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A. Very few. 



Q. How many acres did you say? 



A. That is also mere guess-work; in what is called the Adirondack 

 country, I should say the State did not obtain to exceed 3,000 acres, 

 if it did as much as that; I think I am safe in saying that the State 

 did not bid in to exceed 3,000 acres in the Adirondacks. 



Q. Can you state the character of the lands as to timber; I should 

 qualify that statement; the State bid in all the lands which it held 

 title to — I mean the State did not bid in at the tax sale more than 

 3,000 acres of new land, land that it did not have title to before. 



Mr. Adams. — That is what I desire to show, the increase likely to 

 be perfected by title. 



Q. These lands in Franklin county proposed to be exchanged by 

 the Everton Lumber Company, are you familiar with the value of 

 lands *in that region of the State, from your official position, what they 

 are considered worth ? 



A. I have never visited these lands and I have never seen them, 

 and of my own personal knowledge I can give no information what- 

 ever as to their value. 



Q. But from what you have heard people from that region and 

 familiar with these lands state about them, are you able to put a 

 valuation upon those lands ? 



Mr. Fieeo. — We desire to object to that as not being proper proof 

 as to the value of these lands; whatever the witness knows in regard 

 to the matter is entirely proper. , 



Chairman Ryan. — Repeat the question, will you ? 



Mr. Adams.— The question is, from what he has heard people say or 

 state, who were familiar with the lands and know their value, what 

 estimate he will put upon those lands that the Everton company pro- 

 posed to acquire by this exchange. 



Chairman Ryan. — The witness may answer that question. 



A. I have heard that they were worth at least five dollars per acre. 



Mr. Hitt.— I don't understand that to be Mr. Adams' question. 

 Prom what knowledge he has gained, what estimate would he put 

 upon them. 



Mr. Adams. — What knowledge he has gained from reliable parties 

 owning land — from knowledge acquired that way — what estimate 

 he would put upon it. 



Mr. Fiebo. — We ob'ject; that he does not speak. from his own 

 knowledge. 



, Chairman Ryan.— The committee understand that The witness 

 did not state he knew from his own knowledge, but his judgment was 

 gained from the information derived from others. 



