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105,229.37 acres in the forest preserve, and 1,901.25 

 acres by reinstatement of canceled tax sales, and 

 lost by cancellation and redemption 730.6(5 acres, 

 leaving an aggregate holding at the close of the 

 fiscal year of 1,307,0(57.70 acres. Of this, 1,290,987 

 acres are in the Adirondack preserve. The average 

 price for the purchases was $3.04 an acre. To lo- 

 cate and secure the tract of 30,000 acres to be 

 used by the State College of Forestry, $2,005.54 was 

 expended. In 1900 the game protectors destroyed 

 2,015 illegal devices for the capture of fish and 

 game, which were valued at $30,412.35, and the 

 department prosecuted 357 offenders against the 

 lisli and game laws, securing 330 convictions. 

 There were also 53 cases of trespass on State lands, 

 which were taken into court and convictions se- 

 cured. 



Railroads. According to the report of the 

 commissioners for 1900, the steam surface roads 

 earned in the gross $27,060,056 more than in 1899, 

 and their net earnings were $10,242,410 more 

 than in 1899. The capital stock increased 

 $22,144,400 over that of 1899; funded debt in- 

 creased $3,584,498.50 over that for 1899. The per- 

 centage of dividends to capital stock was 2.52, 

 compared with 2.43 in 1899. The average freight 

 earnings per tori per mile increased 0.013 cent, and 

 the average freight expenses per ton per mile de- 

 creased 0.007 cent. The number of accidents on 

 the lines of steam surface railroads was 671 killed 

 and 1,374 injured. The number of passengers car- 

 ried was 73,846,114, and one passenger was killed 

 for every 9,230,704 carried. The number of pas- 

 sengers carried on all the street surface railroads, 

 including the few remaining horse railroads and 

 the elevated roads in Brooklyn, was 1,801,974,097, 

 an increase of 122,684,693. The number carried in 

 the boroughs of the Bronx and Manhattan, includ- 

 ing transfers, was 567,144,099, an increase of 57,- 

 829,283. The number carried in Brooklyn, includ- 

 ing transfers, and including those that were car- 

 ried by the elevated railroads, was 323,229,639, 

 an increase of 45,584,744. The total number of 

 passengers carried by the Manhattan Railway was 

 184.164,110, an increase of 9.839,535. Fifteen pas- 

 sengers were injured and 4 employees killed on the 

 Manhattan Elevated Road, while 148 persons were 

 killed and 650 injured on the street surface roads. 

 The average number of persons employed on all 

 the street surface railroads, including the elevated 

 railroads in Brooklyn, was 28,075; and the aggre- 

 gate amount of salaries and wages paid them was 

 $16.908,907.05. The companies owned or operated 

 5,098 electric and cable box cars, 3,666 electric and 

 cable open cars, 23 air motor box cars, 22 electric 

 mail cars, 620 electric and cable freight, express, 

 id service cars. There were 2,437 other cars in 



ration, 

 sane. The care of the insane is in the charge 



a commission that consisted of Peter M. Wise, 

 president (who was removed by Gov. Roosevelt on 

 Dec. 20 for malfeasance in office), William C. 

 Osborn, and William L. Parkhurst. Their report 

 shows that on Oct. 1, 1900, there were 22,088 in- 

 mates in the State hospitals, against 21,435 in 

 1899. The expenditures for maintenance of the 

 State hospitals for the year was $3,599.031.56, or 

 at the rate of $165.38 per capita, against $178.42 

 for 1899. This decrease was brought about by re- 

 duction in the number of employees, and has not 

 caused any serious impairment in the proper ad- 

 ministration of the hospitals. The total expendi- 

 ture for construction work and repairs during the 

 year was $062.948.90. The commission reported 

 that they have $20.000,000 invested in buildings 

 and equipments. The commission returned to 

 their homes in other States and countries 115 non- 



resident and alien patients, at a cost of $4,541. oti. 

 The commission has collected $122,860.49 from 

 the relatives of insane patients liable for their 

 support, and, in addition, has received from pri- 

 vate or so-called " bond " cases $87,333.13. 



National Guard. The Adjutant General re- 

 ported at the close of the year that all organiza- 

 tions of the National Guard and Xaval Militia 

 were well equipped for active service with the 

 exception of the hospital corps of the various 

 commands, and the supplying of this branch of 

 the service with the best obtainable equipment 

 was being rapidly advanced. Gen. Charles F. Roe 

 reported the aggregate strength of the National 

 Guard on Sept. 30, 1900, to be 14,251, divided as 

 follows: Commissioned officers, 855; enlisted men, 

 13,396. His report says: " A grand total of 10,045 

 enlisted men and seamen qualified in general and 

 supplementary practice, the same being 83.74 per 

 cent, of the number practicing. The condition 

 of the Guard is much improved since the last 

 report, with the exception of a few organizations. 

 The attention paid to the detailed work, books, 

 and internal discipline is marked. The perform- 

 ance of field service and practice marches by the 

 organizations in camp this year was satisfactory. 

 Capt. J. W. Miller, commanding the Naval Militia, 

 reports that he is able to say that the city of 

 New York has decided to construct an armory 

 on the Brooklyn water front at the foot of 43d 

 Street. The plans for this armory are now being 

 considered by the city authorities, and a. portion 

 of the building will be erected during the winter. 

 With some reluctance and after full consideration, 

 and with the approval of the Governor, it was 

 deemed advisable last summer to forego the tour 

 of duty on the vessel provided by the Navy De- 

 partment for the exercises of the Naval Militias 

 of the various States, and to give our instruction 

 in home waters under our own officers." 



Civil Service. The report of the commission- 

 ers for 1899 shows that the number of appoint- 

 ments was 2,652, divided as follows: Exempt class, 

 124; competitive class, 421 ; noncompetitive class 

 (attendants, nurses, and similar positions in the 

 State hospitals and institutions), 1,564; after non- 

 competitive provisional examination, 42; without 

 examination, 501. The number of removals \vn* 

 304, as follows: Exempt class, 10; competitive class, 

 48; noncompetitive class, 246. The number of 

 resignations was 1,589, as follows: Exempt class, 

 59; competitive class, 212; noncompetitive class, 

 1,318. The number of deaths was 38, divided as 

 follows: Exempt class, 6; competitive class, 24; 

 noncompetitive class, 8. The number of transfers 

 was 40 and the number of promotions 196. The 

 report says: " For the first time since the passage 

 of the civil service law, in 1883, every one of the 

 many cities of the State possesses regularly pre- 

 scribed rules and a classification of its civil service. 

 On June 16, 1900, the commission extended the 

 rules so as to include places in the civil service 

 of the counties of Erie, New York, Kings, Queens, 

 and Richmond. This action brought under the 

 jurisdiction of the commission about 1,300 em- 

 ployees, making the number of places now subject 

 to the State civil service rules about 9,000." 



Historian. The work of publishing the early 

 records of the State was continued during the 

 year, and in the War of the Revolution Series 

 three volumes of the Public Papers of George 

 Clinton, first Governor of New York, were issued. 

 The first of these contains an introduction by the 

 State Historian, and gives the military papers of 

 Clinton for the years 1775, 1776, and 1777. Vol. 

 II carries the record from June, 1777, to March, 

 1778, while the final volume ends with papers 





