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The fines and penalties collected in the calendar year of 1904 are 

 $23,636.66; in 1905, $58,548.08; this } 7 ear the Department has collected 

 $61,255.63. 



The trespasses discovered on State land during the }^ear 1906 were 160 

 in all; very many of which were small trespasses, and many of them old 

 trespasses. Only 49 new ones have been reported. As compared with 

 former years this is a larger amount discovered and reported, indicating a 

 much greater vigilance on the part of protectors and fire-wardens. There 

 were very few willful trespasses in 1906. Many of the trespasses mentioned 



such as were never taken notice of heretofore; such for instance as 

 cutting a tree for fire wood. 



During the year 1906, there were of those left over from last year and 

 new ones, 1,211 violations of the law, of all kinds, to handle, of which 293 

 were placed in the hands of attorneys and disposed of; 596 were handled 

 by this Department direct. Of the 1,211 cases, 889 have been disposed of, 

 leaving 322 in which actions are pending. 



The greater number of violations discovered, the increased amount of 

 collections and the greater number of fish produced at the hatcheries, 

 distributed and placed in the waters of the State, indicate a greatly increased 

 activity in the Department, an improved condition in the service over last 

 year, and a determination to apprehend violators and enforce the law. 



Legal Department 



Since the passage of the act providing for a legal department for the 

 Forest, Fish and Game Commission, all of the cases pending have been 

 transferred to the Forest, Fish and Game Commission by ordersof the court 

 in which the actions were pending, and I am confident good results will 

 come from the change and the work on the whole will cost less money than 

 has heretofore been expended for that purpose. The total costs and dis- 

 bursements for attorneys for the year 1906 amount to the sum of $15,200, 

 as against $22,026.48 in 1904, and $24,677.60 in 1905. Yet with this 

 smaller amount the Department has handled a much larger number of cases 

 and turned back into the State Treasury a large sum of money. 



