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in any way that might influence the assessment of property. The published 

 statistics will contain no information as to any particular hotel or boarding-house, 

 but will show only the total footings of the returns. 



Will you kindly fill out the blank in the enclosed circular at your earliest con- 

 venience and remail it to us. In case you cannot readily refer to your accounts 

 or hotel register, you are at liberty to fill out the answers from memory, or as 

 near as you can. 



The combined figures from the returns will show the volume of the Northern 

 summer-resort business of New York, the large amount of money distributed 

 there for wages, and the influence of this business on the development and pros- 

 perity of that region. This valuable and interesting information, together with a 

 schedule of the summer hotels and boarding-houses, their proprietors, and the 

 capacity of each place, will be printed in a special report, a copy of which will 

 be mailed to your address. 



Trusting that the interest you must feel in all information of the kind will 

 prompt you to cooperate with us in this work, we remain, 



Yours very truly, 



Forest, Fish and Game Commission. 



COPY OF INFORMATION-BLANK FURNISHED. 



State of New York. 



Summer Hotels and Boarding-Houses. 



Season of 1903. 



Name of hotel or boarding-house 



Name of proprietor Postoffice address 



Railroad station Capacity 



Total number of guests, boarders, fishermen and hunters in 1903 : 



Number of guests that remained over two weeks . „ 



Number of guests from outside of the State of New York 



Total capital invested in buildings, all kinds, and furniture, not including land, $ 



Total number of employees (clerks, cooks, porters, waiters, chambermaids, bell-boys, 



house mechanics, musicians, stablemen, drivers, house guides, etc.) 



Total wages paid employees and help, male and female, $.__ , 



Total receipts for board, laundry, carriage hire, boat hire, golf grounds, etc., $ 



Note. — If your hotel is open all the year, please omit any figures for your winter or commercial 

 business, but include tourists, pleasure and health seekers, fishermen and hunters. 



As a general thing the replies were prompt and satisfactory. But many of the 

 proprietors, fearing that the information might be used to their disadvantage 

 by the town assessor, answered only in part and omitted the figures showing the 

 value of their buildings or capital invested. This omission was unnecessary, as 



