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The forest budget for 1903, closed with a surplus of over $12,- 

 000,000, an increase of about $2,500,000 above the preceding year. 



For 1904 the income from the seven million acres of State 

 forest is estimated at twelve million dollars, of which $70,000 

 was expended for educational and scientific purposes, and $1,- 

 300,000 for purchase of lands and special improvements. 



Since 1883 the waste area in the hands of the State increased 

 by 34,000 acres, the total acquired in the twenty years being about 

 215,000 acres, of which 85,000 acres or 1.43% of the Prussian 

 forest domain remain in waste condition, the reforestation having 

 proceeded at the rate of about 9,000 acres per year for the twenty 

 years. 



In Russia the income from the State forests in the middle 

 of last century amounted to about $500,000, in 1892 

 it was $10,000,000, and in 1901 over $28,000,000, in addition to 

 $10,000,000 worth of free wood. The net income was $23,000,000. 

 a remarkable increase due to a number of causes, but largely to 

 better managem^ent. Of the 650,000,000 acres of forest 

 controlled by the State, only about ten per cent, are worked under 

 working plans. Only $50,000 or one-half of one per cent, goes 

 to planting, as against 7.5 per cent, in Prussia. — American Fores- 

 try Quarterly. 



The colored illustrations in this issue of the Forestry Journal 

 are from a pamphlet descriptive of the Rocky Mountains Park of 

 Canada, which has been issued by the Department of the Interior, 

 and are used by kind permission of the Department. The Cana- 

 dian National Park, which is unsurpassed in the beauty and bold- 

 ness of its scenery, is becoming a favorite resort for pleasure 

 seekers. 



