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FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION 



December 



during the calendar year 1905, a sea- 

 son of extreme dryness and one in 

 which under ordinary circumstances 

 the damage from fires should have 

 been unusually large. This small num- 

 ber was due in large part to the sys- 

 tem of patrol, which leads to' the dis- 



covery of fires before much damage 

 has been done. So far during the cal- 

 endar year 1906 the damage from fire 

 has been extremely small, even in com- 

 parison with that in 1905. Increased 

 efficiency of the patrol system, has 

 led to this favorable result. 



THE RECLAMATION FUND 



Table Showing Increase During Past Year 

 and Total Amount Available for the Con- 

 struction of Government Irrigation Works. 



According to a recent L,and Office 

 report the present status of the Re- 

 clamation fund, composed of all 



moneys received from sales of public 

 lands in the Arid States and Terri- 

 tories, is as follows: 



State or Territory 



Arizona 



California . . . 

 Colorado 



Idaho 



Kansas 



Montana 



Nebraska 



Nevada 



New Mexico . 

 North Dakota 

 Oklahoma . . . 



Oregon ' 



South Dakota 



Utah 



Washington . 

 Wyoming. . . . 



Total.. 



Increment t o 

 fund during 

 fiscal year 

 ending June 

 30, 1906. 



54 

 248 

 508 

 301 



75 

 500 



77 



45 

 202 

 933 

 411 

 461 

 262 



70 

 494 

 234 



,649.71 

 ,647.12 

 ,866.67 

 ,234.62 

 ,370.50 

 ,746.32 

 ,373.12 

 ,597.92 

 ,015.97 

 ,803.07 

 ,050.35 

 ,281.65 

 ,308.72 

 ,211.56 

 ,182.57 

 ,744.23 



[, 882, 084. 10 



Total reclama- 

 tion fund to 

 to June 30, '06. 



Restricted fund 

 51 per cent. 



298,417.90 



2,571,704.81 



2,478,600.56 



2,335,934.14 



215,245.19 



2,647,433.77 



749,222.69 



110,527.04 



723.365.27 



5,374,395.01 



3,538,753.72 



5,230,661.99 



1,285,480.85 



432,287.95 



3,545,615.58 



1,420,545.65 



$ 32,958,192.12 



152,193.13 

 1,311,569.15 

 1,264,086.29 

 1,191,326.41 



109,775.05 

 1,350,191.22 



382,103.57 

 56,368.79 



368,916.29 

 2,740,941.46 

 1,804,764.40 

 2,667,637.61 



655,595.23 



220,466.85 

 1,808,263.95 



724,478.28 



$16,808,077.98 



The figures representing moneys 

 received during the past fiscal year 

 may be slightly revised when the re- 



ports have been finally audited by the 

 Treasury Department of the United 

 States. 



