REPORT OF THE FISH AND GAME COMMISSION. 



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COMPARATIVE AREA 



Area of the Nine States Quoted 155,328 Sq. M. 

 Area of California " 158,297 " " 



Fig. 6. Map of California, showing comparative area. 



Company. 



Courtesy Southern Pacific 



Believing that the commercialization of game means early extirpa- 

 tion, the commission has continuously advocated a law prohibiting the 

 sale of all game. Laws already prohibit the sale of all game birds with 

 the exception of ducks and geese, but these birds have been killed in 

 large numbers for the market. The point at issue, however, is more 

 largely the control of the market hunter rather than the actual sale 

 of birds on the market. Experience has shown that nothing short of 



