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AXXLFAL RKI'OIITS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



COST AND RECIilPTS. 



The following tables .show the gross cost of administration and pro- 

 tection, expenditures for permanent improvements, and receipts from 

 the several sources, both in totals and per acre, during the year, as 

 compared with those for tlie fiscal year 1911. The per-acre expendi- 

 tures and receipts are computed on tlie basis of the gross area of all 

 national forests under administration at the close of the year, since 

 the cost of administration is not materially lowered by private hold- 

 ings within the forests. 



Expenditures for administration and protection and perma/nent improvements 

 during the fiscal year 1912, compared with 1911. 



Comparison of receipts from the several sources for fiscal years 1912 and 1911. 



Refunds of excess deposits (as, for example, deposits made by 

 buyers of timber in advance of cutting) have not been deducted from 

 the receipts given above. The refunds of timber receipts in 1912 

 amounted to $39,731.02, and of all receipts to $48,099.66. A deduc- 

 tion of the refunds would leave the total of receipts for 1912 

 $2,109,256.91, as against $1,968,993.42 for 1911. These figures show 

 an increase in total receipts of $140,263.49. The increase in receipts 

 from timber, after deducting refunds, was $83,377.61 ; from grazing, 

 $33,521.99 ; and from special uses, $23,363.89. 



FOREST MANAGEMENT. 



TIMBEE RESOURCES OF THE NATIONAL FORESTS. 



The total stand of timber on the national forests, including Alaska, 

 is now estimated at the equivalent of 597,478,000,000 feet, board 

 measure. Of this amount slightly more than 23,000,000,000 is in pro- 

 tection forest on the upper parts of watersheds, where no cutting can 

 be done. Approximately 348,000,000,000 feet is mature and over- 

 mature. Accurate determination of the annual yield is not yet possi- 

 ble, but it may be put at about 6,150,000,000 feet. The annual 

 requirements of the localities in the vicinity of the national forests 

 may be roughly estimated at 305,000,000 feet under sales and 



