Annual report of the Director of Forestry of the Philippine Islands for the period July 1, 1907

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE

DIRECTOR OF FORESTRY OF THE

PHILIPPINE ISLANDS

MAJOR GEORGE P. AHERN DIRECTOR Of FORESTRY

77821

MANILA BUREAU OF PRINTING 1908

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE

DIRECTOR OF FORESTRY OF THE

PHILIPPINE ISLANDS FOR THE PERIOD

JULY 1, 1907, TO JUNE 30, 1908

MAJOR GEORGE P. AHERN DIRECTOR OF FORESTRY

7n21

MANILA BUREAU OF PRINTING 1'908

CONTENTS. Page.

New legislation ......................................................................................................... .

Opinions of the Attorney·General: Homestead timber ........................................................................................... .

Free cutting on exclusive areas ....................................................................... .

Assessment of the market value of minor forest products ............................... .

Visit of representative from the forest department of Java ........................... .

Carnival a"hibit ........................................................................................................

Agusan Valley ........................................................................................................... .

Division of administration: Forest·fire protection ....................................................................................... .

Inspection of cutting areas ................ ............................................................. .

Inspection of homesteads, etc ......................................................................... .

Conference and school of instruction .......................... _................................. .

Personnel ................................................................................................................... .

Division of investigation: Forest maps .................................................................. :.................................... . \lI!orking plans .................................................................................................. .

Museum and herbarium c~nections ............................................................... .

Notes on the forest and trees in the foresL ............................................... .

Durability tests ............................................................................................... .

Distribution' and identification of wood samples........................ :.............. .

Timber·testing laboratory ............................................................................... .

Publications .............................................. ~ ................................................ _...... .

Educational work ............................................................................................. .

Mindoro ..................................... ~...................................................................... .

Appendix: StatisticsList of licenses ................................................... _..................................... .

Registration of private woodlands ......................................................... .

Utilization of forest products ................................................................. .

Amount of timber taken out by leading licensees ........................... ~ ... .

Amounts cut, by species, of important timbers ................................... .

Imports and exports ................................................................................. .

Application for permits to make caingins ........................................... .

Certification of agricultural or forest character of public lands ..... .

Revenue from forest products ................................•.................................

Expenditures .................... ......................................................................... .

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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF FORESTRY, FISCAL YEAR 1907-8.

MANILA, P. 1., June 30, 1908.

SIR: I have the honor to submit herewith a report of the work of the Bureau of Forestry for the period July 1, 1907, to June 30, 1908.

The undersigned was absent from the Philippine Islands on leave from August 31, 1907, to April 4, 1908.

On April 22, 1908, the headquarters of the Bureau of Forestry were temporarily transferred to Baguio, Benguet, and remained there until May 23.

NEW LEGISLATION.

During the past year, the following legislation pertaining to this Bureau was enacted: Act No. 1735, authorizing the free use of timber, etc., for any railway company to which a franchise might be given to build a railway line to Baguio, Benguet.

Act No. 1800, amending section 9, Act No. 1407 (the Free-Use Law) and providing for the establishment of communal forests.

Act No. 1843, amending Act No. 1519, which provides for the use of the metric system of weights and measures in the Philippine Islands, by providing for the continued use of the English system of weights and measures in the purchase and sale of manufactured lumber.

Act No. 1872, amending section 9, Act No. 1407, and Act No. 1800 (Free-Use and Commlmal Forest Laws), providing for the free cutting and use of certain first-group timbers in buildings of strong materials.

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY -GENERAL.

HOMESTEAD TH1BER.

In accordance with a request from this office, the Attorney-General for the Philippine Islands, on December 31, 1907, rendered an opinion on the rights of homesteaders to the use of timber and other forest products on unpatented lands as follows: *

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I aru of the opinion, in view of the above facts, that the cutting and removal of the timber and other forest products gI'owing on the homestea,d land, except so far as necessary for residence upon and cultivation of the same by the applicant, should be regulated by the chief of the Bureau of Forestry, in conformity with the Forestry Act. 5

6 FREE CUTTIN"G ON EXCLUSIVE AREAS.

On April 22 the Attorney-General for the Philippine Islands rendered the following opinion: [Extract.]

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* * * * * The above provision (citing subsection b, section 9, of .Act No. 1407, as amended by .Act No. 1800) amplifies the pl'ovisions of section 19 of .Act No. 1148 and grants to any resident of the Philippine Islands permission to cut without license, for the period of five years, such timber (other than timber of the first group) and such firewood, resins, and other forest products, and stone and earth, as he may require for house building, fencing, boat building, or other per onal use for himself or his family, but this can only be done in the public forest or in communal forest (in contradistinction to forest as to which an exclusive license has been issued), while the proviso ' of section 26 refers to the cutting and remov路 ing of timber and other forest products, stone and earth, within a terri~ory for which an exclusive license has been granted; which cutting and removing should be done under permission, and this right, under section 26. is limited to the residents within or adjacent to said territory, and for doing which a gratuitous license should be procured.

The proviso of section 26 can not. therefore, be taken as in any way repealed by subsection b of section 9 of .Act No. ]407, as amended by .Act No. 1800, and I am of the opinion that no one who is no~ a resident within or adjacent to territory covered by an exclusive Hcen e can cut and -remove timber therefrom, as the granting of the exclusive license contemplated by sections 13 and 14 of .Act No. 1148 vests a contractual right in the licensee of such a character as to preclude the idea that the Commission intended .Act No. 1800 to apply to those territories wherein it had authorized the issue of exclusive licenses. The right to cut timber without license, referred to in the above provisions of said .Acts Nos. 1407 and 1800, should be in force out. ide of the territory for which an exclusive license has been granted.

From the above, it will be seen that residents in the vicinity of territory for which exclusive licenses have been granted, mu t be provided with gratuitous licenses, should they desire timber free of charge for their own personal use. This enables the forest officers to exercise a more satisfactory management of forest tTacts for which exclusive licenses have been granted.

Reports from forest officers and complaints from the large operators in the forest emphasize the need for some protection to certain forest tracts where much illegal cutting is practiced.

