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" Resolved ; That this Society hereby appropriates the sum of $15.00 towards 

 a fund to be raised by Mr. Dutcher, for the purpose of securing the services of 

 a special game keeper for the protection of the Terns on Gull Island, and gives 

 its hearty approval of his laudable enterprise in behalf of the preservation of 

 these beautiful, harmless and much persecuted birds. 



(Signed) Walter W. Granger, 



Secretary. 



" The matter was also presented to the West Side Natural 

 History Society of New York, and the American Society 

 for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. These societies 

 and some private individuals subscribed a fund sufficient 

 for a salary to a special game keeper. Great Gull Island 

 is some distance from the Long Island and Connecticut 

 shores ; is somewhat difficult of access, and is not large 

 enough, (being about twelve to fifteen acres in extent), to 

 permit a game keeper to reside on the Island. It was 

 therefore necessary to secure the co-operation of the Light 

 House Board at Washington, D. C, and its permission 

 that the keeper of the Little Gull Island Light-house 

 should act in the capacity of game keeper. The matter 

 being presented to the Board its consent was given as 

 follows: 



" In reply to the request in your letter of May 5, 1894, the Light-house 

 Board informs you that it sees no objections to the employment, by your so- 

 ciety, of the keeper of Little Gull Island Light-house Station, N. Y., to pro- 

 tect Tern near Little Gull Island during the breeding season. Authority to 

 employ this keeper for that purpose is granted, with the proviso that it is not 

 to interfer with his duties as Light-house keeper. 



" You are requested to communicate with Captain W. S. Schley, Inspector of 

 the Third L. H. District, Tompkinsville, Staten Island, N. Y., on the subject 

 and inform him of the action of the Board. 



Respectfully yours, 

 (Signed), R. D. Evans, 



Capt. U. S. Navy 



Naval Secretary. 



" After securing the consent of the Light-house Board, 

 that Capt. Field should serve as game protector, his ap- 

 pointment by the Game Commissioners was requested by 

 the New York Association for the Protection of Game in 

 the following letter : 



