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conditions resnlt from their presence. Forest officers 

 enforce compliance with regulations on the part of 

 all campers, stockmen, permittees, and other persons 

 traveling through or occupying National Forest lands. 



Receipts from the National Forests. 



The total net receipts from the National Forests 

 on account of timber sales, grazing fees, and special 

 uses during the fiscal years 1916 to 1921, inclusive, 

 were as follows: 



1916 $2, 823, 541 



1917 3, 457, 028 



1918 3, 574, 930 



1919 4. 358, 415 



1920 4, 793. 482 



1921 ■ 4, 468, 940 



It could not be expected, of course, that rugged, in- 

 accessible mountain lands, such as constitute by far 

 the greater part of the National Forests, would soon 

 yield a revenue to the Government over and above the 

 cost of administration. Many of the Forests are 

 meant to supply the country's future needs for timber 

 after the more accessible lands have been cut over, 

 rather than its present needs, while others are chiefly 

 valuable for watershed protection, which, though of 

 the greatest importance to the people and industries 

 of the country, do not yield the Government a return 

 in dollars and cents. In the case of almost every 



1 Under a special provision of law for the relief of grazing 

 permittees in the season of 1921 postponement of the pay- 

 ment of fees was allowed until the close of the grazing sea- 

 son. In consequence the actual receipts for the fiscal year 

 which ends June 30 were only $2,504,935. To afford a 

 proper basis of comparison with previous years the figures 

 given above include $1,964,005 due for grazing fees for the 

 season but unpaid on July 1. 



