FIFTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT 



OF THE 



Game and Fisheries Department of 



Ontario 



To the Honourable H. Mills, 



Minister of Mines. 



Sir, — I have the honour to place before you the Fifteenth Annual Report 

 of the work of the Game and Fisheries Department for the fiscal 3-ear ending the 

 .'Ust day of October, 1921. The net revenue of the Department continues to 

 increase and for the first time it will be shown that the net surplus in the Department 

 proper exceeds the total expenditures by 837,755.12, and the total net revenue 

 for the year amounts to $379,739.16, of which amount the Department proper 

 contributed S325,363.99, and the Sales Branch S54,375.17. A statement of the 

 Sales Branch operations is shown elsewhere in this report. 



Comparative Statement of Revenue and Expenditure — 

 1916-1921, Inc. as showTi in the Public Accounts. 



Revenue. Expenditure. Surplits. 



lOlf) §174,186 71 $157,68194 S16,.")04 77 



1917 219,442 94 1.54,055 17 65,:«7 77 



191S 258,67162 167,795 22 90,876 40 



1919 .346,197 14 185,247 72 160,949 42 



1920 466,550 86 2.39,978 1.3 226,.572 73 



1921 612,972 86 287,608 87 325,363 99 



Sales Branch. 



1921 §258,057 73 S203,682 56 .So4,375 17 



Statistics 



The different figures and .statements presented herein furnisliing statistics 

 of the Department have been carefully prepared and pro\idcs very interesting 

 and valuable information. 



Fish. 



Tlie ronnaercial fisheries of tlie I'rnviiicc are shown in comparison, as follows: — 



1919 



('.ill Nets licen.scd fvard.s) 5,960,1.>S 



Seines " 190 



Pound Nets " 1.144 



Hoop Nets " 1,417 



Dip iiiid Pioll N(!t.s licensed .36 



Spc:irs " 199 



Hooks " (;9.000 



\uiiil)er of men employed 4,1.56 



Number of Tu^s 123 



" riasoline Boats . . 768 



Sail or Row Boat.s. . 1.285 

 Estimated value of boats, ice 



houses, wharves ;nul twine . . . . ?.3,f).'{9.682 flO 



.\pgrepate C'nteh in I'ouiuls .38,1 15. t")S 



Estimated value to fishermen . . . .'?2,72I,410 24 