Section 13 of the Forest Act (1148) provides as follows: The chief of the Bmeau of Forestry, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, may, as herein provided, issue licenses for the cutting, collection, and removal of timber, firewood, gums, resins, and other forest products from the public forests and forest reserves. Every license so issued shall specify in detail the rights to which it entitles the holder, and shall provide, whenever practicable, for exclusive territory in similar products to each licensee. All licenses for timber shall provide for the selection of said timber before cutting, provided that when absolutely necessary, the selection of timber or the granting of exclusive territory may, in .the discretion of the chief of the Bureau of Forestry,

7 be omitted in any license terminating not later than June 30, 1908, after which clate the selection of t'imber and the granting of ea;clusive territory, whenever pract'icable, shall be reqwil'ecl,

On account of the limited force of fmest officers it will not be possible at this time to mark timber for felling throughout the Islands. However, the marking of timber on forest tracts covered by license agreements will be inaugurated this year. Exclusive licenses will also be granted where special recommendations are made for the ame and where the interests of residents desiring the free use of timber will not be prejudiced.

ASSESSMENT OF THE MARKET VALUE OF

ML~OR

FOREST PRODUCTS.

In accordance with section 12 of the Forest Act a joint committee from the Bureau of Forestry and Bureau of Internal Revenue made an assessment of the market value of certain minor forest products, as follows: Assessed market value (per 100 kilos),

Product,

Copal gum or gum mastic (Almaciga) _______________________________ _ Gum elemi (Brea) ___________________________________________________ _ G u tta-perch a (Gutapercha) _____ ___________________________________ __ Rubber (Goma elastica) __________________________________________ _ Rattan (Bej uco) _____________________________________________________ _

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Charcoal (Carbon vegetal) ___________________________________________ _ Wood oils (Aceite de balao) _________________________________________ _ B

Per cubic meter.

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t'"15,00 15,00 70,00 70,00 10,00 1,[)0 [),OO

3,00 "4,00 b,lO

Taxes collected (10 per cent of market value per 100 kilos).

1"1,50 1.50 7,00 7,00 1.00 ,15 ,50 ,30 ",40 h,Ol

Per liter,

The above assessment will be effective July 1, 1908, and will be subject to change on thl'ee months' notice.

VISIT OF REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE FOREST DEPARTMENT OF .JAVA.

In the early part of 1907, DT. Treub, in charge of the botanical, _agricultural and forest departments at Buitenzorg, Java, made a short visit to the Philippine Islands. While here he expressed a desire to have a representative from the forest department of Java visit the Philippine Islands for the purpose of observing the American methoc1s of logging and lumbering_ He was informed that this Bureau would assist his representative in making this investigation.

In December, 1907, :Mr. Paul Kerbert, a forester in the employ of the Dutch government of Java, visited the Islanc1s and was taken to various points by the foresters of this Bureau, which included a two weeks' trip to the concession of the Insular Lumber Company in N OTthern 1\egros, where he made observations on the conditions connected with steam 77321--2

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logging in a comparati,'ely level country. He also visited Bagnio and Lamao.

A letter was received at this office after lVlr. Kerbert's return to Java, in which Mr. Kerbert stated that he had, in his report, made the following recommendations : First, that the government of Java purchase two American logging donkey engines and employ an American expert logger to work in the teak forests in Java. Second, that the government have the forests of the wild and undeveloped Island of Sumatra explored and investigated by American foresters, securing four of the latter from the Philippine Bureau of Forestr~路 . eARNIYAL EXHIBIT.

During the carnival, held in Manila in February last, the Bureau of Forestry furnished an attractive and instructive exhibit of the forest resources of the Philippine Islands.

AGUSAN VALLEY.

Several rep.orts are on file in this office relating, in a popular way, stories of the marvelous forest resources of the Agusan Valley, Mindanao.

Forester W. 1. Hutchinson was sent to this valley in May, 1907, to study 'its forest resources. He confined his studies to a tract on the east side of the valley ~etween the Tagabaca and Gibong Rivers, a tract some 2,000 square mi\es in area. The tract contains approximately 1,293,000 acres of timber land, 27,000 acres of unwooded land, of which approximately 2,600 acres are under cultivation. Lumbering operations had never been carried on in this valley for other than local use. More than 80 per cent of the timber is soft wood such as is now being logged profitably in N egl'os.

The report of the investigation by Forester Hutchinson is very interesting and instructive, and would be of much value in planning future investigations in this valley. One copy will be forwarded to the provincial government of Agusan.

DIVISION OF ADMINISTRATION .

'1'he field work of this service is carried on by two divisions, namely: the division of administrat~on and the division of investigation. The field force of the di\'ision of administration consists of five foresters, six assistant foresters, eight rangers, and one temporary ranger. This division has charge of the supervision of all logging operations; in fact, it looks after all matters pertaining to the conservation and protection of our forest resources, regulates licenses, inspects public lands desired for

9 homesteads, etc., and cooperates with the division of investigation in collecting botanical and other material, making durability tests, mapping, etc.

FOREST FIRE PROTECTION.

Good results were obtained during the year by the employment, during the dry season, of Igorot fire wardens in northern Luzon. Large areas of pine land which in former years were swept by fire were protected, and as a result extensiTe areas are now covered by pine seedlings, which in about three years will be large enough to withstand the average light fires. The number of fire wardens will probably be increasec1" during the coming year and vigorous efforts made to extend the area under fire protection.

INSPECTION OF CUTTING AREAS.

The forest officers in this division inspected during the year 448 cutting areas. These inspections included practically all lumbering operations of importance.

INSPECTION OF HOMESTEADS, ETC.

In accordance with the provisions of law no public lands can be sold, leased, or homesteaded 'until such lands are certified by the Bureau of Forestry as more valuable for agricultn1Je ' than for forest purposes. In accordance with this provision, 2,583 parcels of public land were certified by this office, 52 of which were certified as more valuable for forest purposes and r~tained as public forest.

CONFERENCE AND SCHOOL OF INSTRUOTION.

The foresters are taking much interest in the instruction of their Filipino assistants in the science of forestry, and very satisfactory progress has been made in this direction. After years of observation and elimination a field force of Filipino forest officers is being formed which promises well. At the close of the annual conference this year, this force will be convened in :Manila for instruction in theoretical and practical forestry. A practical school of instruction will be started near the scene of logging operations of the Cadwallader Company, in the Province of Bataan, after which an examination will be held and each employee given a rating. In future all applicants for the position of ranger will be given a technical examination. To prepare for such an examination the applicant will find it necessary to join a neld force as a temporary ranger, and should his field service be considered satisfactory, he will be allowed to take the prescribed examinations.

