﻿Forest, 
  Fish 
  and 
  Game 
  Commission 
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  ble 
  expense, 
  in 
  accord 
  with 
  good 
  results, 
  and 
  for 
  this 
  reason 
  one 
  

   point 
  is 
  given 
  to 
  the 
  division 
  showing 
  the 
  lowest 
  average 
  cost 
  in 
  

   the 
  prosecution 
  of 
  its 
  cases. 
  Experience 
  has 
  indicated 
  that 
  in 
  no 
  

   fairer 
  way 
  can 
  the 
  rating 
  of 
  the 
  divisions 
  be 
  tabulated. 
  

  

  It 
  has 
  been 
  found 
  impossible 
  in 
  this 
  rating 
  to 
  give 
  suitable 
  credit 
  

   to 
  the 
  Adirondack 
  dvisions 
  for 
  results 
  accomplished 
  in 
  top 
  

   lopping 
  cases 
  and 
  the 
  procuring 
  of 
  evidence 
  of 
  trespass 
  on 
  State 
  

   lands. 
  From 
  the 
  results 
  shown 
  in 
  another 
  table, 
  having 
  to 
  do 
  with 
  

   this 
  branch 
  of 
  the 
  protectors' 
  work, 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  seen 
  that 
  the 
  Adiron- 
  

   dack 
  Divisions, 
  were 
  this 
  class 
  of 
  cases 
  combined 
  with 
  their 
  fish 
  

   and 
  game 
  cases, 
  would 
  rank 
  well 
  toward 
  the 
  top. 
  The 
  comparison 
  

   between 
  the 
  divisions, 
  however, 
  can 
  only 
  be 
  made 
  along 
  the 
  lines 
  

   in 
  which 
  the 
  protectors 
  are 
  all 
  engaged 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  kind 
  of 
  work. 
  

  

  CHANGES 
  IN 
  ORGANIZATION 
  

  

  As 
  the 
  law 
  stands 
  at 
  present 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  game 
  protection 
  is 
  ad- 
  

   ministered 
  under 
  the 
  supervision 
  of 
  the 
  Chief 
  Protector, 
  five 
  As- 
  

   sistant 
  Chief 
  Protectors 
  and 
  four 
  Division 
  Chief 
  Protectors. 
  All 
  

   of 
  these 
  men 
  receive 
  the 
  same 
  salary, 
  with 
  the 
  exception 
  of 
  the 
  

   Chief 
  Protector 
  and 
  the 
  First 
  Assistant 
  Chief 
  Protector. 
  The 
  ar- 
  

   rangement 
  is 
  an 
  anachronism. 
  Under 
  the 
  division 
  system 
  there 
  

   should 
  no 
  longer 
  be 
  both 
  assistant 
  and 
  division 
  chiefs 
  and 
  the 
  title 
  

   "Assistant 
  Chief 
  " 
  should 
  be 
  dropped. 
  There 
  should 
  be 
  a 
  Chief 
  

   Protector 
  and 
  a 
  Deputy 
  Chief 
  Protector, 
  whose 
  headquarters 
  would 
  

   be 
  at 
  Albany, 
  and 
  10 
  Division 
  Chiefs, 
  each 
  one 
  of 
  whom 
  would 
  

   live 
  at 
  some 
  place 
  in 
  the 
  division 
  of 
  which 
  he 
  has 
  charge. 
  This 
  

   plan 
  would 
  merely 
  substitute 
  a 
  Deputy 
  Chief 
  Protector 
  for 
  the 
  

   First 
  Assistant 
  Chief 
  and 
  add 
  one 
  Division 
  Chief 
  to 
  the 
  present 
  

   force. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  past 
  six 
  years 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  cases 
  handled 
  by 
  the 
  protec- 
  

   tors 
  has 
  increased 
  400$ 
  and 
  the 
  division 
  system 
  of 
  itself 
  has 
  

   greatly 
  increased 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  executive 
  heads. 
  The 
  Division 
  

   Chief, 
  under 
  the 
  present 
  system, 
  receives 
  weekly 
  reports 
  from 
  his 
  

   men 
  and 
  is 
  in 
  constant 
  communication 
  with 
  them, 
  directing 
  them 
  

  

  