowichan,\nDuncan, and Sidney areas.\nQuail.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Numerous throughout the district.\nQuail (Bob-white).\u00E2\u0080\u0094Introduced in the vicinity of Sidney, Gordon Head, and other parts of\ndistrict, but from reports apparently have not been doing very well.\nPartridge.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Reported plentiful in North and South Saanich and Oak Bay Districts, but\nscarce in Duncan and Lake Cowichan areas. 16 Geo. 5 Report of the Provincial Game Warden. X 9\nMigratory Game Birds.\nDucks, Geese, and Brant.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Scarce throughout district in comparison with other years, the\nreason for this being, it is felt, owing to the unusual mild weather. Ducks no doubt did not\nmigrate in their usual numbers owing to weather conditions.\nSnipe.\u00E2\u0080\u0094A few snipe were noticed, but these birds have been very scarce.\nVermin (Destruction of).\nCougar.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Several cougar have been destroyed in the Sooke District and every effort has been\nmade to reduce their numbers in the Cowichan and Metchosin areas, where they are reported\non the increase.\nCats (Domestic).\u00E2\u0080\u0094A large number of young birds are destroyed each year by domestic\ncats gone wild. Game Wardens have been taking steps to cope with this situation and have met\nwith a good deal of success.\nProtection.\nDuring the year very few complaints were received and every effort was made by Constables\nto enforce the Act and regulations. The game reserves, particularly the Shaw Creek Reserve,\naffords excellent protection to the elk and other game found therein. This reserve is patrolled\nthroughout the year by the Constable stationed at Lake Cowichan.\nGame Reserves.\nConditions in the Shaw Creek and Elk Lake Game Reserves have been very favourable.\nFur-farms.\nDuring the year 1925 a considerable number of applications for permits to fur-farm have\nbeen received and investigated and in the majority of cases permits have been granted. During\nthe latter months of the year there appeared to be an increase in the number of applications\nreceived.\nSummary.\nGame conditions throughout the district are good and tend to show an improvement for 1926.\nNANAIMO DISTRICT (NORTHERN VANCOUVER ISLAND).\nReport of Staff-Serge/int A. T. Stephenson, N.C.O. i/c.\nGame Animals.\nDeer.\u00E2\u0080\u0094These animals have shown a considerable increase in numbers and this also applies\nto elk.\nBear.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Very plentiful.\nGame Birds.\nPheasants.\u00E2\u0080\u0094A very poor season was experienced as these birds were very scarce.\nGrouse (Blue).\u00E2\u0080\u0094Plentiful.\nGrouse (Willow).\u00E2\u0080\u0094These birds were in equal numbers to former years and were fairly\nplentiful.\nMigratory Game Birds.\nDucks and Geese.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Both ducks and geese were scarce, this being due no doubt to the\nexceptionally mild weather.\nBrant.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Plentiful.\nFUR-BEARINQ ANIMALS.\nBeaver,\u00E2\u0080\u0094These animals are increasing and complaints have been received of their doing\ndamage to agricultural lands.\nMink.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Mink are not very plentiful in the district, with the possible exception of the\nnorthern end of Vancouver Island, where they appear fairly numerous.\nMarten.\u00E2\u0080\u0094These animals are on the decrease throughout the district.\nRacoon.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Fairly plentiful.\n'Vermin.\nCougar.\u00E2\u0080\u0094During the year very few cougar were taken.\nWolves.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Appear to have become almost extinct on Vancouver Island. Noxious Birds.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Crows are on the increase and in order to save useful birds it will be\nnecessary to take steps to cut down this increase.\nGame-protection.\nDue in a large measure to the activities of Game Law Enforcement officers in the district,\nviolations have been kept down to a minimum. Mention should be made of the excellent work\nperformed by Constables R. Marshall, R. M. Stewart, and Probationer A. Monks. Constable\nMarshall has been particularly active, both day and night, in his endeavour to enforce the game\nlaws, and this also applies to Constable Stewart. The work of these two Constables has entailed\nmany arduous hours of labour, coupled with hardships that task their ingenuity and patience.\nSpecial Patrols.\nAt the latter end of March, 1925, Constables Marshall and Stewart made a special patrol\nin the vicinity of Upper Campbell Lake, where they were successful in arresting a game violator\nfor trapping beaver during the close season. Twenty beaver-pelts were confiscated in this case\nand a fine of $500 and $7.50 costs was imposed.\nGame Reserves.\nThere is only one game reserve in this district. This reserve is situated at Strathcona Park,\nnear Campbell River. Two or three permits have been issued to hunt cougar within the\nboundaries of this reserve, but no reports have as yet been received as to the number of\nanimals shot.\nFub Trade.\nThe fur trade does not appear to be in an exceptionally flourishing condition, but with the\nincrease of fur-farming in the district it is anticipated that there will be an increase in the\nfur output next year.\nFur-farming.\nFur-farming has shown a considerable increase during the past year and many settlers have\npurchased fur-bearing animals and have taken out fur-farming permits after erecting the\nnecessary pens for keeping their animals under proper control.\nGame Conservation Board.\nThe Game Conservation Board is represented in the district by T. B. Booth, a well-known\ncitizen and sportsman, who takes a very keen interest in the enforcement of the \" Game Act\"\nand who is ever ready to render his services in this connection.\n\"B\" DIVISION (KOOTENAY AND BOUNDARY DISTRICTS).\nBy Inspector W. R. Dunwoody, Officer Commanding.\nI have the honour to place before you the annual game report for the year 1925, as requested\nin your Circular No. 1064 of February 11th, 1926. The different matters are dealt with categorically as laid out in your letter.\nG.4.ME .\nimals.\nGame animals are plentiful throughout the Division, particularly in the Kootenay, Columbia,\nand Elk Valleys.\nWhilst it cannot be said that moose are plentiful, this animal seems to be on the increase\nin the Kootenay Valley and the Elk Valley Game Reserve.\nA herd of caribou also ranges on the Selkirk Divide between the East and West Kootenay,\nbut not in any large numbers.\nThe establishing some years ago of the Elk Valley Game Reserve has had a wonderful\neffect in re-establishing the elk in that locality, and with this, of course, all other game animals\nhave correspondingly increased; including the Virginia deer, black-tail deer, goat, and bighorn\nsheep; also black and grizzly bear are numerous. Big game is also plentiful in the Canadian\nNational Parks on the Kootenay.\nConditions throughout these valleys are very good and there is every reason to expect a\nmarked increase this year. The extremely mild fall and winter has enabled the animals to\nremain on their summer ranges in many cases and they have been able to secure food in 16 Geo. 5 Report of the Provincial Game Warden. X 11\nabundance. More than this, they have been comparatively immune from predatory animals,\nwhich create such havoc when the animals are \" yarded \" or snow-bound.\nMule-deer, white-tail deer, and bear show an increase in all other parts of the Division.\nFUR-BEARING ANIMALS.\nAs this Division is practically all closed to trapping, the fur-bearing animals show a decided\nincrease, the most noticeable being in the case of the beaver, which in some instances is\nastonishing. This is particularly true near the mouth of the White River and on Finlay Creek,\nand, in fact, throughout the Division it can be readily judged that these animals, in most\ninstances, are becoming a nuisance, as can be seen by the number of permits requested by\nfarmers to trap beaver.\nMuskrats are scarce. Lynx, marten, mink, and weasel show an increase. To my mind,\nfurther protection is very desirable and that for several years to come.\nGame Birds.\nI regret to report that during 1925 game birds were not as plentiful as during previous years.\nI am hoping, however, that on account of the extremely mild winter we have had grouse will\nget an opportunity to rehabilitate themselves throughout the country. I would be very much\nin favour of a closed season on all land game birds this year (1926).\nPheasants in the Okanagan, I regret to report, showed a very severe falling-off last season\nalso. The mild season, however, may also have a very beneficial effect in this case. The Game\nConservation Board has from time to time shipped pheasants into this Division and an effort\nhas been made to establish them around Kootenay Lake, particularly in the vicinity of Procter\nand Harrop. The results so far have not been encouraging.\nHungarian partridges seem to be propagating very well in the Okanagan.\nMigratory Game Birds.\nWith the exception of the Kootenay Flats at Creston and the Columbia Valley north of\nAthalmer, we have very few migratory birds. A very fair number nested last year, but the\nsudden high-water situation in the middle of May disturbed a good many of them. Both geese\nand ducks were somewhat plentiful at these places on their southern journey last fall.\nVermin.\nVermin are unfortunately increasing, although there is a chance that some of the predatory\nanimals will die off this winter from lack of food. Cougar and coyotes are common. Lynx and\nweasel are responsible for the destruction of many game birds and I am of the opinion that it\nwould be wise to allow the trapping of these animals.\nSpecial Constable Shuttleworth at Penticton is employed principally on this branch of game-\nprotection work and his efforts, in this behalf have been crowned with considerable success,\nparticularly this last season.. The Department has supplied him with a cougar-dog and last\nreports show that this animal is proving immensely valuable.