32 REPORT OF SPECIAL FORESTRY COMMITTEE 



From the above it will be noted that the donations 

 of land comprise over 13i per cent of the total 

 acreage of all lands acquired. 



Reforestation Fund 



Congress in 1906 granted to Wisconsin 20,000 acres 

 of land as an addition to the state forest reserve and 

 the act provided that the scattering and agricultural 

 land can be sold, but that all income from the lands 

 can only be used for reforesting the forest reserve. 

 Out of the "Government Reforestation Fund" is 

 being paid the cost of the reforestation work in Wis- 

 consin, and there now is a balance of $16,000, which 

 will pay for the work for several years, and there will 

 be more income from the same source in the future. 



Conditions of Gifts 



. The above act of Congress provides that if the 

 forestry work is ever abandoned in Wisconsin the 

 state must return to the Federal government the 

 balance of the 20,000 acres remaining unsold, and 

 must also refund to the government all moneys re- 

 ceived under the grant and riot used in reforestation 

 and the interest which has accrued on the fund. 

 This would mean that at the present time we would 

 lose some 14,000 acres of land and would have to pay 

 back to the government approximately $15,000. 



The gift of land from the Nebagamon Lumber 

 Company and also the gift of 637 islands from the 

 government have the same conditions attached, 

 namely, that they must be returned to the donor in 

 case the state gives up its forestry work. 



Therefore, as will be seen from this statement, 

 Wisconsin would lose by abandoning its forestry 

 work all donations or $347,538.00. 



The total appropriations for administrative pur- 

 poses have been $173,345.00; the purchases of forest 

 reserve lands amounting to 159,000 acres at an 

 average price per acre of $3.32 makes a total of 

 approximately $528,000.00; all of which makes a 



