CONSERVATION COMMISSION. 19 



grounds and propagation of migratory fish, mollusks and Crustacea. 

 This would inaugurate a work which would within a short period 

 increase the catches of marine species to a great degree and furnish 

 to. our citizens vast quantities of cheap and desirable food. The 

 Empire State cannot afford to lag behind in a work of this 

 character which is now being carried on with great success by most 

 of the European countries, some of the South American Republics 

 as well as the states of ^Tew Jersey, 'Virginia, Alabama, Mississippi 

 and Louisiana. If Uruguay can afford to appropriate $150,000 

 per annum for the development of its fisheries we ought not to 

 hesitate in the work of developing and protecting the fisheries in 

 our four hundred miles of sea coast. 



DIVISION OF INLAND WATERS. 



.The most notable feature disclosed by the investigations of the 

 department during the past year, in relation to water storage and 

 hydraulic development, is the magnitude and value of the water 

 powers which are at present owned by the State through owner- 

 ship of riparian lands, surplus canal waters, those which would 

 naturally belong to the State through the operation of proposed 

 storage reservoirs, and those which may properly become the 

 property of the State by virtue of federal grants of rights in 

 boundary waters. A general summary of some of the principal 

 of these powers is given in the following table. It is not in- 

 tended herein to list all the powers to which the State may lay 

 claim : 



TABLE or HYDRAULIC POWEK OF NEW YORK STATE IN WHICH THE Sr.vn: 

 HAS OB CLAIMS A PREDOMINANT INTEREST. 



1. Undeveloped powers belonging to the State by reason of practically com- 

 plete riparian ownership or otherwise. (Powers are for regulated flow.) 



CO per cent, of 

 Continuous. time. 



Horsepower. Horsepower. 



( a ) Niagara Falls 75, 000 75, 000 



(b) Kettle Mountain, Hudson river 25, 000 33, 000 



(c) On Sacandaga river above Northville ... 29,000 35,000 



(d) Au&able river 8, 000 10, 000 



137, 000 153, 000 



