﻿Forest, 
  Fish 
  and 
  Game 
  Commission 
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  ply 
  of 
  water 
  and 
  in 
  this 
  case 
  our 
  men 
  worked 
  at 
  the 
  greatest 
  

   disadvantage. 
  

  

  The 
  danger 
  from 
  fire 
  increased 
  in 
  some 
  sections 
  and 
  decreased 
  

   in 
  others 
  from 
  time 
  to 
  time 
  throughout 
  the 
  summer, 
  depending 
  

   upon 
  the 
  rainfall 
  which, 
  as 
  a 
  rule, 
  was 
  generally 
  local. 
  The 
  

   drought 
  later 
  in 
  the 
  season 
  was 
  greater 
  in 
  the 
  southern 
  part 
  of 
  

   the 
  State 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  northern 
  and 
  during 
  the 
  last 
  ten 
  days 
  of 
  

   October 
  the 
  situation 
  in 
  the 
  Catskills, 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  drought 
  

   and 
  the 
  hunting 
  season, 
  caused 
  much 
  anxiety, 
  but 
  was 
  kept 
  in 
  

   excellent 
  control, 
  only 
  one 
  large 
  fire 
  occurring 
  at 
  that 
  time. 
  

  

  When 
  we 
  think 
  of 
  the 
  large 
  territory 
  each 
  man 
  had 
  to 
  cover, 
  

   that 
  there 
  were 
  nearly 
  three 
  hundred 
  fires 
  and 
  that 
  only 
  five 
  of 
  

   them 
  burned 
  over 
  any 
  considerable 
  area, 
  it 
  indicates 
  a 
  very 
  credit- 
  

   able 
  efficiency 
  in 
  the 
  force. 
  

  

  The 
  fire 
  patrol 
  force, 
  consisting 
  of 
  the 
  four 
  superintendents 
  of 
  

   fires 
  (three 
  in 
  the 
  Adirondacks 
  and 
  one 
  in 
  the 
  Catskills), 
  assisted 
  

   by 
  thirty-seven 
  paid 
  fire 
  patrolmen, 
  observers 
  on 
  twenty 
  mountain 
  

   stations 
  and 
  other 
  patrolmen 
  and 
  supervisors, 
  who 
  were 
  on 
  call 
  

   in 
  case 
  of 
  a 
  fire, 
  rendered 
  very 
  efficient 
  service. 
  

  

  A 
  summary 
  report 
  of 
  the 
  losses 
  caused 
  and 
  expense 
  incurred 
  

   in 
  connection 
  with 
  forest 
  fires 
  is 
  submitted 
  herewith 
  : 
  

  

  