1904 



FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION 



57 



specters range from $1,200 to $2,400 

 per year. Actual necessary traveling 

 expenses to and from the scene of field 

 work are defrayed by the government, 

 and while in the field one dollar (gold) 

 per day is allowed for subsistence. 



The reports, bulletins, and other pub- 

 lications of the Philippine Bureau of 

 Forestry should be read by all desiring 

 to enter the service. Copies may be 

 obtained from this Bureau at Manila, 

 P. I. For detailed information in re- 

 gard to the date of examinations and 

 related matters, address the Bureau of 

 Forestry, Washington, D. C. 



Copies of the Philippine Civil Service 

 Manual may be obtained from the Bu- 

 reau of Insular Affairs, War Depart- 

 ment, Washington, D. C. 



Results of George H. Whiting, writ- 

 Woodlot ing from Yankton, South 



Management. Dakota, says : 



' ' I have logs enough 

 cut now to make 40,000 to 50,000 feet 

 of lumber, which will be sawed before 

 next spring. 



"These logs I cut from a lo-acre 

 grove that was only a brush patch 13 

 years ago when I came onto the place. 



"In addition to the logs, the grove 

 has supplied plenty of wood for two to 

 four stoves, and some for sale, besides 

 posts and poles, all of which came from 

 the thinnings. 



" There are still trees enough left on 

 the land to make a good grove." 



Withdrawn On January 20, 1904, by 

 Lands Restored direction of the Secre- 

 to Settlement, tary of the Interior, the 

 Acting Commissioner 

 of the General Land Office restored to 

 settlement and entry the public lands 

 within an aggregate area of 358,000 

 acres in the Eureka, Redding, Susan- 

 ville, and Stockton land districts, in 

 California. 



The lands so restored to settlement 

 and entry constitute a part of an aggre- 

 gate area of 7,800,000 acres, in Califor- 

 nia, included within the boundaries fol- 

 lowed in making temporary withdrawals 

 directed by the President and by the 

 Secretary of the Interior, within the 



past two years, for proposed forest re- 

 serves, following requests embodied in 

 public petitions and recommendations 

 made by the Department of Agricult- 

 ure and the United States Geological 

 Survey. 



The object of these withdrawals was 

 to prevent the initiation of further 

 claims on the lands, pending a thorough 

 examination of the withdrawn areas by 

 practical and experienced agents of the 

 Bureau of Forestry, with a view to 

 determining as to what portions of the 

 withdrawn areas should be permanently 

 reserved for forest purposes and what 

 portions should be restored to settle- 

 ment and entry as being more valuable 

 for agricultural purposes than for use 

 as forest reserves. 



The restoration just made, which 

 covers parts of the proposed Klamath 

 River, Mt. Shasta, Lassen Peak, and 

 Feather River Forest Reserves, tempo- 

 rarily withdrawn on October 17 and 22 

 and December 24, 1902, and September 

 30 and October i, 1903, was recom- 

 mended by the Secretary of Agriculture 

 as a result of the field examinations 

 made by agents of the Bureau of For- 

 estry during the season of 1903, and in 

 his recommendation the Secretary of 

 Agriculture calls particular attention to 

 the fact that this restoration must not be 

 understood to embrace all the lands in 

 California now under temporary with- 

 drawal for proposed forest reserves. 

 These lands may or may not be restored 

 to settlement and entry, depending upon 

 the recommendations of the experts who 

 made the examinations. The restoration 

 of additional lands, found undesirable for 

 forest purposes, will be recommended as 

 soon as the field-notes are worked up and 

 the character of such lands is established. 



On January 29, 1904, by direction of 

 the Secretary of the Interior, the Act- 

 ing Commissioner of the General Land 

 Office restored to settlement and entry 

 148,000 acres of the area of 368,000 

 acres in the Gunnison, Del Norte, Lead- 

 ville, and Pueblo land districts, in Colo- 

 rado, which was temporarily withdrawn 

 from settlement and entry on October 

 3, 1903, for a proposed addition to the 

 San Isabel Forest Reserve, which was 

 established by the President on April 

 n, 1902. 



