14 PREFACE. 



the latter from photographs made and contributed by Mr. Herbert L. Carpenter, 

 explaining and illustrating certain paragraphs relating to the forestry work of the 

 Commission. The head and tail-piece drawings, by Mr. Harry S. Watson, are some 

 of the best examples of this artist's work, and are highly commendable for their 

 truthfulness to nature and accuracy of detail. 



Last year the report of the Commission contained the fish and game laws of the 

 State, but it was deemed advisable to omit the laws this year, for the reason that the 

 laws in force at the time the material for the report was given to the printer would be 

 amended by the Legislature before the volume could be printed and given to the 

 public, and therefore the laws are printed in pamphlet form separate from the report, 

 as provided by an act of the Legislature. 



The thanks of the Commission are due to Dr. John Duncan Quackenbos, of 

 Columbia University, for the original article on the American Saibling or Sunapee 

 Trout, which has been introduced into the waters of the State during the year; to Mr. 

 H. A. Surface, of Cornell University, for an original article on Three Most Important 

 Game Birds ; to Mr. George W. Rafter, of the State Engineer's office, for the use of 

 an important article on Stream Flow in Relation to Forests ; and to Dr. Tarlton H, 

 Bean, for advance proofs of an article entitled Notes Upon New York Fishes. 



Owing to the delay in publication of this report, the recommendations of the 

 Superintendent of Forests in relation to establishing a forestry experiment station 

 seem belated, and as if made after the suggestions had been adopted. 



THE COMMISSIONERS. 



