4 DEPARTMENT OF GAME AND FISHERIES No. 41 (1948) 



EXPENDITURE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING MARCH 31st, 1946 



ORDINARY— 



Main Office $ 59,908.70 



General 49,429.94 



Enforcement 298,895.84 



Game Animals and Birds 21,002.27 



Macdiarmid 3,245.94 



Biological and Fish Culture » 246,196.50 



Grants :....„ 5,400.00 



Wolf Bounty „ 44,999.87 



Bear Bounty 1 1 ,348.00 



Total Ordinary $740,427.06 



CAPITAL 8,234.30 



Grand Total $748,661.36 



The amount provided for grants, $5,400.00, was distributed as follows: 



(a) $2,500.00 to the Ontario Fur Breeders' Association, Inc., to assist their efforts 

 towards the improvement of Fur Farming practice throughout the Province; 



(b) $500.00 for expenditure in connection with the work of Fisheries Research under 

 the supervision of Professor W. J. K. Harkness; 



(c) $500.00 to the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters for expenditure in con- 

 nection with the educational programme of the Federation regarding the importance 

 of compliance by sportsmen with the provisions of the legislative enactments or 

 Regulations which are administered by the Department; and, 



(d) $1,500.00 to the estate of the late Jack Miner; $300.00 to Mr. Thomas N. Jones; 

 and $100.00 to Miss Edith L. Marsh, in appreciation of their services in providing 

 sanctuary for migratory and native birds on their properties located respectively in 

 the Counties of Essex, Elgin and Grey. 



The table next following shows revenue, expenditures and the surplus accruing 

 from our operations annually over a period of the past ten years: 



REVENUE EXPENDITURE SURPLUS 

 (Ordinary 

 and Capital) 



1936-37 $ 782,217.63 $474,128.95 $318,088.68 



1937-38 866,558.19 563,938.33 302,619.86 



1938-39 914,475.24 575,437.79 339,037.45 



1939-40 1,015,350.82 568,198.55 447,152.27 



1940-41 984,800.69 512,834.70 471,965.99 



1941-42 1,183,269.29 576,762.26 606,507.03 



1942-43 962,350.89 574,732.49 387,618.40 



1943-44 „ 975,072.60 574,525.05 400,547.55 



1944-45 1,193,033.72 638,765.27 554,268.45 



1945-46 1,651,165.66 748,661.36 902,504.30 



It will be observed that the surplus of revenue over expenditures in 1945-46, viz: — 

 $902,504.30, was far greater than that in any year during this particular period, and it 

 was never exceeded in any year previous thereto. 



