ANNUAL REPORT, 1941-42 



The table which follows shows the total revenue, expenditure and surplus from 

 Departmental activities during the present and the six preceding years: — 



GAME 



In the following table information is given regarding the number of hunting 

 licenses of all varieties, both resident and non-resident, which were sold during the 

 period under review as well as a comparison with the totals disposed of in the three 

 previous years: — 



In every instance there was an increase in the number sold in 1941-42 as com- 

 pared with those sold in the previous year. 



Herewith is a summary of conditions as they apply to the various species of game 

 animals and birds which are to be found in Ontario, and which information is compiled 

 from reports submitted by officers of the enforcement service throughout the Province. 



DEER: — Throughout the northerly portion of Southern Ontario and in Northern Ontario 

 generally deer continued to be sufficiently plentiful to warrant the statement that the 

 hunting of this species of fine game animal provides a source of relaxation for thou- 

 sands of interested hunters unequalled by any other division of the sport. The 

 limited extent of the open season and the various restrictions which are in effect during 

 this period of open season, as well as the protection which is provided during that 

 period of the year in which no hunting of deer is permitted, have all contributed in 

 some measure to the maintenance of the deer herds of the Province in their present 

 satisfactory state. Reports from the various counties in Southern Ontario in which 

 an entire closed season has prevailed for many years are to the effect that this complete 



