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Table 3 gives by States the quantity and price of the cost sales and 

 the quantity and price of the cut. 



Table 3. — Timber sold and cut at cost rates, fiscal year 1916. 



State. 



Arizona 



Arkansas 



California 



Colorado 



Idaho 



Montana 



Nevada 



New Mexico 



North Carolina. 



Oregon 



South Dakota.. 



Utah 



W ashington 



Wyoming 



Total, 1916 

 Total, 1915 



Number 

 of sales. 



74 

 36 



439 



398 



979 



1, 257 



74 



78 



9 



406 



222 



211 



115 



135 



4,433 

 4,562 



Timber sold. 



Quantity. Price 



Board feet. 



165, 000 



141,000 



2, 429, 000 



2,547,000 



5,373,000 



6,172,000 



314,000 



225, 000 



13,000 



1,973,000 



1,672,000 



785, 000 



611,000 



897,000 



23,317,000 

 24,011,000 



$151.65 



106. 13 



1,428.07 



1,863.13 



4,011.63 



4,993.68 



241.29 



205.22 



9.11 



1,205.89 



1,409.48 



579. 24 



338. 70 



703. 63 



17,219.85 

 17,606.30 



Timber cut. 



Quantity. 



Board feet. 



124,000 



75,000 



2,101,000 



2, 556, 000 



4,471,000 



4,664,000 



255,000 



253, 000 



11,000 



1,907,000 



1,417,000 



874,000 



184,000 



578, 000 



19,470,000 

 19,246,000 



Price. 



$121.64 



57.26 



1, 282. 96 



1,920.73 



3,387.27 



3,846.42 



101.32 



225. 43 



7.91 



1, 147. 91 



1,164.44 



663. 18 



ll-t.53 



454. 85 



14,495.85 

 14, 179. 96 



The average price, that is, 74 cents per thousand feet board meas- 

 ure, was the same as in 1915 and was $1.27 per thousand feet less 

 than the average price obtained in commercial sales. 



FREE USE. 



The free-use business of the year under permit is shown in Table 

 4. An additional amount of 21,775,000 feet, valued at $28,530.31, 

 was given to 9,672 persons without permit. The handling of free 

 use through the designation of specific portions of the Forests as 

 free-use areas, from which those entitled to free use are allowed to 

 remove specified material without the necessity for taking out per- 

 mits but with a form of supervision which prevents abuse of the 

 privilege and secures compliance with the limitations presciibed by 

 law, was materially extended. In consequence, the free-use business 

 of the year handled under permits was, as the table shows, much 

 below that in 1915. The convenience of the public is greatly served, 

 while at the same time the cost of administration is materially 

 decreased, by avoidance of the necessity for issuing individual per- 

 mits wherever the other method is practicable. 



Table 4. — Free-use ■permits, fiscal year 1916. 



