﻿ANNUAL 
  REPORT 
  

  

  OF 
  THE 
  

  

  Forest, 
  Fish 
  and 
  Game 
  Commission 
  

  

  Albany, 
  N. 
  Y., 
  January 
  4, 
  191 
  1. 
  

   To 
  the 
  Honorable, 
  the 
  Legislature: 
  

  

  Herewith 
  is 
  submitted 
  the 
  Sixteenth 
  Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  

   Forest, 
  Fish 
  and 
  Game 
  Commission, 
  with 
  such 
  few 
  recommenda- 
  

   tions 
  as 
  have 
  suggested 
  themselves 
  during 
  the 
  brief 
  incumbency 
  

   of 
  the 
  present 
  Commissioner. 
  

  

  As 
  a 
  part 
  of 
  this 
  document 
  are 
  submitted 
  the 
  reports 
  of 
  the 
  

   chiefs 
  of 
  the 
  various 
  divisions 
  of 
  the 
  Forest, 
  Fish 
  and 
  Game 
  Com- 
  

   mission, 
  wherein 
  will 
  be 
  found 
  detailed 
  statements 
  of 
  the 
  work 
  

   accomplished 
  by 
  each 
  during 
  the 
  past 
  year. 
  

  

  For 
  the 
  fiscal 
  year 
  ending 
  September 
  30, 
  1910, 
  the 
  receipts 
  of 
  

   the 
  department 
  from 
  all 
  sources 
  aggregated 
  $248,878.08, 
  as 
  com- 
  

   pared 
  with 
  receipts 
  of 
  $230,675.22 
  for 
  the 
  preceding 
  fiscal 
  year; 
  

   the 
  disbursements 
  for 
  all 
  purposes 
  amounted 
  to 
  the 
  sum 
  of 
  $487,- 
  

   753.54, 
  as 
  compared 
  with 
  disbursements 
  of 
  $722,947.93 
  for 
  the 
  

   fiscal 
  year 
  ending 
  September 
  30, 
  1909, 
  the 
  difference 
  being 
  largely 
  

   due 
  to 
  decreased 
  payments 
  for 
  the 
  purchase 
  of 
  lands 
  within 
  the 
  

   forest 
  preserve 
  and 
  for 
  fire 
  rebates. 
  A 
  detailed 
  statement 
  of 
  the 
  

   departmental 
  receipts 
  and 
  expenditures 
  will 
  form 
  a 
  part 
  of 
  this 
  

   report. 
  

  

  Particular 
  attention 
  is 
  directed 
  to 
  the 
  report 
  of 
  the 
  department 
  

   of 
  fish 
  culture. 
  During 
  the 
  past 
  year 
  537,295,600 
  fish 
  of 
  various 
  

   kinds 
  have 
  been 
  distributed 
  from 
  the 
  hatching 
  stations 
  of 
  the 
  

   State. 
  The 
  fish 
  supply 
  of 
  the 
  future 
  must 
  largely 
  depend 
  upon 
  

   artificial 
  propagation 
  by 
  the 
  State 
  and 
  the 
  public 
  moneys 
  expended 
  

   for 
  this 
  purpose, 
  if 
  properly 
  used, 
  will 
  be 
  returned 
  a 
  hundred-fold. 
  

  

  