10 PERSONNEL.

During the past fiscal :year, the following changes were noted in the personnel of the Bureau.

Appointments (probational) .......................... ...............................

Appointments (promotion) ............................ '.' ... "'" ...................

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Deaths ..................................................................................................

Transfer from the Bureau................................................................

Temporary appointments for periods ranging from a week to six months..................................................................................

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There are several technical positions vaca;nt, and it appears to be a difficult matter to secure a tran.sfer to our service of foresters from the United States. The graduates of the United States forest schools find attractive openings not only in the United States FOTe t Service but also with large lumber and railroa.d companies, with the State governments, and in the leading colleges as instructors.

The vaca.ncies in the Filipino field force will be filled gradually, as soon as suitable men capab~e of ful1illing the new requirements can be found. During the :year the Bureau has emplo:yed as temporary rangel's a number of young Filipinos who have had good school training. Three to six months field service will enable the foresters in charge of parties to judge of the capabilities of the various applicants and will also afford each applicant sli.fficientl time and experience to enable him to make up his mind whether or not he wishes to continue in this line of work.

Forester H. D. Everett, in charge of the forest dish-ict of the Visayas, and two Filipino rangers were treacherously murdered by wild mountain people while inspecting and mapping the forests of the Bayauan Mountains in southern N egros, about UaJ.' 11, 1908.

DIVISION OF INVESTIGATION.

The scope of the work of this division, formerly lmown as the division of forest products, was enlarged early in the present fiscal year. Broadly speaking, it has for its object the investigation of the value and extent 'of the forest resources of the Islands.

The field force in the division consists of three foresters, three assistant foresters, a;nd four temporary rangers.

FOREST MAPS.

The plan of making a forest map of the Islands, outlined in the last report, has been pushed with great vigor during the past year. Forest maps have been completed of a greater part of central and southern Luzon, the Island of Mindoro and the Zamboanga Peninsula of Mindanao; also isola.ted areas of other parts of the Islands. The importance of this la.nd classification can not be o\erestimated. It will show def-

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initel)' for each province the extent of the commercial forest, and of grass, parang, and cultivated areas. In short, it will be the basis of a more rational forest policy for the Islands.

WORKING PLANS.

During the year the timber tract of the Pori Banga lumber concession of the district of Zamboanga Peninsula of Mindanao was investigated.

This tract, covering approximately 137.5 square miles, was mapped in detail, and a large number of valuation surveys made and other data collected preparatory to making a preliminary working plan. The results will be published in the form of a bulletin. :r.mSEIDI AND HERBARIUU COLLECTIONS.

The museum, at the close of the last fiscal year, contained 826 numbers of wood samples with 2,409 duplicate hand specimens for distribution.

This year there have been added 1,459 numbers; the museum, therefore, contains a total of 2,285 numbers. While a large number of duplicate hand specimens have been distributed, yet, a larger number have been added, so that there are, now in the museum 5,803 small samples ready for distribution. The number of species on hand at the close of last year was 336; there have been added, this year, 150, making a total of 486. With the aid of the \Bureau of Science, by means of the wood and botanical specimens, the Bureau 0;ÂŁ Forestry has acquired the proper identification of a large number of arboreal species, including nearly all of the principal timbers found in the Manila market. However, the wood collections are far from being completed. Many unknown woods still come to the Bureau for identification. As there are no authentic specimens of these, it is not possible to classify them. The recent demand of the railway companies for very durable timbers for railway ties is rapidly diminishing the supply of such woods as Molave, Ipil, Yacal, and others. Many timbers of which little is known are, therefore, thrown on the market as substitutes. Some of these are apparently as good as those for which they are substituted, but others are undoubtedly inferior. Many such substitutes are brought to this Bureau for identification, and in some instances can not be determined because authentic specimens are not in the present wood collection. Such collections will be made as soon as possible.

Ever since its organization the Bureau of Forestry has endeavored to increase the knowledge of the forest flora of the Philippine Islands by collecting specimens for the herbarium of the Bureau of Science. Up to July 1, 1907, there had been collected a total of 10,020 sheets. During the present fiscal year, there have been turned over to the Bureau of Science 4,089 numbers, which makes a total of 14,109 sheets credited to

12 the Bureau ef Ferestry in the herbarium ef the Bureau ef Science. It is net teo much to' say that a large part ef eur knewledge cencerning the scientific identity ef the ferest trees is based upen these cellectiens.

This werk ef identificatien, in charge ef the betanist ef the Bureau ef Science, has pregressed almest as rapidly as the collectiens have been depesited. In seme instances the specimens have been sent to' Eurepean specialists. 1'here are at present mere than 2,000 native tree specie~ listed in the herbarium.

Seme idea ef the cemplexity ef the ferest can be had by cemparisen.

The whele ef N erth America, nerth ef MexicO', centains appreximately 640 tree species. The Philippine Islands, abeut equal in area to' the territeTy ef Arizena, prebably .centains thTee to' feur times this number.

On the Lamae Ferest Reserve alene, embracing appreximately 17 square miles, there have been cellected 548 tree species er nearly as many as there are in N erth America, nerth ef MexicO'.

It is planned to' centinue during the ceming year the cellectiens ef weed and herbarium specimens. This werk, as in the past, will be carried en in cennectien with the mapping and with the cellectiens ef ferest data. The intentien is to' have as cemplete cellectiens as pessible frem each prevince, sO' that the geegraphical distributien ef the timber trees eS1Jecially will be better knewn, and sO' that there will be en hand in the museum ef this Bureau weed samples ef all species.

ROTES ON T;HE FOREST AND TREES IN THE FOREST .

In cennectien with the mapping ef ferest and ether land areas and the accumulatien ef data fer preliminary werking plans, an effert has been made to classify the ferest types and to' lecate and estimate the stand ef the principal bedies ef timber with a view to' setting aside such tracts as ferest reserves. Again, fer seme years, the Bureau has been cellecting data concerning the characteristics ef trees. This includes tree descriptiens and silvicultural habits. The data cellected are new being cempiled fer publicatien.

