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the location of the present protector whose expense account is insufficient to permit 

 him to travel any distance beyond his immediate locality. This is true of all that 

 territory lying east of the Hudson River from Lake Champlain to Long Island 

 Sound, which embraces six counties. On account of the increased acreage of forest 

 land and the reservations made for lumbering, much time also will be required to 

 prevent the inadvertent cutting of timber outside of that reserved, to say nothing 

 of the constant necessity for checking the general tendency of many people to 

 plunder on the State land wherev^er an opportunity presents. 



2. Continuing the present close season for deer in the counties of Delaware, 

 Ulster, Greene and Sullivan absolutely for a term of years, or, if this is not possible, 

 then not allowing more than two weeks open season in these counties. The State 

 has stocked this territory with deer at a considerable expense, and the results of the 

 work have been highly gratifying. The continuation of the present close season, 

 as suggested, will materially aid the work and be beneficial to everybody' concerned. 



3. Amending section 36 of the present law so as to place in the hands of the 

 Commission the granting of certificates to take birds for scientific purposes, instead 

 of the matter being as at present in the hands of " any society of natural history 

 incorporated in the State or by the Regents of the University." The reason for 

 this suggestion is that the Commission can readily ascertain through the protectors 

 in their several localities the e.xact standing and the full object of persons making 

 application, which would prevent an abuse of the law that might very easily arise 

 under the present system. 



4. Establishing a system of licensing guides, thereby placing upon the list of 

 those available to the public a much more competent class of men as compared with 

 the many inexperienced so-called guides of the present day, who are not familiar 

 enough with the woods to render efficient service. 



5. Enacting a law charging a license fee to non-residents for the privilege of 

 hunting in this State, thereby in a measure reserving the game to the citizens of 

 the State who are paying a large amount annually to propagate and protect it. 

 This proposition may meet with some objection from a few hotel keepers, but it is 

 no more than justice to the taxpayers who are called upon to pay a license in 

 nearly every State into which they may go to hunt. It is particularly true of 

 Canada where many of our citizens who go hunting are compelled to pay a large 

 license fee for that privilege. The revenue derived from this source and from the 

 licensing of guides should be placed at the disposal of the Commission to further 

 aid in carrying on the work of protection. 



6. Prohibiting the sale of woodcock, grouse and quail killed within this State, 



