THIRD ANNUAL REPORT 



OF THE 



CONSERVATION COMMISSION 



To the Legislature: 



Herewith, follows our report for the fiscal year ending Sep- 

 tember 30, 1913: 



DEPARTMENTAL REVENUES 



This department continues to be one of the great revenue pro- 

 viders of the State. Total receipts for the last fiscal year were 

 $316,407.87, as against $256,002.84 in 1912 and $258,226.65 

 in 1911. To this increase of $60,000 over the previous year, 

 hunters' licenses contributed largely — $161,490 this year as 

 against $152,052 the year before. It is deemed likely that this 

 item will run near to $200,000 next year. Net licenses brought 

 in over $15,000 this year as against less than $9,000 the year 

 before. All details of departmental finances appear in the finan- 

 cial statement appended to this report. 



Conservatively computed, the product of the State fish hatch- 

 eries and State game farm for the fiscal year ending September 

 30, 1913, including brood stock, had a commercial value of at 

 least $300,600. Add to this the departmental revenues turned 

 into the State Treasury during the same fiscal year — $316,407.87 

 — and we have a total, in direct revenue or its equivalent, of 

 $617,007.87. 



The total appropriations for this department, regular session, 

 1913, were $658,126.66. Total expenditures for the fiscal year 

 ending September 30, 1913, $744,103.99. 



It will readily be seen that when the Conservation Commis- 

 sion's plan of utilization of ripe timber, elsewhere referred to 

 in this year's annual report, as well as in last year's, is i^iade 

 effective, this department will become far more than self-sup- 

 porting. 



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