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DEPARTMENT OF GAME AND FISHERIES 



No. 9 



The Townships of Ancaster, Barton, Beverley, Binbrook, East Flamboro and 

 Saltfleet in the County of Wentworth. 



The Townships of Caistor, Clinton, Gainsboro, Grantham, Louth, Niagara, North 

 Grimsby and South Grimsby in the County of Lincoln. 



The Townships of Bertie, Humberstone, Willoughby, Pelham, Thorold, Crowland, 

 Wainfleet and Stamford in the County of Welland. 



The Townships of Canboro, Dunn, North Cayuga, Oneida, Rainham, Seneca, 

 South Cayuga, Walpole, Moulton and Sherbrooke in the County of Haldimand. 



The Townships of Onondaga and South Dumfries in the County of Brant. 



The Townships of Townsend and Windham in the County of Norfolk. 



The Township of Dereham in the County of Oxford. 



The Townships of Bayham and South Dorchester in the County of Elgin. 



The Township of Metcalfe and a portion of the Township of Westminster in 

 the County of Middlesex. 



WOLF BOUNTIES 



The following is a comparative table of condensed wolf bounty statistics for the 

 current fiscal year and the three years preceding: — 



Period 



For year ending Mar. 31, 1936 

 For year ending Mar. 31, 1937 

 For year ending Mar. 31, 1938 

 For year ending Mar. 31, 1939 



Timber 



1,159 

 1,090 

 1,022 

 1,031 



Brush 



1,713 



1,197 



837 



723 



Pups 



33 

 31 

 30 

 41 



Total 



2.905 

 2,318 

 1,889 

 1,795 



Bounty & 

 Expenses 



42.399.89 

 33,360.63 

 27,474.24 

 25,357.00 



During the year 1,341 applications for wolf bounty were considered in respect 

 of some 1,837 wolves. Bounty was paid on 1.311 of these claims representing 1,795 

 wolves as enumerated in the preceding table, while the claims for bounty of twenty- 

 seven applicants involving some forty-two supposed wolf pelts were rejected. 



The payment of bounty under the provisions of the Wolf Bounty Act continued 

 at basic rates of $15.00 for adult wolves and $5.00 for pups under the age of three 

 months. 



The following table sets forth in detail the sources of origin of the various 

 pelts for which application for bounty was made: — 



