The expenses of the- year were as follows: 



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Salaries;, of ^wa.jtcigjx', --to^esifiji^an^ tjwo rangers .......... $2,820 oo 



Materials and labor 6rvYessryes. .&&.Si&>i5ij>tted in 44 bills . . 3 959 93 



The remaining $720.07 of the appropriation ($7,500 

 per year) were almost entirely expended in printing 

 the forms of report, contract, permits, etc., and for 

 the issue of the Forest Reserve Manual. 



Classified, the above expenses, exclusive of salaries 

 of warden and forester, were as follows : 



Administration ..................................... $245 1 i 



Protection, rangers and extra help .................... 1,284 08 



Reforestation, plants, provisions, labor ............... 1,386 94 



Survey of lands 



Equipment, sleighs, tools, etc 



General expenses, horse feed, etc 



Permanent improvements, roads, and buildings 



506 



116 03 



360 32 



892 19 



Purchase of lands 200 oo 



The General Plan for the near future as outlined be- 

 fore and approved by the .Commission, contemplates 

 the following: 



1. Continuation of the protective work and its im- 

 provement by increase in help and the construction 

 of fire lines. 



2. Continuation of the work of reforestation and 

 its extension as fast as the funds, thus far needed in 

 purchase of lands, in building and survey, can be di- 

 verted to this most important work of re-stocking 

 and improving the lands. 



3. The continuation and completion of the survey 

 and the gradual improvement of lines and monuments 

 by the protective force. 



Ann Arbor, November i, 1905. 



