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In reply I have to say that during the six years prior to the establish- 

 ment of this province in 1905 the sum of $14,000 was expended in bounty 

 on timber wolves in the southern portion of what was then the Northwest 

 Territories. During this period 616 adults and 1,633 pups were killed. 



In 1906 the appropriation set aside for the destruction of wolves was 

 not made use of by the Provincial Range Stock Growers Association for 

 whose benefit it was appropriated, and therefore it was decided to insti- 

 tute a competition and substantial prizes were offered for the greatest 

 number of wolves killed by individuals, and also for the greatest number 

 of skins shipped, so that a local market for wolf pelts might be established. 

 Eleven prizes ranging from $20 to $150 were awarded, and the results 

 obtained were considered to be very satisfactory. 



The Wolf Bounty Act was passed in 1907. Under its provisions it 

 was optional with municipalities as to whether or not they established 

 Wolf Bounty districts. The bounty was fixed at $10 for timber wolves 

 and $1 for coyotes, half of which was refunded by the Government upon 

 surrender of the wolf bounty certificate. This policy was changed in 

 1913 when The Wolf Bounty Act was amended making it compulsory 

 for all municipalities to pay bounty. Provision was also made that 

 municipalities may increase the amount of bounty if they so desire, but 

 the refund paid by the Government remained the same — fifty per cent of 

 the stipulated bounty of $10 for timber wolves and $1 for coyotes and 

 pups. The results of this policy are tabulated below: 



Statement of grey wolves and coyotes killed in Saskatchewan from 

 1907 to 1917. 



