A WILLIS ROBERTSON,CHAIRMAN

                                                        L XI NGTON ,VA- 
    COMMONW      EALTH   OF  VIRGINIA               SAMUEL P GOOD LOE..AFTON-.
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                                                    ALLAN EPES,BILACXST0NE
,VA_ 
COMMISSION   OF GAME AND  INLAND FISHERIES          WALN S....... ALEXAN
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                                                    BEVERLEY W. STRASJR.,TAEWELLVA.

                RICHMOND                            CARL H.NOLTINGT.EV.IA.S.VA.

                                                    RICHARD CRANEWESTOVERVA.

 
 
                                                           H D_ HART, EXECUTIVE
SECRETARY 
                                                                RICHMON ,VA.

 
                                         .,Lexri- ton, Va., 
                                            ý.COctoer 13, 19S)2. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
'ado Leopoold, ]sq., 
905 lmniversity "ve., 
- adison, ainsconsin. 
 
d Tear 7r. Leopold: 
 
       7 aireclate ,our letoer of te 10th. The rro rana o 
  le Virginia aie ieart ient is not or anized to ni sutisfaction, 
ad !now .... t1at a  rvey of our sit"ution   uch as you are 1re- 
pared to yive us wol    be very. _el f . n-ortu ately, the de- 
 
press.ion has seriousily cri ppled our a eratin- revenue and for 
t1a t ine bein -, we are erely able to I aae buckle and ton ue n3eet 
at caan-t eua -I in any - ew activities. I aa     lad to report, 
nowever, tiat for the first three iaonths of the current fiscal 
year, our receipts have exceeded t'ose of the se period of last 
 
year by about '4,000.00, and with a better cur Thly of      ila l i 
general than we have had for the past three years, T an hopeful 
that receipts during the -eneral hunting season will show a sub- 
stantial increase notwi thsta1:dini; the depression. 
 
       Please   i-ve lje somne indication of what it woul cost for 
you to -a- e a li ited survey of conditions in  -ir~inia a d to 
a St  s in coZijin' a handbook coverin: tLese co ditions, witn 
s:estirons for eir irjrrove it. Possibly, ater the     2. ,o 
     t--r weVwold %e in a nosition to imdertak:e a       o-ok o  that 
 
 
kind 12 it did not cost I 
 
 
".'. illis 71oherton. 
 
 
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