1933 



ANNUAL REPORT, 1932 



CROWN GAME PRESERVES 



The practice of establishing suitable areas as Crown Game Preserves, in 

 which it would be possible to afford sanctuary for desirable types of game birds 

 and animals had its inception in the year 1917. Since that time there has been 

 annual exten^on, and at the end of 1932 there were in excess of three and three- 

 quarter million acres included within the confines of the existing sixty-one 

 Crown Game Preserves. During the year reported on, the following Game 

 Preserves were established, representing a total area in the neighbourhood of 

 18,500 acres, viz.: Power Glen, located in the Counties of Lincoln and Welland; 

 Beamsville, in the County of Lincoln; Kettle Creek, in the County of Elgin; 

 Mosa, in the County of Middlesex; and Petawawa, in the County of Renfrew. 



Reports from Field Officers would indicate that these Game Preserves are 

 of considerable value to the various sections in which they are located, and the 

 continued expansion of the work, particularly as far as it involves privately- 

 owned lands, would indicate a growing realization by those concerned of the 

 benefits which are to be derived therefrom. 



WOLF BOUNTIES 



During 1932, the Department received applications for the pavonent of 

 bounty on 2,872 wolves, being 121 more than the number presented in 1931. 

 The following is a comparative statement of wolf pelts presented and bounties 

 paid during the past three years: 



Under existing conditions the trapping of wolves is possibly the most 

 remunerative branch of the trapping industry, particularly so far as the trapper 

 himself is concerned, and while bounties are paid on some wolf pelts which 

 have been taken in the southern portion of the province, by far the greater 

 proportion of the bounty paid applies on pelts taken in the northern and north- 

 western districts. 



ENFORCEMENT OF THE ACT 



For purposes of administration and enforcement of the provisions, of the 

 Game and Fisheries Act and Regulations the province is divided into seven 

 districts, each in charge of a District Superintendent. These officers supervise 

 performance of departmental duties in their respective districts, and through 

 the overseers under their jurisdiction, in addition secure observance of our 

 Regulations. The work which has been carried out by these various Field 

 Officers, in the way of administration and patrol, during the year, and more 

 especially in view of the difficult and unfortunate conditions which are being 

 experienced, was generally speaking of an entirely satisfactory nature. To a 

 limited extent, the numbers of these regular officers were augmented for seasonal 



