TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



K Natural Hatchery for Trout, .... 

 By A. Nelson Che?iey. 



Fish Represented in Colored Plates, 

 By A. Nelson Cheney. 



Oyster Bed Leases and Franchises, .... 



The Wood-duck, ........ 



By Wilmot Townsend. 



The Wilson's Snipe, . . 



By George Bird Grinnell, Ph.D. 



Report of the Superintendent of Forests, 



Report of Forest Fires, ..... 



Lumber Manufactured in 1897, 



Consumption of Pulpwood in 1897, . 



. Manufacture of Shingles and Lath in 1897, 



Annual Consumption of Logs and Pulpwood, . 



A Forest Product, . . . . . 



By William F. Fox. 



Forestry Tracts, .......... 



By William F. Fox. 



Why Our Forests Should be Preserved and Protected 



Forestry, .......... 



Forest Management, ........ 



Forest Fires, ......... 



Tree Planting, . . . . . ■ . 



Natural and Artificial Forest Reservoirs of the State of New York 

 By George W Rafter, C. E. 



The State's Title to Lands in the Forest Preserve, . . . . 



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