. Biennial report of the State Forest, Game and Fish Commissioner of the State of Colorado for the years 1897 and 1898 : J. S. Swan, Commissioner . killed and one each for the heads and hides thereof,to be attached to any such carcass, head or hide. Theabsence of such coupon from the carcass, head or hideof any of such animals thereafter taken, to be primafacie evidence of the illegal possession thereof. Provision should be made for additional revenue tothe game and fish fund from licenses to be issued to theowners of private lakes and fish ponds, whereby theowner of such lake or pond would be
. Biennial report of the State Forest, Game and Fish Commissioner of the State of Colorado for the years 1897 and 1898 : J. S. Swan, Commissioner . killed and one each for the heads and hides thereof,to be attached to any such carcass, head or hide. Theabsence of such coupon from the carcass, head or hideof any of such animals thereafter taken, to be primafacie evidence of the illegal possession thereof. Provision should be made for additional revenue tothe game and fish fund from licenses to be issued to theowners of private lakes and fish ponds, whereby theowner of such lake or pond would bet given authorityand protection of the law in marketing his product. Provision should be made for the couponing or tag-ging of all heads, hides and scalps found in stock orheld by taxidermists and glove makers. To regulatethe business of taxidermists has been one of the great-est difficulties I have met with. Often under pretenseof long ownership of an old lot of scalps and hides,such dealers are able to defeat the law in continually get-ting new stock to replace the old. Under the couponsystem the possession, of any hide or scalp without a. STATE FOREST^ GAME AND FISH COMMISSIONER. 37 coupon attached would make it subject to seizure andwould be prima facie evidence of unlawful possession. The killing of any buffalo should be made a penaloffense, with a proper reward to any one furnishing evi-dence on which a conviction is secured. It has been suggested to me that there shoud bea close season for bears, but just when and for how longsuch season could be fixed to the best advantage I amnot prepared to state. THE DENVER HATCHERY. E. L. HAGER, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT. This hatchery is situated upon a tract of land con-taining little less than twelve acres, near the Platteriver, nine miles distant from Denver. The site was pre-sented to the state in 1880, by Waddingham and Danielson condition that when it ceases to be used for fishhatchery purposes title shall revert to doners. It
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