Show NATIONAL FORESTS T the ae national forets forests turned into we the U S treasury during the fiscal year ehden june 30 1915 nearly an in increase of more than over the receipts odthe previous year according to a abatement just issued by the F gria forest service the timber sales which amount ed to 11 6 yielded on account of the depressed condition of the lumber industry about less than those of the previous fiscal year but the gain was imade possible by larger er revenues from other sources the grazing receipts which total ed increased over last year and the water power receipts which amounted to not quite showed an increase of if nearly 1 the I he of 6 turpentine industry on account of f the wars curtailment of the naval stores market caused the receipts from the sale of turpen privileges on the national forests to drop to about as against nearly last year the sale of special use permits under which all sorts of enterprises from apiaries ap laries to whaling stations are operated on the forests yielded nearly an increase of ov over e r last year there was a decrease of nearly 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 more than however was C collected ol 01 from other timber trespass cases grazing trespass cases yielded nearly an increase of about 1000 occupancy trespass cases w which occurred in only one of the seven forest districts turned in in something less t than ban about 60 was derived fron from i turpentine trespass cases and from fire trespass cases the latter be ing more than less than the amount collected in the previous fiscal year for damage to government property through fires carelessly or wilfully started in or near national forests for the local forest district comprising southern idaho western wyoming utah nevada and northern arizona the receipts amounting to 4 are per cent greater than last year receipts from timber were 16 per cent greater and those from grazing 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 was third being exceeded by the districts with head I 1 quarters at missoula mont and at denver yet running the latter district a close race for second place 0 |