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A. No, sir. 



Q. Were your own expenses charged for and paid ? 



A. Yes, sir. 



Q. All these examinations and reports you speak of related to other 

 than the State land ? 



A. Some of the lots I reported were State lands; I reported the 

 whole township, State land and all. 



Q. What proportion of the lands were private lands ? 



A. I should say over two-thirds, as near as I can estimate it 



Q. How much State land is there in your district ? 



A. I should calculate very nearly 100,000 acres all together. 



Q. Have these lands been lumbered on ? 



A. A greater portion of them is worthless land; then there is some 

 very nice land. 



Q. What proportion of them is worthless land ? 



A. I should say a good half. 



Q. And the other half of the State land has what sort of timber 

 upon it ? 



A. In township 12, old military tract, the timber is in very nice 

 condition; hard wood; mixture of spruce in portions of it; on the 

 mountains there is a great deal of spruce; it is almost all virgin forest. 



Q. How many acres of that ? 



A. I should say about 32,000 acres. 



Q. Is that back from the streams ? 



A. The west branch of Ausable river runs right through the town- 

 ship. 



Q. Can you drive logs down the Ausable ? 



A. It is not a log thoroughfare at that point; it can be made so. 



Q. Is it not now and never has been used to drive logs ? 



A. No, sir; not up as high as that. 

 , Q. Since you have been a forester have you ever done anything in 

 the way of guiding people ? 



A. No, sir; only in showing people attention and giving them 

 information, as I have been directed to do. 



Q. You have given up guiding people ? 



A. Yes, sir. 



Q. Are you a married man? 



A. Yes, sir. 



Q. You have a family ? 



A. Yes, sir. 



Q. Did you pursue any other business except this business of 

 forester in any part of the year? 



A. No, sir. 



