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APPENDIX. 



PROGRESS OF FORESTRY IN THE UNITED STATES. 



While this volume was passing through the press, the 

 Eeport of the Secretary of Agriculture, United States of 

 America, for the year 1905 came to hand. With Mr. 

 Secretary Wilson's sanction, the following extracts from the 

 Eeport are added. They will, no doubt, be found interesting 

 and instructive : — 



" Forest Service. 



During the past year the Government work in forestry 

 entered a new phase. Practical work in the actual introduc- 

 tion of forestry began in 1898, but it was not until February 1, 

 1905, when the care of the National forest reserves was trans- 

 ferred to the Department of Agriculture, that the Forest 

 Service became an administrative organisation. 



This transfer was a logical outcome of the recent work of 

 the Service. During the last six or seven years it has passed 

 through a remarkable development, which has followed but 

 not kept pace with its demonstration of capacity for public 

 usefulness. On July 1, 1898, the Division of Forestry 

 employed eleven persons, of whom six filled clerical or other 

 subordinate positions, and five belonged to the scientific staff. 

 Of the latter, two were professional foresters. The Division 

 possessed no field equipment ; practically all of its work was 

 ojBBce work. 



At the opening of the present fiscal year the employees of 

 the Forest Service numbered 821, of whom 153 were profes- 

 sional trained foresters. Field work was going on in 27 



