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sion has now gone on record in favor of a further appro- 

 priation for purchases to be used both in the solidification 

 of established areas and in the location of new areas. As 

 a result of this action of the commission, the Secretary 



the acquisition of additional lands at the headwaters of 

 navigable streams under the provisions of the act of 

 March I, 191 1 (36 Stat., 961), known as the Weeks 

 law. This communication has been referred to the Com- 



SECTION SHOWING TYPICAL FOREST CONDITIONS 

 Thii beautiful bit of woodland shows unlumbcrcd spruce as it was found on lands purchased for forest reservations. 



of the Treasury has transmitted to the Speaker of the 

 House (H. Doc. 321, 66th Cong., 2d sess.) a letter from 

 Hon. Newton D. Baker, president of the commission, 

 submitting an estimate for an appropriation needed for 



mittee on Agriculture. The needed appropriation covers 

 a period of five years, beginning with the fiscal year 

 1921, at a rate of $2,000,000 per year. Bills have already 

 been introduced in both the Senate and the House of 