\nThe bounty on cougar and coyotes, I think, should be retained. Another pest which is\nincreasing is the common crow. These are very destructive to the grouse in the breeding\nseason. Hawks and owls are also destructive in the hatching season.\nGame-protection.\nOur law-abiding residents and visiting sportsmen evince a keen desire to assist us in the\nenforcement of the \" Game Act,\" and, generally speaking, we receive ready co-operation. It has\nbeen drawn to my attention that it would be advisable to have uniform opening and closing\ndates for big-game hunting. Last year the season for elk closed on October 15th, whilst moose\nand sheep were open until October 31st. Even a good sportsman, having failed to get his elk\nlawfully and out hunting sheep, say, on the 25th, would find it hard to overlook an especially\ngood bull elk if he ran across one. Elk have increased to an extent where they are spreading over\nthe country and the chances of old bulls with good antlers being killed are better if the season is\nlonger. Some people are of the opinion that it would be better to open the season on all big game\non September 15th, the heads being good then and the animals killed would not materially\naffect the breeding. X 12 British Columbia. 1925\nPropagation.\nA bounty on certain hawks and owls would materially assist in the natural propagation of\ngame and migratory birds. The use of poison under certain conditions and in districts remote\nfrom settlements and ranches would do much to lessen the number of coyotes, to the benefit of\nall game.\nI would also suggest that, where beaver have become a nuisance and occasionally have to be\ntrapped, these be transported to other places where they would be an asset from a fur-bearing\npoint of view.\nGame Reserves.\nI have already referred to the Elk Valley Game Reserve, which all reports show to be\nteeming with wild life. We have also a game reserve at Vaseaux Lake, in the Southern\nOkanagan, where pheasants and migratory birds are reported plentiful.\nDuring the year 1925, on representations made, the Department established a game reserve\non the Kettle River. In this area of 600 square miles we have one of the finest breeding-grounds\nin British Columbia for game animals. This sanctuary has always been the hunting-ground of\nthe Indian and in past years he has taken out a tremendous number of deer. With the destruction of predatory animals in this reserve, it is hoped that the area will act as a feeding-ground\nfor the Okanagan and other districts for the sportsmen's guns.\nWe have also a game reserve and sanctuary on the West Arm of Kootenay Lake at Nelson,\nand even to-day the ducks around the wharves are in a practically semi-tame condition, showing\nthe value of these sanctuaries. I might also refer to the National Parks between the Columbia\nand Kootenay, where game is showing a wonderful increase, due to the reservation.\nFur Trade.\nOwing to the closed season in this Division fur-trading is practically nil.\nFur-farms.\nThere are several fox-farms now in the Division, particularly at Princeton, Grand Forks,\nand Cranbrook, and all reports indicate that these are doing very nicely.\nJudging by the number of applications which are passed through this office and inquiries\nreceived, it is safe to say that more attention is being paid to fur-farming, including mink,\nmuskrats, and marten.\nSpecial Patrols.\nI do not think there were any patrols which can be classed under this heading, as all\npatrols made were done in the particular Constable's own district; but the reports furnished\nby Constables from their different stations, who were appointed for special game-work, show\nthat their particular bivouacs have been carefully patrolled from time to time and that nothing\nwas left undone in the way of game-protection.\nProsecutions and Convictions.\nThere were forty-six prosecutions and forty-four convictions under the \" Game Act\" during\nthe year.\nHunting Accidents.\nOn May 20th, 1925, James Maxwell, of Creston, was found dead alongside a wire fence,\nwith a .32 special rifle lying with the muzzle pointed towards the body and the stock on the\nground. This man that morning had stated his intention of shooting pheasants which were\ndestroying his crops. Coroner's jury brought in a verdict of \" accidental death.\"\nOn October 21st, 1925, Hagbert Hansen, of Princeton, accidentally shot himself with a .22 rifle\nwhilst hunting. This happened at Goose Lake, about 5 miles from Princeton. Jury brought in\na verdict of \" accidental death.\"\nSummary.\nGame animals have increased and conditions are ideal. Fur-bearing animals are increasing,\nbut require further protection. Game birds are scarce and closed season suggested this coming\nyear. Migratory birds\u00E2\u0080\u0094conditions are not favourable. The planting of wild rice might assist\nin keeping these birds. Vermin is on the increase to a great extent. Game-protection is regarded\nas a necessity. Propagation might be assisted by transporting beaver and muskrats. Fur-\nfarming is becoming quite an industry. 16 Geo. 5 Report of the Provincial Game Warden. X 13\n\"C\" DIVISION (KAMLOOPS, VALE, OKANAGAN, CARIBOO, AND CHILCOTIN\nDISTRICTS).\nBy Inspector W. L. Fernie, Officer Commanding.\nI have the honour to submit herewith my annual report under the \" Game Act\" for the\nyear 1925.\nGame Animals.\nMoose.\u00E2\u0080\u0094These animals are still very plentiful in the Cariboo District and are undoubtedly\non the increase and continually penetrating into areas where no white man remembers seeing\nthem before. The direction of the migration of these animals seems to be from the north\ntowards the south and they have now begun to get established within striking distance of the\nmain line of the Canadian Pacific Railway, and in a few solitary instances have crossed that\nrailway. Some remarkably fine heads were taken out by hunters during the last open season.\nCaribou.\u00E2\u0080\u0094These animals are certainly holding their own and in many cases increasing in\nnumbers and covering a larger area than they were formerly doing, more particularly in the\nterritory east and north of the Great Shuswap Lake. From my own observations these animals\nare not shot off in as great numbers as the moose, their habits giving them a certain amount of\nprotection. The fact that they keep to the higher altitudes until the beginning of November or\nthereabouts protects them from the average American hunter, who is generally homeward-bound\nabout that time.\nWapiti (Elk).\u00E2\u0080\u0094These animals only occur in one area in \"C\" Division, and that is in the\nYalakom Game Reserve, near Lillooet, where they were introduced. They are now, of course,\nrather difficult to count, but there is no doubt they are doing well and increasing. There seems\nto be a tendency for a few of the bulls to roam away from the rest of the herd, and in two\ninstances at least their tracks have been seen travelling in a northerly direction, 150 miles at\nleast from Lillooet.\nMountairtrsheep.\u00E2\u0080\u0094From all the information I am able to obtain mountain-sheep seem to be\nholding their own near Fintry, on the west side of Okanagan Lake on the high peaks. A band\nof these animals are flourishing and are more or less fostered by Mr. Dunwaters, who takes a\nvery active interest in their welfare. The main hunting-ground, however, for these animals is\nin the Bridge River country, and the sportsmen who have penetrated in there this last season\nhave come out well satisfied.\nMountain-goat.\u00E2\u0080\u0094These animals, I am glad to report, seem to be holding their own; their\nfondness for inaccessible country being responsible, I presume, for their salvation. To the west\nof Revelstoke and in the particularly rugged country which runs north from Craigellachie, in\nmy opinion, the goat will never be depleted to any great extent.\nBear.\u00E2\u0080\u0094The black bear and its cousin, the brown bear, are reported to be increasing all\nthrough the Division. Grizzly bear are fairly common in places; three of these areas which\nare outstanding are on the Yalakom Game Reserve, in the high country to the north of Canim\nLake, and in the upper reaches of the Tulameen River.\nDeer.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Of the three species which we have in this Division, the mule-deer is by far the most\ncommon and also the most hunted. In spite of the huntsmen, as a rule, returning satisfied from\ntheir trips, I am of the opinion that mule-deer are on the increase, and, personally, I should\nnot be displeased to see permission given to shoot one doe, as I am satisfied that the females are\nfar away outnumbering the males. The laying-aside of a game sanctuary on the Kettle River\nwill be a great benefit to these animals, and I am pleased to see that interest is being taken and\nreports required concerning the laying-out of another area to the north and west of Kamloops,\na territory called by the white population \" Little Cariboo\" and by the Indians \" Sil-whoi-a-kun.\"\nThis territory has always been a great haunt for mule-deer.\nThe white-tail deer are not prevalent in this Division, but are known to occur occasionally\nin the Okanagan country.\nThe Coast deer are fairly common in the western extremity of \" C \" Division and meet and\nmingle with the mule-deer in the vicinity of Spuzzum, but do not, as far as I can gather,\nhybridize. I anticipate that the next season will show a marked increase in these animals,\nas I have known them to be practically decimated by a very severe winter. This winter has\nbeen the mildest within the memory of any white man and I think the influence of this on the\nherds of deer will be quite noticeable. X 14 British Columbia. 1925\nFur-bearing Animals.\nFur-bearing animals are still scarce. The only district in the Interior which has been\nfavourably reported on is the Barkerville area and north and west of Quesnel, where lynx and\nfisher are undoubtedly on the increase. Foxes are more numerous this year in the Chilcotin\ncountry than they have been for years. There has been one instance of a silver fox being\ntrapped within 12 miles of Kamloops, a case without parallel in the memory of the inhabitants.