﻿Forest, 
  Fish 
  and 
  Game 
  Commission 
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  create 
  an 
  incentive 
  which 
  would 
  warrant 
  a 
  good 
  return 
  for 
  well 
  

   directed 
  effort, 
  and 
  counteract 
  the 
  lethargic 
  effect 
  that 
  is 
  apt 
  

   to 
  overtake 
  even 
  the 
  best 
  man 
  who 
  holds 
  a 
  reasonably 
  sure 
  State 
  

   job. 
  A 
  wise 
  chief 
  protector 
  provided 
  with 
  a 
  system 
  of 
  rewards 
  

   such 
  as 
  above 
  outlined 
  could 
  accomplish 
  wonderful 
  results 
  with 
  

   his 
  men. 
  The 
  only 
  thing 
  required 
  them 
  would 
  be 
  some 
  way 
  of 
  posi- 
  

   tively 
  insuring 
  good 
  men 
  in 
  their 
  tenure 
  in 
  office. 
  

  

  BUREAU 
  OF 
  INLAND 
  FISHERIES 
  

  

  As 
  a 
  straight 
  business 
  proposition 
  it 
  would 
  undoubtedly 
  pay 
  the 
  

   State 
  to 
  establish 
  a 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Inland 
  Fisheries, 
  as 
  a 
  division 
  of 
  the 
  

   Forest, 
  Fish 
  and 
  Game 
  Commission, 
  with 
  an 
  executive 
  officer 
  to 
  

   be 
  known 
  as 
  the 
  Superintendent 
  of 
  Inland 
  Fisheries. 
  The 
  expense 
  

   of 
  such 
  a 
  bureau 
  should 
  not 
  exceed 
  $5,000 
  per 
  year 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  esti- 
  

   mated 
  that 
  it 
  would 
  produce 
  a 
  revenue 
  to 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  twenty 
  to 
  

   twenty-five 
  thousand 
  dollars 
  annually. 
  The 
  bureau 
  would 
  have 
  

   charge 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  commercial 
  fisheries 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  not 
  already 
  

   cared 
  for 
  by 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Marine 
  Fisheries. 
  The 
  chief 
  business 
  

   of 
  the 
  latter 
  is 
  the 
  leasing 
  of 
  State 
  oyster 
  lands 
  and 
  it 
  also 
  looks 
  

   after 
  the 
  lobster 
  and 
  other 
  shell 
  fish 
  industries, 
  and 
  the 
  menha- 
  

   den 
  and 
  other 
  salt 
  water 
  fisheries 
  of 
  the 
  State. 
  

  

  The 
  fresh 
  water 
  fisheries 
  of 
  the 
  State, 
  which 
  are 
  hardly 
  of 
  less 
  

   importance, 
  are 
  now 
  cared 
  for 
  by 
  one 
  clerk 
  under 
  the 
  supervision 
  

   of 
  the 
  Chief 
  Protector, 
  in 
  a 
  department 
  already 
  overburdened 
  with 
  

   work, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  no 
  reflection 
  on 
  this 
  department 
  to 
  say 
  that 
  the 
  

   revenue 
  received 
  by 
  the 
  State 
  from 
  this 
  source 
  is 
  not 
  what 
  it 
  should 
  

   be. 
  Lakes 
  Ontario 
  and 
  Erie 
  and 
  the 
  Hudson 
  River 
  have 
  very 
  im- 
  

   portant 
  fisheries 
  from 
  a 
  commercial 
  standpoint, 
  and 
  there 
  are 
  many 
  

   other 
  inland 
  waters 
  that 
  could 
  be 
  made 
  to 
  yield 
  good 
  returns. 
  

   From 
  this 
  entire 
  territory 
  the 
  State 
  received 
  in 
  1910 
  a 
  revenue 
  

   from 
  the 
  sale 
  of 
  netting 
  licenses 
  of 
  but 
  $9,207.76. 
  This 
  is 
  alto- 
  

   gether 
  too 
  small 
  an 
  amount 
  to 
  be 
  paid 
  by 
  existing 
  fisheries. 
  There 
  

   is 
  good 
  reason 
  to 
  believe, 
  moreover, 
  that 
  under 
  proper 
  supervision 
  

   and 
  suitable 
  laws 
  the 
  revenue 
  could 
  be 
  tripled 
  or 
  quadrupled, 
  the 
  

   increase 
  coming 
  chiefly 
  from 
  what 
  are 
  now 
  neglected 
  sources. 
  

  

  