66 eleventh annual report of the 



Sources of Title. 



Lands purchased prior to 1897 . $151 ,451 00 

 Lands purchased since January 



i> i897 499.597 °3 



$651,048 03 



Mortgage foreclosures 10,459 46 



Resale bonded land 9.97° 97 



Tax sales . . . . 768,509 54 



Total Forest Preserve $1,439,988 00 



This acreage is constantly increasing through the purchases of the 

 Commission. In fact, it is considerably greater at this date than the above 

 figures indicate, owing to lands that were purchased but not conveyed at 

 the time these schedules were completed. 



It will be noticed on referring to this land list that one column is set 

 apart in order to show the source of title to each lot or parcel. From the 

 data in this column it appears that of 768,509 acres acquired through 

 tax sales, the title to over three-fourths of the lands thus obtained came 

 through the sales of 1871 and 1877. The lands acquired at these sales 

 were for the most part covered with a virgin forest in which no lumbering 

 had been done. The greater part of the lands acquired by the subsequent 

 sales were what is known as lumbered lands, although on a large portion 

 of them the cutting had not been very close. On this latter class of lots 

 none of the hardwood had been taken, and the softwoods had not been 

 cut below 10 inches. By the tax sale of 1895 only 39,564 acres were 

 acquired; and in the sale of 1900 the acquisition from this source was 

 reduced to 7,202 acres, nearly all of which consisted of lands situated outside 

 the Adirondack Park. The Comptroller held another tax sale in December 

 of this year (1905) ; but it is doubtful if any land will be acquired from this 

 source that is situated within the park boundaries. Any further extension 

 of the Forest Preserve, aside from a few small, worthless lots, will have to 

 be made through the medium of purchase by the State. 



As previously stated here the Forest Preserve consists of 6,262 separate 

 lots or parcels of land, mostly of 160-acre lots. Some tracts were sur- 

 veyed out in parcels of 200 acres each, and some townships were subdivided 



