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military reservations, and the forests of the unreserved public domain. The National forests on Jul}- 1, 1912, had a total area of 187,406,376 acres, or about 300,000 square miles, with an estimated stand of 596 billion feet of timber. Indian reservations are estimated to have a stand of 34 billion feet of timber, the unreserved public domain 14 billion feet, and National parks 11 billion feet. Forest lands belonging to States are estimated to have a stand of 35 billion feet.

The practice of forestry in the United states is mainly on National forests where all timber is cut under methods ]ilanned with reference to the pre duction of a new crop on the same land. National forest administration aims also at utilisation of the forage crop and protection of the water supplies ot the West. Grazing on the National forests is permitted under regulation to prevent injury to young forest growth, streamflow, and permanence of the forage crop. A moderate fee is charged for the grazing privilege.

In the fiscal year 1912 the National forests yielded the Government a revenue of 1,089,702 04 dollars from timber sales, .968,942"26 dollars from grazing fees, and 98,712 27 dollars from special uses of various kinds. The total cut of timber for the year was 554,725,000 feet, of which 123,233,000 feet were cut under free-use privileges. The timber cut under sales brought an average price of 2 dollars per thousand. The number of stock grazed was as follows: — Cattle, 1,403,025 ; horses, 95,343 ; hogs, 4,330; sheep, 7,467,890; and goats, 83,849. The total cost of admini- stering, protecting, and improving the forests was 5,609,521 dollars, and the total expenditures for all work of the Forest Service was 5,919,939 dollars for fiscal year ending June 30, 1911. The total appropriation for the Forest Service in the fiscal year 1913 is 6,533,000 dollars, including an emergency fire fund of 200,000 dollars.

III. Mining.

The following are the statistics of the metallic products of the United States in 1910 and 1911 (long tons, 2,240 lbs. ; short tons, 2,000 lbs.) The values are : for iron and nickel the value at Philadelphia ; for copper, lead, and zinc, the values at New York ; for quicksilver and antimony, the values at San Francisco ; for platinum, the value at New York City ; for aluminium, the value at Pittsburg : —

Metallic Products

Quantity (1910)

Value (1910)

Quantity (1911)

Value (1911)

Dollars"

Dollars

Pig iron. . . . ]

ong tons

26,674,123

412,162,486

23,257,288

327,334,024

Silver (commercial value)

troy oz.

57,137,900

30,854,500

60,399,400

82,615,700

Gold (coining value)

J,

4,657,018

96,269,100

4,687,053

96,890.000

Cop])er ....

pounds

1,080.159.509

1 37,180,257

1,097,282,749

137,154,092

Lead ....

sh. tons

872,227

32,755,976

406,148

86,553,320

Zinc ....

252,479

27,267,732

271,621

30,964,794

Quicksilver.

flasks 1

20,601

958,153

21,256

977,989

Aluminium

pounds

47,734,000

8,955,700

46,125,000

8,084,000

Tin ....

pounds

—

23,447

—

56,635

Platinum

troy oz.

773,000

25,277

940

40,890

Antimonial lead.

sh. tons

14,069

1,338,090

14,078

1,380,556

Nickel ....

pounds

—

89,000

127,000

Total value.

-

747,790,718

—

672,179,600

1 Of 76J avoirdupois pounds net ; of 75 avoirdupois pounds net sin( e June, 1904.

The following are statistics of tie principal non-metallic minerals for two years : —