PUBLIC LANDS. 



The Land Agent has the custody of Indian Township in 

 Washington County and the public or school lots held in trust 

 by the State for organized plantations, or such as have at some- 

 time been organized. 



The Legislature of 1913 appropriated $500 for the purpose 

 of retracing and defining the lines of public lots, and this money 

 has been expended to good advantage. A similar appropriation 

 should be made by the Legislature of 191 5. 



According to Section 11, Chapter 7 of the Revised Statutes, 

 the land reserved for public uses in Township 5, Range 20, 

 W. E. L. S., was selected and located. In this survey the 

 proprietor of the Township-, the Great Northern Paper Com- 

 pany, was represented by J. F. Philippi, and the State was 

 represented by Forrest H. Colby. 



An estimate of the timber now standing on the lot of 918 

 acres so selected was made as follows : 



Spruce ten inches and over breast high 2,250,000 ft. 



Fir eight inches and over breast high 1,490,000 " 



Spruce pulp between six and ten inches breast high 500,000 " 



A resurvey of the lines of the Public Lots in Long Pond 

 Plantation was made, estimates of growth were made as follows : 



Spruce eight inches and over breast high 1,700,000 ft. 



Fir eight inches and over breast high 300,000 " 



and a small amount of very good white birch, which ought to 

 grow twelve or fifteen years. The spruce and fir are thrifty 

 and growing nicely, and while a good percentage of fairly good 

 saw logs could be cut at the present time, the lot ought not to 

 be cut over for ten or fifteen years. The ground is even and 

 very easy to operate. 



It appears on the plan books in this ofifice that the Public Lots 

 in West Middlesex, which is Township 3, Range i, W. B. K. P., 

 had once been located, but no field notes of same could be found. 

 For that reason we thought wise to run the lines according to 

 the plan on file in this ofifice. 



