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  HUNTING 
  LICENSES. 
  

  

  gan, 
  8,910 
  in 
  Minnesota, 
  299 
  in 
  Wyoming, 
  1,858 
  in 
  New 
  Brunswick, 
  

   and 
  5,860 
  in 
  Ontario, 
  making 
  a 
  total 
  of 
  35,888, 
  or 
  nearly 
  ten 
  times 
  as 
  

   many 
  as 
  were 
  issued 
  to 
  nonresidents 
  in 
  the 
  nineteen 
  States 
  and 
  Prov- 
  

   inces 
  mentioned 
  above. 
  The 
  amount 
  paid 
  for 
  the 
  resident 
  licenses, 
  

   however, 
  was 
  only 
  $39,400, 
  or 
  about 
  50 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  the 
  fees 
  for 
  the 
  

   nonresident 
  licenses. 
  

  

  (4) 
  Statistics 
  of 
  former 
  years. 
  — 
  Still 
  another 
  inquiry 
  suggested 
  by 
  

   the 
  table 
  is 
  whether 
  or 
  not 
  the 
  figures 
  for 
  1903 
  are 
  abnormal. 
  On 
  this 
  

   point 
  few 
  statistics 
  are 
  available 
  for 
  a 
  term 
  of 
  years, 
  but 
  in 
  Michigan 
  

   and 
  Ontario 
  the 
  returns 
  are 
  complete 
  for 
  the 
  entire 
  time 
  the 
  resident- 
  

   license 
  system 
  has 
  been 
  in 
  force. 
  Michigan 
  inaugurated 
  its 
  license 
  

   S3 
  r 
  stem 
  in 
  1895; 
  Ontario 
  began 
  to 
  issue 
  nonresident 
  licenses 
  in 
  1888 
  

   and 
  resident 
  licenses 
  in 
  1896. 
  a 
  The 
  rates 
  are 
  about 
  the 
  same 
  — 
  $25 
  for 
  

   nonresidents 
  in 
  each 
  case 
  and 
  75 
  cents 
  for 
  residents 
  in 
  Michigan 
  and 
  

   $2 
  in 
  Ontario. 
  Situated 
  as 
  they 
  are, 
  adjoining 
  one 
  another, 
  with 
  

   much 
  the 
  same 
  kind 
  of 
  hunting, 
  this 
  State 
  and 
  Province 
  are 
  admirably 
  

   adapted 
  for 
  a 
  comparison 
  of 
  this 
  kind. 
  

  

  Following 
  are 
  the 
  figures 
  for 
  each 
  year 
  since 
  1895: 
  

  

  Number 
  of 
  Licenses 
  issued 
  in 
  Michigan 
  and 
  Ontario/ 
  1 
  1895-1903. 
  

  

  

  Michigan. 
  

  

  Ontario. 
  

  

  Year. 
  

  

  Resident. 
  

  

  Nonresi- 
  

   dent. 
  

  

  Total. 
  

  

  Resident. 
  

  

  Nonresi- 
  

   dent. 
  

  

  Total. 
  

  

  1895 
  

  

  14, 
  477 
  

   12,904 
  

   11, 
  867 
  

   "11,585 
  

   12, 
  758 
  

   13, 
  366 
  

   15,687 
  

   18, 
  621 
  

   19, 
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  22 
  

   20 
  

   44 
  

   48 
  

   93 
  

   77 
  

   49 
  

   53 
  

   45 
  

  

  14,499 
  

   12, 
  924 
  

   11,911 
  

   11, 
  633 
  

   12, 
  851 
  

   13, 
  443 
  

   15, 
  736 
  

   18,674 
  

   19, 
  106 
  

  

  

  60 
  

  

  49 
  

  

  53 
  

  

  52 
  

  

  80 
  

  

  90 
  

  

  100 
  

  

  200 
  

  

  259 
  

  

  

  1896 
  

  

  3,452 
  

   2,300 
  

   3, 
  300 
  

   3,917 
  

   4,200 
  

   5,090 
  

   5,165 
  

   5,707 
  

  

  3,501 
  

  

  1897 
  

  

  1898 
  

  

  1899 
  

  

  2, 
  353 
  

   3,352 
  

   3,997 
  

  

  1900 
  

  

  1901 
  

  

  1902 
  

  

  1903 
  

  

  Total 
  

  

  Average 
  

  

  4,290 
  

   5,190 
  

   5,365 
  

   5,966 
  

  

  130, 
  326 
  

   14,481 
  

  

  451 
  

  

  50 
  

  

  130,777 
  

   14, 
  531 
  

  

  33,131 
  

   6 
  4,141 
  

  

  943 
  

  

  105 
  

  

  34,014 
  

   ^4,502 
  

  

  a 
  Ontario 
  also 
  established 
  a 
  $5 
  resident 
  license 
  for 
  moose 
  and 
  caribou 
  in 
  1900. 
  

   of 
  these 
  licenses 
  have 
  been 
  issued— 
  105 
  in 
  1900, 
  150 
  in 
  1902, 
  and 
  153 
  in 
  1903— 
  and 
  

   corresponding 
  license, 
  they 
  have 
  been 
  omitted 
  from 
  this 
  table. 
  

  

  b 
  Average 
  for 
  8 
  years, 
  1896-1903. 
  

  

  Comparatively 
  few 
  

   is 
  Michigan 
  has 
  no 
  

  

  This 
  table 
  shows 
  that 
  the 
  total 
  number 
  of 
  hunters 
  licensed 
  in 
  Michi- 
  

   gan 
  since 
  1895 
  was 
  130,777, 
  and 
  in 
  Ontario 
  since 
  1896, 
  34,014. 
  

   Although 
  the 
  number 
  varies 
  from 
  year 
  to 
  year, 
  there 
  has 
  been 
  a 
  steady 
  

   increase 
  in 
  resident 
  licenses 
  for 
  six 
  or 
  seven 
  years 
  — 
  in 
  Michigan 
  from 
  

   11,585 
  in 
  1898 
  to 
  19,061 
  in 
  1903, 
  and 
  in 
  Ontario 
  from 
  2,300 
  in 
  1897 
  

   to 
  5,707 
  in 
  1903. 
  The 
  number 
  of 
  nonresident 
  licenses 
  shows 
  consider- 
  

   able 
  fluctuation— 
  in 
  Michigan 
  from 
  20 
  in 
  1896 
  to 
  93 
  in 
  1899, 
  in 
  Ontario 
  

   from 
  49 
  in 
  1896 
  to 
  259 
  in 
  1903. 
  

  

  