PREFACE. 



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THE MAN WHO LEADS THE WAY. 



dealing chiefly with forest fires and injury to trees by floods 



HE Sixth Annual Report, herewith 

 presented, is the first and only one 

 of the series issued by the Forest, 

 Fish and Game Commission under its pres- 

 ent organization. Its contents are of the 

 same high character which distinguished 

 its predecessors in the series. 



The preliminary part of the report was 

 issued separately in 1900, as required by 

 law ; but as the preparation of the main 

 body of the text and illustrations always 

 involves some delay, advantage is taken of 

 the opportunity to introduce current arti- 

 cles upon important matters related to 

 the work of the Commission, thus bring- 

 ing the subject up to the actual date of 

 publication. 



The financial statement shows the effec- 

 tive utilization of the various items of the 

 appropriation. The Superintendent of the 

 Forestry Department, in addition to his 

 annual report upon the present condition 

 of the forests, and the necessary steps to 

 be taken for their preservation, has pre- 

 pared a history of the Lumber Industry 

 in the State of New York, which is of the 

 highest interest, and of very great econom- 

 ical value. The history is illustrated by 

 a map and a number of full page plates, 



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