2 3 8 



ELEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 



Illegal Devices Seized — (Continued). 





BY REGULAR 

 PROTECTORS. 



BY SPECIAL 

 PROTECTORS. 



TOTAL. 





4 



2 



6 



Eel Weirs . 



3 







 



Tip Ups 



348 





348 



Dips 



I 





I 



Fish houses 



2 3 





23 





I 





I 









1,404 



Approximate value, seizures by regular protectors $10,174 75 

 Approximate value, seizures by special protectors 6,727 80 



Total approximate value $16,902 55 



About the same number of licensed nets were used in 1905 as during 

 the preceding year, with about the same collection of fees. It has been 

 deemed advisable for the next year to properly increase the amount required 

 for a license, and as a result the State should receive from the new schedule 

 of prices a revenue of about four times as much during the coming season. 



During the year but thirty-four certificates for the taking of birds, 

 their nests and eggs for scientific purposes have been issued. A great many 

 applications have been received, and all have been denied but the above 

 number. The coming year will find this number of certificates still further 

 diminished because, from reliable sources, the Department has been informed 

 that the birds of Eastern North America have been sufficiently studied for 

 all practical purposes, and that these birds are of too much importance to 

 the agricultural and horticultural interests of the State for this Commission 

 to sanction their being taken indiscriminately. 