\nThe absence of lynx is usually put down to the absence of rabbits, which form their staple\ndiet. These latter animals have been very scarce in most of the territory in this Division for\nthe last ten years and I see no sign of them increasing to any extent, and the common saying\nthat they come and go every seven years seems to be a myth.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 From all the data that we can collect, beaver and muskrats are becoming exceedingly\nnumerous in the southern portion of the Division. This condition has been the cause of our\nreceiving numerous complaints and requests for permission to destroy these animals from the\nowners of low-lying meadow lands.\nThere is no doubt that throughout the Division the marten have been trapped to such an\nextent that they have become almost extinct.\nGame Biros.\nThe situation as regards game birds I should consider to be satisfactory.\nHungarian Partridge\u00E2\u0080\u0094The bird which I would say was topping the list as regards increasing\nis the Hungarian partridge, which is working its way from the south towards the north. They\nhave not yet reached Kamloops, but they are fairly prevalent in the vicinity of Salmon Arm and\nfrom there south they are numerous. Two reasons which are responsible for their increase\nseem to be, first, their power of resisting cold and hardship, and, secondly, the fact that they\nare very difficult to shoot.\nPheasants.\u00E2\u0080\u0094These are undoubtedly doing well and it will be interesting to observe the\nresult of the amendment to the \" Game Act \" which permits of them being shot by the owner\nof a farm where they may be doing damage. Whilst visiting the Okanagan recently I was\nstruck by the great diversity of views held on this subject by different responsible sportsmen.\nVery little grain was required to tide the pheasants over the winter months.\nGrouse.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Blue grouse, I should think, are holding their own. Willow-grouse are certainly\nnot as prevalent as they were ten years ago, but I would not go on record as saying they are\ndecreasing.\nPtarmigan.\u00E2\u0080\u0094These are fairly plentiful in the high altitudes, but these birds are seldom\nseriously hunted for.\nPrairie-chicken.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Prairie-chicken are undoubtedly very plentiful and are increasing in the\nCariboo country from Clinton north. South of that point they are not so plentiful. The\nThompson River and the South Thompson are ideal breeding-grounds for these birds, but the\nfact that they are so easy to kill has been responsible for them being thinned out almost to\nthe point of extermination. All the staff are continually on the lookout for a specimen of the\nsage-hen; a pair of these birds undoubtedly bred in the vicinity of Kamloops twenty years ago,\nbut were destroyed by a settler, and as far as I can gather no specimen has visited British\nColumbia since.\nMigratory Game Birds.\nWild ducks, geese, and brant are plentiful in the Okanagan country, as also are ducks and\ngeese in the southern part of the Cariboo country. A sprinkling of ducks and geese have been\nin evidence within sight of the City of Kamloops all winter, but not nearly in such great numbers\nas seemed to have stayed on the Great Shuswap Lake and on the Okanagan and Long Lakes.\nI recently noticed a large quantity of ducks also on Nicola Lake; in fact, I think the larger\nproportion of the migratory water-birds last winter did not migrate. What effect this will have\non the numbers next season will be interesting to observe.\nSwans are undoubtedly decreasing rapidly.\n' Vermin.\nCoyotes undoubtedly are increasing; this is probably due to the poor price now being paid\nfor their pelts, as the trappers will not make the same effort to catch them as formerly when\na good skin was worth from $25 to $3Q. 16 Geo. 5 Report of the Provincial Game Warden. X 15\nConstable Quesnel, Lumby, was very active during the year in destroying vermin in his\ndistrict. This officer, working in conjunction with the Rod and Gun Club, Vernon, who supplied\nhim with ammunition, was responsible for the destruction of a large number of crows, crows'\nnests and young, magpies with their nests and young, hawks,'horned owls, and skunks.\nSpecial Constable Shuttleworth was detailed for duty in June, 1925, and did good work in\ndestroying a large number of coyotes in the North Thompson District. He is now in the same\narea to-day, it having been found advisable to send for him in an endeavour to rid that country\nof a band of cougar.\nOwls have decreased 50 per cent, all through the high jack-pine country, of which there are\ntremendous areas in this Division. This is, I believe, directly due to the scarcity of rabbits,\nwhich form the owls' principal diet.\nEagles are still numerous in the less-frequented territories.\nGame-protection.\nUndoubtedly all the officers in the Division have given close attention to the matter of\ngame-protection. This is the result of strict instructions furnished them, and also, I think, to\na large extent in their natural inclination to protect the game of the Province.\nThey seem, almost without exception, to be fond of nature-study, and on being asked\nquestions give sometimes surprisingly accurate information concerning the game in the vicinity\nof their detachments. A large number of prosecutions were instituted under the \" Game Act\"\nduring the year 1925.\nIn any case where complaint has been received concerning infractions of the \"Game Act\"\nimmediate attention has been given to the complaint, and owing to the efforts which this\nForce is making they seem to be getting the support of the public.\nWithout doubt, in the northern portion of the Division, the Indians are still responsible for\nthe destruction of a great deal of game. The matter of game-protection in this Province, the\ngame being undoubtedly one of our big assets, is directing more attention and thought every\nyear, and it would appear that obtaining the co-operation of the Indians in protecting the game\nhas never been seriously attempted. The Indian generally considers himself an aggrieved person\nand is apt to take the attitude of intending to shoot when he can without being punished either\nin or out of season.\nWith their modern firearms and inherited method of hunting, they slaughter a large amount\nof game, some of it wantonly. This is particularly noticeable in the Chilcotins, where one of\nthe white pioneer settlers pointed out a range of mountains from which the mountain-sheep had\nbeen entirely cleaned off by the Indians, who were left unpunished.\nIn a previous report I made the suggestion that it would be a good idea to appoint some\nof the Indian chiefs as honorary Game Wardens and their authority given some recognition.\nIn many cases I am sure they would use their influence to prevent wanton slaughter of game\nby their people and would be all the more active from the very fact of their position being\nrecognized by the whites. The Inspector of Indian Agencies and Indian Agents in this Division\nhave volunteered every assistance in this matter. It might be pointed out to the Indians that\nthere is not sufficient game, under the old methods of indiscriminate killing, to keep up the\nsupply for both Indians and whites, and the most sensible thing for the Indians to do would be\nto help the whites in the protection of what game we have left.\nI would not suggest that the Indians be given any authority over any of the whites, except\nin so far as to report any infractions of the \" Game Act\" which come to their notice.\nIn my opinion, also, it would be distinctly beneficial to occasionally employ an Indian to\naccompany the white game patrols. If the right Indians are chosen, it would be surprising how\nmuch more information regarding the wild life in the mountains would be obtained.\nPropagation.\nIn several instances pheasant-eggs have been furnished to different settlers, with more or\nless success. The most reliable way of introducing pheasants, or other game birds, is to hand\nthem over on their arrival to certain responsible farmers, who will turn them out in suitable\nplaces where they consider they can look after themselves. X 16 British Columbia. 1925\nGame Reserves.\nConcerning game reserves, I think the laying-aside of the Bowron Lake Game Reserve has\nbeen the cause of general satisfaction. On my last visit to Barkerville, from which it is only\n20 miles distant, I did not hear one dissentient voice.\nSergeant Mortimer, N.C.O. i/c Vernon District, is putting forward claims to have a reserve\nmade between Lumby and Monashee. From my knowledge of this country it is too high to be\nof use for agriculture, or even grazing. I hope to visit this territory in the near future and\nwill report further on my return.\nAs regards the area mentioned before in comments on mule-deer, I would again emphasize\nthe fact that it. is a country peculiarly adapted for being laid aside as a game reserve. The two\nparticular reasons being that it is already well stocked with game and also that it is too high\nto be considered as a farming country. It would serve the purpose of being a sort of feeder\nfor the hunting territories used by the settlers on the North Thompson River and also those\nsettled on the North Bonaparte areas. It is a high plateau, averaging 4,500 feet, and is the\nsource of numerous creeks which radiate in almost every direction from it; some of these are\nSkull Creek, Jamieson Creek, Tranquille Creek, Copper Creek, Deadman Creek, and the North\nBonaparte. Constable Emmott has been instructed to make a careful report on this area\ndirectly conditions allow.\nConcerning the Yalakom Reserve, Constable McKenzie, of Clinton, who has sole charge of\nthis area, gives me to understand that everything is in a satisfactory condition. I hope to\naccompany this officer on a patrol into this reserve as soon as weather conditions will allow, no\nother officer than Constable McKenzie, to my knowledge, ever having visited this area before and\nthe information concerning this reserve I would classify as meagre.