No. 4.] 



REPORT OF STATE FORESTER. 



561 



momvealth with regard to the acquisition and management of 

 wild or forest lands and report what further legislation, if any, 

 is necessary." In its report to the Legislature of 1914, the 

 commission recommended the creation of a commission to ac- 

 quire suitable lands for State forests. In accordance with the 

 commission's recommendation, a bill was enacted by the Legis- 

 lature.^ 



Financial Statements. 



General Forestry. 



In accordance with section 6, chapter 409 of the Acts of 



1904, as amended by section 1, chapter 473 of the Acts of 1907, 



the following statement is given of the forestry expenditure 



for the year ending Nov. 30, 1914: — 



State Forester^s Expenses. 

 Appropriation for 1914, $20,000 00 



Expenditures : — 

 Salaries of assistants, . 

 Traveling expenses, 

 Stationery and postage, etc., 

 Printing, .... 

 Maps, photographs, material, etc., 

 Equipment, tools, etc., 

 Sundries, including teaming, 



Nursery account : ■ — 

 Pay roll, 

 Travel, . 

 Equipment, . 

 Seeds and seedlings. 

 Express and freight, 

 Sundries, 



19,999 89 



Balance returned to treasury. 



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Purchase and Planting of Forest Lands. 



Appropriation for 1914, $10,000 00 



Receipts: — 



Wm. D. Sohier, 120 00 



Davis Hardware Company — rebate, . . 28 42 



),148 42 



Amount carried forward, 



,148 42 



1 For text of forest commission act, see "Agricultural Legislation of 1914," p. 346. 



