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REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF 



SUMMARY. 



COUNTIES 



NUMBER 



ACRES 



DAMAGE 



Clinton, ...... ... 



5 



i.°75 



$720 OO 



Essex, 













8 



1. 145 



1,296 OO 



Franklin, 

















22 



5, l6 7 



9,975 co 



Fulton, . 

















5 



540 



975 °° 



Hamilton, 

















i 



200 





Herkimer, 











. 







2 



J. 5 2 5 



330 00 



Lewis, 

















6 



615 



175 00 



St. Lawrence, 

















2 



75° 



1,100 00 



Saratoga, 

















3 



700 



1,200 00 



Warren, . 

















6 



J >3 2 5 



900 00 



Washington, 

















5 



1.785 



2,025 OO 



Delaware, 















1 7 



J, 75° 



2,150 OO 



Greene, . 















1 2 



210 



300 OO 



Sullivan, 















1 18 



4,465 



4,155 OO 



Ulster, . 















i 6 



5,060 



1,600 OO 



RECAPITULATION. 

 Number of fires, . 

 Number of acres of land burned, 

 Damage by fire, . . 



98 



26,187 



$26,941 



The origin of the fire was reported in forty cases only. These causes are 

 summarized as follows : 



From Burning fallows, 



Hunters and fishermen, 

 Incendiaries, . 

 Railroad locomotives 

 Children at play, 

 Burning buildings, . 

 Berry pickers, . 

 Careless smoker, 



1 1 

 11 



8 



3 

 3 

 2 

 1 



1 



In the remaining cases the cause was reported by the firewardens as unknown. 

 This failure to state the origin of the fire was due partly to inefficiency in ascertaining 

 it, and partly to reluctance in furnishing the information when the cause was known. 

 Nearly all the fires were on the outskirts of the forest; and for this reason it may be 

 safely assumed from previous experience and personal observation, that, of the sixty 

 cases reported as "cause unknown," three-fourths of them originated in brush fires 

 started by farmers, in violation of the law, and from which the flames escaped 

 into the woods. 



