FISHERIES, GAME AND FORESTS. 



105 



During the year 1888, 

 1 889, 



1890, 



1891, 



" 1892, 



.893, . 



1894, . 



1895, . 



Total payments into State Treasury, 



$728 55 



3,768 36 



475 38 



1,955 52 

 1,422 07 



1,476 33 

 716 71 



35° °° 



$10,892 92 



The late Secretary's account of the receipts from shellfish franchises is as follows: 



Receipts, $12,712 85 



Paid into State Treasury, 10,892 92 



Balance due State, 



$1,819 93 



On November 20, 1895, the late Secretary gave the Comptroller his check for 

 the amount thus shown to be due on this account. 



On the lOth of December last, by the direction of your Board, the office in New 

 York city was discontinued, and the books, records and papers beh)ngini4^ to the Com- 

 mission were removed to the office of the Commission in this city ; among them being 

 three large books in which the franchises and leases granted for shellfish culti\-ation 

 are recorded on printed forms specially prepared for the purpose, and in which the 

 number of the lot is stated and its boundaries defined, the number of acres included 

 in each lot, the price per acre, and the amount received for surveying and mapping 

 are given in detail. These franchises are numbered from i to 1033 ; the first one 

 was recorded January 4, 1888; the last one March 14, 1893. Collectively they 

 convey 16,455 acres to 334 individuals and firms. 



Comparing the late Secretary's account with the record of franchises aiid leases, 

 there are found 84 franchises and three leases, showing receipts to the amount of 

 $3,576.41, that do not appear in his account. 



The names of the owners of these franchises, and the amount paid by each, the 

 numbers and location of the lots, were given in detail in the report on the shellfish 

 account of January 13, 1896. There is also due the State rentals of leased lands 

 ainounting to $2,265. 



The total ascertained shortage on this account, therefore, was seven thousand six 

 hundred and sixty-one dollars and thirty-four cents ($7,661.34). 



It was not stated in the special report on this account, for the reason that it was 

 not known at the time the report was prepared, that it is claimed by the late -Secre- 



