DEPARTMENT OF GAME AND FISHERIES No. 9 (1942) 



Departmental hatcheries and annually deposited in provincial waters, and in the 

 ensuing pages it is indicated to what extent this programme was carried out during 

 the period under review. 



Legislation is effective only to the extent that the provisions thereof have the 

 complete support of those for whose benefit it is provided, and the success of the 

 conservation programme instituted by the Department in conjunction with legislation 

 depends upon the full and active co-operation of all who are interested in our wild 

 life resources. The general public can and does assist the Department in many ways, 

 but chiefly by preventing waste and by a careful compliance with the provisions of 

 the Game and Fisheries Act and the various regulations provided under this and 

 affiliated legislation. 



FINANCIAL 



Since the change in the period of the fiscal year inaugurated by the present 

 Administration in 1935, the total annual revenue collected from various sources by 

 the Department of Game and Fisheries has, previous to the year under review, shown 

 an increase each succeeding year, and it is only natural to expect that such a notable 

 showing would eventually be terminated by a decreased collection in some particular 

 fiscal year. Such decrease it is necessary to record for the year 1940-41, as is shown 

 in the subjoined statistical table of revenues and expenditures for the past six years: — 



It will be observed that as compared with the revenue derived in 1939-40 that 

 collected during the year covered by this report shows a reduction in the amount of 

 $30,550.13. This decrease is not of sufficient proportions to cause concern and may 

 be attributed principally to reduced collections from fur royalties in the neighborhood 

 of $15,000.00, and a reduction in fees secured from the sale of resident hunting licenses, 

 slightly in excess of $12,000.00, and from the sale of non-resident angling licenses, 

 approximately $7,000.00. 



The following table of revenue collected shows the various sources from which 

 it was derived and the respective amounts attributable thereto: — 



REVENUE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED MARCH 31st, 1941. 



ORDINARY — 



MAIN OFFICE- 

 GAME— 



lyicenses — 



". ' Trapping , $ 35,795.50 



Non-resident hunting 84,265.00 



Deer J:.';; .^ 1 . . . . .^=v^ .^i . vVVV. 77,469.40 



Moose ,, 2,948'.00 



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