16 REPORT OF THE No. 3 



REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES 

 The totals for the past two years are as follows: 



Year Collections Expenditures 



1935-36 $3,328,351.16 $1,593,468.90 



1936-37 3,655,228.66 2,305,514.18 



REVENUE 



The total collections for the year amounted to $3,655,228.66, as indicated 

 on Appendix 3. 



From this figure certain amounts in the way of Fire Protection Charges 

 and Revenue refunds, along with the Lac Seul Dam Interest Account, all of 

 which aggregate $616,478.04, should be deducted, leaving a net Revenue of 

 $3,038,750.62, which may be debited to a further extent by the sum of $2,920.43, 

 being the amount paid by the Dominion Government under Back to the Land 

 Movement. This therefore would make the net Revenue $3,035,830.19, 

 as shown in Public Accounts, page 25. 



The bulk of the Revenue, as may be surmised, accrued from the forest 

 and incidental rentals and charges in respect thereof, the total as disclosed 

 under the Woods and Forests Branch being $2,809,980.47. Leases of land, 

 water powers, etc., accounted for $434,647.89, Provincial Land Tax $178,880.63, 

 Land sales $81,650.13, and Park Rentals, Licenses, etc., for the balance. 



Provided operations as now contemplated are not unnecessarily inter- 

 rupted through any unforseen incident such as a war or general business 

 recession, the cut during the next year in the bush will be enlarged and the 

 results will be reflected in the direct revenue of the Department. An antici- 

 pated half million dollars' increase in the gross revenue for 1937-38 is not it is 

 considered too optimistic. 



EXPENDITURES 



Appendix No. 7 itemizes the expenditures totalling $2,305,514.18, the 

 largest item covering Forest Ranging, on which there was a net outlay of 

 approximately $1,450,000.00. This service looks after the complete Fire 

 Protection System covering nearly two hundred million acres, all the scalers 

 who measure timber and pulpwood, timber cruisers, and inspectors, patrols, 

 and all park rangers in Algonquin and Quetico Parks. An abnormal fire 

 season, unprecedented in Ontario, involving at times the services of over four 

 thousand of a staff, severely taxed the appropriation. 



On Surveys the sum of $57,396.72 was spent while Reforestation, less 

 the sale of certain wood and seeds, accounted for slightly over $200,000.00, 

 this sum being largely applicable to the running of the forestry stations, the 

 planting of trees on municipal forest tracts, and the free distribution of nursery 

 stock to thousands of applicants for wind and water protection, hedges, wood 

 lots, and general reforestation. The sum of $20,544 under Expenditures takes 

 care of the annual charges Ontario must pay through the Dominion Govern- 



