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ANNUAL REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Table 1. — Timber sold and ad under commercial sales, fiscal year 1916. 



State. 



Alaska 



Arizona 



Arkansas 



California 



Colorado 



Florida 



Georgia 



Idaho 



Michigan 



Minnesota 



Montana 



Nevada 



New Hampshire. 



New Mexico 



North Carolina. . . 



Oregon 



South Dakota 



Tennessee '.. 



Utah 



Virginia 



Washington 



Wyoming 



Total, 1910. 

 Total, 1915. 



Total sales, 1916: 

 Commercial.. 

 Cost 



Grand total 



Twelve sales of naval stores, aggregating 132,419 cups and with 

 a value of $10,349.95, were made on the Florida Forest during the 

 year. The return per thousand cups was $78.16, as compared with 

 $29.96 in 1915. The increase is attributable mainly to the greater 

 value for naval stores production of the timber involved as compared 

 with that worked in 1915. 



The number of commercial timber sales classified by value and the 

 number of sales at cost are given in Table 2. 



Table 2. — Number of timber sales, classified according to amount of sale, and number of 



cost sales, fiscal year 1916. 



