THE REPORT UPON No. 9 



This is the ultimate aim of all our biological endeavours. When waters cannot 

 be reclaimed by native species the policy is to substitute other species more 

 suitable to the existing conditions. 



Game Preserves 



During the year a number of Crown Game Preserves were established 

 throughout the Province, so that at present there are between five and six 

 million acres of territory set aside in which hunting and trapping is forbidden 

 for the sole purpose of conservation. 



The Crown Game Preserve at Eugenia, which is utilized for the purpose of 

 propagating English Ring-necked Pheasants, commenced operations in 1922. 

 Seven hundred and eighty-seven live birds and 33,000 eggs were distributed 

 last year, as compared with 606 birds and 29,460 eggs for the previous year. 

 The demand for settings of pheasant eggs still continues to be in excess of the 

 available supply. 



Game 



Big Game continues to be plentiful, and the majority of hunting parties 

 report a successful season. For comparative purposes, the following figures 

 show the number of hunting licenses issued for the past five years: — 



Resident Moose 



Resident Deer 



Non-resident Hunting. 



In explanation of the Increased number of resident deer licenses sold it 

 may be stated that for the first time, farmers in the northern parts of the Province 

 were obliged to pay the sum of $1.00 for a deer license, whereas heretofore 

 resident farmers in certain districts could secure one deer for their personal 

 use without securing a license. 



Rtiffed Grouse {Partridge). — The scarcity of these game birds continues 

 and warranted the continued close season, which should be maintained until 

 they become re-established in fair quantities. 



Sharp-tailed Grouse or Prairie Hen are confined to the northwestern part 

 of the Province, and are to be found there in considerable numbers. 



Quail are mainly confined to the southwestern part of the Province, and in 

 the Counties of Essex and Kent, they are thriving to such an extent that a 

 short open season of three days was permitted. 



Pheasants have, for a number of years, been plentiful in the Niagara 

 Peninsula, and an open season for two days for a limited number of male birds 

 was permitted. In other parts of the Province, owing to the general distribution 

 of settings of eggs from the Eugenia Crown Game Preserve, they are reported 

 as becoming well established, particularly in the southeastern part of the 

 Province. 



Ducks and Geese were obtained in goodly numbers, and afforded the usual 

 excellent hunting. 



Furs 



The total number of pelts on which royalty was paid during the year is 

 somewhat lower than for the preceding year, although the value to the trapper 

 is slightly greater. 



