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Present Area of tl)e Forest Preserve. 



During the past year there has been some increase in the acreage of the Forest 

 Preserve through acquisitions made by the tax sales of 1900, for which the period 

 of redemption expired just before January 1, 1902, and also by purchases made 

 under the last appropriation granted for that purpose. This appropriation was 

 made in 1900, but, owing to delay in perfecting the titles, several tracts were 

 not conveyed until after January 1, 1902, and hence they were not included in 

 our printed land list or in the statement of acreage published in the report sent 

 to the Legislature one year ago. The acreage as stated at that time was: 



ADIRONDACK PRESERVE.* 



Counties. Acres. 



Clinton ■• 20,105 



Essex . 231,764 



Franklin 159,633 



Fulton 21,426 



Hamilton 578,34c 



Herkimer 146,733 



Lewis 4,53° 



Oneida 6,637 



St. Lawrence 34,683 



Saratoga 11,588 



Warren 108,283 



Washington 2,129 



Total 1,325,851 



CATSKILL PRESERVE. 



Delaware 12,936 



Greene ....♦,.. 4,269 



Sullivan 888 



Ulster . 64,237 



Total 82,330 



Summary. 



Adirondack Preserve 1,325,851 



Catskill Preserve ............. 82,330 



Total Forest Preserve 1,408,181 



*To prevent confusion in the use of terms, it is well to remember that the Adirondack Preserve 

 includes the State lands outside the Adirondack Park as well as the lands within the Park boundaries 



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