Feresters in beth the divisiens ef investigatien and administratien have cellected netes ef varieus kinds cencerning ferest preducts. A large number ef these have been prepared under headings suita.ble fer cataleguing and filing. These add materially to' eur knewledge ef the ferest pre ducts ef the Islands.

DURABILITY TESTS.

The durability tests started in previeus yeaTS have been pushed as Tapidly as the limited fe,rce peTmits. At the clese ef this fiscal year the number ef tests started is 156, nearly all ef which have been placed during this year. This dees net include a large number ef woeds cellected, which, as seen as they can be prepared, will increase materially the number given abeve. Sufficient time has net, as yet, elapsed to'

13 obtain results from any of these tests. A.side from the proper determination of woods it is believed that the most important need concerning Philippine timbers is a more definite knowledge of their ability to resist the attacks of fungi and the white ants.

It is hoped that for the coming fiscal year someone can be obtained to take charge of these tests and to' cooperate with other Bureaus and commercial firms who have charge of construction work throughout the Islands.

At present the museum includes the following: Large (3 feet) __________________________________

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1. Floor specimens of wood :Medium (2t feet) -------------------------48 • Small (It feet) ________________________________ 38 2. Shelf specimens of wood (not over 18 inches) ______________________ 797 3. Hand specimens of wood (4 by 6~ inches) ________________________ ____ 5,803 4. Plank specimens of selected wood_____________________________________ _______ 58 5. Resins, gums, etc__________________________________________________________________________ 73 6. Wood oils ___ .________________________________________________________________________________ 10 7. Gutta-percha ______________________________ __________________________________________________ 37 8. Rubber _________________________________ ________ ________________________________________________ 27 9. Tanbark and dyebark__________________________________________________________________ 28 10. Other barks __________________________________________________________________________________ 10 11. Bamboos ________________________________________ ._________________________________ ____________ 9 12. Bejucos ___________________________________________ .____________________________________________ 207 13. Fruits and seeds of trees____________________________________________________________ 198 14. :l\Ianufactured articles of forest products____________ ____________________ 36 26 15. Manufactured products ____________________________________________________________

The floor and wall space of the museum has become so crowded that it has been thought advisable to make arrangements to transfer all except the working portion of it to a larger room. Such a room has been secured, and as soon as prepared most of the exhibition part of the present museum material will be transferred to it, and added to from time to time.

DISTRIBUTION AND IDENTIFICATION OF WOOD SAMPLES.

During the year there have been distributed a large number of hand specimens 4 by 6f inches in dimensions. The object of this is to place as many authentically identified specimens as possible in the hands of those who will make proper use of them. There are on hand now 5,803 samples ready for distribution.

The excellent work of Dr. Foxworthy, of the BUTeau of Science, on the woods of the Philippines makes him most competent to identify Philippine woods; hence nearly all woods submitted for identification were forwarded to him. His valuable publication entitled "Philippine Woods" brings a great deal of this information into such shape that the principal woods can now be more easily identified than formerly, hence a great deal of the work of determination can be performed by forest officers.

14 TThfBER-TESTING LABORATORY.

With the exception of the preparation of museum specimens of wood, no work has been done at the timber-testing laboratory during this fiscal year. This was due to the inability to obtain a manager to take charge of the laboratory.

PUBLICATIONS.

The following publications have been issued during the present fiscal year: 1. Bulletin No. -", ?'evised.-Mechanical Tests, Properties, and Uses of Thirtrfour Philippine Woods; Philippine Sawmills, Lumber Market, and Prices. By Rolland Gardner.

2. Bulletin No. 7.-A Preliminary Check List of the Principal Commercial Timbers of the Philippine Islands, by Forester H. N. Whitford.

3. Circular No. 2.~Useful Information Concerning the Philippine Public Forests and Possibilities for Their Exploitation.

In addition to the above, a paper entitled "Philippine Woods," by Dr. F. W. Foxworthy, of the Bureau of Science, was published in the Philippine Journal of Science.

Material is now on hand for three new bulletins as follows: 1. The Forests of Mindoro.

2. The Forests of Oentral and Soutbern Luzon.

3. Preliminary Working Plans for the Port Banga Lumber Ooncession and the Forest Oonditions of Zamboanga Peninsula.

Additional data 11ave been selected for a bulletin on the fiTst ten Philippine woods noted in tbe last annual report; also, there is being compiled all information available concerning the description of the principal Philippine trees with a view to a publication ' in the form of a bulletin entitled, "Easy Identification of the Principal Philippine Trees."

EDUCATIONAL WORK.

One line of work that needs special attention is that connected with the spreading of information concerning the attitude of tbe Bureau toward our public forests. This can be done by the forest officers.

Already lantern slides have been prepared for illustrated lectures. It is especially recommended tbat arrangements be made with the Bureau of Education, in accordance with Act No. 1829, for public lectures by the forest officers in English and in the native dialects, both to the school cbildren in the different provinces and to other inhabitants of the same.

It is thought that this will be our best method for disseminating ~'nowl足 edge concerning tbe forests, tbe forest policy of this Bureau, and the relation of homesteads to the forest.

15 MINDORO.

In connection with the investigation by the forest officers of the forest resources of the Island of Mindoro their attention was drawn forcibly to the large and undeveloped area of valuable agricultural land laying between the foothills and the eastern coast of the island.

The route of a proposed road through this region was sketched and data collected showing the possibilities of building such a road. This investigation indicates that the cost of such a road will not be very gTeat, and that the road would open up several hund.Ted thousand acres of the richest agricultural land in the Philippine Islands, all within easy access of the coast and Manila. Manila is but ten to twelve hours distant by steamer from Calapan, the proposed northern terminus of the road. The town of Bongabon, 60 odd miles from Calapan would be the southern terminus.

GEORGE P. AHERN, Dil'ectol' of Foresky.

'I'he SEORETARY OF THE INTERIOR, Manila. P . I .

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APPENDIX.

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STATISTICS. List of licenses to cut and gather forest p1'oclucts, granted by the Forestry during the fiscal year 1907-8.

Firewood.

Timber.

Provinces.

Gratuitous.

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pro~ucts.

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By Bu. By s~b· By Bu. By s~b- By Bu- By sub- By Bu- By s~b· ordlordl' ordl' ordi· Teau. nates. reau. nates. reau. nates. reau. nates.

