﻿LETTER 
  OF 
  TRANSMITTAL 
  

  

  IT. 
  S. 
  Department 
  of 
  Agriculture, 
  

  

  Division 
  of 
  Biological 
  Survey, 
  

  

  Washington, 
  D. 
  C, 
  August 
  W, 
  1904,. 
  

   Sir: 
  I 
  have 
  the 
  honor 
  to 
  transmit 
  herewith, 
  as 
  Bulletin 
  No. 
  19, 
  a 
  

   report 
  on 
  " 
  Hunting 
  licenses, 
  their 
  history, 
  objects, 
  and 
  limitations," 
  

   prepared 
  hv 
  Dr. 
  T. 
  S. 
  Palmer, 
  assistant 
  in 
  charge 
  of 
  game 
  preserva- 
  

   tion. 
  The 
  object 
  of 
  this 
  bulletin 
  is 
  to 
  render 
  generally 
  accessible 
  the 
  

   information 
  collected 
  by 
  the 
  Department 
  on 
  the 
  subject 
  of 
  resident 
  

   and 
  nonresident 
  licenses. 
  In 
  States 
  which 
  have 
  adopted 
  the 
  license 
  

   system 
  statistics 
  regarding 
  hunting 
  not 
  previously 
  collected 
  are 
  now 
  

   available. 
  Thus 
  the 
  figures 
  here 
  presented 
  show 
  that 
  during 
  1903 
  the 
  

   receipts 
  from 
  licenses 
  exceeded 
  $10,000 
  in 
  each 
  of 
  9 
  States, 
  and 
  Illinois 
  

   and 
  Wisconsin 
  each 
  collected 
  nearly 
  $100,000; 
  the 
  total 
  number 
  of 
  

   hunters 
  in 
  10 
  States 
  which 
  license 
  both 
  residents 
  and 
  nonresidents 
  

   exceeded 
  261,000; 
  and 
  the 
  States 
  which 
  attracted 
  most 
  nonresident 
  

   hunters 
  were 
  Maine, 
  North 
  Carolina, 
  and 
  Wisconsin. 
  

   Respectfully, 
  

  

  C. 
  Hart 
  Merriam, 
  

  

  Oh 
  ief 
  B 
  lolog 
  ica 
  I 
  Survey. 
  

   Hon. 
  James 
  Wilson, 
  

  

  Secretary 
  of 
  Agriculture. 
  

  

  