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farmeis Hud sporlsiiieii which appuared on lislt* thai 

 the iiiembei s of tlie ^euate and House* had kindly sent 

 the Game Commission. 



At the present wi-itiug, May 20, 1^97, about 2,000 re- 

 plies have been received at the office of the Game 

 Commission. An examination of these answers on the 

 bounty subject reveals that, on an average, about 

 twenty persons to a county made a reply, pro or con. 

 Two answers were received from one county, seven 

 from a second, and ten came in from a third; with these 

 and perhaps a few other exceptions, the answers 

 returned from the counties, ran in about the following 

 proportions: Adams, :iO; Bradford. 22; Clu'Ster, 25; 

 Delaware, 16; Erie, 27; Fulton, 20; Cleartield, 23; 

 Crawford 35; Sullivan, 22; Mifflin, 26; Lancaster, 25; 

 Luzerne, 30; Westmoreland, 28; Lehigh, 35; North- 

 ampton, 37, and Tioga, 37. 



The percentage, however, in favor of bounties, as 

 Bhown by the following columns of figures, is very 

 great, and in view of this sentiment it is not at all 

 surpi'ising that a bounty act recently passed the 

 House of Representatives with but few negative votes: 



REPORTS OF COITXTIES. 



PercentctQe Percentage 

 Vounty. for against 



Bounty. Bounty. 



AdiHus 90 in 



Allegheny, S^ l^ 



Armstrong 75^ 24^ 



Reaver 75 2^) 



Bedford 100 



Merks 75 25 



Blair 91 9 



Bradford S(;J 1.32 



Bucks, SO 20 



