4C) FISIT AND GAME COMMISSION 



REPORT OF THE BUREAU OF PATROL 



By E. L. Macaulay, Chief 



The division of patrol activities into three districts mentioned in 

 the thirty-fourth biennial report has been continued with satisfactory 

 results. Two promotional examinations from the grade of assistant 

 warden to fish and game warden have provided an increase in our 

 patrol force of twenty w^ardens. 



Our Marine Fisheries Patrol has been materially enlarged by the 

 addition of four sea-going patrol boats for southern California w^aters, 

 and a new boat has also been built for upper San Francisco Bay. 

 All of our ocean-going boats have been equipped with radio telephone 

 installations, providing an effective means of communication from shore 

 to ship as well as between ships. 



A separate pollution detail in the Bureau of Patrol has been set 

 up and a detailed report by Paul A. Shaw, chemist in charge, is 

 included herewith. A new activity, the Junior Game Patrol, was 

 organized in 1936 to interest young people under 21 years of age in 

 the principles of fish and game conservation. The Junior Game Patrol 

 is supervised by "Warden M. F. Joy, Jr., who has written the article 

 describing the aims and purposes of this movement included in this 

 report. 



Conferences with all wardens in attendance were held at Sacra- 

 mento in February, 1937, and April, 1938. These meetings are very 

 beneficial, as they give our men an opportunity to become acquainted 

 with fish and game problems in other portions of the State. 



During the past biennium the following members of this depart- 

 ment retired from active service : 



R. C. Marshall on July 15, 1936: 

 Captain J. E. Newsome on August 2, 1936; 



and the following passed away : 



Captain E. W. Smalley on August 9. 1936 ; 

 Warden Charles Bouton on July 11, 1937 ; 

 Warden ]\IcPherson Lough on November 9, 1937. 



After August 27, 1937, one-half of all fines collected for viola- 

 tions of the Fish and Game Code are paid into the county treasury of 

 the county in which the defendant is tried, the other half going to the 

 fish and game preservation fund. "WTiile this procedure has resulted 

 in a reduced income from fines to the Fisli and Game Commission, it 

 has helped recompense the counties for the costs of prosecuting fish 

 and game cases. 



Patrol efficiency continues at a high standard. A recapitulation 

 of arrests and convictions will be found in the appendix on page 91. 