\nI find that the attitude of the Department of laying aside suitable areas to be game reserves\nand sanctuaries gives general satisfaction to the public.\nFur Trade.\nThe fur trade is not in a flourishing condition this year owing to poor catches of fur in the\nnorthern part of the Division and the fact of closing the trapping in the southern portion of\nthis Division.\nFur-farming.\nThere are a considerable number of fur-farms in the Division and there is a continual\nstream of applications which require reports to be made on them. In 1925 there were about\ntwenty-five applications.\nSome of the silver-fox farms are now well established and in the Nicola Valley are making\ngood profits. Dr. J. J. Gillis's farm is, I think, the best laid out; his farm is about 3 miles from\nthe City of Merritt and he is very courteous to visitors, and is glad to show them his farm at\ncertain times; when, however, the foxes have their young it is not wise to disturb them, as\nthey have a habit of destroying them if at all alarmed.\nSome of the marten-farmers, I understand, have had the misfortune of having their stock\nescape by gnawing through the wire. Special wire has to be used and the best is imported from\nEngland. One interesting experiment being tried on at least two fur-farms is the propagation\nof muskrats away from any body of water. Some text-books claim that muskrats are more\nprolific under this condition.\nlit would seem that fur-farming has come to stay in British Columbia, just as it has in\nPrince Edward Island, where nearly every rancher has a few head of foxes in captivity and\non which he is dependent to pay the interest on the mortgage of his home.\nThe matter of the climate being mild does not militate so much against the quality of the\nfur as might be supposed, as I am given to understand a good deal can be done by dieting the\nanimals before pelting them. The glossiness of their fur, and even the colour, is easily affected,\njust as in the case of a horse getting proper care and oilcakes, etc.\nSpecial Patrols.\nA few special patrols have been undertaken by officers in this Division during the year, the\nmost important being:\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nConstable McKenzie, Game Warden, Clinton, accompanied Sergeant Bowen from Ashcroft\nto Hanceville and from there to the head of Chilko Lake. This patrol was made for the purpose 16 Geo. 5 Report of the Provincial Game Warden. X 17\nof investigating the murder of Alex. Ducharme, trapper, who was killed by Fred Cyr. Constable\nMcKenzie, being' a Game Warden, was instructed to make observations re the game while he\nwas passing through the country. He reported that he found deer plentiful and numerous black\nand brown bear. Grizzlies and goats he also reported as being numerous in the vicinity of Chilko\nLake. Fur-bearing animals in this district were also reported as numerous, particularly marten.\nOn October 16th, 1925, a special patrol was made by Constable Collins and Special Constable\nLowry, of Merritt, into the Coquihalla country to investigate a report that Indians were slaughtering deer in that district. On investigation no information was obtained to substantiate the\nreport.\nA special patrol was made by Special Constables Longridge and Townsend to Barkerville and\nthe Bowron Lake Reserve, as reports had been received that set-guns were being used by different\nparties to kill bear. Although ten days were spent by these officers in the Bowron Lake Reserve,\nno evidence of set-guns was found.\nA complaint was made that Indians of the Canim Lake Reserve were slaughtering caribou\nmerely for the purpose of getting the hides, presumably for making gloves, etc. Corporal\nGallagher, of Williams Lake, made a special patrol into this country and was successful in\nobtaining two convictions under section 7 (1) of the \" Game Act.\"\nNumerous short special patrols have been undertaken by practically* all the Game Wardens\nand Constables in the Division during the year; in fact, the Game Wardens are out on patrol\npractically all the time.\nConclusion.\nIn concluding this report, it is almost needless to say that the whole Force is watching\nwith interest the rearrangement of the machinery of this organization which is just about to\ncome into effect for administering the \" Game Act.\"\nThe registration of trap-lines is of course the greatest innovation. To make this workable\nI presume there will have to be a registration fee charged as well as the annual licence fee;\nand as regards the length of the line permitted, I do not see what limit can be placed on them,\nbut I would suggest a certain length of line for an ordinary fee and a pro rata charge for any\nincrease. The issuing of maps of the Province on the same lines as the one. showing preemptions, timber limits, etc., would appear to be almost indispensable to properly record the\ndifferent trap-lines.\n\"D\" DIVISION (ATLIN, SKEENA, OMINECA, FORT GEORGE, PEACE RIVER,\nAND YUKON BOUNDARY DISTRICTS).\nBy Acting-Inspector W. Spiller, Officer Commanding.\nGame Animals.\nGame animals are reported as being on the increase in the territory covered by this Division,\nwith the exception of white-tail deer. It is suggested that the bag limit for this species during\nthe year 1926 be reduced to one of the male sex. The mild winter of 1925-26 will leave all game\nin good condition and in fine shape for breeding.\nFur-bearing Animals.\nOwing to the change in the method of collection of royalties little data can be obtained\nlocally, but it is reasonable to suppose there is no appreciable decrease in these animals. It is\nsuggested that royalties on pelts should be paid in the locality where obtained and thus form\na record on which to base statistics.\nGame Birds.\nA marked decrease was observed in grouse during 1925, which was undoubtedly due to the\nsevere winter of 1924-25.\nMigratory Game Birds.\nThese seem to be on the increase, especially geese. The weather conditions are similar all\nalong the Coast from the Nass River south to the International Boundary, and it is therefore\nsuggested that there should be no difference in the \" open \" season in the Western District.\nVermin.\nCoyotes and timber-wolves are on the increase and are primarily responsible for the decrease\nof deer and game birds. The following suggestions are submitted:\u00E2\u0080\u0094\n2 X 18 British Columbia. 1925\n(1.) That bounty be paid only on unprime pelts, the market price on prime pelts being\nsufficient remuneration.\n(2.) That the bounty be doubled on unprime pelts, which could be destroyed by the Government Agent paying the bounty.\nIn my opinion this would tend to farmers and others keeping up a continuous pursuit of\nthese animals instead of waiting for prime pelts, as is done at present, and thereby deriving\ndouble pecuniary benefit.\nGame-protection.\nN.C.O.'s and men of this Division have endeavoured to enforce the regulations. I would\nsuggest that, owing to the extent of the territory in this Division and the importance of the\nfur-bearing animals, a complete change in the manner of enforcement be made.\nPropagation.\nThis, in my opinion, is a matter for experts. Possibly, after study, it would be found that\nthe capture of male deer in one part of the Province and turning them loose in other parts would\nhave the effect of increasing the size and strength of the herds added to. The registration of\ntrap-lines will automatically assist the propagation of fur-bearing animals.\nGame Reserves.\nThere are five reserves in this Division, as follows: Fort George; Prince George; Kunghit\nIsland (Queen Charlotte Islands) ; Atlin (Taku and Stikine Rivers) ; Kaien Island.\nThe Fort George Reserve should be discontinued, as this reserve is comprised of timber\nlimits which in due course will be logged, thereby destroying the game sanctuary there.\nThe Kunghit Island Reserve should be discontinued. At the present time there are no\nfacilities in the way of transportation to enforce this reserve, and to station a man there would\nbe inconsistent with the policy of economy and efficiency.\nIn regard to the Atlin Reserve, which consists of 5,000 square miles, it is too large an area\nto protect efficiently, in addition to which a hardship is worked on the settlers on the Stikine\nRiver, where game and fur-bearing animals abound. I would recommend that this reserve be\nabolished and one established, to be called the Taku River Reserve, and covering that portion\nof the Province drained by the Taku River and its tributaries from the International Boundary\nto a point up-stream known as Yellow Bluff.\nThe Prince George Reserve is fulfilling its mission as a resting-place for migratory birds\ngoing north and south. As to the Kaien Island Reserve, intermittent reports indicate a little\npoaching here, but lack of trails, etc., make detection somewhat difficult.\nFur Trade.\nFrom examination of fur-traders' books it is found that a large business in furs is being\ncarried on.\nITur-farms.\nLittle is known concerning this industry, all reports having been handled by the Game\nConservation Board. It is suggested that a list of fur-farms with the conditions of permits be\nprepared and distributed to all members of the Force in order that close observation can be\nmaintained.\nSpecial Patrols.\nConstables Barber and Forfar, of the Peace River District, patrolled to Fort Nelson in the\nearly part of 1925 (April Sth to May 12th) ; they collected nearly $3,000 royalties on pelts of\nfur-Dearing animals and from other sources and covered approximately 700 miles on this patrol.\nConstable Thiis, accompanied by Alaska Game officials, patrolled to the Taku and Stikine\nRivers. The launch for this purpose was provided by E. P. Walker, of the United States\nBiological Survey, Juneau, Alaska. A distance of 1,000 miles was covered and, though several\ninfractions of the \" Game Act \" were discovered, all the offenders were residents of Alaska.\nHowever, they were prosecuted under the Alaska \" Game Act\" for making false declarations.\nOne offender was fined $50 at Prince Rupert for trapping without a licence as a result of\nthis patrol.