RKPOKT Ol' TIIK nSII AND (lAMK COMMISSION. lU.J 



,so i.«su('il. jiiul ti).;ill(i\v nii'i'iits sd si'lliii!^' lii'iMisi s, llic Icyiil iMiiiiinis-inii 

 of ten per ciMit. 



Ill ('(itiroriiiity with this l;i\v. inimtncf.-iltlc sin'li ;iiri'iicics have been 

 ereatoil. sp()i-tinfi--<iOcds stores, hiii'dwai-c and ^'cncral iiici-chanclise 

 Iiouses and jiost offices anionic otticrs. In addition to this ;ilrcad\- com- 

 prchcnsive disti-ihuticn. the Automobile Clul) of Southern California 

 has now plaeetl oui- iii-enses on sale to its 50. ()()() members thronirh its 

 main oftiee in Los Anii'eles. and its twriity hr.-inchrs in all the Icfiiliiii!; 

 cities of sonthei'n ( 'alironiia. The Aut iimohile clul) not <iiily has co- 

 operated most iheerrnlly in every \va\- tlirou<i-li disseiiiinat ion of infor- 

 mation thi'ouuh the wide and injj;'hly sj)ei'iali/,ed sporting eireidation 

 of its '"'rourinu- Topics" nia.iiH^ine ; but has with most connnendable 

 public spirit, waived its lawful eoniniission of ten per cent on the large 

 volume of licenses sold, there])y establishing a laudable precedent. 



Totlay, the hunting and angling licenses are so easily obtainable in 

 southern California that nobody has the least excuse to be without. 

 The requirenu'iits of the law are so nniversall\- known, and so conven- 

 iently complied with tluit convict ions for lack of licenses are now negli- 

 gible. 



It is particidarly gratifying tlnit the gain in our revenue-; through 

 thus convenieucing the public, has- been attained without tlie loss of a 

 dollar, or any dereliction in accounting, notwithstanding the broadcast 

 nature nf the di.stribution. The system is now so organized that a lo-ss 

 is virtually imposible, the Fish and Game Conuni.ssion being entirely 

 safe-guarded in advance, placing the entire responsibility right where 

 it belongs — namely, upon those who are being paid ten per cent for 

 their services to the state. Nor can the very large nninber of tii'm-; 

 thus finani'ially interested, be overlooked as a cont ribiit iim t'actoi' in 

 stimulating the s;de of ^partinu licenses. These merchants ai'e not over- 

 paid for tlieii- time and trouble; but their profit comes in the very con- 

 siderable advertising value incidental to the issuance of licenses, whi;-h 

 bring people into their places of business to leave many a dollar in trade 

 that otherwise would go ebewliere. Today, a mor(> loyal or conscien- 

 tious organization than these ^ales agents would be difticult to discover. 



The story of conservation in southern California reads like a 

 romance: nor has the last biennial period proved its least interesting 

 clia[)ter. Rather, the I'cverse is true. 



Confronted by a combination n\' conditions seemiiiLily prohibitive fif- 

 teen years ago — with a (xipnlation increasing beyond any known pre- 

 cedent and auri-ulture ever reaching out for all arable lands, as inten- 

 sive machine farming methods increased human capacity for cultivation 

 — there seemed but a dismal future fiU' the u-entleman's field sports of 

 angling and shooting. 



