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Some idea of the activity with which the work was carried on is 

 attested by the fact that 6,487 men were ordered out by the wardens, 

 and that the total number of days worked at the fires in the Adiron- 

 dacks amounted to 77,290. Moreover there was only a sparse popu- 

 lation to draw from. Hamilton county, one of the largest in the 

 State, has only 4,947 people all told men, women and children. 



Had it not been for the active, efficient work of the wardens and 

 their men during this prolonged drought, the numerous fires would 

 have coalesced " run together " as it is termed and the Adiron- 

 dack forest would have been destroyed, leaving nothing but a bare 

 and blackened ruin throughout its entire extent. 



A careful tabulation of the firewardens' reports of each and every 

 fire enables me to submit the following result: 



Acres of timber land burned 292,121 



Acres of brush land burned 172,068 



Value of standing timber destroyed $666,207 



Value of logs, pulpwood, etc., destroyed $145,457 



Value of buildings burned $34,418 



Total number of days' labor 77,290 



* Acres of State timber land burned . 33,698 



f Acres of State brush land burned " 24,420 



CATSKILL FOREST FIRES 1903. 



Acres of timber land burned 20,469 



Acres of brush land burned 15,860 



Value of standing timber destroyed $29,075 



Value of pulpwood, etc., destroyed $7,934 



Value of buildings burned $25 



Total number of days' labor 4,492 



* Acres of State timber land burned 100 



f Acres of State brush land burned 65 



* Included in first item, t Included in second item. 



