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including those of the Fourth Brigade, culled 



out upon request, of the sheriff and judge of the 



Supreme Cuiirt, to number 7,190 men. The 



::.-o of this large ruilitury force prevented 



further violence and restored civil order. On 



.'">. 'JO, and 27 the troops were withdrawn. 



( anals. The tonnage of the canals during the 

 season of 1892 was 281,477 tons less than for the 

 :i of 1891. The total tonnage was 4,281,- 

 ns. comprising the following classes of 

 freight: Products of the forest, 1,249,381 tons; 

 products of agriculture, 1,038,851 tons; products 

 <.f manufactures, 125,781 tons ; merchandise, 292,- 

 468 tons ; all other articles, 1,575,514 tons. The 

 decrease in tonnage is attributed to the fact 

 that the railways have advanced their equip- 

 ment to such a degree that they are able to trans- 

 l>ort freight as cheaply as the canals. The only 

 canal boatmen who can now compete with the 

 railroads are the few who have steam canal boats 

 uinl tow from 3 to 5 boats with them each trip. 



To increase the efficiency of the canals, it is 

 ur.ired that means for the propulsion of canal 

 boats by electricity be devised, and that the 

 power from the waste water at the locks be used 

 lor its generation. Also certain improvements 

 an- needed to increase the usefulness of the canal 

 sv-tem. Careful examination by the Governor 

 with the State Engineer and Superintendent of 

 Public Works of the repairs now needed showed 

 that a large appropriation would not be neces- 

 sary to maintain the canal system in a proper 

 state of efficiency and make 'necessary improve- 

 ments. The required dredging of the Cham plain 

 Canal will not demand a larger expenditure 

 than $50,000 for the present year. The expense 

 of repairing the Schoharie creek aqueduct 

 should not exceed $25.000, that of the upper 

 Mohawk aqueduct $20,000, and that of the 

 lower Mohawk aqueduct $25,000. These im- 

 provements are, however, imperatively needed, 

 and should not be delayed. The Erie basin at 

 Buffalo should be deepened so as to give the 

 CM iiiils the same facilities at this terminal point 

 that the railroads have. 



Fisheries. The Commissioners of Fisheries 

 an- Robert Hamilton, William H. Bowman, D. 

 <i. Hackney, A. S. Joline, and Lawrence D. 

 Btantington. According to their annual report, 

 issued during July, more fish were distributed 

 than in any year since the creation of the com- 

 mission, and more valuable food fish were turned 

 into the waters of the State than in any previ- 

 ous year. The following is a list of the food fish 

 deposited last year: Pike, 4,000,000; ciscoes, 

 :i.(H>< 1.000 ; whitefish, 9,000,000 ; channel pickerel, 

 2.DIMI.IMMI: shad. 2,424.000; torn cods. 3,200,000 ; 

 smelts, 7,400,000; lobsters, 27,700; frost fish, 

 7,400,000; total, 38,451,700. 



The Governor, in his message, says : " A per- 

 sonal investigation during the summer into the 

 work of the. Commissioners of Fisheries, includ- 

 ing visits to some of the existing hatcheries, 

 persuaded me that only 3 out of the 5 hatch- 

 eries are located properly for the successful 

 propagation of fish. 1 suggest that hereafter, 

 when new hatcheries are needed, the location of 

 the same bo left to the discretion of the Com- 

 missioners of Fisheries. They are presumably 

 better qualified by reason of their expert knowl- 

 edge to judge of the comparative merits of dif- 



ferent localities as places for fish culture, and 

 such a transfer of responsibility would check a 

 tendency recently observable in the Legislature 

 to make the creation of one new hatchery de- 

 pend upon the creation of one or more others." 



The United States Fish Commission lai-t year 

 crm-ed 9,500,000 shad fry to be deposited in the 

 Hudson between NmrboM and Trov. 



New Game Laws. In May the Governor 

 signed the bill for the codification < f the game 

 laws, which was the result of many months of 

 work on the part of the special commission ap- 

 pointed in 1890. The provisions of the code are : 

 The Governor to appoint five commissioners of 

 fisheries for one, two, three, four, and five years 

 respectively ; but the term of office of each shall 

 be five years, thus retiring one every year. One 

 of the commissioners shall have charge of shell- 

 fish work. They shall have an office in the Capi- 

 tol at Albany, and hold meetings on the first 

 Friday of January, and every alternate month 

 thereafter. There may be a branch office in the 

 city of New York. The secretary shall have a 

 salary of $2,000. The board shall appoint 20 

 game and fish protectors, to hold office at pleas- 

 ure ; the chief protector shall have $2,000 a year 

 and his expenses, and each of the other protect- 

 ors $500 a year and his expenses ; the chief pro- 

 tector shall have rooms in the Capitol at Albany. 



The new laws prohibit the following : 



Game. Deer, between Nov. 1 and Aug. 15. No 

 person shall take more than 2 deer in a season. 

 Protected in Ulster, Greene, Sullivan, and Dela- 

 ware Counties for five years. Venison may be 

 possessed between Aug. 15 and Nov. 15. Hound- 

 ing deer forbidden between Oct. 21 and- Sept. 10. 

 Forbidden at all times in St. Lawrence, Dela- 

 ware, Greene, and Ulster Counties, and between 

 Dec. 1 and Oct. 1 in Sullivan County. Black 

 and gray squirrels, between Jan. 1 and Sept. 1. 

 Hares and rabbits not protected. Wildfowl (ex- 

 cept geese and brant), between May 1 and Sept. 

 1. Quail, between Jan. 1 and Nov. 1. If law- 

 fully killed, or from out the State, may be pos- 

 sessed to Feb. 1. Protected for five years in 

 Orleans, Livingston, Monroe, Cayuga, Seneca, 

 Wayne, Tompkins, Tioga, Onondaga, Steuben, 

 and Cortland Counties. Woodcock and grouse, 

 between Jan. 1 and Aug. 15. If lawfully killed, 

 or from out the State, may be possessed to Feb. 

 1. Wilson's or English snipe, plover, rail, mud- 

 hen, gallinule, grebe, bittern, surf birds, curlew, 

 water chicken, bay snipe, shore birds, between 

 Jan. 1 and Sept. 1. No protection in Onondaga. 

 Wayne, Oneida, Cayuga, Wyoming, Genesec, 

 Niagara, Monroe, Erie, Chautauqua, Cattarau- 

 gus, and Orleans Counties. Meadow larks. l>o- 

 tween Jan. 1 and Nov. 1. All other wild birds 

 (except English sparrow, crane, hawk, crow, 

 raven, crow blackbird, common blackbird, king- 

 fisher) protected always. 



fish. Trout, between Sept. 1 and April 15. 

 (In Spring Brook creek, Sept. 1 to April 1. In 

 Lake George, Sept. 1 to May 1.) Lawful length, 

 6 inches. Salmon trout, landlocked salmon, be- 

 tween Oct. 1 and May 1. Lawful length. G 

 inches. Black bass. Oswego bass, between Jan. 

 1 and May 30. (In Lake George, Jan. 1 to Aug. 

 1. Black "Lake, Jan. 1 t.> Ma\ .'.) lawful length. 

 8 inches. Muskallonge, between Jan. 1 and May 

 30. Salmon, between Aug. 15 and March 1. 



