2 DEPARTMENT OF GAME AND FISHERIES No. 9 



GENERAL — 



Tourist Licenses $4,950.00 



Guides' Licenses 6,716.00 



Fines 11,271.15 



Sales — Confiscated articles, etc 10,279.12 



Rent 3,222.58 



Commission 2.113.69 



Miscellaneous 949.03 



$39,501.57 

 $782,217.63 



The total receipts in the previous year amounted to $683,938.72 and it will 

 thus be noted that the revenue for 1936-37 shows an improvement of $98,278.91. 

 Of this increase $83,592.09 is attributable to the enlarged sale of non-resident 

 angling licenses, while in the game division improvements in some branches were 

 completely nullified by reason of the fact that revenue from royalties, principally 

 on the pelts of fur-bearing animals, showed a decline in excess of $30,000.00, and 

 a large proportion of which decline may be attributed to the entire close season 

 which prevailed on beaver with the resulting lack of royalty revenue accruing from 

 pelts of this particular species of fur-bearer. The complete picture, nevertheless, 

 is a notable one and it might here be stated that the revenue collected this year 

 has never been excelled in any previous year. 



Departmental expenditures totalled $474,128.95, so that our operations for 

 the year resulted in a surplus of $318,088.68. Principal expenditures were made 

 on the enforcement service, $188,810.36; fish hatcheries $141,263.55; construction 

 $27,997.38, work being undertaken at the Trout Rearing Stations at Chatsworth 

 and North Bay, Ingersoll Ponds, Manitoulin Bass Ponds, Midhurst Ponds, and the 

 Sarnia and Wiarton Fish Hatcheries; Bird Farms and Experimental Fur Farm 

 $9,197.15; and Wolf Bounty $33,360.63. 



It is generally conceded that the excellent fishing and to a somewhat lesser 

 degree (which may possibly be attributed to the more vigorous weather conditions 

 which prevail in the season) the hunting which are available in Ontario to the 

 visiting sportsman are among the attractions responsible for the current increase 

 in tourist traffic to the Province, and the importance of this tourist business is quite 

 obvious. Money spent by our visitors is neither localized nor centralized but accrues 

 in some measure to the benefit of every man, woman and child in the Province. 

 Therefore, it is at present, and will continue to be an objective of this Department, 

 by means of an extensive and intelligent re-stocking programme, and by reasonable 

 protective measures designed to conserve the supply to perpetuate the resources and 

 privileges which now encourage non-resident tourists to vacation within our borders. 



GAME 



The table which follows will show in detail what various hunting licenses, 

 resident and non-resident, were issued during the year compared with information 

 of a similar nature covering recent previous years. Noticeable increase will be 

 observed in the number of non-resident hunting licenses which were issued during 

 the year when compared with the number issued in 1935-36. This increase resulted 

 in the collection of additional revenue from this particular branch of our activity 

 amounting to $20,857.50. 



