(Prom the Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture, 



San Francisco, California) 



STATE RECEIVES $91,000 

 FROM NATIONAL FORESTS 



Between July i f 1913, and June 30, 1914, receipts 

 from the National Forests in California amounted to 261,415.44 

 .* compared with the previous year, grazing and special uses 

 show an. increase, while the timber and water-power industries 

 show a slight falling off. 



Thirty-five percent of the receipts from the sale cf 

 National Forest resources is available in California. Of tills, 

 twentyfive percent is paid into the State Treasury, to the credi \. 

 cf the counties in which national forests are located, for the 

 benefit of the school fund. The remaining ten percent is ex- 

 pended by the Government on public roads in the frrest regions. 



The road fund will amount to 26,141,54 and the 

 schcnl fund will receive $65,353.&6. 



Expenditures, the chief item of which is for pro- 

 tection, are largely in excess of receipts. 



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