Report 



of ti)e 



Forest Pisf) and Game Commissioner 



for tfte v,ear 1905 



Albany, N. Y., January 3, 1906. 



To tf)e Honorable, tl)e Legislature: 



1TAKE pleasure in submitting the Eleventh Annual Report of the 

 Forest, Fish and Game Commissioner. The work and results of each 

 department of the Commission, herein set forth at length and in 

 detail, furnish accurate information in relation to the money expended and 

 results obtained. 



It is very satisfactory to the Commission to be able to say that there has 

 been a marked advance along every line of work with which it is charged 

 by law. Its field of work and usefulness is widespread, bounded only by 

 the limits of the State. It exercises police power, so far as protection to 

 the forests, fish and game of the State is concerned, and it is called upon to 

 discharge a kind of police duty in the enforcement of the Forest, Fish and 

 Game Law within our borders wherever fish swim, birds and game are 

 found, and forests and land owned by the State are situated. 



For so wide and extended a territory, with its many daily demands, the 

 police force provided by law is very small. Fifty protectors cannot be 

 expected to discover and apprehend every violator of the law, and it goes 

 without saying that the number should be increased. The records of this 

 Commission show that from the beginning there has been a steady and 

 constant increase in its efficiency and influence for good. The past calendar 

 year is no exception, as amply established by the following fact?: 



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