8 THE COMMISSION OF INQUIRY, 



We repeat, so as to make it clear, that the recommendations herein 

 do not imply, and are not based upon the idea, that the land of any 

 county in the State is chiefly, or largely, non-agricultural and fit only 

 for forest raising. We do not go into that question at all, because it 

 is not essential. 



THE QUANTITY AND DISTRIBUTION OP THE FORFEITED TAX LAND. 



According to statements furnished to the Commission by the State 

 Land Office and Auditor General's Department, the forfeited tax lands 

 amounted, in November, 1907, to 1,112,757 acres. Of this amount 545,- 



009 acres was State tax land subject to purchase in the Auditor Gen* 

 eral's Department, Nov. 8, 1907; and 567,748 acres was tax homestead 

 land in the State Land Office undisposed of Nov. 26, 1907. A compila- 

 tion based on these statements is here presented to show approximately 

 the distribution of the State holdings at about -the end of the year 1907, 

 in those counties in which there was such an area of such land as is 

 material for consideration in connection with this report. In this com- 

 pilation is given the area of forfeited tax land, the total area of the 

 county, and the ratio of forfeited tax land to total area of the county. 



County. 



Oscoda • 



Montmorency 



Alcona 



Crawford 



Iosco I 



Roscommon 



Alpena 



Kalkaska 



Ogemaw 



Otsego •. 



Gladwin 



Presque Isle 



Cheboymn 



Grand Traverse 



Missaukee 



Clare (. 



Arenac 



Osceola 



Midland 



Manistee 



Chippewa 



Luce 



Schoolcraft 



Marquette 



Delta 



Iron 



Baraga 



Alger 



Dickinson 



Number of acres of 



State 

 tax 

 land. 



39,207 



6,838 



50,879 



2,467 



8,026 



18,334 



18,672 



39,815 



26,385 



16,793 



13,260 



20,118 



22,130 



19,994 



15,266 



5,831 



7,798 



12,535 



10,974 



9,344 



10,336 



4,195 



2,470 



30,207 



3,481 



21,692 



21,153 



17,162 



9,323 



Tax 



homestead 



land. 



59,580 

 62,225 

 15,370 

 55,127 

 46,897 



1,814 

 33,763 



3,697 

 13,033 

 13,239 

 14,722 



2,325 



20 ,084 



321 



3,536 

 10,064 



8,032 

 80 

 80 



1,269 

 49,886 

 43,442 

 31 ,965 



26,689 

 668 



State 



forest 



reserves. 



9,041 



32,676 



Total. 



98,787 

 69,063 

 66,249 

 66,626 

 54,923 

 52,825 

 62,425 

 43,512 

 39,418 

 30,032 

 27,972 

 22,443 

 22,214 

 20,315 

 18,801 

 15,885 

 15,830 

 12,615 

 11,054 

 10,613 

 60,222 

 47,637 

 34,435 

 30,207 

 30,170 

 22,260 

 21.153 

 17,162 

 9,323 



Total 



acreage of 



county. 



365,127 

 330,052 

 358,466 

 359,459 

 327,610 

 339,420 

 370,766 

 369,966 

 365,962 

 334,088 

 330,018 

 429,209 

 607,492 

 355,407 

 362,708 

 364,020 

 235,002 

 367,247 

 334,307 

 350,205 



1,002,248 

 581 ,436 

 758,202 



1,228,828 

 741 ,061 

 759,561 

 566,365 

 588,759 

 491,926 



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In order to show as clearly as possible the location of the forfeited 

 tax land, the location of each parcel with respect to the rest, and the 

 location of the whole, and of the different parcels, with respect to lakes, 



