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Crawford^ — '• Bounty account not kept so as to show how many of 

 each kind paid for ; the first five months they were very equally di- 

 vided, but in May and June hawks, weasels and owls predominated ; 

 hawks leading the list. We paid the first bounty on a fox November 

 1885, $1.00; December, $275.90; January, 1886. $279.20; February, 

 $182.00; March, $207.00; April, $236.40 ; May, $347.60; June, $1,- 

 079.00; total, $2,608.10, including justices' fees." 



Chester. — 1885 — 11 hawks; 6 minks; 5 weasels; 1 fox. 1886 — 

 from January 1 to December 1, inclusive, 666 hawks ; 60 owls ; 107 

 foxes ; 208 minks ; 248 weasels. 1887 — from January 1 to March 18, 

 inclusive, 289 hawks; 79 owls ; 84 minks ; 7 foxes ; 199 weasels. 



Delaware. — 3 hawks ; 3 foxes. 



Erie. — 414 hawks ; 225 owls ; 107 foxes. " It is rapidly on the in- 

 crease ; one-fifth of the whole number has been within the last two 

 weeks." This letter was dated July 13, 1887. 



Fayette. — 278 hawks ; 80 owls ; 82 foxes ; 24 minks ; 6 wild-cats. 



Forest. — 110 foxes; 37 hawks; owls 2. 



Franklin.— 1\\ 1885, 24 wild-cats ; 278 foxes ; 97 minks ; 22 hawks ; 

 9 weasels; 2 owls. In 1886, from January 1 to July 1, 9 wild-cats; 

 287 foxes ; 76 minks ; 132 hawks ; 22 weasels ; 30 owls. 



Huntingdon. — 64 owls ; 347 hawks ; 56 minks; 38 weasels; 362 

 foxes; 13 wild-cats. 



Indiana. — 350 foxes ; 250 weasels ; 300 hawks ; 150 owls ; 



Juniata. — 150 hawks ; 70 foxes ; 20 owls. 



Lackaivanna. — 70 foxes; 30 hawks; 5 weasels; 7 wild-cats; 25 

 minks. 



Lycoming. — 700 hawks and owls ; 250 foxes. " We pay about 

 $115.00 per month for destroying the above-named animals." 



MiMn. — 71 hawks ; 14 owls ; 17 weasels ; 14 minks. 



Montour. — '' Paid for all animals $161.40." 



Mercer. — *' Our people did not become apprised of the passage of 

 the act to which you refer until some time after its approval, and as a 

 result we did not have any certificates presented until after the first 

 of December, 1885. Since that time we have paid out $1,300.00, and 

 of this amount fully $1,000.00 has been for hawks and owls, mostly 

 hawks ; have not paid for more than 10 or 12 foxes." 



McKean. — 17 wild-cats ; 137 foxes ; 115 minks ; 120 hawks : 81 

 owls ; 22 weasels. 



Montgomery. — 42 hawks ; 8 foxes ; 3 owls. 



Pike. — 32 hawks ; 4 owls ; 63 foxes ; 9 weasels ; 14 minks ; 4 wild- 

 cats. 



Perry. — 465 hawks ; owls, 62 ; foxes, 453 ; 130 minks ; 52 weasels. 

 '' Killed during 1885 (December) and to date, July 6, 1886." 



Somerset. — 14 wild-cats; 69 owls; 410 hawks; 250 weasels; 215 

 minks; 270foxes. Magistrates' tees, $129.75. 



Sullivan. — 46 hawks and owls ; 49 foxes. 



Susquehanna. — In 1885, 19 foxes ; 4 minks ; 5 weasels ; 2 ha,wks ; 

 4 owls. January 1 to Julv 5,1886, foxes, 217; minks, 171; weasels, 

 83 ; hawks, 223 \ owls, 55. ' 



Union. — Hawks, $43.40; owls, $12.60; minks, $21.00; weasels, 

 $11.60; fees included. 



Venango. — 126 hawks; 28 owls; 102 foxes. 



In connection with the above I give the additional facts Centre 



