. Final report of the Ontario Game and Fisheries Commission 1909-1911 : appointed to enquire into and report on all matters appertaining to the game fish, the fisheries, and the game of the province of and, in fact, some such steps would api)eai iu)t only i-easonable butfair, but at all events the inauguration of sucli a system would at leasthave the merits of i)nventing two young and inexperienced studentsbeing ])laced togetlier on a beat to while away the tinu in un])rofitableidleness, and of in(tre or less preventing the cliuniining of two ex]ieri-enced but lazy lund)ei--jacks on


. Final report of the Ontario Game and Fisheries Commission 1909-1911 : appointed to enquire into and report on all matters appertaining to the game fish, the fisheries, and the game of the province of and, in fact, some such steps would api)eai iu)t only i-easonable butfair, but at all events the inauguration of sucli a system would at leasthave the merits of i)nventing two young and inexperienced studentsbeing ])laced togetlier on a beat to while away the tinu in un])rofitableidleness, and of in(tre or less preventing the cliuniining of two ex]ieri-enced but lazy lund)ei--jacks on sonu beat as a nnsins of jtassing thesummer months. The respiuisibilities of the posts are serious, ami,aUhough undoubteclly the ])leasure of tlie outing would be spoiled tomany if they weie unable to select their paitner or i>e assui-ed that liewould, at least, be of the same station in life as themselves, the matteris altogether too grave to allow of such trifling considerations carryingany weight. Indeed, fire ranginu- is and should be Iegarded as a businessundertaking, and the fact that this is the view (d the Department on thesubject should be most clearly inipressed n(»t only on the superinten-. The Mosquito Bar, in Common Use by Rangers and Others in the Woods. 1912 AND FISHERIES COMMISSION. 157 dents and chief rangers, but also on all applicants for and appointees tothe position of ranger. Practically all the big game and no small proportion of the smallgame of the Province is to be found in the forest regions, and in add-tion to this the angling in these districts is often first class. There canbe no question that at the present time neither the game nor the fisherylaws of the Province are very well observed in the wilder regions, andthe difficulties attendant on their proper enforcement in tiiese districtsare too obvious to need recapitulation. The inland fisheries, both sport-ing and commercial, the game of all descriptions, and the fur-bearinganimals to be found


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