A4JIUCULTURAL APPROPRIATION BIM-, 1024. 231 



inak«'s It luM-essary to incrrusr. to som«* cxii'iit. tin* cxpcndituroM for 

 administration within the District of Colunihin. For tlmt roHMon we 

 ask for an rxtonsion of this limit. Wr nmy not find it no<Tssary to 

 lis*' this full cxtrnsinn during thr )urs«»nt yi-ar. j>aituiihirly nf tho 

 appropriation for hiiul |)urrhases is k('|>t on thr l»asis r«-<-omincnd(*d 

 hv the Dirrctor of tlu* liudj^et — that is. the s»irn»' ninount as last year; 

 but thf leeway would he liosirahle as a matter of good administration. 



COOPKUATIVK KIKK IMK^KCTION OK FOUKSTKD WATKKSIIKDS «>K XAVI- 



(JAULE 8TRKAMS. 



Mr. Andkrson. Y(»ur next item, I believe, is on pa^e '.W.i. coop- 

 erative lire protection «>f forested waterslie<ls of navi;^able streams. 



Colonel (Irkelkv. The amount proposed is the same as during the 

 current year. .? 100, ()()(). That amount is spent in this fashion: We 

 have c(»onerative a«;reements with 2(1 States. ea<h «»f whicli must 

 spend at least as mu<'h as the Fe«leral (lovernment c(»ntributes and 

 most of which spend a {jreat deal more. These 26 States spent a 

 total of ?.i7:i,107 of Ciovermnent funds for the personal services of 

 rangers, lookout watchmen, and patrolmen who are incori)orale<l in 

 the fire-protection or<;anization of the State. The cost of adminis- 

 tration amounts to $25,702. There was a balance of $1,100 for 

 contin<:encies, but since this statement was prepared it has been 

 entirely allotted to some of the .States in order to meet lire emer- 

 gencies. The 2() cooperatino; States will expend during 1922 $1 ,S9t).000, 

 or about four and a half times as much as the Federal appropriation. 



Mr. AxnER.soN. Let me ask you there, is that for their own forest 

 protection ( 



Colonel Greeley. That is on their own forest protection exclu- 

 sively, leaving out other forest activities. In addition to that, 

 private forest owners or as>;ociations of forest owners will expend 

 this year between 81,000,000 and SI. 200.000. or about two and a 

 half times as much as the Federal appropriation. In other words, 

 leaving the national forests out of consideration since this money is 

 used to encourage forest protection on private lands, the total out- 

 lay from all sources is now apj)roximately .?;J,827.000 a year, of which 

 the Federal Government contributes 12 per cent and the States and 

 j)rivate owners the rest. 



Mr. BuciiANAX. Will you furnish a statement showing the allot- 

 ment of these funds to the States and the amounts expended by 

 them ? 



Colonel Greeley. I will be glad to do that. 



