DEPARTMENT OF GAME AND FISHERIES No. 9 (1943) 



Details of expenditures, both ordinary and capital, are in accordance with the 

 following tabulation: — 



EXPENDITURE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED MARCH 31st, 1942. 



ORDINARY— 



Main Office $ 57,091.61 



General / 3,489.62 



Enforcement 217,374.13 



Game Animals and Birds 17,809.99 



Macdiarmid 2,576.94 



Biological and Fish Culture Branch 206,186.84 



Grants 5,400.00 



Wolf Bounty , 40,593.77 



Special Warrants, — 



Cost of Living Bonus $ 23,768.51 



Unemployment Insurance . . 11.67 



23,780.18 



Total — Ordinary . . . .^ ..y^^^^^.j ,^ $ 574,231.08 



Capital 2,531.18 



Total Expenditure ..,...$ 576,762.26 



The complete financial statement for the year shows a very desirable condition in 

 that a surplus of $606,507.03 was derived from our operations and the statement is by 

 far the best ever submitted by the Department of Game and Fisheries. 



As will have been observed the heaviest expenses are those incurred in connection 

 with enforcement for the maintenance of the Field Officers whose duties are to provide 

 patrol service throughout the Province to secure proper and adequate observance of the 

 various provisions of the Game and Fisheries Act and Regulations, as well as those 

 which are incurred to provide the various services of the Biological and Fish Culture 

 Branch under the supervision of which Branch the provincial fish hatcheries are operated. 



The increased bounty on wolves which was continued during the year quite 

 possibly encouraged trappers to devote more time and energy to the destruction of 

 this vicious predator which probably accounts for the considerable increase in the 

 number taken and therefore the greater amount necessary to take care of the sub- 

 sequent applications for the payment of bounty. 



Regarding the payment of grants, one of $2,500.00 was made to the Ontario Fur 

 Breeders' Association to assist this organization in their efforts to develop the industry 

 of fur farming within the Province. Three grants totalling $1,900.00 were paid to Mr. 

 Jack Miner, Mr. Thomas N. Jones and Miss Edith L. Marsh in appreciation of their 

 efforts to provide sanctuaries for migratory and native birds on their own properties 

 located in the counties of Essex, Elgin and Grey respectively. A grant of $500.00 was 

 made to Professor W. J. K. Harkness to enable him to continue research work with a 

 view to supplementing the existing practice in fish culture operations, and a grant of 

 $500.00 was made available to the Ontario Federation of Anglers to be used by them 

 along educational lines, and more particularly with a view to securing better observance 

 of the provisions of the Fisheries Regulations. 



Capital expenditures were kept under rigid control and only such sums were ex- 

 pended as were absolutely necessary to maintain present buildings, principally on fish 

 hatchery properties, in a proper state of repair. 



