FOREST POLICY. 



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otherwise with warrant from a United States Commissioner, 

 or from a Justice of the Peace. Criminal proceedings cannot 

 be stopped by way of compromise. 



The Act of May 5th. 1900, prescribes maximum fine of $5000 

 or two years imprisonment for conviction of the wilful setting 

 of fire on the public domain, or for suffering a fire to burn 

 unattended near any inflammable material. The fine for leaving 

 a fire unextinguished is $1000. 



The receipts from timber sales and from the grazing business 

 are illustrated by the following tabular statement: 



Timber sales. 



Grazing business. 



A remarkable growth in business took place in the fiscal year 

 1908. While in that year money available increased only 20 per 

 cent and the area of forest administered increased only 11 per 

 cent, the business done increased in the following percentages: 



