REPORT OF THE FORESTER. 



United States Department of Agriculture, 



Forest Service, 

 Washington^ D. 6'., November 11^ 1912. 



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

 of the Forest Service for the fiscal year ended June 30. 1912, together 

 with an outline of the plans for the work of the service for the cur- 

 rent fiscal year and the fiscal year 1914. 

 Respectfully, 



Henry S. Graves, Forester. 

 Hon. James Wilson, 



Secretary of Agriculture. 



CLASSiriCATION OF EXPENDITURES. 



Tlie appropriation act for the Department of Agi-iculture for the 

 fiscal year 1912 made available for the Forest Service the following 

 sums: 



For statutory salaries $2,318,680.00 



For general expenses 2,714,420.00 



For improvement of the national forests 500,000.00 



Total appropriation for Forest Service under the agricul- 

 tural appropriation act 5,533,100.00 



Emergency fire-fighting fund appropriated for expenditure by 



the Secretary of Agriculture 1,000,000.00 



Available from other sources : 



Federal cooperation (expenditures reimbursed by 



other Federal bureaus) $569.52 



State and private cooperation ($3.o0T.40 contrib- 

 uted by cooperators in 1912; .$8,977.71 brought 

 forward from 1911; less $93.32 returned to co- 

 operators) 7, 191. 79 



7, 761. 31 



Total from all sources 6,540,861.31 



At the close of the year there were unexpended balances as 

 follows: 



From appropriation salaries and general ex- 

 penses $56,061.98 



From appropriation improvement of the national 



forests 841. 45 



From appropriation emergency fund 949,412.86 



From unexpended cooperative funds (carried to 



fiscal year 1913) 4, 32."). 46 



1, 010. 641. 75 



Amount expended 5, 530, 219. 56 



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