ANNUAL REPORT, 1939-40 



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REVENUE FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDING MARCH 31ST, 19 40 



ORDINARY — 



MAIN OFFICE — 



GAME — 



Licenses — 



Trapping $ 39,772.30 



Non-resident Hunting 84,590.00 



Deer 81,882.00 



Moose 2,733.50 



Gun 94,882.18 



Dog 5,550.00 



Fur Dealers 25,446.00 



Fur Farmers 9,583.50 



Tanners 100.00 



Cold Storage 168.00 



$ 344,707.48 



Royalty 116,520.40 



$ 461,227.88 



FISHERIES — 

 Licenses — 



Fishing (Commercial) $ 86,858.00 



Angling 391,504.00 



$ 478,362.00 



Sales — Spawn taking 168.93 



Royalty 12,140.09 



490,671.02 



GENERAL — 



Licenses — 



Tourist Camps $ 7,445.00 



Guides 8,276.00 



$ 15,721.00 



Fines 16,521.74 



Costs Collected (Enforcement of Game Act) . . . 726.11 



Sales — Confiscated articles, etc 23,901.02 



Rent 3,738.65 



Commission retained by Province on sale of lie. 2,328.90 



Miscellaneous 243.42 



63,180.84 



EXPERIMENAL FUR FARM — 



Sales — Pelts 271.08 



Net Ordinary Revenue $1,015,350.82 



. Upon reference to the five-year revenue statement it will be observed that as 

 compared with that of the previous year the revenue in 1939-40 shows an increase 

 in excess of one hundred thousand dollars. The principal sources which contributed 

 to this large increase were the revenues derived from fur royalties, the sale of trap- 

 ping licenses and the sale of non-resident angling licenses. Increased revenue from fur 

 royalties amounting to $42,455.65, and trapping licenses amounting to a sum some- 

 what in excess of $13,500.00, or more than fifty per cent in excess of the sum derived 

 from this source in the previous year, was to a great extent due to the fact that 

 after an entire close season of several years two limited periods of open season were 

 provided for the taking of beaver, during which open season there was a catch of 

 33,530 of these animals upon which a royalty of $1.00 per pelt was collected by the 

 Department in accordance with existing provisions of the Game and Fisheries Act, 

 and greatly increased catches during the regular open seasons which prevailed in 

 the case of mink and muskrat were also factors in the increased revenue from this 



