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REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF 



Catskill Preserve. 



Total, . 









• 



Counties. 

 Delaware, 

 Greene, 

 Sullivan, 

 Ulster, 



Recapitulation. 

 Adirondack Preserve, .... 

 Catskill Preserve, .... 



Adirondack Preserve, tax sale of 1895, 

 Catskill Preserve, tax sale of 1895, 



Total, . 



Acres. 

 2,982 



564 



688 

 1,292 



5,5 2 6 



818,354 



50,986 



34,o3 8 



5,5 26 



908,904 



The lands acquired through the tax sale of 1895 are stated separately because 

 there may yet be some redemptions which will diminish the acreage embraced in this 

 particular amount. The time for redemption from the sale of 1895 has expired, 

 except in the case of the few lots on which there may be an occupancy. Such 

 occupancy may consist not only of a house or barn, but also in the use of the land for 

 agricultural purposes. While the time for redemption for wild or forest land is 

 limited to one year, lands on which there is an occupancy may be redeemed at any 

 time within three years from the date of sale. The title to the lands in the 1895 nst 

 will, therefore, not become absolute until December, 1898. It is expected, however, 

 that but few redemptions will be made from this list of 1895, as the lots are nearly all 

 wild or forest land. 



For the information of those, other than your Board, who may chance to read this 

 report, it should be stated that there is an important difference between the Forest 

 Preserve and the Adirondack Park. The former embraces all the lands owned by the 

 State in the Adirondack and Catskill counties; the latter, only such State lands as are 

 situated within the boundary fixed by law, and which is indicated on the Adirondack 

 map by the blue line. The State lands in the counties of Clinton, Fulton, Lewis, 

 Oneida, Saratoga and Warren are in the Forest Preserve, but none of them are 

 situated within the lines of the Adirondack Park. While there are 852,392 acres in 

 the Adirondack Preserve, 155,504 acres of this amount lie outside of the Adirondack 

 Park, and some of it a long way from the park. 



Prior to the purchases made by the Forest Preserve Board, under the recent appro- 

 priation of $1,000,000, that part of the Forest Preserve which is contained in the 

 Adirondack Park contained 696,888 acres. This area has been increased by the 

 recent purchases referred to until the Adirondack Park contains to-day 946,888 acres. 

 ■ In addition to this amount there are the outside lands in the Adirondack Preserve, 



