H.eportof tf)e^apermtendent of Pore^fe. 



To tl)e Forest, FisI) and Ciame Commission: 



DURING the past year the work of the Forestry division of your department 

 has included the operations incidental to forest protection, the prevention 

 and extinguishing of woodland fires, the suppression of timber stealing and 

 trespasses, land surveying, forest surveys and timber measurements, map making, 

 tree planting, land classifications, litigation of land titles and settlement of dis- 

 puted claims, eviction of objectionable squatters, the purchase of forest lands, 

 the collection of statistics showing the yearly output of forest products in the 

 State, and the various other duties connected with the care and maintenance of 

 the Forest Preserve. 



Area of tl)e Preserve. 



The official list of public lands mentioned in the last report has since then been 

 completed and published. This volume, containing 367 octavo pages, shows the 

 location, lot number, acreage, and source of title of 5,934 separate parcels of State 

 land, each of which has its own surveyed boundary and distinct chain of titles. 

 The greater part of them are one-half mile square, containing 160 acres each ; of 

 the others, many contain 200 acres each. Then there are various smaller parcels 

 ranging in size from 10 to 160 acres; and, in some instances, where a township has 

 not been allotted, the parcels vary from a quarter to an entire township, which in 

 the Adirondack region contains from 25,000 to 30,000 acres. 



From the list of lands scheduled in this publication, together with additions 

 made since its issue, it appears that the area of the Forest Preserve is as follows : 



ADIRONDACK PRESERVE. 



COUNTIES. ACRES. 



Clinton, 20,105 



Essex, 231,764 



F""klin, - 159,633 



I'ulton, 21,426 



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