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Show NATIONAL FORESTS TAKE IN $2,500,000 The National forests turned into the U. S. treasury during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1915, nearly $2,500,000, an increase of more than $45,000 over the receipts of the previous year, according ac-cording to a statement just issued by the forest service. The timber sales, which amounted to $1,164,000, yielded on account of the depressed condition of l he lumber industry about $79,000 less than those of the previous fiscal year, but the gain was made possible by larger revenues Irom otner sources, ine grazing graz-ing receipts, which totaled $1,125,000, increased $127,000 over last year, and the water power receipts, which a-mounted a-mounted to not quite $90,000, showed on increase of nearly $42,000. The demoralization of the turpentine industry on account of the war's cu -tailment of the naval stores market caused the receipts from the sale of I turpentining privileges on the National forests to drop to about $9,000, as a gainst nearly $15,000 last year. The sale of special use permits, under which all sorts of enterprises, from lapiarits to whaling stations, are operated on the forests, yielding nearly $78,000 an increase of $9,000 over last year. Thert was a decrease of nearly $37,000 in the revenue derived by the settlement of trespass cases in which government timber had been cut without intent to defraud, the revenue from this source being only a little more than $3,000. More than $7,000, however, was collected collect-ed from other timber tret-pass cases. Grazing trespass cases it-Id id neatly! $G,000, an increase of about $1,00"; - ' cupancy trespass cases, which occurred I in only one of the seven forest dis-tricts, j turned in something less than $250; a-bout a-bout $60 was derived from turpentine j trespass cases, and $660 from fire tr.s- j pass Cases, the latter ueing more than I $7,000 less than the amount collected in ! the previous fiscal year for damage to government property through tiros carelessly or wilfully started in or near National forests. For the local forest district, comprising compris-ing southern Idaho, western Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, and northern Arizona, the receipts, amounting to $432,254, are 10.7 per jentgreater than last year. Receipts from timber, $93,000, were 16 per cent greater, and those from grazing, graz-ing, $338,800, 9 per cent greater, than for the year ended June 30, 1914. In grazing receipts, the local district led, as usual, and in total receipts wts third, being exceeded by the districts with headquarters at Missoula, Mont., and at Denver, yet running the latter district a close race for pecond place. |