The growth since the 1st of July 1897 of the area of the national forests, of the expenditures of the government for forestry, and of the receipts from the national forests, is shown by the statement which follows. Though the act of June 4, 1897, became effective immediately upon its passage, the fiscal year 1899 was the first of actual administration, because the first for which Congress made the appropriation necessary to carry out the law. _Area of National Forests, Annual Expenditures of the Federal Government for Forestry and National Forest Administration, and Receipts from National Forests, 1898-1909._ +---------+-----------------+--------------------+--------------+------------------+------------------+-----------------+ | | Area of | | | | | | | Fiscal | National Forests|Division of Forestry| General | Receipts from | Receipts from |Expenditures upon| | Year.[1]| at Close of Year|(Bureau of Forestry,| Land Office. | National Forests.| National Forests,|National Forests,| | | (June 30). | Forest Service). | | | per Acre. | per Acre. | +---------+-----------------+--------------------+--------------+------------------+------------------+-----------------+ | | Acres. | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | | 1898 | 40,866,184 | 20,000.00 | . . | . . | . . | . . | | 1899 | 46,168,439 | 28,520.00 | 175,000.00 | 7,534.83 | 0.00016 | 0.0038 | | 1900 | 46,515,039 | 48,520.00 | 210,000.00 | 36,754.02 | .00078 | .0045 | | 1901 | 46,324,479 | 88,520.00 | 325,000.00 | 29,250.88 | .00063 | .0070 | | 1902 | 51,896,357 | 185,440.00 | 300,000.00 | 25,431.87 | .00049 | .0060 | | 1903 | 62,211,240 | 291,860.00 | 304,135.00 | 45,838.08 | .00074 | .0054 | | 1904 | 62,611,449 | 350,000.00 | 375,000.00 | 58,436.19 | .00093 | .0072 | | 1905 | 85,693,422 | 632,232.36[2] | 217,907.64[2]| 73,276.15 | .00085 | .0059 | | 1906 | 106,994,018 | 1,191,400.21 | . . | 767,219.96 | .00717 | .0089 | | 1907 | 150,832,665 | 1,800,595.20 | . . | 1,571,059.44 | .01041 | .0097 | | 1909 | 167,677,749 | 2,948,153.08 | . . | 1,807,276.66 | .00931 | .0151 | +---------+-----------------+--------------------+--------------+------------------+------------------+-----------------+