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rapidly diminishing supply. Within the last eight years the spruce has been removed 

 from over 720,000 acres ; and the cutting continues at the rate of over 80,000 acres 

 per year. 



The production for 1899, as classified by species, is as follows: 



FEET, B. M. 



Spruce — sawmills, - 148,203,491 



" — pulpmills, -...--.. 195,568,623 



Hemlock, - - - .... 46,545,772 



Pine, .... 33,132,807 



Hardwoods, - 24,296,554 



447,747.247 



The output of sawed lumber by districts, not including pulpwood, is: 



Glens Falls District — Upper Hudson, .... - 52,683,436 



Clinton, Essex and Franklin Counties, 61,685,633 



St. Lawrence County, ........ 63,230,558 



Jefferson, Lewis and Oneida Counties, ----- 36,940,997 



Herkimer and Fulton Counties, 37,638,000 



252,178,624 



The latter figures refer to the localities in which the sawmills are situated rather 

 than the districts from which the logs were taken. The mills at Glens Falls, and, 

 also, in St. Lawrence county, get a large part of their stock from Hamilton county; 

 and the mills in Lewis county are stocked largely from timber lands in Herkimer. 



The Glens Falls district, in which the mills are supplied with logs that come down 

 the upper Hudson, Schroon and Sacandaga rivers, shows a remarkable decrease in 

 production, which tells plainly of the disappearance of the merchantable timber on 

 the Hudson watershed. This is apparent on referring to the statistics showing the 

 amount of logs received each year at the Glens Falls boom. The figures as taken 

 from the books of the Boom Company are : 



EQUIVALENT 

 YEARS MARKET LOGS IN FEET, B. M. 



185 I, - 132,500 26,500,000 



1852, -------- 345,400 69,080,000 



1853, -------- 303,000 60,600,000 



1854, 297,000 59,400,000 



1855, 3 02 >5 00 60,500,000 



1856, 292,500 58,500,000 



1857, -------- 298,000 59,600,000 



