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loo wardens ha? been employed, on fees or salary, to enforce the bird and Ciame 

 protective laws. These officers have distributed literature, posted warning- 

 notices, and bv their activity have prevented much illegal killing of wild birds 

 and animals. Especial attention has been given to the enforcement of the laws 

 jiroviding close seasons for the killing of Quail, Wild Turkeys and Robins. 

 The breeding colonies of sea birds have also been carefully guarded. Many 

 arrests have been made for violations of the game laws, and in 163 cases the de- 

 fendants were convicted. The Society does not receive any revenue from this 



ROYAL TERNS ON PROTECTED SAND-BAR IN NORTH CAROLINA 

 Photographed by P. B. Philipp 



source, as, bv a constitutional provision in North Carolina, all fines and forfei- 

 tures go to the school fund. 



Our legislature met the past winter, at which time, by a concerted effort on 

 the part of those w ho disajjprove of the work of the Audubon Society, an effort 

 was made to destroy its usefulness. In this, however, they were only partly 

 successful, while, on the other hand, the Society and its friends were able to 

 secure the passage of a number of local laws providing for much-needed restric- 

 tions on hunting. 



Our receipts for the year weix $12,947.35, and our expenditures $12,758.20, 

 leaving a balance on hand of $188.53. — T. Gilbert Pearson, Secretary. 



