FOREST BffSIHSSS 



BREAKS THE RECORD 



ffOT K3L3ASED FOR PUBLICATION 

 UNTIL JULY 28, 1913. 



77ashington 7 July 27. The national forest business done 

 during the fiscal year wliich ended June 30 surpassed all previous 

 records The receipts from the forests approached $2, 500 , 000, of 

 which about one-half was for timber, while contracts entered into 

 for the sale of timber to be cut either at once or in later years 

 totaled about $4,000,000, These sale contracts permit the cut- 

 ting period to extend over a number of years when large bodies 

 of timber are involved 



Under existing laws 35 per cent of the gross receipts, 

 or between $800,000 and $900,000, will go to the benefit of 'the 

 f j -Gates in which the forests are sitnated, for schools and roads. 



The records show that the volume :of sales contracted 

 for in different years fluctuates widely, with ups and- downs 

 according to general business conditions, 'While the actual 

 cut has shown a fairly steady tendency to advance o In the 

 fiscal year 1906 (July 1, 1905, to June 30, 1906), the first 

 full year after the forest service was put in charge of the 

 forests, the timber receipts were about |250,000, in the 

 fiscal year "1907 something less than 700,000, and in 1908 

 about $850,000. In 1909 timber receipts dropped back to 