\nCorporal Van Dyk patrolled to Takla Lake in May, 1925, for the purpose of locating a\nmissing trapper. The man was found drowned in the Willow River and duly buried. In July,\nJ 16 Geo. 5 Report of the Provincial Game Warden. X 19\n1925, this officer patrolled to Nation River to endeavour to locate two missing trappers. They\nwere found dead, apparently due to ptomaine poisoning. In November, 1925, Corporal Van Dyk\nrepeated the patrol made by Constable Thiis and was also accompanied by Alaska Game officials,\nthe equipment for the patrol being furnished by E. P. Walker. Several complaints were investigated, and a seizure of one marten, eleven mink, sixteen muskrats, one otter, and eleven beaver\npelts having been taken in the Atlin (Taku-Stikine River) Game Reserve. The total mileage\ncovered by Corporal Van Dyk on these patrols was 1,900 miles, whereas the total mileage of\nthe combined patrols mentioned was 3,900 miles.\nAcknowledgments.\nIn closing I wish to express appreciation of the assistance given by E. P. Walker, of the\nUnited States Biological Survey, Juneau, Alaska, who placed a boat, fully equipped, and two\nof his officers at the disposal of our officers when operating in or near the Territory of Alaska.\n\"E\" DIVISION (VANCOUVER, COAST, AND FRASER VALLEY DISTRICTS).\nBy Inspector F. Cruickshank, OffIcer Commanding.\nPursuant to instructions contained in Circular Letter No. 1064, dated February 11th, 1926,\nI beg to submit a report on the game conditions in my Division during the year 1925. This\nreport is being segregated and dealt with as requested in this circular letter, referred to above.\nGame Animals.\nDeer.\u00E2\u0080\u0094From patrols made early in the year and from reports received from various\nConstables in this Division, I have no hesitation in saying that deer are decidedly on the\nincrease, this being due to a certain extent on the protection afforded does.\nDuring the open season, 1925, deer were taken in quite large numbers from the various\nislands along the Coast of this Division. The majority of sportsmen invariably hunt deer on\nthe different islands in the Howe Sound District, and it is worthy of note that deer on these\nislands are in excellent condition and appear to be in equal numbers each year, apparently no\ndecrease being noted. Each year from these islands a large number of deer are taken and good\nhunting is always to be had by sportsmen in this part of the district.\nA great number of hunters complain that the law in effect during the season, covering the\nbringing-out of the head of any deer killed, causes a good deal of hardship. It is suggested\nthat if the buck law is still kept into effect it would meet all purposes if the \" Game Act\" was\nso amended as to allow the hunter to leave the head of the deer in the bush, provided that some\nother identification-marks be left on the carcass to show the sex of the animal taken.\nDue to the present buck law the deer have been on a decided increase in practically every\npart of the Division; in fact, in a number of cases farmers have been complaining Of deer\ndoing damage to their orchards and crops, and it has been found on investigation that a large\nnumber of deer doing damage have been does, and I feel that in order to remedy or stop these\ncomplaints it would be good policy to allow the shooting of doe deer in this Division for a limited\nperiod, with a bag limit of one doe per hunter, and in this connection I would suggest that doe\ndeer be allowed to be shot or hunted the last two weeks of the open season.\nThe reason for suggesting such a short open season is in view of the fact of the difficulty\nthat would be encountered in keeping a check on the number of does killed per hunter, and it is\nfelt that by limiting each hunter to a short open season our officers would be in a better position\nto see that the bag limit is adhered to, and this, in my opinion, would stop or nearly stop the\nshooting of does and leaving them in the bush, as has been the case in the past. Another reason\nfor doe-deer shooting is in view of the fact that many residents along the Coast in isolated areas\nrequire to obtain meat at certain periods of the year, and it is felt that the settlers in these\noutlying districts should be allowed a doe deer during the open season. I am sure that this\nwould meet with the approval of a great many of the ranchers and homesteaders in such districts.\nMountain-goat.\u00E2\u0080\u0094From reports at hand mountain-goat suffered to a certain extent in the\nPowell River District through fires during the year 1924. However, these animals are not hunted\nto any great extent, the hunting in this Division being chiefly confined to deer, and as the goat\ncan very well take care of itself, there appears to be no cause for believing that these animals\nare on the decrease, or need any further protection than that afforded in the past.\nBear.\u00E2\u0080\u0094A number of non-residents have again this year hunted grizzly bear at the heads of\nthe various inlets on the Coast, but from reports at hand very few of these animals were taken. X 20 British Columbia. 1925\nIn regard to the black bear, it is suggested that, in view of the fact of the damage done by these\nanimals to fawns of deer and by destroying bee-hives and orchards in this district, the. season\nshould not be closed at any time. In the Port Moody and Burnaby Lake areas damage has been\ndone by black bear, and it is felt that they should not be protected by a close season.\nFur-bearing Animals.\nBeaver.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Although there are only a few beaver in this Division, yet complaints have been\nreceived of damage being done by these animals to agricultural lands, this damage taking place\nin the Mission District. Notwithstanding this fact, however, the beaver should be protected\nthroughout the Division, at least as far north as Jervis Inlet.\nMarten.\u00E2\u0080\u0094These animals are not considered as plentiful, although in the Bute and Toba\nInlet regions trappers were successful in taking a considerable number of these animals during\nthe trapping season.\nMink.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Mink are about holding their own and are found in fairly large numbers throughout\nthe Division.\nMuskrats.\u00E2\u0080\u0094In many parts of the district muskrats are nearing extermination. In the past\nfarmers throughout the Lower Mainland have complained of muskrats doing damage to their\nproperty, but during the last few years these complaints have dwindled down to a few, and\nmost of the farmers in the delta and dyked districts are now endeavouring to conserve the\nmuskrat in view of the fact that they have become aware of its value both in the live state as\nwell as in regard to the pelt. Many inquiries are being received from farmers in this Division\nrequesting information in respect to the farming of muskrats. It is felt that in view of this\nfact muskrats in most of the delta regions will be allowed to increase and will be protected by\nmost of the farmers.\nOtter.\u00E2\u0080\u0094A few of these animals are to be found in this Division.\nRacoon.\u00E2\u0080\u0094These animals are fairly plentiful and in the Cloverdale District a number of\nthese animals have been trapped where they have been doing damage to domestic fowl.\nSkunk.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Fairly plentiful throughout the Division, but are not trapped to any great extent.\nWeasel.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Plentiful.\nTaking the situation in respect to fur-bearing animals into consideration, it is felt that a\ngreat number, especially the mink and the racoon, are taken in an illegal manner by pit-lamping.\nThis, however, does not affect this Division to the extent that it does in other Coast areas.\nPit-lamping, however, is one thing responsible for the decrease in fur-bearing animals in this\nDivision.\nI am sure that, as soon as the registration of trap-lines is actually put on a proper working\nbasis, in the northern parts of the Division better protection will be afforded fur-bearing animals.\nGame Birds.\nPheasants.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Prior to the open season on these birds a large number were noted during the\ncourse of patrols throughout different parts of the Division; in fact, I feel safe in saying that\nthe pheasants have never in the past been so plentiful as during the year 1925, although notwithstanding this fact there was a very poor season for hunting these birds this year. One of\nthe chief reasons, to my mind, is in view of the heavy fog that hung over the Lower. Mainland\nof the Province during the first three or four days of the open season*. On the opening date\nespecially the fog was very thick, and consequently the pheasants were scattered far and wide,\nand naturally when the fog lifted a few days later these birds could not be found in the open,\nbut had left for the bush. If it is at all possible, I would suggest that hunting be prohibited\nin foggy weather, as this undoubtedly spoiled the pheasant season during the year under review,\nand, needless to say, shooting in a heavy fog is very dangerous. After the close of the season\npheasants appeared in quite large numbers and there will be a good supply next year.\nAll our Constables have been instructed to endeavour to keep track or trace of any Mongolian\npheasants, of which there have been a number liberated in this Division, and in this connection\nI wish to state that a few of these birds have been taken by hunters and a number have been\nseen from time to time during the course of patrols.\nIn the past complaints have been received from farmers as to damage being done by\npheasants to their crops, and it is worthy of note that these complaints are not nearly so\nnumerous as in previous years. 16 Geo. 5 Report of the Provincial Game Warden. X 21\nPartridge.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Throughout the Lower Mainland, where these birds are found, they are increasing slowly. To my mind a greater increase would be noticed if it was possible to import and\nput down some new blood.