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of applications to State boards with a view to making tlie lUireau's 

 work still more effective. In Minnesota we have a(.k)pted this card 

 system and have been working at it three years. Every lake and stream 

 in the State is now indexed. We know their depth, size, the kinds of 

 tish in them, etc. 



Mr. Seymour Bowek : In Micliigan the number of applications has 

 increased rapidly and particularly in the last five or six years. We use 

 a blank form of application and three to four thousand of these are 

 filled and returned yearly. This does not include hundreds of renewal 

 requests nor requests to make applications perpetual. We also fill brook 

 trout applications three successive seasons whether reapplied for or not ; 

 so that in one way or another we have from 5,000 to 7,000 requests and 

 applications before us for consideration annually. 



Mr. Meehan : Applications for fish in Pennsylvania are increasing 

 very rapidly. The number last year for black bass was only half what 

 it is this year. The demand for trout is also increasing. We do not 

 renew an application ; a blank must l)e filled out for each lot of fish. 

 Requests for an extra supply of tish are likewise increasing. It is not 

 uncommon for an applicant to ask for forty cans of fish for a mile of 

 stream. 



President: The applications fur lisli are increasing rapidly every 

 year in New York. Last year we had more than four thousand, which 

 is about one thousand more than the year before. 



