﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  CHIEF 
  GAME 
  PROTECTOR 
  

  

  Hon. 
  H. 
  Leroy 
  Austin, 
  Commissioner, 
  Forest, 
  Fish 
  and 
  Game: 
  

  

  Sir. 
  — 
  I 
  beg 
  to 
  present 
  herewith 
  my 
  report 
  as 
  Chief 
  Game 
  Pro- 
  

   tector 
  for 
  the 
  fiscal 
  year 
  ending 
  September 
  30, 
  1910. 
  The 
  tabulated 
  

   statements 
  appended 
  show 
  in 
  detail 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  protectors 
  and 
  

   also 
  the 
  returns 
  from 
  the 
  sale 
  of 
  netting 
  licenses, 
  of 
  hunting 
  licenses, 
  

   and 
  the 
  distribution 
  of 
  game 
  birds 
  from 
  the 
  State 
  Game 
  Farm, 
  all 
  

   of 
  which 
  matters 
  have 
  been 
  under 
  my 
  supervision. 
  

  

  Referring 
  to 
  the 
  summary 
  of 
  recoveries 
  and 
  expenses, 
  it 
  will 
  

   be 
  seen 
  that 
  the 
  game 
  protectors 
  prosecuted 
  a 
  total 
  of 
  1,496 
  cases 
  

   during 
  the 
  past 
  year, 
  and 
  procured 
  a 
  recovery 
  for 
  violations 
  of 
  

   fish 
  and 
  game 
  laws 
  of 
  $51,363.67. 
  In 
  addition 
  to 
  this 
  the 
  game 
  

   protectors 
  originated 
  38 
  actions 
  for 
  trespass 
  on 
  State 
  lands, 
  result- 
  

   ing 
  in 
  a 
  recovery 
  of 
  $6,999.10. 
  This 
  is 
  the 
  best 
  showing 
  ever 
  made 
  

   by 
  the 
  Department 
  and 
  indicates 
  increased 
  efficiency 
  as 
  a 
  result 
  

   of 
  systematic 
  organization 
  and 
  the 
  following 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  principle 
  

   that 
  a 
  game 
  protector 
  must 
  do 
  as 
  good 
  work 
  for 
  the 
  State 
  as 
  would 
  

   be 
  expected 
  of 
  him 
  if 
  employed 
  by 
  an 
  aggressive 
  business 
  

   corporation. 
  

  

  Owing 
  to 
  the 
  dropping 
  of 
  inefficient 
  men 
  and 
  other 
  causes 
  the 
  

   number 
  of 
  protectors 
  in 
  actual 
  service 
  at 
  any 
  one 
  time 
  is 
  never 
  

   up 
  to 
  the 
  maximum 
  permitted 
  by 
  law, 
  and 
  during 
  the 
  past 
  year 
  

   the 
  number 
  of 
  men 
  actively 
  employed 
  was 
  less 
  than 
  usual. 
  Under 
  

   these 
  circumstances 
  the 
  record 
  of 
  cases 
  shows 
  an 
  average 
  of 
  about 
  

   13 
  cases 
  per 
  protector, 
  or 
  one 
  case 
  per 
  month 
  for 
  every 
  man 
  on 
  the 
  

   force 
  during 
  the 
  year. 
  When 
  it 
  is 
  added 
  that 
  only 
  about 
  5 
  per 
  cent, 
  

   of 
  the 
  cases 
  handled 
  were 
  lost, 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  seen 
  that 
  the 
  record 
  of 
  the 
  

   protectors 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  for 
  1910 
  is 
  very 
  commendable 
  

  

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