Second Annual Report of the Commissioners of Fisheries, Game and Forests of the State of New York.

521 pp. Dark tan cloth, black titles and decorations, floral decorated endpapers. Chromolithographic plates by Sherman Foote Denton and J.L. Ridgway, black-and-white photographs and half-tone illustrations throughout. Includes: Preface; Report of Commissioners: Financial Statement, Forest Preserve Fund, Receipts and Disbursements on Account of Trespass on State Lands, Shellfish Franchise Account, Summary of Fish-Net Licenses Issued, Report of Fish Caught in License Nets, Statement of Fines and Penalties Account, Report of the Superintendent of Hatcheries, Report of the Shellfish Commissioner, The Forest Preserve, Suggestions and Recommendations, The State Reservation upon and along the St. Lawrence River; Distribution of Fish; Black Bass and Their Distribution in the Waters of the State; The American Saibling; Concerning Brook Trout and Conditions Favorable to Their Propagation; Oysters and Their Cultivation; The Pike-Perch; Notes upon New York Fishes Received at the New York Aquarium; Report of Chief Fish and Game Protector and Forester: Schedule of Prosecutions for Violations of Fish and Game Laws, Schedule of Licenses to Use Nets to Catch Fish, Schedule of Prosecutions for Violations of Fish and Game Laws, Illegal Devices Seized and Destroyed; The Adirondack Deer: Number of Deer Killed, Shipments of Deer; The Three Most Important Game Birds: The Ruffed Grouse, The Bob-White or Quail, The Woodcock; A Forestry Experimentation Station; Occupants of State Lands; Annual Forest Product; Lands Purchased: The McEchron Purchase, The Webb Purchase; Litigation of Titles in the Forest Preserve; Decrease in Area of the Forest Preserve through Cancellation of Titles; The John Brown Farm: Oration of Hon. Henry L. Lyman at North Elba, N.Y.; Forest Fires; Stream Flow in Relation to Forests.