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financial profit of such an enterprise is as well assured as can be 

 the future profit of any business enterprise. And the benefit to 

 the State in other ways is equally certain. I believe that it is high 

 time we began to investigate the possibilities of this enterprise and 

 to consider the proper way in which it should be entered upon. 



And lastly, and perhaps the matter of most pressing import- 

 ance, the present Legislature should not adjourn without making 

 adequate provision to fight any invasion of the gypsy or brown 

 tail moths, from which the State is liable to suffer in any year. 

 The danger is an imminent one. It is not just, nor is it safe, to 

 leave this matter to the individual towns in which outbreaks may 

 first occur. 



The expenses of the Forestry Commissioner from Jan. ist, 

 1905, to July 1st, 1906, have been as follows: • 



Commissioner's per diem $124 00 



Commissioner's travelling and hotel expenses 60 64 



Postage 76 08 



Printing two bulletins 47 '^^ 



Cloth posters (two years) 186 07 



Miscellaneous printing and stationery 24 58 



Expressage, telephones, etc 6 05 



$524 42 

 Respectfully submitted, 



ERNEST HITCHCOCK, 



State Forestry Commissioner. 

 Pittsford, Vt., July ist, 1906. 



