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A. It 18 an inevitable fact, because the timber is gone. 



Q. la it all gone; no timber there ? 



A. Not all, but to a great extent it is gone. 



Q. Then you didn't have much of anything to do if the timber is all 

 gone ? 



A. I didn't say all gone, but the timber that was cut then is gone. 



Q. I am asking you whether the trespasses are not much fewer than 

 they were before the forest commission took charge of this matte*? 



A. I think they are. 



Q. You know the fact, don't. you ? 



A. I think they are. 



By Chairman Evan: 

 Q. They are because there is Jess timber to cut there ? 

 A. That would be one reason, whether it would account for the 

 whole of it I can't say. 



By Mr. Fiero: 



Q. Is the quantity of timber appreciably less than it was at that 

 time? 



A. It is, certainly. 



Q. How so? 



A. Because there has been some cutting more or less. 



Q. The amount of cutting, so far as trespasses is concerned, is a 

 trifle compared with the whole amount, isn't it ? 



A. I couldn't say. 



Q. • During the last five years ? 



A. During the last five years. 



Q. Hasn't it been very trifling during the last five years as compared 

 with the amount of State lands ? 



A. No, it hasn't during the last couple of years; there has been 

 considerable trespasses in my locality; for the two years previous'there 

 were scarcely any. 



Q. How much timber do you think has been cut during that period 

 in proportion; isn't it small as compared to the whole amount? 



A. To the whole amount left ■standing? 



Q. Yes. 



A. It is not in my vicinity in the town of Minerva. 



Q. I don't mean your immediate vicinity, but I mean in that 

 neighborhood ? 



A. Of course; up in Long Lake country and up there there are 

 vast tractsof State land that have never been cut into; I am speaking 

 of the accessible timber. 



