FORTY-SECOND BIENNIAL REPORT 13 



Harry R. Anderson, seasoned Department of Finance employee, be- 

 came administrative deputy, in charge of finances, personnel, licenses, 

 office administration, engineering and construction, and other "house- 

 keeping" duties. 



At the close of the hiennium, plans had been worked out with the 

 Personnel Board and the Department of Finance for filling other posi- 

 tions brought about by the Reorganization Act, including regional man- 

 agers, and regional fisheries management, game management, and busi- 

 ness management supervisors. 



As in prior periods, the Department of Natural Resources continued 

 to handle, on a contractural basis, the department's accounting and 

 personnel services. Some time during the next fiscal year these services 

 will be taken over by the Department of Fish and Game. 



There were indications that the department would be operating 

 through five integrated regional units b.y December, 1952. 



Because of a shortage of suitable office space in Sacramento, the mov- 

 ing of Departmental headquarters from San Francisco to the Capitol 

 City, as requested in a 1951 Legislative resolution, had not yet been 

 accomplished at the end of the biennium. 



RESERVE FUNDS SHRINKING 



The means taken by employees of the Department of Fish and Game, 

 to keep pace with the needs of an estimated 2,000,000 California sports- 

 men, are recorded elsewhere in this report under the individual bureau 

 functions. They have done a creditable job, and are fast securing recog- 

 nition for the department as one of the Nation's finest groups of con- 

 servation workers. 



But the vast program of fish and game administration in California 

 from July 1, 1950, to June 30, 1952, also includes the cooperation of 

 many related agencies, organizations, landowners, and many other in- 

 dividuals. 



Statements of revenues, expenditures, and fund sources will be found 

 in Appendix " A. " A review thereof will indicate the trend of income 

 and expenditures, and the effect on the fund balance. 



Dollar- wise our revenues have increased because more Calif ornians 

 are hunting and fishing, but due to inflation and greatly expanded op- 

 erations our revenues are not keeping pace with the expenditures. 



The department's dollars, just like those of individuals, simply do 

 not buy the same services, equipment, and supplies they did a few years 

 ago. The drain on our accumulated reserves is reflected in a decreasing 

 balance. 



During the Fiscal Year 1951-52, expenditures exceeded income by 

 $246,355. Although this is the first year this has occurred in recent times, 

 it appears to be the beginning of a trend where expenditures will ma- 

 terially exceed revenues, especially if the present and projected expan- 

 sion programs of the department are continued, unless additional 

 revenue is made available. Conservatively estimating, and assuming we 

 will not be confronted by further inflation, it now appears that by June 

 30, 1955, the accumulated reserve will be used up. Then, unless the de- 

 partment's income is increased in a material way, a curtailment of 

 activities must be effected. 



