74 Fourth Annual Report of the 



Summary 



Acres 



Adirondack Preserve (January 1, 1914) 1,713,697.06 



Reduction 4,282.37 



Increase 1,086.98 



3,195.39 



Adirondack Preserve (January 1, 1915) 1,710,501.67 



) , _ 



Catskill Preserve (January 1, 1914) 112,185 . 65 



Reduction 550.50 



Increase 1,580.00 



1,029.50 



Catskill Preserve (January 1, 1915) 113,215.15 



Total 



Adirondack Preserve 1,710,501 . 67 



Catskill Preserve 113,215.15 



Total Forest Preserve 1,823,716 . 82 



Summary of Area a 



Acres 



Area Forest Preserve January 1, 1914 1,825,882.71 



Lands lost 1914 (see above) 4,889 . 87 



1,820,992.84 

 Lands added 1914 (See above) 2,666 . 98 



Area Forest Preserve January 1, 1915 .... 1,823,659 . 82 



Resources 

 We have made general statements* as to the stand of timber, 

 the annual growth, and possible income that the State might derive 

 if the Constitution permitted conservative lumbering of the 

 Forest Preserve. Such statements were based upon examination of 

 various parcels together with facts secured from many practical 

 men familiar with the region. It was an estimate, but was the 

 best information we could secure. In order to get more accurate 



*See Third Annual Report. 



