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RETURNS 
ALTHOUGH none but apparently sound trees were 
measured in the valuation surveys, in making the final 
estimate of stand the following percentages were allowed 
for unsoundness which did not appear on the surface: 
Bircheanad WMaplenets =... .4. bes 40 per cent. 
Hieml@Gkes -b wie See 6 a's vine 30) anise 
The low stumpage price given for Spruce and Pine 
is believed to equalize fully the loss through unsound- 
ness. 
Beech, Cherry, Ash, and Cedar are left out of account 
entirely. With this allowance for cull, the total stand 
of merchantable timber of the species named in the 
Park, taking 27,533 acres as the total wooded area, is 
as follows; 
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