DEPARTMENT n- 



JRIES 



No. 10 



It will be noted that there was a considerable decline in the revenue. 

 This decline was not limited to any particular phase of the work, but was 

 of a general nature, the amounts received from practically all sources 

 being reduced^the principal exception being in the amount of fees secured 

 from the sale of gun licenses, which was, of course, a natural result fol- 

 lowing the legislation which made possession of these licenses for hunting 

 purposes a Province-wide condition, instead of being applicable only in the 

 south-western counties. It is not contended that this decrease has occurred 

 because the attraction which our fish and game resources afford has dimin- 

 ished, but the condition may rather be attributed to the unfavourable 

 economic conditions which prevailed and which undoubtedly had the effect 

 of discouraging individual expenditures which could be avoided in the 

 search for recreation. The practice of rigid economy and the curtailment 

 of expenditures to an absolute minimum made it possible, however, for the 

 Department to show a surplus of revenue over expenditures so far as the 

 annual operations are concerned. 



Fishing beside the Nipigon River 



Courtesy, Canadian National Railways 



