REPORT OF THE No. 3 



B. Fish and Wildlife Division — Formerly the Department of (^ame 

 AND Fisheries 



Receipts and Disl:)ursements for the year are shown separately in Schedule 

 G, Page 24. 



A substantial increase — 8449,313.09 — in the expenditure appropriation for 

 the year, as compared with the previous year, was required. This increased 

 appropriation was required for 



(1) Enforcement of the Game and Fisheries Act. 



(2) Hatcheries — Operation and maintenance. 



(3) Erecting; buildings; Purchase of Land, Buildings and Eciuipment. 



The increase in expenditure was more than offset by an increase in cash 

 receipts — 8597.034.99 — as compared with the pre\'ious year. Re\"enue for the 

 year was the highest in history, with most sources of rex'enue showing impro\'e- 

 ment, particularly receipts from the sale of Hunting and Angling Licences. 

 This was due to a sharp upswing in tourist trade throughout the Pro\'ince. 



FINANCLAL REPORT 



L Cash Receipts and Disbursements: 



Statement for the year ending March 31, 1947 is set out on Schedule A, 

 page 10. The following summarizes the result of operations for the year. 



Total— Cash Receipts 88,414 947.24 



Total — Cash Disbursements 5,961,805.96 



Excess of Receipts o\'er I)isl)ursements 82,453,141.28 



?. Comparison of Results with those of Prior Years: 



(a) Receipts 



In Schedule B, page 16, cash receipts for the year under review have been 

 compared with those of the pre\'ious four years. This data may be summarized 

 as follows: 



Years ending March 31 si 



Division- 1943 1944 194.5 1946 1947 



$ $ $ S S 

 Accounts — 



Water Power Rentals 648,485 618,901 609,425 654,979 680,568 



Provincial Land Tax 146,014 158,745 175,342 209,459 204,475 



Long Lac Diversion 44,850 21,750 21,300 20,850 20,400 



Miscellaneous 4,267 5,939 20,388 9,048 46,071 



Land and Recreational Areas 173,779 273,754 294,308 338,258 430,644 



Forest Protection 51,825 22,917 26,850 30,943 46,402 



Timber Management 4,982,281 4,-561,734 4,241,581 5,554,781 6,944,104 



Survevs 3,438 13,293 1,275 4.59 1,652 



Air Service 6,946 19,448 12,417 25,284 15,258 



Reforestation 8,4.53 26,138 10,559 19,386 25,373 



Lignite Development 924 16 



6,071,262 .5,722,635 5,413,44.5 6,863,447 8,414,947 



