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 The information blank enclosed read as follows : 



STATE OF NEW YORK. 

 SUMMER HOTELS AND BOARDING HOUSES. 



SEASON OF 1903. * , ' 



Name of hotel or boarding house, 



Name of proprietor, 



Postoffice address, 



Railroad station, 



Capacity, 



Total number of guests, boarders, fishermen and hunters in 1903, 



Number of guests that remained over two weeks, 



Number of guests from outside of the State of New York, 



Total capital invested in buildings of all kinds, and furniture, not including 

 land, , $ 



Total number of employees : Clerks, cooks, porters, waiters, chambermaids, 

 bell boys, house mechanics, musicians, stablemen, drivers, house guides, 

 etc., 



Total wages paid employees and help, male and female, $ 



Total receipts for board, laundry, carriage hire, boat hire, golf grounds, etc., 



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NOTE. If your hotel is open all the year, please omit any figures for your 

 winter or commercial business, but include tourists, pleasure and health 

 seekers, fishermen and hunters. 



As a general thing the replies were prompt and satisfactory. But 

 many of the proprietors, fearing that the information might be used 

 to their disadvantage by the town assessor, answered only in part, 

 and omitted the figures showing the value of their buildings, or capi- 

 tal invested. This omission was unnecessary, as the circular sent 

 them stated plainly that their replies would be treated as a confidential 

 communication. Still, some persons flatly refused to furnish this par- 

 ticular item, and so an official of the Commission, competent to make 



