OUTLINE OF TOPICS DISCUSSED. 



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CONSERVATION OF WATER FOR POWER PURPOSES: 7 



The Concern of the State 8 



The Commission's Policy 9 



Legal Advantages 10 



Economic Advantages 11 



Financing the Commission's Plan 14 



Power Development for the Capital District 14 



Investigation of Hydro-Electric Power Distribution in the 



Province of Ontario 15 



Origin of the Movement for Governmental Action 15 



What the Commission Found in Ontario 17 



Canal Powers 19 



Answers to Objections Urged Against Commission's Plan 20 



Memorandum by Commissioner Fleming 52 



DIVISION OF LANDS AND FORESTS: 22 



The " Top-Lopping Law " 22 



Forest Taxation 23 



Boundary Lines and Valuation Survey 23 



Forest Campers 24 



Utilization of Ripe Timber on State Lands 24 



The Mortgage Lands 25 



Fighting Forest Fires 25 



Railroad Fires 26 



Mountain Observation Stations 27 



Reforestation 27 



Tree Diseases 28 



Purchase of Forest Lands 29 



DIVISION OF FISH AND GAME : 30 



Chapter 318, Laws of 1912 30 



Additional Protection 30 



Prosecutions for Violations 31 



The Need of Additional Protectors 32 



Additional Game Farms Needed 32 



Revenues of Department 33 



Deer in Adirondack Region ■ 33 



The Buck Law • . . . . 33 



Administrative Changes 34 



Propagation of Fish 34 



Bureau of Marine Fisheries: 35 



Shellfish Cultivation 35 



Divided Jurisdiction 36 



Sewage Contamination 37 



Sanitary Examination 37 



Shellfish Leases 39 



Concerted Action Required 41 



DIVISION OF INLAND WATERS: 41 



Power Development at Niagara Falls 41 



Oswegatchie River Power Surveys 42 



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