Table of Contents 



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Preface 13 



Report of the Commissioner for 1907 17-28 



Hatcheries 19 



Shellfish 20 



State Forests 21-24 



Forest Fires 24- 25 



Elk, Beaver, Deer 25 



Changes in Law Suggested 26- 28 



Report of the Commissioner for 1908 ...... 29- 46 



Achievements Stated 30- 32 



Hatcheries 33 



Shellfish 33- 34 



Elk, Beaver, Deer 34 



State Forests 34- 36 



Conferences at Washington 35 



Forest Fires 35- 38 



Forest Management 38- 42 



Highlands of the Hudson 42- 43 



Recommendations 43- 46 



Report of the Commissioner for 1909 47- 78 



Marine Fisheries 49- 50 



Hatcheries 50 



State Forests . 51- 53 



Expenditures, Fire Patrol 53 



Suggestions for Improvements 54- 58 



Value of Water Power 58 



Fire Law Discussed 58- 61 



Forest Policy Urged 61- 70 



Game Bird Farm 70- 71 



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