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been issued in previous years. The drawing was held at Sacramento on 

 July 27th. There were 7,548 applications received. Of the first 500 per- 

 sons who were eligible to apply for a pernut, 418 applied for and were 

 issued permits, and 82 permits were issued to alternates — the last alter- 

 nate to be issued a permit had a drawing number of 632. The number 

 of applicants for the years in which there have been hunts were : 



1942 2,811 



1943 3,653 



1944 3,910 



1945 4,675 



1949 7,548 



CATALINA DEER DRAWING 



A special deer hunt was provided for Santa Catalina Island, at the 

 request of the owners who claimed that there were too many deer there. 

 The last day to file an application was September 28, 1949. The drawing 

 was held at Los Angeles on October 5th. There were 7,919 applications 

 received. Permits were issued on a weekly basis ; 150 ])ermits were issued 

 for each weekly hunt for a ])eriod of 13 weeks. There were 100 alternates 

 drawn for each weekly group in order to complete the issuance of the 

 full 150 permits for each week's quota. In all there were 1,950 jiermits 

 issued. 



ELK DRAWING 



There was also a special drawing for an elk hunt in Inyo and Mono 

 Counties in 1949. There were 15,258 applications received. The last day 

 to file was October 26th, and the drawing was held at Los Angeles on 

 November 2, 1949. There were 125 permits issued, 75 for bull elk and 50 

 for cow elk. 



The following tabulation shows the value of the various types of 

 licenses sold in recent years. 



HUNTING 



Value Numher 



$626.6.S4.00 318.910 



780.10()..50 39.S.282 



'.Mri.mc.OO 487,.307 



l.()U>.G(l()..")U 507,068 



1,482,442.00 .504,021 



1,440.172.00 496,975 



ANGLING 



Year Value Number Year Value Number 



1938 $705,611.00 348,227 1944 $883,841.00 436,940 



1939 746,061.00 366.4.52 1945 1,120,661.50 557,536 



1940 791,472.00 390,-342 1946 1,-553,706.00 768,816 



1941 933,586.00 460,715 1947 1,793,368.-50 884,772 



1942 876,003.00 4-33,4-31 1948 2,931,724.00 960,146 



1943 - 899,782.00 447,352 1949 3,023,579.00 991,903 



