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llie liuliters’ license revenue for this phase of our work alone. Lv 
reference to the Secretary’s report you will note that since the opei- 
ation of the present bounty system, beginning with April 15, 1915, 
we have paid bounties on more than 2,600 wild cats, almost 45,000 
foxes and more than 260,000 weasels, requiring a total of more than 
$500,000 to pay the bounties, not including the cost of administra¬ 
tion. In addition, our field officers during the year destroyed a 
large number of predatory birds and animals of various kinds, in¬ 
cluding 50 wild cats, 143 foxes, 63 minks, 259 weasels, more than 
3,500 crows, almost 1,500 stray domestic cats, and a large number 
of stray, homeless dogs. We believe the sportsmen in addition 
killed large numbers of destructive birds and animals of various 
kinds during the year, total figures for which, however, are not yet 
available. Sportsmen wffio reported on the game killed during the 
1920 season (reports were received from only eight per cent, of the 
number of licensees) reported killing a surprisingly large number 
of predatory birds and animals, the most notable of which is more 
than 6,500 weasels, more than 5,000 stray homeless cats, and other 
species in proportion. A complete tabulated statement of the birds 
and animals reported killed by the sportsmen who made reports 
for 1920 will be found in our Secretary’s report. 
STATUS OP FUNDS. 
By reference to our Secretary’s financial statement in the latter 
part of his report, you will note that during the year the total 
deposits from penalties, propagating licenses, etc., exclusive of hun¬ 
ter’s license fees in both funds, amounted to $69,963.25 as compared 
with $55,278.62 during 1920, and $29,014.06 deposited during 1919. 
In view of the fact that fully 75 per cent, of the time of our field 
force is spent in educational and preventative work, the amount so 
collected is surprising, especially since in the great majority of 
prosecutions the maximum penalty that might be imposed is not 
collected. Instead, it has been our policy from the beginning to 
impose only a sufficient amount of penalty to have the defendant 
understand that the law means what it savs. 
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The deposits during the year from hunters’ license fees totals 
$438,591.50. This amount, together with the amount collected in 
penalties and other fees as above stated, aggregates a total of 
$508,554.75 deposited to our credit in the State Treasury during 
the year. The disbursements for the general activities of the Depart¬ 
ment (including the purchase of lands, surveys, titles, etc., from 
funds previously accumulated approximating a cost of almost 
$110,000.00) aggregates $527,588.40, and for the payment of bounties 
and administration in connection therewith $137,763.51, or total dis¬ 
bursements during the year of $665,351.91. 
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During the 1922 fiscal year the purchase of lands previously con¬ 
tracted for will require in the neighborhood of $19,000.00, and while 
the past year was an unusual one on account of the industrial de¬ 
pression necessitating greater vigilance and larger expenditures for 
field work, our activities during the coming year will be so re¬ 
stricted as to keep within the funds available. While the balance 
in the Treasury on November 30th in the two funds to our credit was 
$362,434.68, because of the later open season revenue deposited 
during December and January from hunters’ licenses issued during 
the season, and deposits from penalties and fees collected during the 
year, will make available to our use a sum in excess of $500,000. 
without using any revenue derived from 1922 licenses. 
FIELD FORCES 
The field force of this Department has during the past year co¬ 
operated with field forces of various other Departments in every 
way possible, and in return we have received more earnest co-opera¬ 
tion from other Departments, such as the Department of Forestry, 
Department of Fisheries, State Police and the Department of Agri¬ 
culture, that has been proven mutually advantageous. 
The personnel of our field organization is in better condition to¬ 
day than at any time in the past. The work is so co-ordinated that 
results as nearly uniform as possible are being obtained in all sec¬ 
tions, and the co operation received from all directions is indeed 
gratifying. 
Respectfully submitted, 
CHARLES B. PENROSE, President. 
JNO. M. PHILLIPS, Vice President. 
W. B. McCALEB. 
H. J. DONALDSON. 
J. S. SPEER. 
WILLIAM S. ELLIS. 
Attest: 
SETH E. GORDON, 
Secretary. 
