Current Literature. yy 



with each revision of the maps. There are more than 700 sub-compart- 

 ments." 



The working plan records are kept "on s x 8 inch cards printed with the 

 proper headings. Each carries the description of a single stand or sub- 

 compartment." 



W. M. 



Report of the National Forest Reservation Commission. Sen- 

 ate Document No. 307, 63rd Congress, 2d Session. Washington, 

 D. C. Dec. 8, 1913. Pp. 8. 



This report shows that during the fiscal year ending June 30, 

 1913, the Commission approved for purchase 425,717 acres, mak- 

 ing a total of 713,415 acres approved up to that date. This area 

 is classified as follows : 



Acres 



Virgin timberland, 222,120 



Cut-over or culled timberland, 397»390 



Lands on which timber is reserved, .... 33,224 



Abandoned farm land, 7'^/^ 



Unmerchantable or barren, 52,803 



713415 



The lowest price paid per acre during the fiscal year ending 

 June 30, 1913 was $1.09 and the highest $13.25. The average 

 price for the purchases during the year was S4.71 per acre, while 

 the average of all purchases has been $5.07 per acre. 



The Forest Service examined during the fiscal year 542,202 

 acres at a cost of 10.6 cents per acre. The Geological Survey 

 has examined 88 per cent, of all the area within the proposed pur- 

 chase areas, so far having made no unfavorable reports. 



The Commission has adopted the poUcy of purchasing only 

 on an acreage basis', the acreage being determined by a survey 

 by horizontal measurements. The rough character of the coun- 

 try surveyed and the indefiniteness or entire absence of marked 

 liens and corners has made the cost of surveying relatively large, 

 the average during the past year being 20.5 cents, per acre. 

 This will be reduced during later years because it has been neces- 

 sary to sun^ey lines of other tracts which are not now under con- 

 sideration but which may later be offered for sale. 



