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Shingles 4,698,000 pieces 



Lath 4,454,500 pieces 



The lumber product of the Catskill region, by counties, was : 



Feet B. M. 



Delaware 26,770,858 



Greene 6,205,794 



Sullivan 17,218,840 



Ulster 8,422,860 



58,618,352 

 Summary. 



Feet B. M. 



Adirondack forest 572,022,604 



Catskill forest 1 18,696,530 



690,719,134 



As the collection of the information relating to the annual forest 

 product necessitated a correspondence with 655 different firms or 

 individuals, and the tabulation of the statistics thus obtained, it will 

 be seen that no small amount of time and work was expended on this 

 part of our office business. In some instances where a firm or indi- 

 vidual failed to make a return a special journey to the mills of these 

 parties was made in order to obtain the desired information. 



The thanks of the Commission are due to the various persons en- 

 gaged in these industries for their prompt and courteous replies to 

 our request for a statement, their cooperation in this respect enabling 

 us to ascertain definitely the facts as to the extent of the annual out- 

 put, a knowledge of which is so essential to a correct understanding 

 of the forestry situation in our State. In the collection and tabula- 

 tion of the statistics thus obtained I am indebted to the assistance of 

 Mr. A. B. Strough of this office, his previous experience for several 



