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learn what regulations were to govern them until the next legislative 

 session, at least. 



Suffice it to say that the ever-increasing needs of southern California 

 these last two years have been met as far as we were able, and not as 

 we would have met them ; but rather, as our controlling limitations 

 required. 



Prosecution of petty offenders against the technicalities of the hunting 

 and fishing restrictions is of course a necessary part of the day's work 

 in wild-life conservation and must go on, lest the voluntary support of 

 the vast ma.jority in observing the laws they believe in, be pre.judiced 

 by seeing too large a proportion of persistent violators escaping the 

 punishment they deserve. For this purpose, an elaborate and expensive 

 patrol organization must be maintained. To the violating class, such 

 constitutes the outstanding activity of the sportsmen's Fish and Game 

 Commission; but to the vast majority who support the law consistently 

 because they know that without restriction, fish and game speedily 

 would become but a bad memory, real conservation represents bringing 

 all the people to appreciation of what it actually means. 



The fostering and encouragement of sporting resorts open and acces- 

 sible to all the people has played a prominent part in southern division 

 activities during the past two years, it also being truly constructive 

 conservation of a particularly important nature in view of the self- 

 supporting nature of all wild-life work in (Jalifornia. Herein also, the 

 general public has proved a very direct party-at-interest, since what- 

 ever contributes to the outdoor attractiveness of the state can not fail 

 to benefit every business in it, not to mention the inestimable advantages 

 of facilitating healthful outdoor recreation. 



As one result of such work, we see a steadily-swelling increase in 

 number of hunting and fishing resorts where the average sportsman 

 of moderate means may enjoy himself at reasonable cost. There is a 

 very common tendency amongst promoters to found their propositions 

 upon the quite generally exploded theory of exclusiveness, forgetting 

 that volume of business is the surest prospect of lasting profit. The 

 enormous success of our largest resorts has been built upon a broad 

 policy of serving all comers, since the millionaire class naturally is in 

 the minority. 



Respectfully submitted. 



E. L. Hedderly, 



In charge. 



