CHAPTER XII 

 GAME LANDS AND GAME ADMINISTRATION 



T^INANCING of State Game Departments. Most State game funds are 

 JL derived from the sale of licenses. 



It is impossible, for a number of reasons, to present an accurate summary 

 of the financing of State game work in the various States. First of all, both 

 game income and game expenditure is inextricably interwoven with fish income 

 and fish expenditures. This is true in every State. 



Secondly, the methods of accounting are so varied, as well as the degree to 

 which detailed conservation budgets are published, that the figures from one 

 State seldom parallel those from another. 



Thirdly, much confusion is produced by the reappropriation of incomes, and 

 by balances carried over. It would be feasible to summarize the total conserva- 

 tion budget by States, but meaningless because of the wide variations in the sub- 

 ject matter or inclusiveness of conservation departments. 



The only simple way to present a generalized picture of State game finance 

 is to reproduce the figures annually reported to the U. S. Department of Agri- 

 culture as game income. These figures include not only indubitable game income, 

 but also indivisible income from combined hunting and fishing licenses. For 

 this reason, the figures in Table 53 are somewhat larger than the true game in- 

 come. The magnitude of this error varies somewhat by States, depending on 

 what combination licenses are offered. 



TABLE 53. Game Income of State game departments 



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