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per cent, and it is interesting to speculate the increase there might have been had 

 normalcy prevailed. 



The subjoined comparative table shows the total breeding stock retained on 

 these licensed premises as at the first days of January in each of the four years 

 enumerated :- 



1937 



1938 



1939 



1940 



Beaver 



Fisher 



Fox (cross) 



Fox (red) 



Fox (silver or black) 



Fox (blue) 



Lynx 



Mink 



Muskrat 



Raccoon 



Skunk 



Bear 



Marten 



Otter 



21 



20 



257 



207 



23,869 







2 



15,539 



351 



358 



5 



15 



4 







25 



16 



235 



140 



24,848 







2 



21,982 



302 



351 



9 



15 



11 







2 



19 



197 



120 



22,923 



98 



2 



30,378 



267 



284 



6 



15 



15 







4 



27 



168 



96 



18,327 



209 



2 



31,989 



235 



243 



10 



15 



19 



2 



The fur records of the Department show that licensed fur farmers during the 

 year disposed of the following pelts taken from stock raised by them, viz: — 



205 cross fox, 128 of which were exported and 77 tanned. 



38,889 silver and black fox, 23,399 of which were exported and 15,490 tanned. 



73 blue fox, 61 of which were exported and 12 tanned. 



60,355 mink, 57,630 of which were exported and 2,725 tanned. 



CROWN GAME PRESERVES 



During the year four Crown Game Preserves were established in southwestern 

 Ontario in accordance with the schedule appended hereto. In addition the area of the 

 Peasemarsh Crown Game Preserve, located in the County of Grey, was enlarged. The 

 number of these Crown Game Preserves in the Province now totals 121 covering an area 

 of approximately 6,101,029 acres. 



X Enlarged. 



