DEPARTMENT OF GAME AND FISHERIES 



The total revenue of $544,738.47 represents a decline of approximately $27,000.00 

 as compared with the revenue of the previous year, and which last-mentioned figure 

 is practically the unfavourable difference in the amount of fees received from the 

 sale of hunting licenses, both resident and non-resident, of all varieties, during 1934 

 as compared with 1933. It is more than probable that this reduced sale of hunting 

 licenses could be attributed to the existing economic conditions which naturally 

 have resulted In limiting the spending ability of the average sportsman, thus necessi- 

 tating curtailment of individual expenditures wherever necessary. Declining 

 revenues, however, demand that the matter of expenditures shall be very carefully 

 scrutinized, so that the amount which is available shall be spent to the best possible 

 advantage, and in order that no particular division of the work shall suffer from lack 

 of funds. During the period reported upon the total sum expended by this Depart- 

 ment amounted to $556,267.54, which was $11,529.07 in excess of the total revenue 

 which was derived, and some $25,000.00 more than the total expenditures of the 

 previous year. This increase was due to the extension in the work of the Fish 

 Culture Branch in connection with the establishment of the bass ponds in the County 

 of Frontenac, and which work was commenced late in the Spring of 1934. 



STATISTICS 



Attention is drawn to the various statistical tables provided as appendices to 

 this report, and which tables supply in detail, information regarding the output of 

 the fish hatcheries and rearing stations maintained and operated by the Fish Culture 

 Branch, as well as information as to the designation and location of the various 

 waters which have been re-stocked during the year. 



There will also be found statistics in respect of the commercial branch of our 

 fisheries, and throughout the report itself are tables having reference to other 

 aspects of Departmental activity, all of which have been carefully assembled and 

 prepared, and those who are interested therein will find them of considerable value. 



GAME 



The numbers of licenses to authorize the hunting of large ganie animals, — deer, 

 moose and bear — as issued during the year, and as compared with similar figures 

 for the previous year, are as follows: — 



These figures substantiate the previous observations in the references as to 

 Departmental revenues and indicate to some extent the reduction in the numbers 

 of hunting licenses issued during the period under review. 



Reports from Officers in the Field Service of the Department have been as- 

 sembled and tabulated, and the following is provided as a summary of conditions 

 as they have existed throughout the year and as they apply to our game life,— 

 animals and birds: — 



