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REPORT OF THE FOREST, FISH AND GAME COMMISSION. 



Compartment IX is the small valley just north of Black Bear Mountain, 

 lying partly in Township 5 and partly in Township 41. Its waters flow into 

 Fourth Lake. 



Compartment X includes practically the northern half of Township 41. With 

 the exception of the extreme northeastern corner, where a few acres are tribu- 

 tary to Shingle Shanty Brook, all of this compartment slopes toward Big Moose 

 Lake, 



Merchantable Area. 



The merchantable area, as has been stated, is made up of the spruce land 

 and the swamp types combined. The following table shows for each compart- 

 ment in each township the number of acres of merchantable area. In the last 

 column the acreage of the merchantable area is shown by compartments irrespec- 

 tive of township lines. 



TABLE V.— TOTAL MERCHANTABLE AREA IN EACH COMPARTMENT. 



Townships 5, 6 and 41. 



I 



II 



III 



IV 



V 



VI 



VII 



VIII 



IX 



X 



compartment. 



Total 



Township 5. 



Acres. 



10, 376 



4,405 



54 



2,072 



246 



17,153 



Township 6. 



122 



12,156 



3,609 



2,779 

 i,332 

 1,464 



21,462 



Township 41. 



Acres. 

 6,960 

 1,869 



10, 982 



19,859 



Total area. 



Acres. 



6,960 

 12,367 

 l6, 56l 



3,609 



2,779 

 1,332 

 1,518 

 2,072 



294 

 10,982 



58, 474 



Volume Tables. 



In the computation of the present yield of merchantable timber on Townships 

 5, 6 and 41, the volume tables prepared in connection with the working plan for 

 Township 40 (Bulletin No. 30, page 23) were used, with the exception of those 

 for white pine and for hemlock. These were computed during the autumn of 



