LEPTER OF TRANSMITTAL. 



U. S. Department of Agriculture, 



Division of Biological Survey, 

 Washington, D. C, November 9, 1900, 

 Sir: I have the honor to submit herewith, and to recommend for 

 publication, as Bulletin No. 14 of the Biological Survey, a report on 

 'Laws Regulating the Transportation and Sale of Game,' by Dr. T. S. 

 Palmer, who has been charged with th« immediate supervision of mat- 

 ters relating to game under the Lacey Act, assisted by H. W. Olds, 

 an assistant in this Division. The object of this report is to present 

 in convenient form a digest of the State laws now in force which affect 

 the trade in game. In view of the fact that the open season is at its 

 height, and that considerable quantities of game are now being 

 shipped to market, it is very desirable that this bulletin be published 

 and distributed as promptly as possible. 

 Respectfully, 



C. Hart Merriam, 



Chief, Biological Survey. 

 Hon, James Wilson, 



Secretary of Agriculture, 



