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for the use for administrative purposes of not to exceed 15 per cent 

 of all the funds appropriated for general expenses is modified l\y the 

 allotment of specific funds for administi'ation in each of the seven 

 national forest districts and the District of Columbia. 



The selection and segregation of lands within National Forests 

 that may be opened to entry under the homestead act is to be con- 

 tinued under an appropriation of $100,000, with $85,000 and certain 

 unexpended balances additional for the survey and listing of lands 

 chiefly valuable for agriculture. A new item is inserted of $00,000 

 for appraising timber and other resources on the National Forests. 



The wood utilization and preservation studies have been broadened 

 to include tests of foreign Avoods of commercial importance to Ameri- 

 can industries, the appropriation of $140,000 remaining unchanged. 

 Other allotments include $30,000 for range studies, $83,728 for sylvi- 

 cultural and dendrological experiments, $165,640 for reforestation, 

 $400,000 for the construction and maintenance of improvements on 

 National Forests, and $40,160 for miscellaneous studies and the pub- 

 lication of results. 



In order to promote a Avider public use of the National Forests, 

 authority is giAen for issuing permits under certain conditions for 

 the use, for not exceeding 30 years, of tracts of five acres or less for 

 the construction of summer hotels, cottages, and the like. The use 

 of earth, stone, and timber is granted to the Navy Department and 

 for the construction of government railways and other works in 

 Alaska. 



There is a decrease from $1,077,581 to $1,066,381 in the appropria- 

 tions of the Bureau of Chemistry, largely because of a reduction in 

 the item for poultry and egg studies, which are made cooperative with 

 the other bureaus. A specific appropriation of $10,000 is made for 

 the study and improvement of methods of utilizing by-products of 

 citrus fruits, while to the item for biological investigations of foods 

 and drug products and ingredients has been added authority for 

 studies of the effects of such products on the human organism. The 

 Secretary is authorized to furnish samples of pure sugars, naval 

 stores, microscopical specimens,, and other products to state and 

 municipal officers, educational institutions, and others at cost. The 

 allotment for the enforcement of the food and drugs act is $635,161. 

 There is also $4,280 for tests of American food exports, but hereafter 

 exporters desiring analyses must pay the cost of inspection. 



The Bureau of Biological Survey receives an increase from $281,- 

 290 to $446,290. Its appropriation for studies of the food habits of 

 birds and mammals and other biological investigations was more than 

 doubled, not less than $125,000 being specifically allotted for destroy- 

 ing wolves, coyotes, and other injurious animals on National Forests 