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~fb~S;~-================ Antique________________ Bataan_________________ Batangas ______________ Benguet _______________ Bohol __________________ Bulacan _______________ Cagayan -______________ Camarines _____ .. _______ Capiz _________________ Cavite ----------------Cebu ___________________ llocos Norte ___________ !locos Su!._____________ Iloilo __________________ lsabela________________ La Laguna ____________ Lepanto·Bontoc _______ Leyte __________________

39 19 2 2 5 12 Hi 1 2 8 17 __ ----_ 8 45 _________ .______ 5 31~6 -------5- -__-_--__--_-_-_ 11 26 5 y______ ________ 16 71 - t ---- -- __ -_-_-__.. -_-_-_ 9 3 4 7 29 2 21 32 27 16 3 35 27 5 _______________ .

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Moro___________________ 51 Nueva Rcija. ___________ 34 Nueva Visca.ya_________ 1 Occidental Negros_____ 33 Oriental Negros________ 7 Palawa.n _______________ 27 Pampa.nga. ____________ 10 Pangasioa.n ____________ 55 RizaL__________________ 8 Subprovince Rombloo_ 7 Sa.mar ________________ 7 Sorsogon______________ 40 Surigao _______________ 30 Tarla.c _________________ 24 Tayabas _______________ 32 Union__________________ 13 Zambales _____________ 29 Miscellaneous__________ ________ TotaL. ___________ ---:ria

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11 24 3 2 53 8 5 1 ____ ____ ________ 13 27 ________ ________ 2 ________ ________ ________ 13 44 2 _______ _______ 95 10 13 3 ________ ________ 23 ________ ______ 8 ________ ________ 1 32 1 6 1 ________ ________ 1 47 ________ 34 4 ________ _______ 13 1 23 1 _______ ________ 10 ________ ________ ________ ________ ______ ________ 7 1 17 2 ________ ________ 5 4 ________ 49 1 ________ ________ 69 1 ________ .1 1 2 6 _______ .. ____ ____ 9 2 _______ ________ 6 105 1 66 2 _______ ________ 84 10 ________ ________ 5 _______ . ________ ________ 1 ________ 25 3 ________ ________ 43 ________ ________ ________ 1 ________ ________ ________

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20 Registration ot p1'ivate woodlands in the Bureau ot F01'estry in accordance u;ith section 24 ot the Forest Act. Number of titles to private woodlands registered in the Bureau of Forestry during the fiscal year 1907-8..........................................................

6 Total area of private woodlands registered in the Bureau of Forestry during the fiscal year 1907-8 ........................................................ hectares....

618 Number of titles to private woodlands registered in Bureau of Forestry up to June 30, 1908 ... _.......................................................................................

175 Total area of private woodlands registered in Bureau of Forestry up to June 30, 1908 .................................................................................... hectares .... 0284,311

Report ot the utiUzat-ion ot tOl'est p1"oduots trom pubUo July 1, 1907, to June 30, 1908.

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private t01路ests.

Minor products.

Timber.

Provinces.

First group.

Albay ___________________ Ott. meters.

139 Am bos Camarines _______ 339 Antique ____________________________ _ Bataan __________________ 230 Batangas _____ ,__________ 82 Benguet.

----------------1 ' 60 Bohol ___________________ 448 Bulacan ______ ___________ 99 Cagayan_________________ 2,003 Capiz _____________________________ __ _ Cavi te _____ ______ ____ ____ 14 Cebu ____________________ I1ocos Norte ______ . ______ 96 I1ocos Sur _______________ 497 Iloilo ____________________ 132 IsabeJa __________________ 849 La Laguna _____________ ..

3 La Union________________ 221 Lepanto路Bontoc _________ 151 Leyte____________________ 204 Mindoro_____ ____________ 1,498 Misllmis _______ __________ 85 Moro ___________________ .

6,590 Nueva Ecija_____________ 776 Nueva Vizcaya __________ 46 Occidental Negros_______ 1,277 Oriental Negros _________ 99 Palawan ________________ 3,554 Pampanga ______________ 5 Pangasinan _____________ 758 Rizal ____________________ 10 Romblon ________________ 137 Samar ___________________ 502 Sorsogon ________ . __ . ____ 1,926 Surigao__________________ 53 TarJac___________________ 273 Tayabas _________________ 1,622 Zambales________________ 694 Total ______________ 25,586 ~14

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Lower groups.

Ott.

Total.

Firewood.

Charcoal.

Tanbark.

me(el's. Ou. mete,路s. Cu. meters.

O,t. meters. Quintals. b 738 ____________ 317 635 958 18 15,976 259 2,246 675 5,040

1, 443

360 59 460

41

956

337

647 1,333 47

44

1,354

9,046

774 3,720 _______________________ _ 1,297 ____________ ________ ____ 55 18 27,520 225 ___________ _ 16,206 51 6,298 _____ .______ 341 2,306 221 10 2, 998 1,123 165 ___________ _ 7,001 5,139 1 455 3,446 1,280 ____________ ____________ ' 53 360 17,812 27 ___________ _ 73 4,290 962 50 574 1,491 137 323 3 ___________ _ 2,991 1,453 583 7 469 14,713 1,496 2,034 _____________ __________ _ 1,336 7 _______________________ _ 268 195 ------3~02i- ----------3- ---- ---342-1,558 4,175 153 1,967 10,544 164

79 8,259 810 27 11,406 71 104 1,625 1,206

12,683

278 226 1,377 138 3,917

728 3,303 191

66

4,916

14,849 1,586 73

170

3,658 1,630

1,964 76 415

4,190

2,253

6,538 2,947

78,692

104,278

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1,190 2 2,015 ___________ _ 8,082 210 372 34,723

5,517

12,768 70

2,713

454 786 182 17 39 ____________ ____________

7,129 93 36 1,419 21,080 ___ . ________ 1,733 0192,526

3,777

627

177 262 674 _________ . __ 623 _ ______ _____ ___________ _ 1,355 3,955 428 33 315

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o Equivalent to 702,248 acres. b Metric quintal of 220.46 pounds. c Approximately 3,150 cubic meters, or 3 pel' cent, cut from registered private woodlands.

21 Rr'port of the utilization of forest products from public and private forests, July 1, 1907, to June 30, 190B-Continued,

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Minor products.

Provinces.