\nA short open season was provided for in the Delta Municipality, and from the reports at\nhand excellent partridge-shooting was obtained by sportsmen in this area. In the Cloverdale\nand Sumas Districts partridges are to be found in limited numbers, and probably it would be\nadvisable to allow a short open season in these districts next year for a period of not more than\none week, in order that the birds may be scattered. From the reports of the Constables at\nLangley Prairie and Chilliwack, partridges this year apparently have increased in their districts.\nIt would probably be of interest to mention that a few partridges were noticed on Lulu Island\nduring the course of patrols this year.\nQuail.\u00E2\u0080\u0094In the Delta Municipality quail are about holding their own, but it is felt that the\nquail will never increase in this district owing to climatic and other conditions. I therefore\ndo not think it is advisable to liberate any more of these birds.\nIn the North Vancouver District a number of quail are to be found, but as these birds were\nput down a few years ago they should now be in good numbers; but this, I am sorry to say,\nhas not been the case, the cause being the number of birds killed by domestic cats and other\nvermin.\nDuring the spring of 1925 a number of bob-white quail were liberated in this district.\nFrom reports received they are slightly increasing. On Lulu Island a small number of quail\nwere seen this year.\nGrouse.\u00E2\u0080\u0094The willow-grouse are not to be found in any great numbers in this Division, but\nas it is felt that a continued close season would not in any way help these birds to increase, it\nis suggested that a short open season be allowed next year.\nBlue grouse are holding their own, and, in fact, I believe are increasing throughout the\nDivision, and can be provided with an open season next year.\nMigratory' Game Birds.\nDucks.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Ducks just prior to the open season could be found in large numbers on the foreshores of the Richmond and Delta Districts, but owing to weather conditions on the opening day\nvery few ducks were taken, and throughout the season in 1925, owing to climatic conditions, very\npoor shooting was to be had on these birds. Upon investigation, however, these birds were here\nin just as large numbers as last season. The wood-ducks found in the Chilliwack area are slightly\nincreasing.\nSicans.\u00E2\u0080\u0094From reports at hand twelve swans have visited Daisy Lake again this year.\nDuring the year 1924 a large number of whistling swans visited Sea and Lulu Islands, but this\nwas not the case during the year 1925.\nGeese and Brant.\u00E2\u0080\u0094These birds were in equal numbers, if not greater numbers, than last\nyear. Brant-shooting has been exceptionally good in the Boundary Bay District, whereas the\nsnow or wavy geese off the foreshores of the Richmond and Delta Districts appeared in greater\nnumbers this year.\nOwing to climatic conditions migratory birds, especially ducks and geese, apparently stayed\nin the different inlets on the Coast. Geese and ducks at the latter part of December were to\nbe found in great numbers at the head of Knight Inlet. In the Pitt Lake area fair shooting\nwas obtained on geese.\nVermin.\nDuring the past year coyotes have increased throughout the Lower Mainland and steps must\nbe taken to endeavour to keep a check on these animals, as undoubtedly they do untold damage\nto game birds in this region.\nA number of cougar were killed in the Pender Harbour District and in the vicinity of\nGibson Landing. In fact, bounties have been paid on more cougar this year than for a number\nof years past.\nWolves are not to be found in this Division, with the exception of the northern portions,\nand they are here found in such numbers that would, in my opinion, warrant a campaign for\ntheir destruction, and I believe it would be advisable to send special men in to carry on this\nwork. At the head of Knight Inlet quite a number of wolves are to be found and they are\nundoubtedly doing considerable damage to the game in this area. X 22 British Columbia. 1925\nCrows and other noxious birds were found in quite large numbers this year, and steps\nshould undoubtedly be taken to' keep these birds down to the lowest possible numbers. I am\nafraid, however, that this situation would not be met fully by paying a bounty. I feel that good\nresults can be obtained by instructing the various Game Wardens in the Division to carry on a\ncampaign against crows especially. It might be advisable to instruct certain Game Wardens\nto carry on poisoning operations for taking such vermin. This could be done quite easily without\nhindering or destroying any of our game birds.\nGame-protection.\nDuring the year 1925 there was an increase in the number of prosecutions conducted under\nthe \" Game Act\" and the Special Fishery Regulations for British Columbia.\nA large number of these prosecutions were obtained through special surprise patrols being\nmade to different parts of the Division, which are being explained further in this report.\nThe following Constables were almost continually engaged in game-work during the year\n1925: W. V. Fenton, Langley Prairie; W. J. Mcintosh, Fort Langley; H. C. Pyke, Chilliwack;\nW. H. Cameron, Ladner; J. Moir, North Vancouver; J. Murray, Port Moody; P. Corrigan,\nMission; E. G. Stedham, Pitt Meadows; J. G. Cunningham and W. Clark, launch \" Watla,\"\nVancouver; D. C. Campbell, Vancouver.\nThe other Police Constables stationed in the Division have done their utmost to enforce the\nprovisions of the \" Game Act\" in the districts under their control. This especially has been\nthe case in the Alert Bay and Powell River detachments.\nPropagation.\nDuring the year 1925 in the neighbourhood of 1,000 pheasants were liberated on the Lower\nMainland, all birds being in excellent condition and were obtained from the Government Pheasant\nFarm in Victoria.\nSome fifty bob-white quail were liberated in the district during the year 1925, these birds\nhaving been obtained from the State of Washington.\nThe pheasants liberated at Bowen Island, at the request of the farmers there, have increased,\nbut the small number of birds shipped to Hardy Island have been destroyed by vermin, and it\nis not thought advisable to forward any further birds to this island until steps have been taken\nto cope with the vermin situation; this to be done by trapping the mink and racoon in this area.\nGame Reserves.\nThe following reserves are to be found in this Division: Nelson, Captain, and Hardy\nIslands; Burnaby, Deer, and Trout Lakes; McGillivray Creek (Sumas).\nThe deer on Nelson, Captain, and Hardy Islands are increasing and are in excellent condition.\nDuring the year under review two mule-deer have been sent to Hardy Island and it is hoped\nthat these animals will become acclimatized.\nIt is interesting to note that beaver are increasing on the Burnaby Lake Reserve, and which\nas an example will show that if protection is afforded these animals will increase.\nOn Nelson and Hardy Islands mink and racoon are increasing and are destroying a large\nnumber of grouse, and it is suggested that steps be taken to allow the settlers there to trap\nduring the regular open season. This reserve was made for the express purpose of protecting\nthe deer and grouse, and if this is to be carried out, then the mink and racoon should not be\nallowed to increase.\nFur Trade.\nIn past years the practice has been in effect to stamp each individual pelt taken within the\nProvince, but under Order in Council passed this year this practice is being done away with and\na new system is to be put into effect. This system does away with the stamping of fur and it is\nhoped will be of material assistance to the fur-trader and trapper. At least the stamping of fur\nhas undoubtedly affected the value of any pelts so marked.\nDuring the year 1925 the amount of royalty collected showed a slight increase over the\ncollections under this heading in 1924. With further reference to the non-stamping of fur,\nthis system is being put into effect for the purpose of co-operating with the Provinces to the east.\nFur-farms.\nDuring the year 1925 a large number of fur-farms have been put into operation in the\nDivision, these farms principally being concerned with the farming of blue and silver foxes 16 Geo. 5 Report of the Provinci.al Game Warden. X 23\nand muskrats, although a number are engaged in the business of farming marten and mink.\nIt is impossible at the present time to furnish information in respect to the amount of success\nattained by these farmers, but it is felt that next year this information can be furnished.\nEverything possible has been done to assist any person wishing to engage in this business.\nSpecial Patrols.\nDuring the year under review a number of special patrols have been undertaken. These\npatrols may be rightly termed \" surprise patrols\" and were as follows:\u00E2\u0080\u0094i\n(1.) April 18th to 30th. Granite Bay and Loughborough Inlet Districts. Launch \" Watla,\"\n680; miles; total, 700 miles. Eleven convictions were obtained under the \" Game Act,\" and\ntwenty-seven mink, one other pelt, and five firearms were confiscated.\n(2.) June 1st to June 10th. Howe Sound and Sechelt Inlet Districts. Launch \"Watla,\"\n441 miles; total, 479 miles. Four convictions\u00E2\u0080\u0094three firearms confiscated.\n(3.) June 18th to June 23rd. Howe Sound area. Three convictions\u00E2\u0080\u0094two firearms confiscated.\n(4.) August 8th to August 19th. Toba Inlet District. Launch \"Watla,\" 426 miles; total,\n500 miles. Eight convictions.\nThese patrols have proven very beneficial, as a number of residents in the districts patrolled,\nimmediately after the patrols were made, secured firearms licences and endeavoured to obtain\nfull information in regard to the game laws and regulations. A number of other patrols were\nmade with the same results.\nThrough the co-operation of Stipendiary Magistrate H..O. Alexander, of Vancouver, who\naccompanied the launch \" Watla \" on a number of these patrols, we were able to try the cases\nat a minimum cost and also to patrol the districts in an efficient manner. This would not have\nbeen the case if the services of this Magistrate were not obtained. It is felt that this Magistrate\nshould be complimented and thanked for the time and interest he spent and took in endeavouring\nto assist and help our officers on these patrols.\nSummary.