4 DEPARTMENT OF GAME AND FISHERIES No. 9 (1944) 



The revenue derived from the commercial fishing industry, that is from 

 the sale of fishing licenses and the collection of royalties, totalled $103,143.45, 

 which was $18,636.13 in excess of the total received from the same branch in the 

 previous fiscal period. 



From the sale of articles confiscated from those convicted of offences 

 against provisions of the Game and Fisheries Act we derived in 1943-4 4 the sum 

 of $27,087.41, an increase of $12,308.16 over the previous years' revenue from the 

 same source. This substantial increase would be attributable chiefly to the fact 

 that the 374 beaver which were included in the sales of confiscated fur conducted 

 in 1943-44 were superior to the 313 beaver sold in 1942-43 and the further fact 

 that the public demand for such fur was reflected in increased market prices in 

 1943-44. The average price of beaver realized in the 1943-44 sale was $3700 as 

 compared with an average price of $16.00 in 1942-43. 



During the year the total expenditures incurred by the Department, includ- 

 ing both ordinary and capital amounted to $574,525.05 and these were practically 

 equal to the 1942-43 expenditures. Details of these expenditures are set forth in the 

 following statement: — 



EXPENDITURE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING MARCH 31st. 1944 

 ORDINARY — 



Main Office $ 52,849.76 



General 41,782.05 



Enforcement 206,375.40 



Game Animals and Birds 7,103.12 



Macdiarmid 2,93 6.66 



Biological and Fish Culture 204,043.51 



Grants 5,400.00 



Wolf Bounty 46,545 77 



Bear Bounty 3,695.00 



Total Ordinary $ 570,731.27 



Capital 3,793.78 



Total Expenditure $ 574,525.05 



As compared with figures for the previous year the only important changes 

 in the amounts shown in these various sub-totals is an increase of $12,939.15 in 

 the payments of wolf bounties and a decrease of $10,845.93 in the expenditure 

 made for the purchase of game animals and birds for use in connection with our 

 re-stocking operations and the reasons for which are explained in other sections 

 of this report. As has been the case in the pa&t several years the most important 

 items of our expenditures occur in connection with the maintenance of the field 

 service engaged in providing enforcement of the Game and Fisheries Act and Regu- 

 lations and for the operations of the Fish hatcheries throughout the Province and 

 distribution of fish for the replenishment of fishing in suitable waters under the 

 supervision of the Biological and Fish Culture Branch, both of which services are 

 the subject of more detailed references further along. 



The allotment for grants was distributed as follows: — $2,500.00 to the 

 Ontario Fur Breeders' Association to encourage their efforts to improve the Fur 

 Farming industry in Ontario; $500.00 to Professor W. J. K. Harkness for use in 

 his research work towards improving the practice which at present prevails in fish 

 culture operations; $500.00 to the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters to be 

 used in their programme to improve the practice of conservation and secure 

 observance of the various provisions of the Legislation applicable to the sports 



