8 Report of the Forest Commission, 



mit of Slide mountain. The balance on hand to the credit of 

 the deer park on September 1, 1894, was $1,272.07. The expen- 

 ditures on the bridle path in addition to the $116.71 just referred 

 to, included the sum of $250 as per item in the supply bill. 



There was also an expenditure of $472 in connection with the 

 publication of the large Adirondack map recently issued by this 

 Department. Of this amount, $372 was paid from the regular 

 expense account established by the annual appropriation, and 

 $100 from a balance remaining from the original appropriation 

 made in 1892 for that purpose. 



The Comptroller has, furthermore, charged this Department 

 with the sum of $ 1,794.01 for the " purchase of lands in the Forest 

 Preserve, also traveling and other expenses in connection with 

 the same." This item in the Comptroller's report is liable to 

 convey a wrong impression as to the cost of carrying on this 

 Department. The purchase of lands is intrusted iu part to the 

 Forest Commission, but the money expended for the purchase of 

 lands should not be included in the cost of the maintenance of 

 this Department. The Comptroller, in his report, has also 

 charged this Department erroneously with $852.35 for " exam 

 ining titles and surveying lands owned by the State on Slide 

 mountain." This appropriation was made for the State Engi 

 neer and Surveyor, and so specified; and it should have been 

 charged to that Department, the Forest Commission having had 

 nothing whatever to do with it. 



Revenues. 

 The Forest Commission is annually in receipt of moneys from 

 various sources, but the revenue thus obtained is not available 

 in any way for carrying on the work of the Department, and all 

 such moneys, as fast as received, are turned over immediately to 

 the State Treasurer, with a memorandum explaining the sources 

 from whence they came. During the fiscal year ending Septem- 