Dyebark. Wood oils.

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QuilntalJi,·

IAle?'s.

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mastic.

Gum

Rattan.

Pitch.

Dyewood.

Quintals.·

Pieces.

Quimtals..

Qwintals,.

2~~: ggg

2, ============ Ambos Oamarines_______ ============ ____________ ____________ --------225904 18,681,885 35 ============ ___________ _ Antique _____________ . ___ ____ L______ ____________ ____________ 25,000 _______________________ _ Bataan __________________ ___________ ____________ 14 7,325,645 _______________________ _ Batangas ________________ ____________ ____________ ____________ 172,981 1 ___________ _ Bohol ___________________ ____________ ____________ ____________ 43,000 _______________________ _ Bulncan _________________ ____________ ____________ 4 1,246,175 _______________________ _ Oagayan_________________ ____________ ____________ ____________ 3,137,630 _______________________ _ Oapiz ____________________ 206 ____________ ____________ 10,000 ___________ 19 Cebu ___________________ 385 ____________ ____________ 426,240 _________ . _____________ _ llocos Norte _____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ 1,000 _______________________ _ llocos Sur _______________ ____________ ____________ ____________ 116,100 _______________________ _ Iloilo ____________________ 57 801 ____________ 29, ROO ____________ 22,782 IsabeJa __________________ ____________ ____________ ____________ 300 _______________________ _ La Laguna ____________________ ____________ ____________ 932,680 _______________________ • Leyte____________________ ____________ 9,929 ____________ 2,074,051 4 ___________ _ ~_____

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Moro ____________________ ________ 31 ============ ____________ 7,025 Nueva Ecija_____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ Ocoidental Negros ___________________.

9,254 ____________ Oriental Negros _______________ 3,841 ____________ ~____

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_________ _________ Rizal ____________________ 56 ____________ ____________ Romblon ________________ 9 1,212 53 Samar ___________________ 125 1,161 9 Sorsogon __ __ ______ ______ 101 340 34 Surigao __________________________L__ 600 _________ TarJac ____________ . ______________ ""\___ ____________ 11 Tayabas __________ . ______ 86 ____________ . 398 I Zombales _________ 75 9

n_____

Total _________ 1-___

n__ .n_____

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1, 2,935,000 849 ___________ _ 2,141,700 _______________________ _ 5,702,715 _______________________ _ 3,551,200 _______________________ _

3i~: ~g ============ ============_ ______________________

1,069,690 52,000 991,400 9, 152, 260 146, 800 181,830 1,526,535 456,300

26 ___________ _ _______________________ _ 152 ___________ _ ______________________ _ _______________________ _ 324 ___________ _ ____ 1

n________ n________

1-----1--·---- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 -

1,367

27,154

9,439

67,299,082

1,391

22,801

• Metric quintal of 220.46 pounds.

Gutta-percha and rubber_. ___ ...... _................. _................ _........ _...... metric quintals ... _ 896 Diliman (vine used for tying fish traps) ....................................... _............ pieces.... 1,595,849

22 Amount of timber cut by leading licensees dll?-ing fiscal yew/' 1'908, a,ccm-ding to invoices received by the Bureau of lntel-nal Revenue_ Licensee,

Amount cut.

Location.

Insular Lumber Co., __________________ Redding & Williamson' _______________ Reiss & Mitchell' ______________________ Tayabas Sawmill and Lumber Co.a ____ Mindoro Lumber and Logging Co., ___ John Gibson ___________________________ Benguet Commercial Co. _____________ Beebe, Lyon & Co. ____________________ Unisan Timber Cutters' Association ___ Miguel Malvar ________________________ Salvador Linao ________________________ Vicente Mijares _______________________ I. Frank Roeder _______________________ Felix Labasan _______________________ ~ E. J. Pfleider __________________________ Vda. de Verchez ______________________

Cadiz Nuevo and Sagay, Occidental Negros-Zamboanga, Moro____________________________ Pasacao, Camarines _______________ .___________ Guinayangan, Tayabas_______________________ Pinamalayan, Mindoro ______________________ PinamHlayan and Bulalacao, Mindoro ______ Baguio, Benguet _____________________________ Zamboanga, Moro _______'________________ "____ Pitogo, Tayabas ______________________________ Balanga and Orion, Bataan _________________ :r.Ioron, Bataan _______________ :_______________ Dinalupijan, Bataan _________________________ Cotabato, Moro_______________________________ Subic, Zambales______________________________ Cauayan, Occidental Negros _____ ____________ Calauag, Tayabas ____________________________

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Chas. A. Barber _______________________ Pinamalayan, Mindoro ______________________

m~~~~rL~;~~~e======================== _~~~~co ~~_~~~~=~============================== Puerto Princesa, Palawan____________________

Ramon Murga------------------------Leoncio Marquez ______________________ Juan Morente _________________________ Eugenio Loreto ______________________ Kaad & Holmsen ______________________ Pascual Bernabe ____ ____ ______________ Arturo H. Bernardo ___________________ AStig~rraga & Co._______________________ --------------------BraulJo Tongco

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Bagac. Bataan _____________________________ 1;'inamalayan, Mindoro _____________________ _ Bagac, Bataan _______________________________ Puerto Princesa, Palawan____________________ Angat, Bulacan ______________________________ Sablar,an, Mindoro___________________________ Cf!-1I1a a~ ~ugan, Cagayan --------------------Dmalupl)an, Bataan _________________________

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Cit. metm路s.

5,002

4,322

613 415 97

2,139 2,122 1,781 1,546 1,359 1,318 1,249 1,121 992 960 917

742 %f ~~g 621 ~~~

570 557

551 544 ~~;~

Total _________________ ., _________________________________________________________ I ~~ n b

Twenty1ear license agreement.

Equivalent to about 10,694,700 feet board measure.

Total amount of timbel! cut by all licensees: 73,637 cubic meters, equivalent to about 22,091,100 feet board measure.

Of the 1,186 timber licenses granted during the fiscal year, 558 licensees took advantage of their licenses.

Statement sho~ving amounts of impo?-tant timbers, by species, cut in the Philippine Islands, dUj-ing the fiscal yea?- 1908, acco路r ding to invoices j-eceived by BW'eatt of Internal Revenue_ Amount cut.

Species.

Lauan ____________________________ _ Cu. metm路8.

