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Mrs. Leonard, through her attorney, made demand on your Commis.sion for the 

 balance due her, and on November 9, 1895, the late Secretary forwarded to your 

 Commission his check for the amount. 



The amount due the estate of Thomas Bradley was paid by the Comptroller, 

 through your Commission, December 17, 1895. 



During the period covered by these accounts large amounts of money were 

 advanced to the late Secretary under the various appropriations for your department. 



These advance payments were in sums varying from $125 to $4,875, and were 

 generally made on a letter of requisition signed by the President and Secretary of the 

 former Commission. 



The only advance payment made since the organization of the present Commission 

 is $500, paid May 22, 1895. 



The total shortage on all accounts, including due and unpaid rentals of oyster 

 grounds, is nineteen thousand two hundred and twenty-five dollars and seventy-six 

 cents ($19,225.76). 



The amount collected back from the late Secretary by your Commission to date is 

 ten thousand six hundred and eighty-one dollars and ninety cents {$10,681.90). 



The following sunimar\- will show the shortage on the various accounts, the pay- 

 ments made thereon and tiie amount remaining unpaid to date: 



Recaimtui.atio.x i)K .Shortages. 



Shellfish account, iucluiling $2,265 unpaid rentals, . . $7661 34 



Fines and penalties account, ...... 4)986 00 



General maintenance account, ...... 2,043 5^ 



Steuben County Hatchery, completion and maintenance, . 2>772 4° 



Hatching, surveying, etc., chapter 726, Laws of 1893, . 1,182 65 



Special appropriation, chapter 438, Laws of 1894, . . 228 34 



Steuben County Hatchery, construction, chapter 39, Laws 



of 1893, 194 10 



Transportation and distribution of black bass, chapter 358, 



Laws of 1894, ....... 



Hatching mascalonge, chapter 358, Laws of 1894, 

 Improving water supply, chapter 358, Laws of 1894, 



Total shortage, ...... 



Collected back from the late Secretary by the Commission of Fisheries, 

 Game and Forests, ....... 



Balance due the State, .... 



