National Parks. 



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limited sense, intelligent Indians, and an effort will be made to 

 give them such employment where they can be used to advantage. 



The following table shows the number of visitors entering the 

 national parks and resorts during the last five years : 



Visitors to National Parks, 1906 to 1910. 

 Name of Park. 



Yellowstone National Park 



Yosemite National Park 



Sequoia National Park 



General Grant National Park 



IMount Rainier National Park 



Mesa Verde National Park 



Crater Lake National Park 



Wind Cave National Park 



Piatt National Park 



SuUys Hill National Park 



Hot Springs Reservation 



a No record kept. 



1906. 



1907. 



1908. 



1909. 



1910. 



17,182 



16,414 



19,542 



32,545 



19,575 



5,414 



7,102 



8,850 



13,182 



13,619 



700 



900 



1,251 



854 



2,407 



900 



1,100 



1,773 



798 



1,178 



1,786 



2,068 



3,511 



5,968 



8,000 



(a) 



(a) 



80 



165 



250 



1,800 



2,600 



5,275 



4,171 



5,000 



2,887 



2,751 



3,171 



3,216 



3,387 



(a) 



28,000 



26,000 



25,000 



&25,000 



(a) 



400 



250 



190 



190 



(0) 



(a) 



(a) 



(a) 



120,143 



b Estimate. 



HETCH HETCHY VALLEY PERMIT. 



In February of this year I issued a citation to the mayor and 

 supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco to show 

 cause why the Hetch Hetchy Valley and reservoir site should 

 not be eliminated from the permit theretofore granted to the city 

 on the nth day of May, 1908, for a water supply for said city 

 and county. A board of army engineers, at my request, was 

 detailed by the Secretary of War, at your instance, as advisory 

 to the Secretary of the Interior in the disposition of this ques- 

 tion. Upon considering the application of the city for the exten- 

 sion of time to secure further data, a continuance was granted 

 for this purpose for one year, and "the board of engineers was 

 authorized to receive such data as may be furnished by the city 

 to establish its claim for the necessity of the use of the Hetch 

 Hetchy site and to secure such other necessary data as they may 

 deem advisable. An appropriation in the sum of $12,000 was 

 granted by Congress to defray the expenses of this board. The 

 details of this hearing are fully set out in the published proceed- 

 ings had before the Secretary of the Interior in May, igio. — From 

 Annual Report of Secretary of the Interior for Year 19 10. 



Sierra Club Stationery. 



The official die of the Sierra Club is now at the store of Paul 

 Elder & Co., 239 Grant Avenue, San Francisco, who are prepared 

 to execute orders for Club stationery. 



