20 



SEVENTH REPORT OF THE 



COUNTIES. 



Hamilton, -------- 



Herkimer, --...... 



Lewis, --»-.-... 



Oneida, ----...-. 



St. Lawrence, ------- 



Saratoga, -- 



Warren, -.-.--.. 

 Washington, -------- 



CATSKILL PRESERVE. 

 Delaware, ------ . - 



Greene, --------- 



Sullivan, -------- 



LHster, --------- 



SUMMARY. 



Adirondack Preserve, 

 CatskiU Preserve, - 



Total Forest Preserve, 



ACRES. 



578,340 

 146,733 



4,53° 



6,637 



34,683 



11,588 



108,283 



2,129 



1,325,851 



12,936 



4,269 



888 



64,237 



82,330 



1,325.851 

 82,33° 



1,408,181 



AdirondacI^ Parl^. 



The area of the Adirondack Park, of which the State owns only a part, is 

 3,226,144 acres. So many persons arc apt to think or speak of the Adirondack 

 Park and the Forest Preserve as being the same, it may be well to state that, of tlie 

 1,325,851 acres in the Forest Preserve lands of Northern New York. 1,163,414 acres 

 are situated within the Park, and the remainder, 162,437 acres, are outside the 

 boundary cr "blue line" as shown on the last edition of the Adirondack map 

 issued by your Commission. 



The actual acreage of the Adirondack Park is greater than the area indicated by 

 the figures given — how much so it is difificult to say. The statement of area as 

 reported here is based on the assessed acreage of each lot, which, as we have learned 

 by experience, is generally less than the real acreage when determined by a careful 

 survey. Most of the lands in the Adirondacks are bought and sold by the assessed 

 acreage, the old conveyances specifying the number of acres and always qualifying 

 the statement with the words " more or less." Whenever we have found it neces- 

 sary to make a careful survey and chaining of a lot, parcel or township, we have 