\nIn conclusion, I wish to state that during the coming year, if possible, greater steps will be\ntaken to prevent violations of the \" Game Act\" occurring in the district and endeavouring to\nkeep such violations down to the lowest minimum, and in this connection it is hoped that a\nnumber of special patrols will be made or carried out as was done during the year under review.\nThrough the interest taken by the Game Constables in the Division must go a good deal of\nthe credit for the game-protection service rendered during the year 1925, and a number of\nsportsmen and others in the district have done their utmost to co-operate and help our Constables\nin enforcing the provisions of the \" Game Act.\"\nIn connection with the issuance of firearms licences, considerable complaint has been again\nmade this year by the sportsmen, who are of the opinion that a metal tag should be issued with\neach licence, as was the case prior to 1919. A number of these licences become illegible the first\nweek of the season through being wet or worn, and in a great many cases they were lost.\nThere is no provision in the Act whereby a new licence, or even a covering letter, can be\nissued to the licensee in such cases, and as this question is continually brought up I would\nrecommend that the tag system be again brought into effect, or provision made in the \" Game Act \"\nto allow the issuing of a covering letter or substitute licence, as is done in the case of a worn\nor lost driver's licence under the \" Motor-vehicle Act.\"\nELK LAKE GAME FARM.\nBy Constable J. W. Jones, in Charge.\nI beg to submit my annual report of the operations of the Cedar Hill Pheasant Farm as\nfollows:\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nPheasants in pens on January 1st, 1925 600\nBreeding stock\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nHen pheasants 85\nCock pheasants IS\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094 103\nNumber of eggs laid 2,000\nSet under hens 1,850 X 24 British Columbia. 1925\nSmall late eggs used for feeding young pheasants 150\nYoung pheasants reared 2,000\nLiberated in the fall of 1925 050\nNow in pens .- 000\nStrayed from want of pen-room , 200\nCasualties 100\nTotal number of pheasants in pens, December 31st, 1925 OOO\nThe following is a list of the vermin destroyed on the farm during the year 1925: Cats, 29;\nhawks, 75; white owls, 1; owls, 20; blue jays, 10; total, 135.\nCOLQUITZ GAME FARM.\nBy Constable A. P. Cummins, in Charge.\nStock birds penned\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nMongolian hens 130\nMongolian cocks 35\nChinese hens 24\nChinese cocks 0\nPheasant-eggs distributed 460\nEggs placed under hens 2,000\nBirds hatched 1,450\nCasualties 340\nStrays 100\nBirds in pens (September, 1925) 1,000\nBirds reared in 1924 and liberated in 1925 835\nDucks reared 150\nDuring the latter part of 1925 the two farms were disbanded and one central farm put into\noperation, and which is now known as the Elk Lake Game Farm, in charge of Constable\nJ. W. Jones.\nAPPENDIX.\nPage.\nRevenue derived from sale of resident firearms licences, January 1st, 1925, to May 31st, 1925 25\nRevenue derived from sale of resident firearms licences, June 1st, 1925, to December 31st,\n1925 26\nRevenue derived from sale of non-resident firearms licences, January 1st, 1925, to May 31st,\n1925 27\nRevenue derived from sale of non-resident firearms licences, June 1st, 1925, to December 31st,\n1925 28\nRevenue derived from sale of fur-traders' and taxidermists' licences and from fur royalties,\nJanuary 1st, 1925, to May 31st, 1925 29\nRevenue derived from sale of fur-traders' and taxidermists' licences and from fur royalties,\nJune 1st, 1925, to December 31st, 1925 30\nStatement of various kinds of pelts on which royalty has been paid, January 1st, 1925, to\nDecember 31st, 1925 31\nStatement of big-game trophies paid by non-residents, January 1st, 1925. to December 31st,\n1925 ; 32\nProsecutions, January 1st, 1925, to December 31st, 1925 34\nList of confiscated firearms, January 1st, 1925, to December 31st, 1925 36\nHunting accidents, 1925 , 37\nBounties paid January 1st, 1925, to December 31st, 1925 3S\nList of guides, season 1925 39\nMap of field organization of the Game Department. 16 Geo. 5\nReport of the Provincial Game Warden. 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-tf co\n\u00C2\u00A9 ra cs ri ri \u00C2\u00A9 co\nco ci ra co co t-\nlr- -tf Ol Ttf CO\nIO CO CO \u00C2\u00A9 CO \u00C2\u00A9 -tf\nb- CO CO Cl Cl -tf Cl\nCO ri\nCO\n-tf\nCO\n\u00C2\u00A9\n\u00C2\u00A9\nCl\nCO\n05\n-J,ye__ir-;cc-)!\u00C2\u00BBi__!\nO U i;\u00C2\u00AB ,\u00C2\u00AB. W & M & ,* O O h (H \u00C2\u00A3 fl 0) O fl\nO OM W-P\"l&fc. fc fc:Pk fo, A fo fo\u00E2\u0096\u00A0&rt.rt.ae.\nH t> t> > P\na\n13 X 30\nBritish Columbia.\n1925\niO\nca\nb- ri \u00C2\u00A9\nO \u00C2\u00A9 r-i\nCl \u00C2\u00A9\nCO CO\nCO Ttf \u00C2\u00A9\nri ri IO\nCO \u00C2\u00A9 IO\nCM rH\n00 OO\n00 \u00C2\u00A9 Cl ri cq\n' co\" co\"\n: co ri ri\n: b-\"\n-tf _M\noo\"\nIO\nco ci : \u00C2\u00A9 : co \u00C2\u00A9 oi\n: -tf b- -tf\n: io : : Ttf\n: co tr- cd \u00C2\u00A9 io\nlb- ! tO ri 00 o\nCI\nri\nCO CO r-\n; co co Si\n; co\n-1\n: ci io t- ra \u00C2\u00A9\n: co\nCD CO 00\nCO\n: ci\nIO\nCO\nb-\n\u00C2\u00A9 t*\n; co \u00C2\u00A9 ci\n: co : :\n! \u00C2\u00A9 Ol -tf CO CO\n: co ra \u00C2\u00A9\nri CD\n00\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2xui'i\nrH rH\n: io ,\n\u00C2\u00A9 N\n: co\nir\n!\n: ci \u00C2\u00A9 c- oo ic:\n; to \u00C2\u00A9 oo\nCO Cl\nCO\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2JSABag\n: to\ncr\n:\n! ri -tf IO CO r-\n: co ri ci\nCO\nCl\nco : co ra co -tf ri\nCl ri \u00C2\u00A9 c\nra : : co\n: -tf io \u00C2\u00A9 ra ic:\nriClCl\u00C2\u00A9TtfCOCOb-\n\u00C2\u00A9\nri\ntr- C\n: o co ci ri ra\n00 ri \u00C2\u00A9 CO\n\u00C2\u00A9\n: ri ri ri\nCO\nri\nri\n3\nto\n<(\n: t-\n: a\ni\n;\n3\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 :\n1\nc\n\u00C2\u00BB o Q\nCl 3\nOfi_\ng g 5\n3 3 .\nr.\n00\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 a\nE>\no\no\nc\nr\n<3\ni r\nH\n+\nI\nH\n1 Z\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 <\n+\ni ^\n: <:\ni I\n\n: Q>\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 a\ni u\na. fc p\n'St.-\nU 6 r-\n! 3\n; C\n1 c\n: 2\nj\nI i-\no c\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2a i\n: C\n; e\n1\n; c\n1 5\n; \u00C2\u00A3\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 \u00E2\u0096\u00A0*.\n: o\ni a\n1 i\ni P\nfl c\n& c\nri ft\nfl P\n(1\nC\n%\na\ni -\ng r=\nm +\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\n1\nb.\n'.r\n!\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A25\ni\nw\no\no \u00C2\u00AB \u00C2\u00AB -m r r\n1 <\n, <\n<\n1 \u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00C2\u00AB\nC\n) t\n) C\n(-\nfc fe\nc\nJ U\nM >-\n1 2\n/\n\r\\nfc P-\nrt\nP-\nc\n>*\nrt a\nEr\nk\n>\n'>\nP\n1 X 32\nBritish Columbia.\n1925\nBig-game Trophy Fees paid, January 1st, 1925, to December 31st, 1925.\nAgency.\nName.\nSpecies.\nAmount.\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0jj\n3.2\nMO\n33 .\n3 3\n\" O\n^rt^\n33 -.\nMo\no\n.3\n'\u00C2\u00A3,\nrt\n33\nr/1\nui\nO\nO\n31\n31\n0\n31\n|\nQ\n3\n'3\n3 .\nla\n3\n'3\n3 O,\n3 &\nas\n\"o3\n\u00C2\u00A35\nrn\nO\n5\nDr. Leo D. Dick\t\n1\n1\n1\n2\n1\n1\n1\n2\n1\n1\n1\n1\n2\n2\n1\n1\n1\n2\n1\n1\n'2\n2\n2\n2\n'2\n2\n2\n1\n1\n1\n2\n1\n2\n2\nz\n1\n2\n1\n....\n1\n1\n2\n2\n1\n2\n;;;;\n2\n1\n2\n2\n2\n1\n2\n1\n....\n1\n2\n2\n1\n1\n1\n1\n1\n1\n1\n2\ni\ni\ni\ni\ni\ni\n....\ni\ni\n2\n1\n1\n1\n1\n1\n1\n1\n1\n1\n1\n1\n1\n1\n1\n1\n1\n1\n1\n1\n1\n1\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A01\n1\n$ 55 00\n65 00\nSO 00\n50 00\n70 00\n35 00\n65 00\n70 00\n110 00\n40 00\n55 00\n30 00\n5 00\n10 00\n10 00\n10 00\n65 00\n25 00\n105 00\n155 00\n25 00\n30 00\n50 00\n25 00\n25 00\n50 00\n50 00\n30 00\n25 00\n30 00\n25 00\n30 00\n40 00\n25 00\n'25 00\n25 00\n25 00\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A050 00\n25 00\n195 00\n210 00\n23 00\n55 00\n40 00\n75 00\n35 00\n30 00\n10 00\n25 00\n10 00\n10 00\n5 00\n15 00\n50 00\n120 00\n60 00\n25 00\n15 00\n50 00\nT. W Thorpe\t\n\V. H Elwell\nC. H. Moore\t\nC. G. Ray \t\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094 Van Vl< ck\t\n1\n1\n1\n1\nD. F. Houston\t\nC. M. Kelso\nW. W. Knight\t\nH. W. Diehl\t\nB. Taro\t\nJ. Taipi\t\nJ. D. Gauthier\t\nR. H. Van Schaack\t\n1 ! 2\n3\nJ. H. Anvill \t\nFernie\t\nPrince Rupert\t\nF. Muller \t\nA. M. Gaudy\t\nA. W. Hanck\t\n1\nF. Brindley\t\nF. H. Eiggall\t\n1\n1\n1\n1\n2\n1\n1\n1\n2\n1\n2\n....\n1\n2\nDr. F. J. Leavitt\t\nG. N. Nelson \t\nZ. M. Crane \t\nT. L. Bontrilier\nC. S. Harbey\t\nSmithers\t\nJ. M. Cummings\t\nA. H. Plavau\t\nJ. T. Little \t\nE. J. Froelich\t\nH. Telford\t\nT.McClellan\t\nCranbrook\t\nW. G. Kollock\t\nC. Church\t\nE. A. Hahn..\nH. J. Merrill\t\nM. E. Payne\t\nC. E. Pendleton\t\nC. E. Buck \t\nF. W. Leadbetter\t\nD. C. Macfarlane\t\nH. P. Buttres\t\nC. W. Wood\t\n.... j .... 16 Geo. 5\nReport of the Provincial G\name Warden.\nX 33\nBig-game Trophy Fees paid, January' 1st, 1925, to\nDecember 31s'i\n, 1925\u00E2\u0080\u0094Continued.\nSpecies.\na\n33\nAgency.\nName.\n>,\n3 3\nM 1*\n3\no\nrt\no\no\n3\n3\n\"3\n_3\n'3\n,_<\nAmount.\n_TN\nr N\ntu u\nMO\nrtM\nMS\n'n\nn3\n11\na\ntH\nC\no\np\n3 .\nH\ns a\n3 a\n^, 02\nIs\nCQ\nO\no\nCranbrook\t\nMrs. H. C. Pilcher\t\n1\n,$ 5 00\n2\n1 2\n70 00\nSO 00\nG. Huher\t\nF. L. Westlake\t\n'2\n1\n1\n1\n65 00\n40 00\nDr. Phillips\t\n1\n15 00\nM. Wright\t\n1\n2\n55 00\n1\n15 00\nFort Fraser\t\n1\n2\n2\n.\n30 00\n25 00\n55 00\nG. R. Britten\t\nF. D. Chapman\t\nTelegraph Creek\t\nGeo. Eastman\t\nDr. A. A. Kaiser\t\n1\n2\n2\n1\n'2\n1\n1\n120 00\n70 00\nG. Norton \t\n2\n1\n1\n1\n95 00\nMrs. G. Norton\t\n1\n2\n1\n]\n95 00\nJ. L. Clark \t\n1\n1\n1\n]\n15 00\n75 00\nMrs. J. L. Clark\t\nW. H. A. Holmes\t\n1\n2\n2\n2\n155 00\n1\n2\n'2\n2\n2\n2\n2\n2\n]\n1\n210 00\n170 00\n! 1\nG. E. Burghard\t\n2\n2\n2\n1\n135 00\nJ. A. Beck\t\n1\n1\n....\n2\n2\n65 00\n90 00\nR. L. Riley\t\n1\n2\n2\n2\n1\nISO 00\nD. W. Bell\t\n2\n2\n2\n2\n3\n1\n260 00\n1\n2\n2\n2\n1\n170 00\nN. E. Hess \t\n1\n2\n2\n2\n2\n]\n195 00\nJ. W. Hesse\t\n2\n2\n3\n3\n]\n245 00\nG. V. Welker\t\n'2\n2\n2\n1\n155 00\nJ. L. Hutton\t\n1\n'2\n2\n2\n1\nISO 00\nS. B. Geise\t\n1\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2.