FOREST, FISH AND GAME COMMISSION. 5 I 



Number of male help employed (clerks, porters, 

 cooks, bell-boys, musicians, boatmen, stable- 

 men, drivers, laborers, etc.) 3,461 



Number of female help employed (waitresses, 

 chambermaids, cooks, laundresses, musicians, 

 telegraph operators, typewriters, etc.) . . . 9,846 



i3,3°7 



Total wages paid $993,53° 



Cash received for board, carriages, boats, etc 5,213,210 



Cash received for railroad and steamboat fares . . . 875,000 

 Total number of hotel guests, boarders, fishermen, hunters 



and occupants of private "camps" or cottages . . 193,681 



It is not claimed that- the foregoing figures are absolutely correct, as the 

 statements made by some of the hotel proprietors and boarding-house keepers, in 

 filling out their returns, were at times somewhat confused and indefinite ; but they 

 will give a fair idea of the stream of wealth' that flows into Northern New York 

 each summer, conducing so materially to the development and prosperity of the 

 State. It is also well to note that a good share of the patronage comes from 

 people who reside in other States, and that the profits derived from their 

 business furnish a revenue that is especially valuable in that respect. Hence the 

 continuance of this business, with all its accruing benefits, is dependent on the 

 preservation of the Adirondack forests. 



The average wages received by the employees, and the average amount paid 

 by guests, may seem too small unless one keeps in mind the short season, during 

 which it is necessary for the Adirondack hotels to employ their help, and the 

 short stay of a very large proportion of the summer boarders. In connection 

 with the preparation of these statistics the following letters, containing interesting 

 and valuable information, were received : 



The Delaware and Hudson Company. 



Office of the General Passenger Agent. 



Albany, N. Y., December 24, 1902. 



Col. William F. Fox, Superintendent State Forests, Albany: 



Dear Sir. — A careful examination of our passenger traffic statistics, made 

 with reference to ascertaining, as nearly as possible, the number of passengers 

 carried and the revenue derived from strictly pleasure and recreation travel to 

 the Adirondack region (in which are included Lake George and Lake Champlain) 



