EEPORT OF THE FORESTER. 



United States Department of Agricultuke, 



Forest Service, 

 Washington, D. C, November 24, 1911. 

 Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith a report of the work of 

 the Forest Service for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1911, together 

 with an outline of the plans for the work of the Service for the 

 current fiscal year. 



Respectfully, Henry S. Graves, 



Forester. 

 Hon. James Wilson, 



Secretary of Agriculture. 



CLASSIFICATION OF EXPENDITUHE S. 



The appropriation act for the Department of Agriculture for the 

 fiscal year 1911 and other acts made available for the Forest Service 

 the following sums; 



For salaries ' $60, 200. 00 



For general expenses 4, 672, 900. 00 



For improvement of the National Forests 275, 000. 00 



Total appropriated for Forest Service under the agricultural 



appropriation act 5, 008, 100. 00 



Available for the work of the Forest Service under other clauses of 

 the act: 



For paper tests 1910-11 $30,000.00 



For naval stores industry study : 4. 55 



30, 004. 55 



Available under the deficiency act ^ 900, 000. 00 



From other sources: 



Federal cooperation (expenditures reimbursed by 

 other Federal bureaus) 2, 189. 67 



Private cooperation ($7,620.38 contributed by cooper- 

 ators in 1911; $7,295.21 brought forward from 1910; 

 less $311.29 returned to cooperators) 14, 604. 80 



16, 793. 97 



Total from all sources 5, 954, 898. 52 



At the close of the year there were unexpended bal- 

 ances as follows: 



From appropriation salaries and general expenses $29, 615. 27 



From appropriation improvement of the National Forests. 1, 365. 58 

 Unexpended cooperative funds (carried to fiscal year 1912). 3, 977. 71 



34, 958. 56 



Amount expended 5, 919, 939. 96 



' In addition to th is appropriation for salaries for specific positions, the appropriation for general expenses 

 was available for salaries for the purposes set forth in the bill. 



» This appropriation was made necessary by the heavy emergency expenditures for forest-fire fighting 

 Incurred in August and September, 1910. The extra expenditures for fighting fires totaled $1,086,690.89. 



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