DEPARTMENT OF GAME AND FISHERIES 



No. 9 



During the year 1930, possibly owing to existing general conditions, little 

 increase in the revenue collected was shown, and with the increased expenditures, 

 attributable to the expanding activities of the Department, the surplus of revenue 

 over expenditure continued to show a reduction. In view of the character of 

 the work with the administration and performance of which this Department is 

 charged from year to year, it becomes increasingly evident that the time is not 

 far distant when the current expenditures will equal and possibly surpass the 

 amount of the annual revenue at present collected. 



STATISTICS 



Ai)pended to this report will be found statistical tables giving details of the 

 various species and quantities of fry and fingerlings raised in our several Provincial 

 fish hatcheries, as well as the designation and location of the waters in which 

 such fry and fingerlings have been deposited. 



In addition there are statistical tables in connection with the commercial 

 fishing industry. 



There will also be noted throughout this report statistics respecting the fur 

 trade and other branches of Departmental work. 



These figures have all been most carefully assembled and prepared, and 

 aff"ord \ery interesting and valuable information to those concerned. 



GAME 



The following table shows the number of large game hunting licenses which 

 have been issued throughout Ontario during the past five years: 



Resident moose 



Resident deer 



Non-resident hunting 



1926 



1,359 



23,392 



1,698 



1927 



1,379 



21,111 



2,237 



1928 



1,371 



21,867 



1,721 



1929 



1,356 



22,164 



1,975 



1930 



1,424 



26,213 



2,015 



A comparative study of these figures reveals the fact that the hunting 

 features of this Province continue to attract to our great outdoors at that most 

 glorious period of our year — the fall — thousands of sportsmen, and in numbers 

 which are not at all diminishing, to participate in the opportunities afforded 

 and enjoy the benefits which are derived from a vacation in the woods, 

 communing with nature on its best behaviour, and returning the better equipped 

 physically to combat the approaching rigours of a winter season. 



The following is a brief summary of conditions throughout the year under 

 review as they affected game birds and animals, compiled from the reports sub- 

 mitted by the District Superintendents of the Department: 



