THIRTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT 



OF THE 



Department of Game and Fisheries of 



Ontario 



To the Honourable F. C. Biggs, 



Minister of Public WorTcs and Highways. 



SiK, — I have the honour to place before you the Thirteenth Annual Report 

 of the work of the Department of Game and Fisheries for the fiscal year ending 

 October 31st, 1919, It is satisfactory^ that there continues to be a steady and very 

 marked increase in the revenues without a corresponding increase in the expendi- 

 tures for the year. The surplus over and above expenditure amounts to $160,- 

 949.,43- The total revenues reached $346,197.14, and the expenditures amount to 

 $185,247.72, These figures are exclusive of the Sales Branch returns which show 

 surplus of monies received over expenditures of $24,426.42 aside from assets of 

 Book Accounts and stock of fish on hand, or a total surplus for the year of 

 $185,375.84. A statement of the Sales Branch is shown elsewhere in this report. 



Comparative Statement of Revenue and Expediture — Department of Game and 

 Fisheries, 1910-1919, as Published in the Public Accounts. 



1910 

 1911 

 1912 

 1913 

 1914 

 1915 

 1916 

 1917 

 1918 

 1919 



1919 



Revenue. 

 $126,866 61 

 130,267 39 

 133,354 49 

 138,364 31 

 154,836 73 

 168,763 47 

 174,186 

 219,442 

 258,671 

 346,197 



71 

 94 

 62 

 14 



Expenditure. 

 $104,203 87 

 114,517 37 

 123,197 31 

 127,594 24 

 134,629 16 

 152,872 41 

 157,681 94 

 154,055 17 

 167,795 22 



185,247 72 



Surplus. 



$22,662 74 

 15,750 02 

 10,157 18 

 10,770 07 

 20,207 57 

 15,891 06 

 16,504 77 

 65,387 77 

 90,876 40 



160,949 42 



Relation of 

 surplus to 

 expenditure. 

 21.74%, 

 13.75% 

 8.24%, 

 8.44%, 

 15.% 

 10.39% 

 10.46% 

 42.44% 

 54.16% 

 86.88% 



Sales Branch. 

 $357,741 06 $333,314 64 $24,426 42 7.%, Gain. 



Statement showing the revenues received from Game and also those received 

 from Fish in the year 1910 as compared with, the year 1919. 



1910 



Revenue from Game $38,904 89 



Revenue from Fish 87,961 72 



$126,866 61 

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1919 

 $193,939 68 

 152,257 46 



$346,197 14 



Increase. 



$155,034 79 



64,295 74 



$219,330 53 



