52 Second Annual Kepoet of Conservation Commission. 



MEMORANDUM BY COMMISSIONER FLEMING. 



I have subscribed my name to the above report as a member 

 of the Conservation Commission, but I have done so with the 

 express understanding that I do not approve of so much of the 

 report as recommends a plan for the operation and distribution 

 of hydro-electric power by the State itself. 



While this plan may at some future time be proven wise and 

 for the best interests of the taxpayers and citizens of the State, 

 I have not been furnished with evidence which convinces me that 

 the operations of the Ontario Hydro-Electric Power Commission, 

 referred to in our report, have been a financial success. Until a 

 detailed balance sheet of that Commission has been obtained I 

 shall continue to withhold my approval of any plan which, with- 

 out further investigation, may commit the State of Xew York 

 to the expenditure of large sums of money, necessarily involving 

 an increase in taxes and the expense of the State government. 



JAMES W. FLEMING. 



