Report 



of tl)e 



Forest Ti$f) and Game Commissioner 



for tf)e ^ear iyo6 



Albany, N. Y., January i, 1907. 



To ffye Honorable, fl)e Legistaf are : 



IT is with pleasure I submit the Twelfth Annual Report of the Forest, 

 Fish and Game Commissioner. Herein may be found a report from the 



head of each department of the Commission which sets forth at length 

 the facts in relation to the work undertaken and accomplished, together 

 with accurate statements of money received, expended and results 

 obtained. 



We showed by the last annual report that there had been a marked 

 advance along every line of work with which the Department is charged by 

 law. The percentage of improvement made in 1905, over 1904, has been 

 sustained and the advancement made in all directions indicates as large a 

 percentage of improvement in 1906, over that of 1905, as was shown by the 

 last report over 1904. 



The additional protectors provided by the Legislature of 1906 helped 

 us to accomplish that which we have done with greater facility, and the 

 marked improvement in the enforcement of the law is, in quite a large 

 measure, due to the additional help given us. 



In 1904 there were distributed from the eight hatcheries about 

 111,000,000 fish, in 1905 171,000,000, and this year a little more than 

 230,000,000. 



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