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exhausted, it is apparent that we must concentrate on the other por- 

 tions of the state where fish can be planted and make the supply some- 

 what approach the actual demand. It will be an expensive and a long 

 process, but we are face to face with a crisis in our fishing conditions 

 and we might as well face it right now. An adequate survey should be 

 started immediately and we must secure the extra funds. It will cost 

 at least $15,000 annually. 



In closing, the executive officer desires personally and on behalf of 

 all his colleagues, to express to Governor Richardson and to you, Mr. 

 Zellerbach, the president of the Commission, and to Mr. Connell and 

 to Judge Clock, its members, and to all other employees of the Fish and 

 Game Commission, our appreciation of your whole-hearted support 

 and cooperation. "What little success we may have attained in reorgan- 

 izing the Commission has been due to the cooperation of the Governor 

 and to the untiring work and energy both of the Commissioners and of 

 every single member of the various departments and bureaus of the 

 Commission. I have made it my task to travel over the state from 

 north to south and from east to west to meet our deputies and others 

 on the ground, to look into the various activities of the Commission and 

 to get a first-hand comprehensive view of the situation. I am impressed 

 by the splendid personnel which has been built up over a long period 

 of years. I wonder at the self-sacrificing attitude of our deputies and 

 other employees. It is incomprehensible that these men have stayed 

 with the Commission from year to year on a salary less than that which 

 is paid to the ordinary policeman upon his beat in the citias of San 

 Francisco and Los Angeles. Our deputies are a fine, up-standing bunch 

 of men, two-fisted fighters all, and men who have earned the respect and 

 confidence of the districts in which they reside. We are all a happy 

 family, working toward a common end, the conservation of our fish 

 and game. 



Respectfully submitted . 



B. D. Marx Greene, 

 Executive Officer 



