ANNUAL REPORT, 



FINANCIAL STATEMENT. 



The Legislature granted this Department, in the annual appro- 

 priation bill passed April 17, 1893, an allowance of $30,000 for 

 the maintenance of its work. Like all appropriations in the bill 

 referred to, this money was not available until October 1, 1893, 

 it being a provision for the expenses of the Commission during 

 the fiscal year beginning on that date. Of the $30,000 thus 

 provided in the appropriation bill, $18,500 was specially desig- 

 nated for salaries, and $11,?>00 for "traveling expenses of the 

 Commissioners and officials, for printing and office expenses, for 

 fees of attorneys and witnesses, and for the prevention of fire." 



Besides the $30,000 thus granted in the regular appropriation 

 bill, an additional sum of $5,500 " for deficiency in appropriation 

 for compensation of foresters " was given to the Commission in 

 the annual supply bill, which became a law May 18, 1893. The 

 latter sum, like all items in the supply bill, was placed to the 

 credit of the Department on the date mentioned, making the 

 total appropriation $35,500 for the fiscal year 1893-94:. This 

 amount was still further increased by the sum of $6,873.43, the 

 unexpended balance standing to the credit of the Forest Com- 

 mission on the Comptroller's books at the close of the preceding 

 fiscal year, September 30, 1893. 



. As has always been the rule in this Department, the expendi- 

 tures were kept well within the limits of the appropriations, and 

 in the following statement it will be seen that there was an un- 

 expended balance on hand, to the credit of salaries and expenses, 

 of $4,398.16. 



