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Q. Has any conveyance been ma le by the Comptroller under this 

 appraisal ? 



A. No, sir. 



Q. At the tax sales of 1890 are you able to state who bid off the 

 lands, or the most of the lands, offered for sale at that time ? 



A. Do you confine your statement to any particular county ? 



»Q. No; I refer to the sales for taxes in the Adirondack region; state 

 the names of the principal purchasers, and about the amount that 

 they bid them oft at, those who made the largest purchases ? 



A. I am unable to, state without reference to the books, the acreage 

 bid off by th& various parties; the largest bidders were lumbermen; 

 Henry Pattonwas the largest bidder at the tax sale. 



Q. About how many acres did he bid off? 



A It is impossible for me to tell. 



Q. Can you give an approximate estimate ? * 



A. It is mere guess work; I should say he bid off at least 200,000 

 acres. 



Q. Who else besides Henry Patton? ' 



A. Finch, Pruyn & Co. were the next largest bidders to the best of 

 my recollection; they were from Glens Falls. 



Q. About how much did they bid off? 



A. About 100,000 acres. 



Q. Who else bid off large quantities ? 



A. The Morgan Lumber Company of Glens Falls bid off & large 

 amount of land; I am unable to state the acreage they bid in. 



Q. It was a large quantity of land ? 



A. Yes, sir. 



Q. Who next? 



A. I am unable to state >who was the next largest bidder, but 

 Erastus Darling bid off a large quantity of land in the Adirondacks. 



Q. Who is he? ' 



A. A lumberman; I think his headquarters are at Gloversville ; 

 another was George F. Underwood, a lumberman, with headquarters 

 at Fort Edward; also George W. Ostrander bid in a large quantity of 

 lands; he is a real estate agent. 



Q. Abdut how many acres were bid off at this State tax sale of 

 1890 ? 



A. As near as Tcan estimate it or recollect it — I can not make any 

 estimate of acreage — but .we have computed it simply by the amount 

 paid in to the Treasurer, the individual bids amounted to three hun- 

 dred and ninety odd thousand dollars. 



Q. How many has the State bid in? 