\n2\n2\n2\n1\n210 00\nF. A. Cooper\t\n1\n25 00.\n2\n1\n2\n1\n1\n130 00\n50 00\nG. F. Tiffany\n.itlin\t\n1\n1\n2\n2\ni\n100 00\n100 00\nA. S. Crites\t\nA. D. Crites..\t\n1\n1\n2\n2\ni\n145 00\nF. B. Patterson\t\n3\n2\n'2\n2\n2\n2\n]\n125 00\n155 00\nG. F. H. Koing\t\nJ. C. Sharon\t\n1\n2\n45 00\nTotals\t\n,T. C. Kerr\t\n1\n2\n55 00\n26\n42\n58\n18\n12\n85\n55\n11\n4f\n$7,073 00\n'\u00E2\u0096\u00A0'.\n' ,; ' X 34\nBritish Columbia.\n1925\nProsecutions (Provincial Police Divisions)., January 1st, 1925, to December 31st, 1925.\nDescription of Offence.\n. a\n: Q\nOS,\n. Q\nat\ns 0\ntr Ul\no S\no o\nU'43\nEHo\n~ 33\n? \u00C2\u00B0\no> a,\nw 3\n3 =u\nFines and\nPenalties\nimposed.\nGame Animals.\nAttempting to sell big game\t\nHaving game on premises of shop, etc\t\nHunting deer during close season\t\nKilling elk during close season\t\nKilling caribou for hides alone\t\nKilling fur-bearing animals during close\nseason\t\nKilling deer during close season\t\nKilling moose during close season\t\nKilling beaver during close season\t\nPossession of (leer-meat during close season\nPossession of game during close season\t\nPossession of pelts of fur-bearing animals\nduring close season\t\nPossession of deer under 1 year of age\t\nRemoving head from carcass of a deer\t\nRunning deer with dogs\t\nKilling bear during close season\t\nGame Birds.\nAllowing dogs to hunt game birds during\nclose season\t\nGame birds on premises of hotel or store\nHunting ducks during close season\t\nHunting game birds in prohibited area\t\nKilling grouse during.close season\t\nKilling pheasants during close season\t\nKilling game birds during close season\t\nPossession of hen pheasants during close\nseason\t\nPossession of game birds during close season\nLicences.\nCarrying firearms without a licence..\t\nCarrying firearms in an automobile illegally\nFailing to produce licence when requested..\nGuiding without a licence\t\nKilling bear without a licence\t\nKilling game without a licence\t\nMinor carrying firearms without being accompanied by an adult licence-holder\t\nNon-resident carrying firearms without a\nlicence\t\nResident non-British subject carrying firearms without a licence\t\nTrading in fur without a licence\t\nFirearms.\nCarrying pump-gun not plugged\t\nCarrying firearms in restricted area\t\nCarrying firearms In a motor-boat illegally.\nTrapping.\nCarrying traps without a licence\t\nNon-resident trapping without a licence\t\nResidents trapping without a licence\t\nTrapping during close season\t\n20\n9\n10\n41\n2\n1\n1\n1\n1\n5\n10\n1\n87\n12\n1\n1\n1\n10\n1\n1\n1\n1\n10\n8\n10\n1\n4\n1\n1\n1\n'5\n10\n1\n8\n3\n87\n12\n1\n1\n10\n1\n1\n1\n1\n12\n10\n30 00\n100 00\n125 00\n20 00\n25 00\n133 00\n500 00\n310 00\n10 00\n475 00\n25 00\n30 00\n55 00\n50 00\n111\n00\n23\n00\n10\n00\n25\n00\n160\n0(1\n385\n00\n25\n00\n180\n00\n30\n00\n910\n00\n125\n00\n'25\n00\n10\n00\n25\n00\n35\n00\n10 00\n300 00\n10 00\n85 00\n115 00\n10 00\n20 00\n10 00\n50 00\n185 00\n575 00 16 Geo. 5\nReport of the Provincial Game Warden.\nX 35\nProsecutions (Provincial Police Divisions), January 1st, 1925, to December 31st, 1925\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094Continued.\nDescription of Offence.\na\no\n- 'ai\n. 0\n3\nO\n* 'm\n: 0\n3\nO\n- 'S3\nb'E\n5 0\n3\nrt on\n3 0\na\no\n. 0\nW\na\nte\n5\no\n;> rn\na a\no o\n2.5.\nS3\nI?\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A03 zi\n3 3\n3,+J\ntfi 3\n3 0)\nmm\nFines and\nPenalties\nimposed.\nMiscellaneous.\nBeing a guide did allow a hunter to exceed\n1\n6\n1\n3\n1\n1\n1\n1\n1\n3\n1\n1\n1\n1\n1\n1\n1\n1\n2\n1\n4\n13\n6\n2\n1\n1\n1\n3\n2\n3\n15\n14\n1\n1\n2\n1\n1\n3\ni\ni\n5\n'2\n3\n15\n15\n1\n1\n2\n1\n1\n3\n1\ni\n!\ni\n.... 1 S 25 00\nExporting fur without a permit\t\nFalse information to an officer\t\nFur-trader not keeping proper record-book..\n....\n....\n10 00\n40 00\n60 00\n75 00\nPossession of migratory birds during close\n205 00\n170 00\nGaol Sentences.\n$5,825 00\nKilling a cow moose during close season\t\nNon-resident carrying firearms without a\n3 months.*\n30 days.\nPossession of fur during close season\t\nResidents carrying firearms without a licence\nTrapping without a licence\t\n1 month each.\n1 month.\n2 months.\nTotals \t\n70\n41\n39\n29\n117\n17\n279\n296\n10\nHard labour. X 36\nBritish Columbia.\n1925\nList op Firearms confiscated for Infractions of the \" Game Act,'\nto December 31st, 1925.\nJanuary 1st, 1925,\nDate of\nConfiscation.\nConfiscated from.\nConfiscated at.\nPolice\nDivision.\nKind\nconfiscated.\nJan.\nFeb.\nApril\nMay\n6\n19\n4\n23\n23\n25\n28\n5\n11\n12\n21\nJune 8\nAug.\nSept.\nOct.\nNov.\nDec.\n- 6\n20\n20\n4\n7\n29\n31\n16\n2S\n14\n19\n21\n23\n23\n23\n23\n7\n10\n21\n25\n25\n28\n2S\n4\nAustion, E\t\nKawraguchi, K\t\nBerg, E \t\nHand, R\t\nNewman, F\t\nMiyashita, S \t\nHays, J\t\nDerchi, J \t\nBnie, W \t\nLefcoat, B. G\t\nLane, G. W\t\nSing, C...\t\nPah, C\t\nHoon, N....\t\nSuzuki, H\t\nMura, M \t\nSutherland, D\t\nGagne, G .\".\t\nBeltz, P \t\nDet, L. S\t\nClapp, L \t\nLuhtla, R\t\nMcCouch, W.....\t\nDick, P\t\nAikoshi, S...\t\nHill, M\t\nBassett, G...\t\nAdams, W \t\nChristie, J\t\nChamberlain, J. O\nElliott, F\t\nCane, J. T.\u00E2\u0080\u009E.\t\nGauthier, A. N\t\nHiggenscn, S\t\nSakaguchi, K\t\nNomura, S\t\nBrown, A\t\nRichmond \t\nCourtenay \t\nPowell River...\t\nLoughborough Inlet\nLoughborough Inlet\nSayward\t\nSayward \t\nRevelstoke \t\nNanaimo\t\nPouce Coupe\t\nCloverdale \t\nEgmont\t\nEgmont\t\nEgmont -\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 \t\nVancouver\t\nVancouver \u00E2\u0080\u0094\nNanaimo\t\nSayward\t\nCourtenay\t\nAlert Bay\t\n.Athalmer\t\nNanaimo\t\nKelowna\t\nNanaimo \t\nCampbell Kiver\t\nCampbell River\t\nCampbell River\t\nCampbell River\t\nCampbell River\t\nKaslo\t\nLucerne \t\nBurnaby...\t\nAlert Bay \t\nAlert Bay\t\nAlert Bay .--.,\t\nAlert Bay\t\nCranbrook\t\n' E \"\n'A \"\n'E \"\n'E\"\n' E \"\n'E\"\n'E \"\n'B\"\n'A\"\n' D \"\n'E \"\n' E \"\n'E\"\n'E \"\n'E\"\n' E \"\n'A\"\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2A\"\n'A \"\n' E \"\n'B \"\n'A\"\n'C\"\n'A\"\n'A\"\n'A\"\n'A\"\n'A\"\n' A\"\n'B \"\n'D\"\n'E \"\n'E \"\n' E \"\n'E\"\n'E \"\n' B \"\n1 rifle.\n1 pump-gun.\n1 pump-gun.\n1 pump-gun.\n2 rifles.\n1 shot-gun.\n1 rifle.\n1 rifle.\n1 pump-gun.\n2 rifles,\n1 revolver.\n1 shotgun,\n1 rifle.\n1 rifle.\n1 rifle.\n1 rifle.\n1 rifle.\n1 shotgun.\n1 rifle.\n1 pump-gun.\n1 rifle.\n1 rifle.\n1 shotgun.\n1 rifle.\n1 rifle.\n1 pump-gun.\n1 rifle.\n1 rifle,\n1 shotgun.\n1 rifle.\n1 shotgun.\n1 rifle,\n1 shotgun.\n1 rifle.\n1 rifle.\n1 rifle.\n1 shotgun.\n1 shotgun.\n1 shotgun.\n1 shotgun.\n1 rifle. 16 Geo. 5\nReport of the Provincial Game Warden.\nX 37\n-I\n0\nfc\n-rt\nfc\no\ncc\n a>\na>\n.a .2 o\nKppn\nM\nO Q 2?\nW rt \"H o o\nri -fl ,___! fl\n0__ EH CQ 02\na & \u00C2\u00A3\nW w ui U\nu\nrt\no>\nrO\no\n^ r-\nrt rt\n< \u00C2\u00AB|\n'Ci rO \"3 -^3 rt'O^ rt rt\nO-JCJO-rtCOUOliM\na a\na\n\u00C2\u00A3\nfl\nfl\nfl\nfl\nt3 -a\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094\n-a\n'O\nT3\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A25S\n3\no v o a\no u w u\no ,\nQ_ 3 O)\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0< \u00C2\u00A7 *j m a\n33 Oj 3 rt a\n-.-\u00C2\u00A7\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00C2\u00A7\n\u00C2\u00A9 H\nj a \u00C2\u00A3 oa o j a< \"a \u00C2\u00AB oKh\u00C2\u00AB\nel\ncs\nW W fe\n- R 33\n\u00C2\u00AB! 02\n; o -\n'A X 38\nBritish Columbia.\n1025\nBounties paid during the Year ended December 31st, 1(125.\nGovernment Agents.\nWolves.\nCougars.\nCoyotes.\nTotals.\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A08\n2\n1\n3\n1\n113\n28\n39\n12\n1\n30\n51\n2\n4\n3\n2\n21\n4\n11\n1\n9\n14\n1\n8\n17\n4\n5\n5\n2\n2\n1\n11\n8\n3\n1\n85\n230\n241\n121\n48\n555\n122\n705\n5\n227\n60\n5\n55\n1,092\n342\n599\n232\n182\n5\nISO\n121\n5\n251\n191\n1,617\n$ 160 00\n170 00\nAtlin \t\n580 00\nClinton \t\nCranbrook\t\n602 00\n322 00\n870 00\n175 00\n536 00\n1,195 00\n619 00\n1,970 00\n10 00\nMerritt \t\n494 00\n3'20 00\n800 00\n170 00\nPrince Rupert\t\n2,005 00\n2,604 00\n1,469 00\n1,438 00\n544 00\n404 00\n10 00\n375 00\nTelegraph Creek\t\n692 00\n450 00\n1,587 00\n50'2 00\nWilliams Lake\t\n3,304 00\nTotals\t\n291\n137\n7.2T6\n$24,397 00 l(i Geo.\nReport of the Provincial Game Warden.\nX 39\nList of Guides, Season 1025.\nAtlin District.\nMurphy, N Atlin.\nCussiar District.\nBear Lake Billy Telegraph Creek.\nColbert, J\t\nEscardi, \u00E2\u0080\u0094\t\nDougan, \u00E2\u0080\u0094 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\nHenyu, B \u00E2\u0080\u009E\nBrooks, N \u00E2\u0080\u009E\nFrank, T\t\nMartin, L \u00E2\u0080\u009E\nInash, C \u00E2\u0080\u009E\nDecker, L ',.\nLawrence, C ,,\nDease, J .Porter's Landing.\nHyland, J Telegraph Creek.\nFrank, B\t\nCampbell, G \u00E2\u0080\u009E\nFann, B \t\nLittle Dick\t\nTait, N\t\nDunstan, T ...\" \u00E2\u0080\u009E\nMcClusky, M\t\nMcClusky, P\t\nCreyke, J \u00E2\u0080\u009E\nGun-an-oot, P..\nHazelton District.\n..Hazelton. Humodan, P..\n..Hazelton.\nFort George District.\nAllgier, L Dunster.\nBrittain, A Lucerne.\nRenshaw, J. H MeBride.\nJensen, E. W Dome Creek.\nColebank, G. F Woodpecker.\nHargreaves, G. E Mount Itobson.\nHargreaves. J. A .,\nDenison, G. M .,\nHargreaves, R. F\t\nLindsay, N\t\nCowart, J. T Prince George.\nHoover, D \u00E2\u0080\u009E\nHooker, J. B\t\nJackson, G. H ,,\nFisher, G. R\t\nColebank, G. A Hixon Creek.\nSmith, J. M Red Bass.\nWylie, R. M Giscome.\nMcPharland, J Raush Valley.\nBai-kerrille District.\nCochran, J. B Barkerville.\nThompson, R .,\nFre-son, H .,\nMason, H Barkerville.\nKibee, F\t\nThompson, N .,\nLillooet District.\nMacEacheran, R Horsefly.\nLloyd, W. E\t\nGaspar "Legislative proceedings"@en . "J110.L5 S7"@en . "1926_1927_V02_13_X1_X40"@en . "10.14288/1.0228022"@en . "English"@en . "Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library"@en . "Victoria, BC : Government Printer"@en . "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"@en . "Original Format: Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. Library. Sessional Papers of the Province of British Columbia"@en . "PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA DEPARTMENT OF ATTORNEY-GENERAL REPORT OF THE PROVINCIAL GAME WARDEN FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31ST, 1925"@en . "Text"@en . ""@en .