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as there is great demand for it. " This is only typical of the growth of the work, 

 were the Society able to be more liberal in supplying the demands created by 

 these past twelve years of effort. Another local secretary writes: "I find the 

 people in the country and small towns are just waiting to have this work broached 

 to them, to go into it heart and soul." Thus, the ever-present problem of how ■ 

 to increase the income of the Society is now more than ever urgent. The Society 

 is now doing a tithe of the work which might be done were more funds at its 

 command. — Emma H. Lockwood, Secretary. 



North Carolina. — In certain respects, the work in North Carolina for the 

 past vear has been on a decidedly larger scale than theretofore. The Secretary 

 of the Society, assisted by Miss Mary T. Moore, the School Secretary, has given 

 a large number of lectures and bird talks throughout the state, principally to 

 gatherings of teachers and farmers. Five thousand copies of the game laws, 

 besides many thousands of leaflets and cloth posters, have been distributed, 

 and numbers of articles for the public press have been prepared and sent out. 



During the year seventy-nine game wardens were employed, a larger number 

 than any previous year. As a result of their activities, the Society brought 274 

 prosecutions in the State Courts for violations of the bird and game protective 

 laws. In 245 of these cases the defendants were convicted and fined. The ma- 

 jority of these convictions were for infringements of laws protecting game birds 

 or animals, but twenty-five cases were for killing Robins, and nineteen cases 

 were for killing non-game birds such as Mockingbirds, Nighthawks, Cuckoos, 

 Herons and Bluebirds. 



During the year we purchased an additional launch, 'The Dovekie,' which 

 has since been doing patrol work in Currituck Sound. Our legislature was called 

 in special session during the month of January, and several local game laws 

 of a restrictive nature were passed. Some of these bills were drafted by the secre- 

 tary of the Audubon Society. 



In connection with the State Geological Survey, we are preparing to publish 

 an illustrative work on the birds of North Carolina, at a contemplated expen- 

 diture of about five thousand dollars. This work will be sent gratis to over 

 two thousand Public School Libraries in the state. 



We received $8,776.12 from the state, our total income amounting to $13,- 

 115.33; and our expenditures were $13,275.26, leaving an overdraft of $159.93. 

 — T. Gilbert Pearson, Secretary. 



North Dakota. — The work of the North Dakota Audubon Society for 

 the vear ending October 30, 1908, has been for the most part along the line of 

 creating public sentiment in favor of the protection of bird life. A series of well- 

 attended free lectures was given during the winter months under the auspices 

 of the Society. In December, Mr. Enos A. Mills, lecturer for the United States 

 Forestry Bureau, spoke to three large audiences of the value of trees and birds, 



