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This information, of course, can only be given approximately; but this will 

 afford an opportunity for the people to get some idea of the development of the 

 Adirondacks and other resorts, and what it means to the transportation and hotel 

 interests in the State at large. A large amount of this business comes from 

 outside the State. 



The aggregate number of tourists carried by all lines, and the amount of 

 money spent by them for railroad fares, hotel and boarding accommodations and 

 incidental expenses, amounts to large revenues to the transportation lines and 

 residents of the State. It is worthy to be recognized as a business, and its possi- 

 bilities of development should command attention. 



I shall be glad to give any further information desired in connection with this 

 question, and shall be pleased to receive a copy of your report after it is printed. 



Very truly yours, 



George H. Daniels, 



General Passenger Agent. 



The large amount of summer business done in the Catskill region, as indicated 

 by the figures in Mr. Daniels's letter, is also worthy of consideration in discussing 

 the great advantages accruing to our State from its forest districts, but through 

 lack of time I was unable to include in this report any details relating to the 

 hotels and boarding-houses in that region. 



Forest Product for 190I. 



As customary in the annual report, I include here a statement showing the 

 amount of timber cut for various purposes in the Adirondack and Catskill forests 

 during the year 1901. Considerable time is required for collecting the returns 

 from the different lumber and pulp mills, and as such returns cannot well be 

 made until the year has expired, the publication of these statistics is necessarily 

 delayed until the next annual report of the Commission. 



The figures for the year 1901, as compiled from the reports made to this office 

 by the various lumber, wood-pulp, cooperage and wood-acid operators, show a 

 slight increase in the amount of timber cutting in the Great Forest of Northern 

 New York when compared with those of the preceding year, but as compared 

 with 1898 the output is nearly the same. While the total production has not 

 varied much of late years, there has been a continuous increase in the amount of 

 Spruce used for pulp-wood. The returns also show an increase in the cutting of 

 hardwoods throughout the Adirondacks, due, in part, to the recent erection 

 of cooperage and wood alcohol plants. 



The amount of Spruce cut for pulp-wood, as stated here, contains considerable 

 Balsam and some Poplar; but as the Balsam is mixed with the Spruce in the log 



