LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. 



San Francisco, California, 

 June 30, 1916. 



To His Excellency Hiram W. Johnson, 



Governor of the State of California. 



Sir: In accordance with law, we submit for your consideration the 

 twenty-fourth biennial report of the Fish and Game Commission, the 

 same being a record of the work, receipts and expenditures for the 

 biennial period July 1, 1914, to June 30, 1916. A summary of the 

 work accomplished occupies the first pages, followed by the detailed 

 reports of the department heads and district offices. The appendix 

 contains the statistical reports. Heretofore the biennial report has been 

 the only printed record of the commission. Current activities now are 

 recorded in the quarterly, California Fish and Game, published 

 under our auspices. Further detailed accounts of the work of this 

 board can be obtained, therefore, by referring to volumes 1 and 2 

 of this periodical. 



Respectfully submitted. 



Board of Fish and Game Commissioners. 



By Ernest Schaeffle, 

 Executive Officer. 



