﻿COMPARISON 
  OF 
  STATISTICS. 
  

  

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  viding 
  a 
  system 
  of 
  identifying 
  hunters. 
  And 
  by 
  requiring 
  everyone 
  who 
  

   hunts 
  to 
  be 
  registered, 
  they 
  may 
  afford 
  indirectly 
  a 
  valuable 
  means 
  of 
  

   collecting 
  statistics 
  not 
  otherwise 
  obtainable, 
  concerning 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  

   persons 
  hunting 
  in 
  the 
  State, 
  approximately 
  the 
  amount 
  of 
  big 
  game 
  

   killed, 
  and 
  the 
  principal 
  hunting 
  places. 
  

  

  With 
  the 
  exception 
  of 
  a 
  small 
  fee 
  allowed 
  to 
  the 
  officer 
  issuing 
  the 
  

   license, 
  usually 
  prescribed 
  in 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  regular 
  license 
  fee, 
  the 
  

   proceeds 
  from 
  resident 
  licenses 
  are 
  used 
  for 
  the 
  protection 
  of 
  game. 
  

   Apparently 
  the 
  only 
  important 
  exceptions 
  are 
  in 
  North 
  Dakota 
  and 
  

   Michigan. 
  In 
  North 
  Dakota, 
  but 
  70 
  per 
  cent 
  is 
  devoted 
  to 
  game 
  

   protection, 
  10 
  per 
  cent 
  being 
  paid 
  to 
  the 
  auditor 
  and 
  20 
  per 
  cent 
  

   to 
  the 
  general 
  treasury 
  of 
  the 
  State. 
  In 
  Michigan 
  25 
  cents 
  is 
  allowed 
  

   the 
  clerks 
  for 
  issuing 
  the 
  licenses, 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  cost 
  to 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  col- 
  

   lecting 
  the 
  fees 
  is 
  33 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  the 
  total 
  resident 
  tax. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  table 
  shows 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  resident 
  licenses 
  issued 
  in 
  

   each 
  State 
  in 
  1902 
  and 
  1903 
  and 
  the 
  amounts 
  paid 
  therefor: 
  

  

  Resident 
  Licenses 
  issued 
  in 
  1902 
  and 
  1903. 
  a 
  

  

  State. 
  

  

  Rate. 
  

  

  1902. 
  

  

  Rate. 
  

  

  1903. 
  

  

  Remarks. 
  

  

  No. 
  

  

  Amount. 
  

  

  No. 
  

  

  Amount. 
  

  

  

  

  

  

  $1.00 
  

   5.00 
  

   1.00 
  

   1.00 
  

   1.00 
  

   .75 
  

   1.00 
  

   1.00 
  

  

  1 
  .75 
  

  

  1.00 
  

   1.00 
  

   1.00 
  

   1.00 
  

   2.00 
  

   5.00 
  

   2.00 
  

   5.00 
  

  

  15, 
  184 
  

  

  $15,184.00 
  

  

  

  

  $5.00 
  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  12,370 
  

   95,000 
  

  

  12,370.00 
  

   95, 
  000. 
  00 
  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  Michigan 
  

  

  Minnesota 
  

  

  80.75 
  

  

  .25 
  

  

  1.00 
  

  

  .75 
  

  

  1.00 
  

   1.00 
  

   1.00 
  

   1.00 
  

   2.00 
  

   5.00 
  

   2.00 
  

   5.00 
  

  

  18, 
  621 
  

  

  $13, 
  965. 
  75 
  

  

  19,061 
  

   8,910 
  

   3,744 
  

   6,518 
  

   5,056 
  

  

  14,295.75 
  

   8, 
  910. 
  00 
  

   3,744.00 
  

   4,888.50 
  

   3, 
  792. 
  00 
  

  

  

  

  3,348 
  

  

  3,348.00 
  

  

  

  

  First 
  district. 
  

  

  South 
  Dakota 
  

  

  

  

  Second 
  district; 
  total 
  

   $8,680.50. 
  

  

  Washington 
  

  

  

  

  14,982 
  

  

  78, 
  164 
  

  

  299 
  

  

  1,858 
  

  

  153 
  

  

  5,707 
  

  

  14, 
  982. 
  00 
  

  

  78, 
  164. 
  00 
  

  

  299. 
  00 
  

  

  3,716.00 
  

  

  765.00 
  

  

  11, 
  414. 
  00 
  

  

  

  

  72, 
  635 
  

  

  72, 
  635. 
  00 
  

  

  

  

  

  New 
  Brunswick 
  ... 
  

   Ontario 
  

  

  1,571 
  

  

  150 
  

  

  5.165 
  

  

  3,142.00 
  

  

  750. 
  00 
  

   10,330.00 
  

  

  Moose 
  and 
  caribou. 
  

   Do. 
  

  

  Quebec 
  

  

  Deer. 
  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  «In 
  Maryland 
  special 
  licenses 
  were 
  issued 
  in 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  counties 
  as 
  follows: 
  Anne 
  Arundel, 
  1902, 
  

   11 
  pushers, 
  $22; 
  1903, 
  10 
  pushers, 
  $20; 
  Cecil, 
  1902, 
  24 
  sink 
  box, 
  $480; 
  67 
  sneak 
  boat, 
  $335; 
  1903, 
  19 
  sink 
  box, 
  

   $380; 
  69 
  sneak 
  boat, 
  $345; 
  Harford, 
  1902, 
  40 
  sink 
  box, 
  $800, 
  68 
  sneak 
  boat, 
  $340; 
  1903, 
  34 
  sink 
  box, 
  $680; 
  

   51 
  sneak 
  boat, 
  $255. 
  

  

  COMPARISON 
  OF 
  STATISTICS. 
  

  

  A 
  comparison 
  of 
  the 
  two 
  preceding 
  tables 
  shows 
  some 
  interesting 
  

   facts. 
  Although 
  the 
  returns 
  are 
  incomplete, 
  still 
  they 
  suggest 
  some 
  

   important 
  questions 
  in 
  regard 
  to 
  (1) 
  receipts, 
  (2) 
  number 
  of 
  licensed 
  hunt- 
  

   ers, 
  (3) 
  number 
  of 
  big 
  game 
  licenses, 
  and 
  (4) 
  statistics 
  of 
  former 
  years. 
  

  

  a 
  Maine 
  is 
  the 
  only 
  State 
  in 
  this 
  list 
  that 
  does 
  not 
  issue 
  resident 
  licenses. 
  

  

  