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REPORT OP THE PISH AND GAME COMMISSION. 



absolute prohibition of sale will successfully stop the operations of the 

 man who hunts for market. Furthermore, the fact that 300,000 ducks 

 were sold in the markets of San Francisco alone in 1912 is evidence 

 that the sale of ducks must be stopped if an undiminished supply is 



Fig. 7. Map of California, showing state game refuges. 



to be maintained. The result of the referendum vote on the nonsale- 

 of-game bill was an indication of a lack of knowledge of the facts 

 rather than a condemnation of the law. A valid principle underlies 

 this needed law and in justice to neighboring states, all of which have 

 such a law, California should see that market hunting is eliminated. 

 Other laws enacted in 1915 are proving their worth. The state laws 

 were made to conform with the Federal Migratory Bird Law, thus 



