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Birds of Pennsylvania. 



Cameron, $130 00 



Centre, 1,827 05 



Chester, 944 50 



Cleartield, 1,500 00 



Clinton, 325 00 



Columbia, 900 00 



Crawford, 8,022 90 



Cumberland, 

 Dauphin, 

 Elk, . , 



500 00 

 450 00 

 350 00 



Erie 2,746 00 



Favette, 650 00 



Forest, 350 00 



Franklin 967 00 



Fulton, 700 00 



Greene 1,200 00 



Huntingdon, 2,000 00 



Indiana $1,251 00 



Juniata, 584 50 



311 50 



Lackawanna, 

 Lancaster, . 

 Lawrence, . 



715 10 

 535 90 



I^pinon, $202 20 



L^igh 267 50 



Luzerne, 625 00 



Lvcoraing, 1,039 00 



McKean, 1,023 57 



Mercer, 2,319 70 



Miftlin, 357 60 



Montgomery, .... 85 20 



Northampton, .... 381 60 



Northumberland, . . . 566 70 



Perrv, 1,1^0 25 



Schuvlkill, 450 00 



Somerset, 1,600 00 



Sullivan, 

 Susquehanna, 

 Tioga, . . . . 

 Union, . . 



Venango, . 

 Warren, . . 

 Washington, . 

 Wyoming, . 



300 00 



1,200 00 



1,169 00 



410 00 



952 60 



1,893 25 



727 50 



800 00 



" The answers to the second and third queries (the effect of the re- 

 peal of the act so far as it applies to Hawks and Owls, and its total 

 repeal) were answered by the respective county officers as follows: 



"Replies of County Commissioners. 



^'^ Adams. — ' The law should be repealed except as to wolves, foxes 

 and wildcats ; the repeal as to Hawks and Owls would be a saving to 

 the county of $2,500.' 



^''Armstrong. — ' Repeal the whole act.' 



'•''Allegheny. — 'So far as this county is concerned, its repeal would 

 not affect the number destroyed.' 



'-'•Beaver. — 'The commissioners think that the whole act should be 

 repealed.' 



" Berks. — ' Our opinion is that the whole act should be repealed.' 



" Backs — ' Think that the portion as to hawks and owls should be 

 repealed ; the balance of the act should remain as it now is.' 



" Bradford — ' Li the opinion of our county commissioners, hawks 

 and owls are more beneficial to farmers than detrimental, but they 

 are of the opinion that the whole act should be repealed for the fol- 

 lowing reasons : 



"1. It encourages hunting as an occupation. 



" 2. Because the motives of self-interest will prompt the destruction 

 of all these animals found doing damage. 



" 3. Because of the drain upon the treasury.' 



" Blair. — ' The general impression is that the act should stand as it 

 now is; there is no doubt that it is beneficial in our county and moun- 

 tain districts. The effect of repealing the whole act would be very 

 injurious, both to crops, domestic and wild game. The law, as a 

 whole, meets with general approval. The expense for the first year 

 seems to be rather burdensome, but in the future it will be much less. 



