INDEX 



PACe. 



Report of Forest Commissioner 5 



Forest fires in 1907 6 



Forest iires on incorporated towns in 1907 6 



Forest fires on unincorporated townships in 1907 7 



Summary of fires of 1907 8- 



Forest fires in 1908 9 



Forest fires on incorporated towns in 1908 Ii 



Forest fires on unincorporated townships in 1908 15 



Summary of fires of 1908 19' 



The White Pine Blight in Maine 20 



Conclusions and recommendations 28 



Decision of S. J. Court to regulate cutting of trees 30 



History of the wild lands of Maine 36 



Acts of Council of Plymouth 37 



Retrospect of history 40 



Other grants 44 



Later sales and grants 45 



The lottery sale 4^ 



Maine's principal divisions 48 



Maine becomes a State 49' 



Sales and settlement 52 



Estimates of value of land 54 



Greenleaf's report 58 



Land alienated by Massachusetts 60 



York county 60 



Cumberland county 61 



Lincoln county 61 



Waldo county 62 



Hancock county 62 



Washington county 63 



Kennebec county 65 



Oxford county 65 



Somerset county 66 



Penobscot county .• 67 



Grants by Massachusetts 69 



Grants by Maine 69 



Other grants 70 



Aggregate annual sales 71 



Value of lands not appreciated 75 



Speculation in lands 80 



List of Maine islands sold 94 



