ANNUAL REPORT 



OF THE 



CHIEF GAME PROTECTOR 



Hon. Thomas H. Guy, Deputy Commissioner, Division of Fish 

 and Game: 



Sir. — I respectfully submit herewith my report on the enforce- 

 ment of the Conservation Law relating to fish and game of the 

 State of New York, for the year ending September 30, 1913; 

 covering the work of the protectors in the bringing of actions, 

 together with the amount of recoveries of fines and penalties, 

 and prison sentences, for violations of the Conservation Law. 

 It is very gratifying that the statistical table which follows again 

 shows a very substantial increase in the number of cases success- 

 fully prosecuted. The regular protective force prosecuted this 

 last fiscal year a larger number of cases than during the preced- 

 ing year, there being a gain of 927 cases. The increase over 

 the last fiscal year demonstrates the strict attention that the 

 regular protectors have given to their duties of enforcing the 

 Conservation Law relating to fish and game, and as a whole 

 their work is satisfactory, except in a very few instances, taking 

 into consideration that the department has 125 men under regu- 

 lar pay. 



The work of the special protectors is not at all satisfactory. 

 A large majority of the specials do not make their monthly 

 reports as required, or keep in touch with the division chief at 

 all. But as the law now requires an applicant for the position 

 of special protector to take a non-competitive examination, I am 

 encouraged to believe that this will be the means of increasing 

 the efficiency of the special protectors. 



During the last fiscal year, as in the past, the amount of the 

 costs in connection with recoveries for misdemeanors of the Con- 

 servation Law prosecuted by special protectors, shows their in- 



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