ANNUAL REPORT, 1940-41 



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The following changes and renewals were made in the case of existing Game 

 Preserves: 



The boundaries of the Nipissing Crown Game Preserve were altered to conform 

 with changes in the location of Provincial Highway No. 11 which forms the western 

 boundary of this Game Preserve. 



The boundaries of the Waterloo Crown Game Preserve, situated in the County 

 of Waterloo, were revised and some additional land included in the area. 



The Wilder Lake Crown Game Preserve, located in the Township of Egremont, 

 County of Grey, and the Woodlands Crown Game Preserve, located in the Township 

 of Trafalgar, County of Halton, were renewed for a further period of five years, to 

 November, 1945. 



A further measure of protection and control is afforded through the scheme of 

 Regulated Townships. The regulations provide that those who hunt in these regulated 

 areas must have special hunting licenses issued by the respective Municipal Councils,, 

 with the approval of the Department, in addition »to the regular hunting licenses re- 

 quired under the provisions of the Game and Fisheries Act, and which has the effect 

 of restricting the number of hunters who may operate in any particular area and thus 

 avoid congestion. During the year the following Townships were incorporated in the 

 scheme, viz: Township of Whitchurch in York County, that part of the Township of 

 Toronto lying north of the Queen Elizabeth Highway in Peel County, Townships of 

 Flamboro West and Glanford in Wentworth County, Township of Dunwich in Elgin 

 County, and the Township of Plympton in Lambton County. The total number of 

 Townships included in the scheme following these additions was seventy-one. 



WOLF BOUNTIES 



The following is a comparative table of condensed wolf bounty payments and 

 statistics for the current fiscal year and the preceding four years: — 



Since 1933 the rate of bounty has been $15.00 on adult wolves and $5.00 oa 

 wolves under the age of three months. An amendment to the Wolf Bounty Act, under 

 which these payments are made, and which was enacted during the 1941 Session of 

 the Legislature, provided that the bounty to be paid on wolves killed after March 

 1st, 1941, shall be $25.00 on adults and $5.00 on wolves under the age of three months. 



Reference to the previous table indicates a progressive reduction in the number 

 of wolves destroyed each year and on which bounty was paid, and it is quite possible 

 that the increased bounty provided might stimulate operations which have as their 

 object the destruction of these predators. 



During the year 1940-41 nine hundred claims for bounty were submitted for 

 consideration. These claims were in respect to a total of 1,162 pelts, though claims for 

 bounty on some sixteen of these pelts, which were not wolves, were refused. 



