New York has purchased nearly 1.700.000 acres of forest reserves. and has already planted about 15.000.000 trees on those reserves. and it spends about $600.000 a year in the protection and reforestization of those reserves. It spends about $250.000 through the health officer of the city of New York. Nearly all the Immigrants who come to this country come through New York Harbor. and the examination of those immigrants for the purpose of the prevention of disease and the spread thereof is a direct benefit to the whole country as well as New York. Our State spends about a million dollars annually for defepue. for the National Guard. Naval Militia. armories. arsenals. and so forth. for the direct benefit and protection of the whole country as well as New York.
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