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right into the pulpit, and later on will distribute the leaflets in my 

 congregation.' 



"Never before has the New York Society begun the winter with better 

 prospects. There are now enthusiastic workers all over the state and 

 many new fields to be conquered. As unstinted a distribution as possible 

 miust therefore be made of the many excellent leaflets now available. 



"Steps have been taken for the incorporation of the society. 



"The pressing need of the society, to<meet which all energies must be 

 bent, is to gain two or three hundred sustaining members. Each town and 

 city in the state should contribute its quota according to its wealth and size, 

 and with persistent efifort this ought to be possible. Such an income as 

 this would mean would do much to insure the permanency of the society, 

 whatever (inevitable) changes in the Executive Board the future may bring. 



"The present membership is 5,217." 



North Carolina. — The report of the year's work detailed by Secretary 

 Pearson shows so clearly how much a well -managed and aggressive society 

 can accomplish that it becomes an excellent object-lesson for the Executive 

 Officers of all other societies. 



"The Audubon Society of North Carolina is an unique organization, 

 in that it is not only a society for the study of bird life and the pro- 

 mulgation of the ideas of bird protection, but it has, in addition, the 

 power of appointing bird and game wardens, and in other ways repre- 

 sents the state as a Game Commission might do. The measure of 

 success with which its afifairs have been attended demonstrates clearly 

 the advisability of a non-political organization, conducting the affairs of 

 the bird and game protection work of a commonwealth. 



"This Society has been adding to its warden force until, at the 

 present time, forty men are employed, six of these giving their entire 

 time to the work. The enforcement of the bird and game laws in the 

 state is a new experience to most of the population, and when such con- 

 ditions exist it is reasonable that the people should be made acquainted 

 with the law, and substantial reasons given them why the insect-eating 

 birds should be protected and the game preserved. To accomplish this 

 end the wardens travel through the country visiting the towns, country 

 stores and farmhouses, handing out literature and talking with the 

 people. In this way there has been distributed during the past year in 

 round numbers the following literature: 



Cloth warning notices 17,000 



Leaflets of National Committee 21,000 



Government publications 32,000 



Publications of the Stat.- Society 110,000 



