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FISH AND GAME COMMISSION. 



'Material increase in the warden service commensurate with the large 

 land and water areas of the state is urgently recommended. 



Fig. 3. California's Game Refuges in 1924. (See Fig. 2.) 



A COMPARISON. 



On tile accompanying map will be found interesting comparisons 

 as to the income, expenditures and activities of the various state fish 

 and game commissions. Considering the area and the wild life resources 

 of the state, the sum expended on patrol and on other work of the 

 California Commission is not adequate. A comparison of the patrol 

 expense per scjuare mile of territory in all the states from which records 

 were ol)tainal)le shows that California expends $0.64 as against New 

 York's .tn.Bf), Massachusetts' $8.44, AVisconsin's $2.(10, Illinois' $3.35 and 

 Missouri's $1.0(). Even the Pacific coast states of Oregon and Wash- 

 ington show $0.71 and $1.13 respectively. Texas appears to spend 

 less than all — liut 3 cents per square mile of territory. 



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