﻿6 
  Sixteenth 
  Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  .The 
  results 
  attained 
  by 
  different 
  hatcheries 
  vary 
  in 
  too 
  great 
  a 
  

   degree. 
  The 
  Cold 
  Spring 
  Harbor 
  hatchery 
  accomplishes 
  results 
  

   which 
  should 
  be 
  more 
  nearly 
  approached 
  by 
  the 
  other 
  stations, 
  and 
  

   it 
  is 
  believed 
  that 
  this 
  can 
  easily 
  be 
  done 
  by 
  the 
  intelligent 
  expendi- 
  

   ture 
  of 
  a 
  comparatively 
  small 
  sum. 
  A 
  plentiful 
  supply 
  of 
  pure 
  

   water 
  will 
  accomplish 
  wonders 
  in 
  many 
  of 
  our 
  hatching 
  stations, 
  

   and 
  without 
  it 
  better 
  results 
  cannot 
  be 
  expected. 
  The 
  recom- 
  

   mendations 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  Fish 
  Culturist 
  for 
  the 
  improvement 
  of 
  

   the 
  hatchery 
  service 
  are 
  heartily 
  indorsed 
  by 
  me. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  past 
  few 
  months 
  the 
  protective 
  force 
  has 
  been 
  

   largely 
  reorganized 
  and 
  I 
  believe 
  its 
  efficiency 
  has 
  been 
  greatly 
  

   increased. 
  I 
  earnestly 
  recommend 
  an 
  increased 
  appropriation 
  for 
  

   the 
  traveling 
  expenses 
  of 
  the 
  protectors 
  ; 
  each 
  is 
  now 
  entitled 
  to 
  

   a 
  maximum 
  of 
  $41.66 
  per 
  month 
  for 
  this 
  purpose 
  and 
  it 
  needs 
  no 
  

   argument 
  to 
  convince 
  that 
  a 
  man 
  cannot 
  travel 
  away 
  from 
  home 
  

   26 
  days 
  each 
  month, 
  paying 
  railroad 
  fares, 
  board, 
  livery, 
  etc., 
  

   upon 
  an 
  allowance 
  of 
  $1.60 
  per 
  day. 
  A 
  protector 
  should 
  not 
  be 
  

   expected 
  to 
  disburse 
  for 
  traveling 
  expenses 
  any 
  part 
  of 
  his 
  meagre 
  

   salary 
  of 
  $900 
  per 
  year, 
  and 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  keep 
  within 
  his 
  expense 
  

   allowance 
  he 
  must 
  arrange 
  his 
  patrol 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  spend 
  the 
  greater 
  

   part 
  of 
  his 
  nights 
  at 
  home, 
  which 
  necessarily 
  limits 
  his 
  field 
  of 
  

   operations 
  and 
  greatly 
  impairs 
  the 
  efficiency 
  of 
  his 
  work. 
  If 
  this 
  

   department 
  is 
  expected 
  to 
  patrol 
  and 
  protect 
  the 
  entire 
  State 
  with 
  

   a 
  force 
  of 
  but 
  90 
  protectors, 
  it 
  should 
  certainly 
  be 
  allowed 
  a 
  suffi- 
  

   cient 
  appropriation 
  for 
  the 
  expenses 
  of 
  its 
  protective 
  force. 
  Per- 
  

   sonally 
  I 
  believe 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  protectors 
  is 
  entirely 
  inadequate. 
  

   Practically 
  every 
  section 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  demands 
  increased 
  protec- 
  

   tion, 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  impossible 
  to 
  give 
  with 
  the 
  present 
  force. 
  

  

  The 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  protective 
  department 
  of 
  this 
  commission 
  must 
  

   be 
  preventive 
  and 
  educational, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  punitive, 
  before 
  it 
  can 
  

   reach 
  the 
  highest 
  standard 
  of 
  efficiency. 
  It 
  is 
  feared 
  that 
  too 
  much 
  

   attention 
  has 
  been 
  paid 
  to 
  punishment 
  for 
  violations 
  already 
  com- 
  

   mitted 
  rather 
  than 
  to 
  the 
  prevention 
  of 
  those 
  violations. 
  Our 
  

   citizens 
  must 
  be 
  taught 
  the 
  necessity 
  for 
  the 
  observance 
  of 
  sane 
  

   laws 
  for 
  the 
  protection 
  of 
  fish 
  and 
  game, 
  and 
  that 
  therein 
  lies 
  our 
  

   only 
  hope 
  for 
  the 
  maintenance 
  of 
  this 
  important 
  source 
  of 
  food 
  

  

  