ANNUAL REPORT, 1945-46 19 



Ontario 10 4 14 



Welland 18 9 



Halton 1 1 



Dundas 1 1 



Elgin „ .4 4 



Peel 1 1 



Total Counties 200 239 27 466 



Districts 



Algoma 97 73 170 



Cochrane 



Haliburton 



Kenora 



Manitoulin 



Muskoka » 



Nipissing 



Parry Sound 



Patricia 



Rainy River , 



Sudbury 



Timiskaming 

 Thunder Bay 



Total Districts 1,085 561 11 1,657 



GRAND TOTAL 1,285 800 38 2,123 



On November 1st, 1942, the regulation which provided for the return to the applicant 

 of wolf pelts which had been submitted to the Department to support claims for bounty 

 was repealed. Since then the Department has made such pelts available to the Seamen's 

 Fur Vests War Project for the manufacture into jackets for the use of personnel of the 

 Naval Service and Merchant Marine. 



From November 1st, 1942, until June 21st, 1945, or shortly after the cessation of 

 hostilities in the European theatre, 4,628 wolf pelts were made available by the Depart- 

 ment to this project. 



Mr. Alexander D. Schatz, Chairman of the Ontario Division of the Seamen's Fur 

 Vests War Project, passed for the Department's perusal his file of letters of appreci- 

 ation and gratitude, received from Naval personnel for the gifts of fur vests. From 

 reading this file, it was evident that the fur jackets produced by this organization were 

 deeply appreciated by our fighting men and added greatly to their comfort and morale. 



BEAR BOUNTY 



In accordance with on Order-in-Council dated June 15th, 1943, the Department con- 

 tinued the payment of $10.00 bounty to control the population of bears. 



A total of 940 claims were filed with the Department for bounty on the 1,167 bears 

 killed. However, 25 of these claims on 34 bears, were disallowed for failing to comply 

 with the regulations. 



