106 THIRTEENTH REPORT OF THE FOREST, FISH AND GAME COMMISSIONER. 



The high tax rate per acre in the Adirondack counties as compared 

 with that of the Catskill region is due to a large area of valuable timber 

 lands in the former districts, a large proportion of which has not been 

 lumbered. The town having the highest tax rate is that of Long Lake, 

 Hamilton county, in which the State lands on an average were taxed at 

 the rate of over ten cents per acre. This high rate was caused in part by 

 the value of the State forests in that county and, largely by the tax rate, 

 which is higher in that town than in any other of the Adirondack counties. 



Very respectfully, 



William F. Fox, 

 Supt. State Forests. 

 Albany, December 31, 1907. 



