Report of the Department of Lands and Forests for fiscal year ending March 31, 1950 Page 4 



DIVISION OF ACCOUNTS 



General 



The financial report sets out a substantial increase — $479,150.00 — in expen- 

 diture appropriation of the Department as compared with the previous year. This 

 increased appropriation was required for: 



(1) Suppression of Forest Fires; (2) Salvaging of fire killed timber; (3) Air Service 

 Expansion; (4) Cost of Living Bonus to employees 



There was a decrease in the cash receipts — $32.981.37 — as compared with the 

 previous year. 



Jj^ndex o/ ^abie 



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Table No. Page 



1. Analysis of cash receipts by districts -------- lo 



^naex of (^ncirts ana L^raolti 



Figure Xo. Page 



1. Timber returns, crow^' dues, ground rent, etc. ----- 5 



2. Water power rentals, crown sales and rentals, etc. - - - 6 



3. Trend of total annual receipts ---------- Q 



4. Trend of tot.^vl annual disbursements ------ ^ - q 



FINANCIAL REPORT 

 Cash Receipts and Disbursements 



Statement for the year ending March 31, 1950. is set out on Schedule A, page 

 6. The following summarizes the result of operations for the year. 



Total— Cash Disbursements $14,536,859.74 



—Cash Receipts 11,602,255.69 



Excess of Disbursements over Receipts $2,934,604.05 



2. Comparison of Results with those of prior years 



(a) Receipts 



Cash receipts for the year under review compare with those of the previous 

 four years as follows: 



years ending march 31st 



