FISHERIES, GAME AND FORESTS. 27 1 



The portion of the Forest Preserve, which, for convenience, is designated as the 

 Adirondack Preserve, contains, as already shown, 1,159,309 acres. The Adirondack 

 Park contains within its boundaries 3,004,855 acres, of which the State owns 1,003,805 

 acres, leaving 155,504 acres of the Adirondack Preserve which are situated outside the 

 " blue line," or Park boundary, as shown on the map issued by this Department. 



It will be seen from these figures that the State has acquired about one-third of 

 the land within the Adirondack Park. About one-third is still owned by the lumber- 

 men and woodpulp manufacturers ; the remaining third is owned mostly by clubs or 

 individuals, who hold the land as private preserves. A list of these clubs and private 

 preserves, with the acreage of each, may be found in the annual report of the Forest 

 Commission for 1893. The total area of the private preserves at that time was 

 941,036 acres. Since then the State has bought some of these private lands, while, on 

 the other hand, new clubs have been organized and new preserves established. At 

 present, the land in the Adirondack Park is owned as follows : — 



ACRES. 



State lands, .......... 1,003,805 



Lumber and Dulp companies, ....... 1,061,050 



Private preserves, ......... 940,000 



3,004,855 



The portion of the Forest Preserve situated in the counties of Delaware, Greene, 

 Sullivan and Ulster, contains 56,512 acres. These lands are designated as the 

 Catskill Preserve to distinguish them from the State holdings in Northern New York. 

 Nearly three-fourths of this acreage is in Ulster county, on the Slide Mountain Range 

 of the Lower Catskills, and in the towns of Denning, Hardenberg, and Shandaken. 



In addition to the 56,512 acres of State land in the Catskill Preserve, there are 

 several thousand acres of wild or forest land belonging to Ulster county which were 

 acquired at county tax sales. These county lands are situated in the immediate 

 vicinity of the State lots, and in some places are interspersed with them. By the 

 provisions of chapter 259, Laws of 1897, the county of Ulster was authorized and 

 empowered to turn these lands over to the State upon the payment of such taxes as 

 might be due on them, including the taxes for which they were sold. Under this 

 arrangement the Catskill Preserve has been largely increased. But this accession is 

 not included in the 56,512 acres, as the transfer has not been completed, and hence 

 the acreage of these county lands is not definitely known at present. 



Under the terms of the Act referred to, the Commission was authorized to select 

 from the Ulster county lands such lots as might form a desirable addition to the Forest 



