DEPARTMENT OF GAME AND FISHERIES No. 9 (1944) 



statem^^:- '' '^'''-^'-^' ^oth ordmary aad capital, are set forth m the followiog 

 EXPENDITURE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED MARCH 31st 



1943. 



ORDINARY— 



Main Office 

 General 



$ 52,385.16 



39,950.68 



Enforcement .„ 209.647.93 



Game Animals and Birds 17.949.05 



MacdJannid 3 573 20 



Biological and Fish Culture Branch 205,599.97 



Grants 5,400.00 



Wolf Bounty 33,606.62 



Special Warrant— Bear Bounty 3,640.00 



Total Ordinary $571,852.61 



Capital 2,879.88 



Total Expenditure *574.:32.49 



The principal items of expenditure were made for the payment of salaries and expenses 

 of members of the Enforcement Service and for the maintenance of services provided by the 

 Biological and Fish Culture Branch in connection with the raising, distribution and the 

 planting of fish in suitable waters throughout the Province. More details of the work 

 performed by these two important branches of the Department will be found further on in 

 this report. 



There is an additional item of expenditure included in this statement, i.e., for the 

 payment of bounty on bears killed in certain sections of the Province, as provided by the 

 Order-in-Council dated August 19th, 1942, more details of which regulation and expenditure 

 nre also incorporated later on in this report. 



The sum of $5-400.00 which was provided for the payment of grants was allotted aa 

 follows:— $2,500.00 to the Ontario Fur Breeders Association to augment the funds of this 

 organization and to permit them to continue their services on behalf of fur farmers who are 

 established and operating in Ontario; $500.00 to the Ontario Federation of Anglers and 

 Hunters for their educational campaign, one of the principal objectives of which is to 

 emphasize the importance of proper observance of provisions of the Game and Fisheries Act; 

 $500.00 to Professor W. J. K. Harkness for his services in connection with fish culture research 

 and which services are supplementary to those provided by Departmental Biologists; and the 

 remainmg $1,900.00 to Mr. Jack Miner, Mr. Thomas N. Jones and Miss Edith L. Marsh, who 

 provide sanctuaries for birds, both migratory and native species, on their properties located 

 respectively in the counties of Essex, Elgin and Grey. 



From the year's operations it will be noted that there was a surplus of $387,618.40' 

 which may be considered a satisfactory condition. 



The following table details* Departmental revenue and expenditure for the various fiscal 

 years from and including the period ended March 31st, 1936:— 





