8 Report of Forest, Fish and Game Commission. 



Catskill counties: 



* Within Catskill Lark 82,652 



Outside Catskill Park 10 ,056 



, 92,708 acres 



Total State ownership 1 ,439 ,988 acres 



SOURCES OF TITLE. 



Lands purchased prior to 1897 151 , 451 . 00 



Lands purchased since Jan. 1, 1897 499 , 597 . 03 



651 , 048 . 03 



Mortgage foreclosures 10,459.46 



Resale bonded land 9,970.97 



Tax sales 768,509.54 



Total, Forest Preserve 1 ,439,988.00 



This acreage is constantly increasing through the purchases of 

 the Commission. In fact, it is considerably greater at this date than 

 the above figures indicate, owing to lands that were purchased but 

 not conveyed at the time these schedules were completed. 



It will be noticed by referring to the pages containing the following 

 land list that one column is set apart in order to show the source of 

 title to each lot or parcel. From the data in this column it appears 

 that of the 768,509 acres acquired through tax sales, the title to over 

 three-fourths of the lands thus obtained came through the sales of 

 1871 and 1877. The lands acquired at these sales were for the most 

 part covered with a virgin forest in which no lumbering had been 

 done. The greater part of the lands acquired by the subsequent sales 

 were what is known as lumbered lands, although on a large portion of 

 them the cutting had not been very close. On this latter class of lots 

 none of the hardwood had been taken, and the softwoods had not 



* Does not include entire area witliin tlie park, as the State has acquired at present only a 

 part of the territory. 



