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FOREST commissioner's REPORT. 



determined at first hands as well. The work has been hasty. 

 Methods have been crude. The subject is a great one, for 

 handling which there is no precedent. Conscious of many 

 defects in our work, acknowledging chances of error at every 

 point in its execution, the results are presented for what they 

 are worth, with considerable confidence, however, that they 

 will not seriously mislead, in the hope that they will prove of 

 great and lasting value to the business interests of the State. 



Summary of Facts Relating to Spruce Supply of Kennebec River. 



Area— Square 

 Miles. 



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Sc 



5J O 



U 9 



3 o 

 o o 



CO - 



1° 



Lumber— Million Feet 

 Board Measure. 



r? CO 



^'5 S 



® S. QJ 

 >• 60-3 



a oj 1) 

 « > 2 '" 



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Moose River basin 

 Dead river 



Roach river and Mooseheacl lake. 

 Main river below Moosehead 



Sandy and Carrabasset 



114 



*Not including cut of Lowelltown mills. 



t Excluding Reddington. Estimated from very imperfect data. 



Estimated stand, growth and consumption in cubic feet: 



Stand (I in available saw logs) 1,000,000,000 



Growth, present yearly, in virgin timber offset by decay 22,500,000 



Permanent yearly, equivalent of 53 millions B. M. above 15,000,000 



Consumption, comes yearly to mill (equivalent of 114 millions 



above) 33,000,000 



Equivalent in standing trees 44,000,000 



