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STATE OF NEW YORK. 

 FOREST, FISH AND GAME COMMISSION. 



ALBANY, October i, 1903. 

 DEWITT C. MIDDLETON, Commissioner. 



J. DUNCAN LAWRENCE, Deputy Commissioner. 



, N. Y. 



Dear Sir: 



We shall include in our annual report for 1903 some statistics showing 

 the extent of summer resort business carried on by the Northern hotels and 

 boarding houses, the total capital invested in buildings, the number of 

 guests, number of employees, total wages paid, and gross receipts from all 

 sources. As it is essential that these statistics should be based on statements 

 furnished by the proprietors of the various hotels and boarding houses, in- 

 stead of on estimates made by others, a copy of the enclosed circular has been 

 mailed to each. 



The figures thus obtained will not be printed, but will be treated as a 

 confidential communication. In no case will they be shown to any as- 

 sessor, or used in any way that might influence the assessment of property. 

 The published statistics will contain no information as to any particular hotel 

 or boarding houses, but will show only the total footings of the returns. 



Will you kindly fill out the blank in the enclosed circular at your earliest 

 convenience and remail it to us. In case you cannot readily refer to your 

 accounts or hotel register, you are at liberty to fill out the answers from 

 memory, or as near as you can. 



The combined figures from the returns will show the volume of the North- 

 ern summer resort business of New York, the large amount of money dis- 

 tributed there for wages, and the influence of this business on the develop- 

 ment and prosperity of that region. This valuable and interesting informa- 

 tion, together with a schedule of the summer hotels and boarding houses, 

 their proprietors, and the capacity of each place will be printed in a special 

 report, a copy of which will be mailed to your address. 



Trusting that the interest you must feel in all information of the kind 

 will prompt you to cooperate with us in this work, we remain, 



Yours very truly, 

 FOREST, FISH AND GAME COMMISSION. 



