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Add to that the commercial value of the fishes, 

 which is given by Dr. Bean, our Fish Cuturist, as 

 about $175,000 00 



Grand total $513,138 82 



This makes a grand total which not only pays every dollar 

 which is expended for the protection of the wild life of the State, 

 but turns a handsome surplus into the State Treasury. 



NON-SALE OF NATIVE GAME 



As in previous reports, I strongly recommend the continuance 

 of the law which prohibits the sale of native game, except that I 

 believe that as there is a great demand upon the part of the hotel 

 and restaurant keepers of the State of JSTew York for ducks, cer- 

 tain species should be allowed to be imported under the provisions 

 of section 373, adding thereto the species of ducks that could be 

 imported from without the United States and sold in this State 

 after being tagged as provided by the section quoted. The non- 

 sale of game has certainly taken away the initiative of the market 

 hunter to hunt for a moneyed consideration, and the law which 

 prohibits the sale of native game has the undivided support of 

 the sportsmen of the State of New York. 



TAGGING OF TROUT 



The sale of trout raised in private hatcheries has gradually in- 

 creased to such an extent that the revenue derived therefrom now 

 exceeds that obtained for the tagging of imported game. At the 

 present time there are fifteen tagging machines leased to as many 

 private hatcheries, and all excepting six are being operated out- 

 side of New York State. The market for this commodity, as I 

 have stated, is gradually increasing, and the law legalizing the 

 sale of trout from private hatcheries has continued to meet with 

 the approval of the hotel and restaurant proprietors, and has come 

 in for no criticism except from the hatchery owners, who have 

 sought to reduce the fee from three cents as provided at the pres- 

 ent time to one cent for each tag. In the past trout from private 



Note. — Figures above given are amounts received during the fiscal year October 1, 1913, to 

 September 30, 1914. Figures given elsewhere in the financial statement (see p. 58) are amounts 

 turned into the State treasury during the same period. Receipts for September of any fiscal 

 year cannot appeal as turned into the State treasury until the following fiscal year. 



