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gate killing of water-birds (Terns;; June 

 22, headed boys' outing at Ford Karm; 

 June 23, spoke at Presbyterian Church, 

 Birmingham. 



"Request for literature and lectures are 

 so heavy as to make it impossible to keep 

 up with them. I have promised twenty- 

 seven persons or organizations to give 

 talks in the future."— T. G. P. 



Activity of the New Jersey Fish and 

 Game Commission 



One of the most earnest bird protection- 

 ists in the United States is Hon. Ernest 

 Napier, President of the Board of Fish 

 and Game Commissioners in the State 

 of New Jersey. Ever since he came into 

 office, less than two years ago, he has 

 been prosecuting the work of enforcing 

 the game laws of his state with an earnest- 

 ness, impartiality, and good judgement 

 which deserves the highest commendation. 

 It has been especially gratifying to note 

 the energy which the wardens of the 

 state, working under the direction of the 

 Commission, have displayed in enforcing 

 the new Audubon Plumage Law. In 

 reference to the results achieved, Mr. 

 Napier writes us under date of July i, 

 1912: 



"Replying to 3'our favor of June 24, 

 in which you ask for a statement of the 

 cases which our Commission has handled 

 in the matter of enforcing the law against 

 the sale of aigrettes in New Jersey, I 

 beg to state that since the act was adopted 

 by the Legislature of our state, April 15, 

 191 1, five arrests have been made, in all 

 of which judgment was given for the 

 Board, and in only one case has an appeal 

 been taken. As to the appeal case, the 

 Board is confident that even if it is pros- 

 ecuted, the result can only be the same as 

 in the Justice's Court. 



"The statement of our cases follow: 



"March 2, 191 2, Warden Harry M. 

 Loveless vs. Mrs A. J. Coflield, Milliner, 

 Trenton, N. J. — Defendant paid a penalty 

 of $160. 



"March 2, 1912, Warden Harry M. 

 Loveless vs. Isaac Goldberg, Department 



Store, Trenton, N. J. — Defendant i)aid a 

 penalty of $300. 



"April 29, 191 2, Warden Harry M. 

 Loveless and Charles Morton vs. Mrs. 

 Margaret Emlin, Milliner, Burlington, 

 N. J. — Defendant paid a penalty of $20. 



"May 14, 191 2, Warden John C. Rein- 

 bold vs. M. Himles, Milliner, Atlantic 

 City, N. J. — Judgment obtained for 

 $200; case appealed. 



"May IS, 191 2, Warden John C. Rein- 

 bold vs. A. Halphin, Milliner, Atlantic 

 City — Defendant paid a penalty of $40. 



"In all the above cases the Board con- 

 fiscated the aigrettes on hand, with the 

 exception of the Himles case, where a 

 clerk prevented the warden from securing 

 the aigrettes at the time of the arrest. 



"I would further add that it is the 

 intention of this Commission, and we 

 stand as a unit in this matter, to follow up 

 and prosecute to a finish every offender 

 against this new plumage law. We have 

 already sent and shall send from time to 

 time detectives, both men and women, 

 to visit department and millinery stores 

 in diliferent cities all over the state, and, 

 where any violators are found, you can 

 rest assured they will be severely punished. 



"Assuring you of our most hearty 

 cooperation in the noble efforts your 

 society is making along this line, I remain. 

 Very truly yours, (Signed) Ernest 

 Napier, President." 



New Members 



May I, to July i, 191 2. 



Life Members: 



Mrs. James C. Greenway, 



Mr. William G. Rockefeller, 

 New Contributor: 



Irondequoit Fish and Game Associ- 

 ation. 

 Sustaining Members: 



Appold, Miss Bertha V. 



Baldwin, Miss Sarah R. 



Barnes, Miss Mary C. 



Barton, Mrs. T. O. 



Bigelow, Miss Elizabeth 



Cary, Miss Kate 



Chandler, Miss Ethel 



Cleaves, Mr. Howard H. 



Cochran, Mrs. G. F. 



Crablrce, iMiss Lotta M. 



