of human life. i)ata on hunting accidents from all parts of the 
State will later be collected and given in the addendum. 
GAME REFUGES 
To date a total of thirty-two (32) refuges have been arranged for, 
two of which, however, are not yet established. Of these thirty-two 
(32) twenty (20) are situated on State Forests; five (5) are on 
leased lands, and five (5) are on Preserves already purchased, and 
the other two (2), not yet established, on lands for which deeds 
have not yet been received. The last two mentioned are the Jefferson 
County and the McKean County Preserves. The Jefferson purchase 
is being held up due to the fact that there are so many heirs to be 
dealt with. We received nine separate options for these lands and 
Mr. Potter tried to arrange that all heirs would execute one deed. 
However, this was found impossible and he is now working to have 
all interests execute five deeds. Settlement was further seriously 
complicated by the death of two of the heirs, one of whom was the 
attorney-in-fact for two of the other heirs, and the other died leav¬ 
ing children. These complications are being satisfactorily straight¬ 
ened out and are here mentioned simply as an example of the dif¬ 
ficulties encountered in purchasing preserves, and the reason for 
seemingly unnecessary delay in completion of a purchase. 
Field wo,rk for surveys of the outside lines has been completed 
for all seven purchases, and preliminary maps available. Consider¬ 
able map work is still to be done but can not be completed until 
the lines around the refuges themselves are run, the cost of which 
w T ill be comparatively small. 
We have never had accurate maps of all game refuges on State 
Forests, so during the past fall an agreement was entered into with 
the Department of Forestry by which they would make such sur- 
veys, providing we furnished three or four men to serve as rodmen 
and chainmen. Field work for eighteen (18) out of the twenty (20) 
refuges has been completed and it is expected that the Department of 
Forestry will shortly supply the Commission a copy of the field 
notes of each survey. We then will be able to determine the exact 
acreage comprising each game refuge. 
Following is a brief statement concerning the present status of 
the seven (7) preserve purchases: 
Pro serve 
Number 
County 
Purchase 
Area : (Acres) 
Remai ks: 
12 . 
.7,492.9_ 
. . . Conveyance completed. Refuge estab- 
lislfed. Survey of boundary completed. 
25. 
..Elk. 
.6,288.5. .. . 
. . . Conveyance completed. Refuge estab- 
lished. Survey of boundary completed. 
24 
Preserve 
Number 
County 
Purchase 
Area: (Acres) 
Remarks 
26 
•Bedford, Blair 6,485.4 and Conveyances completed. Refuge estab- 
and Cambria. . .2/3 undivided lished. Survey of boundary and refuge 
interest in completed. 
856.6 
28. . . 
_Elk . 
.9,142.7. 
. Conveyance 
compiled. Refuge estab- 
lished. Sur 
vey of boundary completed. 
29. . . 
.8,471.01. 
. Conveyance 
completed except for two 
lots of 165 
acres each. Refuge estab- 
lished. Sm 
■vey of boundary completed. 
80. . . 
.McKean 
.5,04t>.9 . . . .. 
. .Conveyance 
not consummated. Survey 
of boundary 
> r completed. 
21 . . . 
o 474 4 
• « * • . ».*. * 1 . 1 . . i. • • « •• • 
. Conveyance 
not consummated. Survey 
of boundary completed. 
The purchase of lands has been considerably more expensive than 
estimated because the titles in many cases required a great deal 
more work than expected, and the surveys were tedious and ex¬ 
pensive due to the fact that in most cases no actual surveys had 
been made 
of the. lands for many vears, 
9 * / 
with the result that old 
markers, etc., were entirely obliterated. 
Conditions at our game refuges in general are considerably better 
than for sometime past. The buildings at the refuges have been put 
in first-class, repair, roads and firellues put in good condition, so 
that the maintenance for the next year or two should be consider- 
C/ 
ably less on the old established preserves. We have been fortunate 
to come through the past year without any serious fires at any of our 
game refuges or surrounding territory. Food conditions have been 
improved wherever possible, and more vermin of all sorts was de¬ 
stroyed by our refuge keepers during the past year with the assist¬ 
ance of our trapping instructor than had been killed during any 
three years previously. 
AUXILIARY GAME REFUGES 
The eight (8) auxiliary gaine refuges now established seem to be 
meeting the expectations of the sportsmen interested with but little 
difficulty in the administration thereof. These refuges are located 
as follows: 
1. In Perry Township, Clarion County, near Parkers 
Landing. 
2. In Monroe Township, Wyoming County, near Al- 
derson. 
3. In southern Tinicum Township, Bucks County. 
4. In northeastern Nockamixon Township, Bucks 
County. 
5. In Donegal Township, Butler County. 