19,758

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13,696 9,937

Molave ___________________________ _ Ipil _______________________________ _ Yacal _____________________________ _ N arra. _____________________________ _

8,499 6,908

5,424 4,396

Amount cut.

Species.

Dungan ____________________________ _ Cit. meters.

2,233 Tanguile---------- _________________ _ 1,838 Amuguis- __________________________ _ 1,546 Tindalo ____________________________ _ 1,018 Acle ________________________________ 860 Macaasin __________________________ _ 844 Calantas ___________________________ _ 804

I'm-ports and exports of lumbe1- in th~ Philippine Islands, fiscaL yea?- 1908.

Imports.

From the Un"'" ,to", ___________

Exports.,

Feet B. M. I "t. '" ____________

Feet B. JI. n

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______ n

___ n

___ n

__ n

________ n n n

5.

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It is to be noted that during the past fiscal year the imports from the United States have diminished about one-half and that there is a slight increase in the amount of lumber imported from other countries, as compared with the imports of the previous fiscal year_ On the other hand, the exports of Philippine lumber to the United States and to other countries, have increased_ The people of the United States and other countries are gradually becoming acquainted with our woods, and it is expected th,a t within a few years there will be a steady demand for Philippine timber. .

The Quartermasters Department, United States Army, has imported (free of duty) the following lumber from the United States, for use in military constJ:uction, etc. : Feet B, M.

Oregon Pine .__ ._____________________________________________ .____ --------------------------.----.------------------ 5,003,897 Poplar ______________________ ._________ . _____________________ ------------------ ____________________________________ -. __ 9,523 Oak .___________________________________________________________________ ._______________________________________ ---------_ 53,667 Redwood __________________ .__________________________________________________________________________________ . _______ _ 19,110 Total __________________________________________________________ _____ .____________ .___________________________ "5,086,197 R

An increase of over 2,000,000 feet board measure over the amount imported last year.

Applications for permits to make cavngins, or forest clewr,ings, July 1, 1907, to June 30, 1908. ,

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On private lands.= l On public Grantedlands, granted 1 - - - - - , - - - by forests Bymuofficers.

By forest nicipal presiofficers. dents.

Provinces.

Batllan _______________ ____________________ ____________

148

ii~~~-ÂŁfoite====~===========~========================= Ilocos Sur ____________________________________________ Iloilo _______________________ __________________________

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83~

2 ___________

Total.

2

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1,22<!

14 1 15 1 ________________________________ _

Lepan to-Bontoc____ ______ ________ __________ ____ ______ HI! ______ _____________________ _____ _ Mindoro______________________________________________ 222 2 ___________ 2 1I1oro ____________________________________________ ____ 29 _________ _______________________ _ Nueva Ecija__________________________________________ 11 3 ___________ 3 Ocoidental Negros ___________________________________ ___________ 1 ___________ 1 Palawan _____________________________________________ 200 6 ___________ 6 Pangasinan ______________ ____________________________ 16 ________________ ________________ _ Sorsogon _____________________________________________ 7 ________________________________ _ Tayabas ____________ __________________________________ 3 8 ___________ 8 Union ____ ~ 1 2 h _ h _____ h

h _ h h _______ h

____ h h h ____ h

Total___________________________________________

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2,956

37

3

40

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hom esteads, 1Jm'chase and lease of public lands. July 1, 1907, to June 30, 1908.

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Certified as more val nable for agricul turn I or forest purposes.

Homestead.

Sale.

Lense.

Provinces.

AgriCUltural.

Forest.

Total.

Agricultuml.

Forest.

Total.

Agricnlturnl.

Total.

Gmnd total.

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AI bay ______________ _ Ambos Camarincs __ Antique ___________ _ Bntslftn _____________ _ Cagayan ___________ _ Capiz _________ __ ___ _ Cebu _______________ _ I1ocos Norte _______ _ I1ocos Sur __________ _ Iloilo _______________ _ Isabela _____________ _ La Laguna _________ _ Lepanto-Bontoc ____ _ Leyte ______________ _ Mindoro ___________ _ Misamis __________ __ _ Moro _______________ _ Nueva Ecija _______ _ Occiden lal Negros __ Oriental Negros ____ _ Palawan ___________ _ Pampanga __________ _ Pangasinan ____ ____ _ RizaL ______________ _ Sorsogon ___________ _ Surigao ____________ _ Tarlac _____________ _ Tayabas ____ ________ _ UniOn ______________ _ Zambales __________ _

34

270 4

12 38 80 6 40 50 25

1 4

2 1

54

13 1 33 ll8 1 6 311 142

8 29

6 2 1 3 9 1 5

4

9

34 --------- ---- ---- ---- ---- --------- -------271 ----- ._-- ---- ---- . --- ---- --------- ---- ---:; --------- -------- ---- .. --- --------- -------12 2 2 1 1 38 1 1 ----- ---- -------81 1 2 --------- -------1 4 10 4 --------- -------42 9 9 ---.----- -------51 3 3 --------- -------25 ----- ---- ------_. -------- --------- -------54 1 ---- ---1 --------- -------2 ---- ---2 --------- -------19 1 --------- ---- ---- --- - ---- ------ --- ---- ---35 ---- ---119 2 -------1 1 --------- -------6 18 - ------2 ---- ---314 2 1 1 151 --------- -------- -------1 1 9 --------- ----- --- --- - - --- --------- ---- ---34 2 -------2 2 2 4 --------- ---- ---- ---- ---- --------- ---- ---198 3 -------3 20 5 ---- ---5 2 2 201 ---- ----- ---- ---- ------- - --------- ---- ---18 ----- ---- -------- ---- ---- ---- ----- -------104 --------- -------- - ------- --------- ---- ---10 ---- ---609 10 --------- -------30 ----- -'2- ---- - ----------- -------2 --------- -------11 --------

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34 271 5 15 39 83 14

51 54

25 55 21 I

35 122 1 24 317 152 9 38 4

189 20 200 18 104 606 30 10

1

TotaL__ _________

2,456

51

2,507

49

1

50

26

26

2,583

RECAPITULATION. Fiscal year ]908 ____ â&#x20AC;˘ Fiscal year 1907 _____ Fiscal year 1906 _ ___

2,456 881 318

;'1 19 16

2,507

49 23 20

1

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26 12 1

26 12 1

2,583 935 356

1 3

900 334

1

23 21

201 27 201 18 104 619 30 13

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FiscaI1~~~::_I~~~~~~~~~I~I_~ ~ ~ ~--d-~ ==~~I NOTE.-Number of applications for homestead, purchase or lease of public lands, pending inspection and certification on June 30, 1908, 880.

