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Report of Superintendent of Forests for 1909 — {continued), page. 



The Season and the Fires 183-184 



Fire Service Disbursements . . . '. . . . 185 



Annual Forest Production . . . . . . . . 187-188 



The Forest Preserve 189-191 



Co-operation with Woodland Owners 192-193 



Forest Schools 194 



The Forestry Department Force 1 95-197 



Report of Assistant Superintendent of Forests . . . 197-199 



Fire District Number One 199-201 



Fire District Number Two 202-204 



Fire District Number Three 204-206 



Fire District Number Four 206-209 



Report on Lopping Branches in Lumbering . . . . 210-217 



Report on Hudson Highlands Reservation .... 217-227 



Statement of Commissioner 227-2^ 



Report on Reforesting Operations 233-275 



Tree Distribution 233-247 



Private Planting 248-249 



Nurseries and Work 249-258 



European Blister Rust . 258-272 



Reforesting State Lands 273-275 



Report of Superintendent of Marine Fisheries . . . 276-304 



Business of the Year 276-279 



Sanitary Conditions in Oyster Beds . . . 280-283 



Shellfish Inspection Decision 283-284 



Associations and Conventions . . . . . . . 286-292 



Jurisdiction of Lands Under Water . . . . 292-295 



Lobster Fisheries of the State 295-297 



Salt Water Fish 297-298 



Condition of the Industry . ■■■•■-. 298-302 



Necessity for a Boat 302-303 



Statistics of Oyster Production . , 303-304 



Report of the Deputy Commissioner . . . 305-308 



