﻿Forest, 
  Fish 
  and 
  Game 
  Commission 
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  In 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  beaver 
  put 
  out 
  by 
  the 
  State 
  a 
  number 
  were 
  

   released 
  by 
  private 
  individuals. 
  Beginning 
  in 
  1901, 
  Edward 
  H. 
  

   Litchfield 
  has 
  liberated 
  in 
  all 
  about 
  a 
  dozen 
  beaver 
  in 
  the 
  neighbor- 
  

   hood 
  of 
  his 
  preserve 
  on 
  Big 
  Tupper 
  lake. 
  In 
  1902 
  a 
  beaver 
  

   escaped 
  from 
  Woodruff's 
  preserve 
  at 
  Lake 
  Kora 
  and 
  took 
  up 
  its 
  

   residence 
  at 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  Sumner 
  stream, 
  where, 
  as 
  above 
  stated, 
  

   two 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  beaver 
  were 
  released 
  in 
  1906. 
  In 
  1906, 
  Hon. 
  

   George 
  A. 
  Stevens 
  liberated 
  a 
  Canadian 
  beaver 
  at 
  Lake 
  Placid. 
  

  

  Near 
  Huguenot, 
  in 
  Orange 
  county, 
  on 
  Cold 
  brook, 
  between 
  the 
  

   Ontario 
  & 
  Western 
  railroad 
  embankment 
  and 
  the 
  Neversink 
  river, 
  

   is 
  a 
  colony 
  of 
  beaver 
  on 
  the 
  land 
  of 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  E. 
  Godefroy. 
  There 
  

   is 
  also 
  a 
  second 
  colony 
  of 
  beaver 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  neighborhood 
  on 
  

   the 
  land 
  of 
  Benjamin 
  Swartout 
  on 
  the 
  Neversing 
  river. 
  Mr. 
  Gode- 
  

   froy 
  for 
  several 
  years 
  past 
  has 
  notified 
  the 
  Commission 
  from 
  time 
  

   to 
  time 
  of 
  the 
  welfare 
  of 
  the 
  beaver, 
  and 
  Acting 
  Division 
  Chief 
  

   Kidd 
  has 
  posted 
  the 
  localities. 
  It 
  is 
  difficult 
  to 
  imagine 
  where 
  these 
  

   beaver 
  came 
  from 
  unless 
  they 
  are 
  the 
  offspring 
  of 
  beaver 
  orig- 
  

   inally 
  released 
  in 
  the 
  preserve 
  of 
  Rutherford 
  Stuyvesant 
  at 
  Al- 
  

   lamuchy, 
  N. 
  J., 
  which 
  place 
  is 
  about 
  thirty-five 
  miles 
  in 
  an 
  air 
  line 
  

   from 
  the 
  colonies 
  just 
  mentioned. 
  

  

  Some 
  years 
  ago 
  the 
  Forest, 
  Fish 
  and 
  Game 
  Commission 
  had 
  no- 
  

   tices 
  printed 
  giving 
  the 
  terms 
  of 
  law 
  under 
  which 
  the 
  beaver 
  are 
  pro- 
  

   tected 
  and 
  warning 
  persons 
  not 
  to 
  interfere 
  with 
  them. 
  The 
  game 
  

   protectors 
  have 
  posted 
  these 
  notices 
  in 
  all 
  localities 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  

   where 
  beaver 
  are 
  known 
  to 
  inhabit. 
  

  

  All 
  told 
  the 
  Commission 
  has 
  information 
  of 
  about 
  sixty 
  families 
  

   of 
  beaver 
  over 
  a 
  widely 
  scattered 
  region, 
  chiefly 
  of 
  course 
  in 
  the 
  

   Adirondack 
  section. 
  They 
  are 
  breeding 
  rapidly, 
  the 
  law 
  pro- 
  

   tecting 
  them 
  is 
  respected 
  and 
  they 
  will 
  soon 
  be 
  a 
  common 
  sight 
  in 
  

   the 
  northern 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  State. 
  

  

  RETURNS 
  FROM 
  HUNTERS' 
  LICENSES. 
  

   During 
  the 
  last 
  fiscal 
  year 
  the 
  returns 
  from 
  hunters' 
  licenses 
  were 
  

   $141,219 
  as 
  against 
  $134,031 
  for 
  1909. 
  Suffolk 
  county 
  again 
  leads 
  

   the 
  other 
  counties 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  in 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  licenses 
  issued. 
  

  

  