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Revenue from the sale of forest products, fiscal year 1908 .

~____p_r_o_Vl_'n_c_e_s_'_________ I__~ ___o_u_n_t'__ II __________p__ ro_Vl_·_n_ce_s_·_________ I___ A_In_O_u_n_t__ . !f~:;~_===========================

Ambos CaInarines _______________ _ A ntique_- ________________________ _ Bataan ..__________________________ _ Batangas _________________________ _ Benguet ____________________ ____ _ Bohol ____________________________ _ Bulacan _________________________ _ Cagayan _________________________ _ Capiz ___________________________ _ Cavite ___________________________ _ Cebu _____________________________ _ llocos Norte ______________________ _ llocos Sur ________________________ _ Iloilo ________________ ____________ _ lsabela___________________________ _ La Laguna _______________________ _ La Union ________________________ _ Lepanto-Bontoc __________________ _ Leyte ____________________________ _ ~

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"P"58.28 2,937.84 7,384.17 99.03 4,129.38 1,300.45 2,170.98 849.55 5,157.94 7,274.82 2,684.48 555.46 7,594.58 718.37 4,284.68 14,023.69 4,118.17 1,348.94 1,267.25 823.82 5,598.87

Manila __________________________ . __ 1"78,127.17 Mindoro ___________________________ 2,571.15 MisaInis____________________________ 1,082.54 Moro___________________ ______ ______ 15,829.48 Nueva Viscaya ____________________ 256.75 Nueva Ecija _______________________ 4,109.81 Occidental Negros _________________ 6,407.92 Oriental Negros_____________________ 1,374.96 Palawan ___________________________ 2,476.26 Pampanga _________________________ 2,216.45 l'angasinan _____________ ~__________ 4,909.14 RizaL______________________________ 2,025.87 Samar______________________ _______ 1,737.95 Sorsogon ___________________________ 5,541. 64 Surigao ____________________________ 827.16 Tarlac _____________________________ 2,329.07 Tayabas____ ____ ____________________ 4,190.91 Zambales _________________________ 1,175.64 'l'otaL _______

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Of the above aInount 1"129,602_65 was collected on tiInber, 1"24,335_57 on firewood, and 1"57,632.40 on other minor forest products_

Expenditures by Btl1-eaU of F'01'estry, July 1, 1907, to June 30, 1908.

OFFICE FORPE Al"D GENERAL EXPENSES_

Salaries and wages _______________ .. ___________ .________ .. ____ __._________________ _ F'22,374_26 Per diems _.. ___ .... __________ .____ ._______ __ __ ._. ________ .. _________________ .__________ _ 190_50 Postage and telegrams _____________ ________ .________ ._ ._______ ____ .____________ _ 697_94 Transportation, etc _________________________ .. ____ . _____________ .. __ .... _______ .__ _ 4,396.38 Repairs and miscellaneous expenses _____ ._ .. _________________________ ._ 1,502.38 Supplies _____ .. _______ .______________________ _______ __________________________ .__________ _ 2,587 _61 Purchase wood samples_. ___________________________ .______ .__________________ _ 116_69 Office rent and maintenance .. _______________________________________________ _ 894.93 Printing and binding ____________________________________________________ .___ _____ _ 1,437_16 Refunds after expiration of contract service ___________________ _ 4,291.04 P38,488_86 DIVISION OF ADMINISTRATION_

Salaries and wages .. ____________ ._. __________________________ .___________________ _ F'35,216.66 Labor hire __ .. _____ ______ ___________________ ___________ .______________________________ .__ _ 1,135.50 Per diems _____________________________________________________________ .. _______________ __ 5,191.54 Postage and telegrams __________________________;., _____________________________ _ 232_25 Transportation_ etc _________________________ :_____________________________________ _ 3,605_00 Office rent __________________ ._____ .____________________________________________ .______ .__ _ 384_00 Other field expenses ____________________ ._______________________________ .__________ _ 1,001.00 46,765_95

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26 lfla;peQtdlitwres by Bureau of F01'estry, JuLy 1, 1901, to June 30, 190B-Continued.

DIVISION OF INVESTIGATION.

Salaries and wages ... _______ .. _.. _. ____ .. ____ .____ .__________________________ . ___ _ 'P'14,699_78 Labor hire. ____ .. __ ._____ . _______________ . ____________ ._______ .____ .__ .. ______ .__________ _ 1,210.65 Per diems ______ . ____________ ._____ .. ______ .__ .__________________________________________ _ 2,183.02 Postage and telegj路ams _________ ;____ ... _... _______ .. _______________ ... _________ _ 19.75 Transportation, etc __ .___ .______ . ________________ . ________ . ____ ... ______ ._____ . ___ _ 1045.26 Other field expenses ______________ .___ . _______ .__ . _______________ ~_________________ _ 1,106.10 20,264.56

Total __ .. ________________ .___ ._. ________________ . _______ . _____ ._. __________ . _________ .. _.. _____ .. _______

105,519.37

Outstanding liabilities, fiscal year 1907, paid during fisca:l year 1908__ 1,723.12 -----Total expenditures, fiscal year 1908._ .. _____ .. ________ ._________ ... __ .. ____ . __ .. _.

107,242.49 RECAPITULATION.

Appropriation for fiscal year 1908 ________________ ._. ___________ .___ . _______ .________ .___ .. ____ . 'P'1l1,000.00 Balance from fiscal year 1907 ___ . ___ . __________ .... _____ .__ ._____________ .. _______ . ___ .____________ 1,834.76 Miscellaneous receipts and refunds ____________ ._______________________________________________ 28.81 Total amount available ______________________________________________ .. _____________________ .

Total expenditures, fiscal year 1908 ___________________________________________________________ _

112,863.57 107,242.49

Actual balance on hand June 30, 1908 _____ . __________________ .__________________ _ Outstanding liabilities, fiscal year 1908 (approximately) ___________________ .

5,621.08 5,550.00

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