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Q. That was reported to the Comptroller's office ? 



A. Yes. 



Q. After the forest commission was organized were you 'employed 

 by them ? 



A. I was, verbally; some of the members, I can't say for certain, 

 but I think it was Mr. Fox and Mr.' Garmon, directed ine to keep 

 right on as I had been doing, only to report to them instead of the 

 Comptroller. 



Q. Did you make reports to the commission ? 



A. I did. 



Q. Reported to the office in Albany ? 



A. Yes, sir. 



Q. How long did you act under that employment ? 



A. Until the 25th of September, 1886, of the same year. 



Q. That was up to the 26th of September, 1886; what occurred then? 



A. A few days before that I received a notice from the commission 

 to this effect, as nearly as I can recollect: Do no more work and make 

 no more expense for this commission after the twenty-fifth of this 

 month unless especially ordered. 



A. At the time you received this notice, and after the twenty-fifth 

 of September, or twenty-sixth of September, were there trespasses on 

 the State lands that have not been looked up and finished ? 



A. Yes, sir; I was at work then looking up trespasses. 



Q. Where were these trespasses ? 



A. During that term I simply looked up trespasses in Essex county, 

 in the towns of Minerva and Newcomb, all in Totten & Crossfield's 

 patent, in the 14th, 16th, 25th, 26th and 27th townships. 



Q. Have you a memorandum or statement tabulated of the trespasses 

 that you looked up and so reported to the commission up to this time 

 in September? 



A. I have. 



Q. You may produce it and I will give it in evidence. [The witness 

 produces same.] That is the list of trespasses reported? 



A. That is a partial list ; that is the list ; if they have been settled, 

 I do not know it ; here is a list that has been settled. 



Q. Were a portion of these trespasses settled and a portion not? 



A. As I understand a portion of them were settled ; the commission 

 so reported in the next annual report 



Q. These two papers contain all the trespasses you reported, and 

 one paper contains those that were settled, and the other contains 

 those that were not settled? 



A. Yes. 



