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payment of bounty were, following approval of the respective applications delivered 

 to the Seamen's Fur Vest War Project for manufacture into garments for the use 

 of members of the Naval S'ervice and Merchant Marine, a branch of voluntary war 

 service which was highly appreciated by those to whom such garments were made 

 available. 



From Departmental records it has been ascertained that farmers were respon- 

 sible for applications in respect to 704 of these wolves; Indians and trappers in 

 respect to 916; hunters, guides and rangers in respect to 22 5; and the remainder are 

 assigned to others in miscellaneous occupations. 



Forty-five per cent were taken in snares, twenty-five per cent in traps, 

 twenty-four per cent were shot, three per cent poisoned. The remainder were killed 

 as a result of accidents. 



BEAR BOUNTY 



The regulation which was originally provided in 194 2 and which established 

 conditions to govern the payment of a bounty on bears killed in certain sections was 

 re-affirmed. 



The conditions provided for the payment of a bounty of $10.00 on any bear 

 killed between April 15th and November 30th in Townships devoted to agriculture 

 in certain Counties and Districts. 



Some 313 applications for the payment of this bounty, involving 377 bears, 

 were received for consideration. The bounty was paid on 363 bears, and 11 applica- 

 tions in respect to 14 bears were not approved. 



It has been ascertained from records on file in the Department that 286 of 

 these bear were shot, 2 8 were trapped and 6 snared. 



The following table indicates the total number of bears killed in each of 

 the Counties and Districts, and in respect of which applications for the payment of 



bounty were submitted: 



I* 

 County or District Total 



Algoma 18 



Cochrane 68 



Kenora 5 



Manitoulin 5 



Muskoka 5 



Nipissing 27 



Parry Sound 25 



Rainy River 33 



Sudbury 39 



Thunder Bay 27 



Temiskaming 50 



Haliburton 10 



Bruce 7 



Frontenac 2 



Hastings 20 



Lennox & Addington 4 



Peterborough 5 



Renfrew 27 



Total 377 



