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  86 
  Sixteenth 
  Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  THE 
  RATING 
  OF 
  DIVISIONS 
  

   The 
  rating 
  of 
  the 
  divisions 
  shows 
  a 
  considerable 
  change 
  from 
  

   last 
  year. 
  While 
  the 
  Southern 
  Division 
  under 
  the 
  direction 
  of 
  

   Llewellyn 
  Legge 
  (who 
  since 
  the 
  termination 
  of 
  the 
  fiscal 
  year 
  has 
  

   been 
  appointed 
  Chief 
  Game 
  Protector) 
  still 
  leads 
  the 
  divisions 
  of 
  

   the 
  State, 
  no 
  other 
  division 
  maintains 
  a 
  similar 
  relative 
  position 
  

   with 
  the 
  exception 
  of 
  the 
  Central 
  New 
  York 
  Division 
  which 
  still 
  

   ranks 
  sixth. 
  The 
  largest 
  gain 
  has 
  been 
  made 
  by 
  the 
  Metropolitan 
  

   and 
  Long 
  Island 
  Division, 
  which 
  has 
  risen 
  from 
  the 
  seventh 
  posi- 
  

   tion 
  to 
  the 
  second; 
  the 
  Ontario 
  Division 
  has 
  advanced 
  from 
  the 
  

   fourth 
  place 
  to 
  the 
  third 
  ; 
  the 
  Southern 
  Adirondack 
  Division 
  from 
  

   the 
  fifth 
  to 
  the 
  fourth 
  place; 
  the 
  Western 
  New 
  York 
  Division 
  

   from 
  the 
  eighth 
  to 
  the 
  seventh 
  place, 
  and 
  the 
  Eastern 
  Adirondack 
  

   Division 
  from 
  the 
  tenth 
  to 
  the 
  eighth 
  place. 
  While 
  the 
  average 
  

   cost 
  of 
  prosecuting 
  each 
  case 
  was 
  $5.45 
  in 
  1910 
  against 
  $5.09 
  in 
  

   1909, 
  the 
  average 
  recovery 
  per 
  case 
  has 
  risen 
  from 
  $20.04 
  m 
  I 
  9°9 
  

   to 
  $38.12 
  in 
  1910. 
  

  

  The 
  principle 
  followed 
  in 
  rating 
  the 
  divisions 
  is 
  to 
  give 
  an 
  ar- 
  

   bitrary 
  marking 
  for 
  the 
  average 
  number 
  of 
  cases 
  per 
  protector, 
  

   together 
  with 
  the 
  average 
  recovery 
  per 
  case 
  and 
  the 
  average 
  cost 
  

   per 
  case. 
  Six 
  points 
  are 
  credited 
  to 
  the 
  division 
  having 
  the 
  great- 
  

   est 
  average 
  number 
  of 
  cases 
  per 
  man; 
  three 
  points 
  to 
  the 
  division 
  

   having 
  the 
  greatest 
  average 
  recovery 
  per 
  case, 
  and 
  one 
  point 
  to 
  the 
  

   division 
  having 
  the 
  lowest 
  average 
  cost 
  per 
  case. 
  It 
  is 
  fair 
  to 
  as- 
  

   sume 
  that 
  the 
  division 
  whose 
  protectors 
  secure 
  individually 
  the 
  

   largest 
  number 
  of 
  cases 
  is 
  doing 
  the 
  most 
  work 
  and 
  should 
  be 
  rated 
  

   above 
  the 
  division 
  whose 
  protectors 
  have 
  been 
  fortunate 
  in 
  secur- 
  

   ing 
  a 
  few 
  large 
  cases; 
  this 
  is 
  the 
  reason 
  that 
  six 
  points 
  are 
  given 
  

   to 
  the 
  division 
  which 
  shows 
  the 
  largest 
  average 
  number 
  of 
  cases 
  

   per 
  man. 
  On 
  the 
  other 
  hand, 
  intelligent 
  work 
  in 
  procuring 
  a 
  re- 
  

   covery 
  large 
  enough 
  to 
  be 
  commensurate 
  with 
  the 
  violation 
  should 
  

   not 
  be 
  overlooked 
  and 
  three 
  points 
  credit 
  are 
  therefore 
  given 
  to 
  

   the 
  division 
  showing 
  the 
  largest 
  average 
  recovery 
  per 
  case. 
  Finally 
  

   the 
  State 
  is 
  interested 
  in 
  having 
  its 
  cases 
  tried 
  at 
  the 
  lowest 
  possi- 
  

  

  