SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT 



OF THE 



Game and Fisheries Department of 



Ontario 



To the Honourable Charles McCrea, 



Minister of Mines. 



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

 of the work of the Game and Fisheries Department for the fiscal year ending the 

 31st day of October, 1923. The gross revenue received amounted to $621,148.08, 

 and the total expenditures, which include capital expenditures as well as the 

 ordinary expenses, were vS391,422.19, so that a net surplus for the year of 

 $229,725.89 was obtained. 



Comparative Statement of Revenue and Expenditure, 1916-1923 Inc., 



AS SHOWN IN the PuBLIC ACCOUNTS. 



, Revenue Expenditure Surplus 



1916 $174,186 71 $157,681 94 $16,504 77 



1917 219,442.94 154,055.17 65,387.77 



1918 258,671.62 167,795 22 90,876 40 



1919 346,197.14 185,247 72 160,949 42 



1920 466,550 86 239,978 13 226,572 73 



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



1922 737,519 65 347,352 00 390,167 65 



1923 621,148 08 391,422 19 229,725 89 



It will be noted that the total revenue for the current year is lower than for 

 the preceding year, and from the following figures you will note that it is almost 

 entirely due to a smaller revenue in the game receipts. 



1922 1923 Decrease 



Revenue from Game $499,419 77 $383,477 09 $115,942 68 



Revenue from Fish 238,099 88 237,670 99 428 89 



By comparing the revenues of this year with the preceding year from 

 royalties on pelts, trapping and fur dealers' licenses, you will note that the 

 major part of the lower revenue may be attributed to a depression in the fur 

 trade during the year, as fewer trapping licenses were sold, fewer pelts trapped 

 and fewer fur dealers' licenses issued. 



Statistics. 



The statistics accompanying this report will show in detail the kinds, 

 quantities and values of commercial fish taken, also the varieties, quantities 

 and locations of fry and fingerlings distributed from Provincial hatcheries, 

 together with other statistics pertaining to the fur trade, as well as other branches 

 of the Department. All of which have been carefully prepared and afford 

 interesting and valuable information. 



