CONSERVATION COMMISSION* 



DIVISION OF FISH AND GAME. 



To the Conservation Commission: 



Gentlemen. — In submitting the annual report of the Division 

 of Fish and Game it is especially gratifying to state that the work 

 of this division has progressed far beyond any point heretofore 

 reached. Reference to the fact that almost $156,000' was col- 

 lected for hunters' licenses for the year ending, September 30, 

 1911, practically all of which were issued at a dollar each, may 

 serve to indicate in some slight degree the extent of the public in- 

 terest in the matters committed to the jurisdiction of this division. 

 The above figures show an increase of nearly $14,000 over the 

 receipts of the previous year. 



The operation of the so-called " Bayne-Blauvelt Law," which 

 went into effect on September 1, 1911, prohibiting the sale of 

 game, except certain species, and providing for the tagging of such 

 varieties as were entitled to be marketed, is demonstrating the wis- 

 dom of the act, and is unquestionably a step in advance in further 

 protecting native game from market hunters. The law has pro- 

 duced in the few months of its operation $16,265 in revenue 

 from the sale of 325,300 tags, and appears to be well observed, but 

 few violations being reported. It is on the whole satisfactory to 

 the public as well as to the dealer, who finds in the tag attached to 

 the game, which he purchases, a degree of protection which was 

 unknown under the former law. In the city of New York from 

 September 1, 1911, to January 1, 1912, there were imported from 

 Europe and tagged: 



Pheasants 33,169 



Scotch grouse 16,257 



Black game 39,804 



Black plover 16,807 



Red leg partridge 21,721 



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