416 REPORT OP THE FOREST, FISH AND GAME COMMISSIONER. 



Township 2, Moose River Tract, where at last report (October 2, 1907) 

 they were doing well. 



On October 13, eight more beavers arrived from the Yellowstone 

 Park in fine condition. Four of these were released on land belonging to 

 the State, near Fourth Lake of Fulton Chain, and the other four on the 

 outlet of Lake Terror, Township 42, also on State land. 



October 18 two more of the Yellowstone consignment arrived, and 

 were released near the head of Little Tupper Lake, northern Hamilton 

 county; 



The following table epitomizes the liberations since 1901: 



Beavers Released in the Adirondacks Since Commencement of the Experiment 



Released by the State 20 



Released by Mr. Edward H. Litchfield 12 



Released by Mr. Timothy L. Woodruff 1 



Released by Mr. George A. Stevens 1 



Total number of beavers released in the Adirondacks . . .34 



Recent Rapid Increase 



As a natural result of these liberations and of the protective laws of 

 1895 and 1904, together with a growing public interest favorable to the 

 protection of these animals, the beaver has been on the increase steadily 

 since 1895. By the year 1900 I estimate there were fifteen beavers in the 

 Adirondacks. The Report of the Commission for 1905 puts the number at 

 forty; in 1906 at seventy-five. These estimates agree with my own. At 

 the present time (December, 1907) I should say there were about one 

 hundred beavers in Northern New York.* It is reasonable to suppose 

 that within a few weeks (spring of 1908) this number will be increased, by 

 births, to at least 150. 



* Three or four years ago there were well-founded reports of the presence of one or more beavers 

 at Chippewa Bay, St. Lawrence county — on the St. Lawrence river. I am not sure whether these 

 apparent stragglers from Canada still remain. They are not considered in the present estimate. 



