Table of Contents. 



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Preface, 13 



Report of Commission, - - - -, 15 



Scientific Forestry, ..- ....17 



Preliminary Report of the Superintendent of Forests, - - - - 20 



Area of Forest Preserve, - 20 



Forestry, -- 21 



Working Plans, - - - - - - - - - - - - 22 



Production of Adirondack Forests, ---...- 24 



Great Forest of Northern New York, 26 



Forest Fires in 1900, 27 



Trespass and Timber Thieves. "-35 



Shipments of Adirondack Deer, 39 



The St. Lawrence Reservation, 45 



Report of the State Fish Culturist, - 47 



Fish Distribution, ------.------56 



Net Licenses, -- - 57 



Report of the Shellfish Commissioner, --58 



Report of the Chief Game Protector, 61 



Financial Statement, -----65 



Methods of Estimating and Measuring Standing Timber, ... - 67 



By A. Knechtel. 

 A Study in Practical Reforesting, ----.----87 



By J. Y. McClintock. 



