ANNUAL REPORT 



OF THE 



CHIEF GAME PROTECTOR 



Hojst. James J. Fox, Deputy Conservation Commissioner: 



Sib. — I respectfully submit herewith my report on the en- 

 forcement of the Conservation Law relating to fish and game of 

 the State of ISTew York for the fiscal year ending September 30, 

 1914, which covers the work of the protectors in the bringing of 

 actions, together with the amount of recoveries of fines and pen- 

 alties, and prison sentences for violations of the Conservation 

 Law; also the amounts derived from different sources, such as 

 hunting and netting licenses, tagging of trout and imported 

 game, etc. j 



In making comparisons with previous years it is very gratifying 

 that the statistical table which follows shows an increase in the 

 number of cases successfully brought by the regular protective 

 force, which prosecuted this last fiscal year a greater number of 

 cases than during the preceding year, showing a gain of forty- 

 two cases. This increase over the last fiscal year, the record for 

 which was the largest in the history of the State, again demon- 

 strates the strict attention that the regular protectors are giving 

 to their duties of enforcing the Conservation Law in relation to 

 fish and game, and with a very few exceptions their work is satis- 

 factory, considering the number of protectors that are on a regular 

 salary. 



The work of the special protectors, except in a few instances, 

 does not compare at all favorably with the work of the regulars ; 

 but I will refrain at this time from going into the matter fully, 

 as I handle the work of the special protectors in detail later on. 

 It is entirely due to the special protectors, and not to the regulars, 

 that the work of the force as a whole shows a slight net falling off 

 as compared with 1913. (See page 17 of Commission's Report.) 



Passing upon the work of the regular protective force, the 



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