ANNUAL REPORT CONSERVATION BUREAU, 

 ATTORNEY-GENERAL'S OFFICE. 



December 31, 1911. 

 Conservation Commission, Albany, N. Y. 



Sirs. — I respectfully submit the following report of the Con- 

 servation Bureau of the Attorney-General's office from December 

 31, 1910, to December 31, 1911, inclusive. 



Prior to the 1st of October, 1911, the duties of this department 

 were vested in the legal department of the Forest, Fish and Game 

 Commission and the same conducted by counsel appointed by that 

 Commission. The records of the department are at the disposal of 

 the Attorney-General's office and actions pending at that time and 

 hrought subsequent thereto are the subject of this report. 



A brief summary of the actions commenced prior to December 

 31, 1910, and which were still pending on that date is as follows: 



Total number of actions 



186 



On January 1, 1911, the following violations had been reported 

 to this bureau and were then pending: 



For fire violations 37 



For top-lopping violations 61 



For fish and game violations 90 



For trespass 148 



For ejectment 75 



Total 4H 



There were reported during the year 1911 the following viola- 

 tions : 



For fire violations 



Jor top-lopping violations 



37 



61 



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