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and an assistant chief protector placed at the head of each division, who is 

 responsible for the work in his section. There is greater respect for the law 

 among the people, and more assistance rendered by them in its enforcement. 

 There is a marked decrease in violations, and the value of reasonable pro- 

 tection is much better understood. Nowhere is this improved condition 

 more noticeable than in the lesser number of trespasses on State land. The 

 total amount from all sources for each of the last five years, collected by the 

 Department, is shown in the following statement: 



1904 $23,636 66 



1905 5 8 .548 08 



1906 61 ,366 03 



1907 • 5 2 . 26 4 77 



1908 i77.o75 77 



The large increase in collections for the year 1908 is primarily due to 

 the Hunting License Law and the Marine Fisheries Law. The Department 

 is now more nearly self-sustaining than ever before. With proper manage- 

 ment of State land, a better utilization and conservation of water supply, 

 use of ripe, down and dead timber, and closely restricted occupation of land 

 for cottage and camp sites, enough money could be saved from that which 

 is now annually wasted, to pay all expenses of the Department, even on a 

 much more efficient plan of service. With the law as it should be, these 

 resources would also yield sufficient revenue to purchase all the additional 

 land the State's interests demand. The methods which should be employed 

 to obtain this much desired result, and the necessity for it, are subjoined 

 under the forestry section. The willful trespasses were less during 1908 

 than any previous year, aggregating 25; all of them were small. Twenty- 

 nine old ones, which had been committed prior to 1908, were discovered, 

 such as cutting fire wood, or a tree here and there. 



The total violations of all kinds during 1908 were 742. There were 413 

 former violations undisposed of January 1, 1908, making a total of 1,155 an< 

 told during the year. Three hundred and six were placed in the hands of 

 the legal department. Eight hundred and forty-nine were disposed of 

 directly by the Department. Total disposed of, 1,043, leaving unsettled 

 112. A complete statement of the work done by the legal department will 



