8 Report or Forust, Fish AND GAME COMMISSION. 
to go back very far in the abstract of title before there is a di- 
vergence in the line of ownership. Your attention is thus called 
to the large number of separate properties in order to give a better 
idea of the work necessary in keeping a proper record of all this 
real estate and protecting the various titles. 
The sources of title to the lands in the Forest Preserve are classi- 
fied thus: 
Acres, 
Tax tithes . icsewecgeericacces 5 ga Sanwa mele weedy witend 781,476 
Purchiasé seta cos Gees oe Sabo Ree 2 ea es 590,559 
Bonded. lands x4ohcvs Faber wae oe he wwe Be Soa eas 9,969 
Total See iae Cet Aece tee Seber eel cea ee -Saee Te eee Ses a ate - 153825004 
Of the 563,184 acres purchased, 420,184 acres were bought by 
the Forest Preserve Board since its organization in May, 1897. 
Of the 1,806,327 acres in the Adirondack Preserve, 124,085 
acres are situated outside the boundary of the Adirondack Park, 
some of these lands being a long way distant from the main forest. 
There is a difference between the Forest Preserve and the Adiron- 
dace Park which does not seem to be generally understood. The 
Forest Preserve includes all the State lands in the Adirondack and 
Catskill counties, while the Adirondack Park is limited to certain 
towns in the Adirondack counties and does not include the Pre- 
serve lands outside its boundary. 
I desire to acknowledge here the valuable services réndered by 
Mr. A. B. Strough, of this office, in compiling and tabulating the 
following schedules. His faithful attention, combined with his 
previous experience in this particular class of work, insures its ac- 
curacy and reliability. 
I would respectfully suggest that this land list be printed as a 
separate, or second volume of the annual report. As the work 
