. Biennial report, Montana Game and Fish Commission, State of Montana. Montana Fish and Game Commission; Game protection; Wildlife conservation; Fisheries. STATEMENT OF INCOME AND DISBURSEMENTS Connected with Fur Operations Investigation For Year 1941-1942 RECEIPTS Sale of furs confiscated $6, Fines assessed by Courts 3, Total Receipts $9, EXPENDITURES Cost of furs purchased by undercover agents $2, Court costs deducted from fines, or paid by State Department Miscellaneous expenses: Telephone, tele- grams, gas, photographing evidence, transcript of court records


. Biennial report, Montana Game and Fish Commission, State of Montana. Montana Fish and Game Commission; Game protection; Wildlife conservation; Fisheries. STATEMENT OF INCOME AND DISBURSEMENTS Connected with Fur Operations Investigation For Year 1941-1942 RECEIPTS Sale of furs confiscated $6, Fines assessed by Courts 3, Total Receipts $9, EXPENDITURES Cost of furs purchased by undercover agents $2, Court costs deducted from fines, or paid by State Department Miscellaneous expenses: Telephone, tele- grams, gas, photographing evidence, transcript of court records for evi- dence, postal registrations, etc Cold storage rental, Helena Total Expenditures $3, Net Return to Department $6, During the investigation, it was decisively proved that the present beaver laws are inade- quate, and that control of this valuable resource requires better management than is now pos- sible. Therefore, we recommend that the trap- ping of all beaver be handled by the state and that the pelts be sold by the state; after such sale, that one-third of the gross proceeds be re- turned to the landowner on whose lands the beaver were taken, one-third be set aside for the expenses involved in the trapping, and the remaining one-third go into the Fish and Game Department Fund in lieu of the ten dollar applica- tion fee and the fifty-cent metal tag now in use. iame tf-asuni Our game farms produce Chinese pheasants and a few Chukars. It has been the practice until recently for the Billings and Warm Springs game farms to operate under one superintendent. With the de- velopment of a third game farm at Fort Peck, the Commission felt that greater efficiency of pro- duction and planting would result if the State Game Warden were made directly responsible for the management of the three farms. Accord- ingly, the office of Superintendent of Game Farms was abolished, and responsibility for running each farm was vested in a foreman. In 1941 ground was l


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