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at once whether it will, from the funds on hand, pay any more accounts of the old 

 Commission, and if it conclude not to do so, inform every creditor of the fact and 

 why it cannot settle their claims immediately and when they may reasonably expect 

 relief. 



And further, that measures should be taken at once to reduce expenses by cutting 

 down the number of our employes and general retrenchment to meet the exigency, 

 otherwise we will have no funds left to hatch and distribute fish or protect forest 

 and game. 



We may add that a casual inspection of the oyster franchise book shows a 

 discrepancy on its face of about $1,200. The late Secretary admitted that he expected 

 that account to be found short, but as yet all books and data for checking the 

 accounts are in New York. 

 Dated, jVo-i'rw/vr 26, 1895. 



H. H. LvM.\N, 

 C. H. Babcock, 

 B. H. Davis, 



Executive Coininittee. 



FINAL REPORT OF THE EXAMINATION OF THE ACCOUNTS OF 



EDWARD P. DOYLE, LATE SECRETARY OF THE FISHERIES, 



GAME AND FOREST COMMISSION OF THE STATE 



OF NEW YORK. 



Albany, N. Y., March 24, 1896. 

 To the Honorable Board of Coiiiiiiissioiiers of I'isheries, Game and Forests, Albany, N. Y. : 



Gentlemen : In September last I was employed by your Executive Committee 

 to examine the accounts of your department at the office of the State Comptroller, 

 and such other accounts as were kept at the office of your department by Mr. Edward 

 P. Doyle, late Secretary of your Commission. 



On the 1st of November, 1895, there was submitted for your information a state- 

 ment of the condition of the several accounts as shown by the books of the State 

 Comptroller, and December 31, 1895, a supplemental statement was also submitted, 

 showing the amounts paid by the late Secretary in full or partial settlement of 

 shortages on these accounts, and the amounts remaining unpaid at that date. The 

 latter statement mentioned the fact that the examination of the shellfish account, and 

 the maintenance account from June 1st, 1889, to July, 1893, 'lad not been completed. 



