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may unknowingly trespass. With the annual appropriation 

 for retracting and denning lines around the Public Lots, 

 trespasses from this cause are becoming fewer each year. (2) 

 In some cases, there is evidence that the local Assessors have 

 given the operator to believe that the authority to sell stump- 

 age from Public Lots was vested in them. Sec. 18 of Chap. 8 

 of the Revised Statutes plainly confers the duties of the sell- 

 ing agent to the Land Agent although in all cases, the local As- 

 sessors are consulted as to the advisability of permitting stump- 

 age- (3) Willful trespasses, — Further comment on this latter 

 classification seems superfluous. I believe that severe mas- 

 ures should be taken that a repetition might be avoided. 



Indian Township. 



From the permits let for the winter of 1915-16, there has 

 been collected this year the sum of $18,990.62 which is passed 

 to the credit of the Passamaquoddy Indian Fund. In the per- 

 mits that have been let on this Township, pure stands of pine 

 and spruce, in which there is no fir, have been reserved and 

 left intact. 



A permit has been granted this year by which the tops from 

 the 191 5-16 winter's cutting have been taken for lath-wood, 

 thus reducing the fire risk on the township. A nominal rate of 

 stumpage per cord was charged principally to pay inspection, 

 charges that no green timber should be taken. 



Numerous applications have been received for white birch 

 stumpage but up to the present time, it has not been deemed 

 advisable to permit for birch alone by reason of waste to other 

 lumber. 



During the year 1916, I have made three trips to this tow«. 

 ship and for the winter of 1916-17 have granted two permits, 

 similar to those granted in the past, at a satisfactory price and 

 have appointed J. S. Farrar of Princeton, a competent scaler, 

 to oversee the cutting. 



Islands. 



Chapter 132 of the Public Laws of 1913 prohibits the sale 

 of any island now owned by the State either on the coast or 

 in the inland great ponds and lakes. 



In 1916, under the direction of the Governor and Council. 

 Hen Island, near Swan's Island was leased for a term of three 



