The Alaska daily empire., 1922-02-04
REGULATIONS ON LEASES FOR FOX
 ISLANDS ISSUED
District Forester Announces Issuance of Instructions
 for Fur Farming.

Regulations governing the issuance of leases of islands in Territorial waters for fur farming purposes have been issued by the Department of Agriculture and were made public today by District Forester Charles H Flory, of the Alaska Forest Service These instructions, said the District Forester, apply only to those islands in Alaskan waters over which ire Forest Service or the Biological Sur yey have control and are not in any way connected with islands under the control of the Department of Interior
 One of the regulations provides for the recall of all permits outstanding and issuance of new ones in conform ity with the new instructions. This, however. will not be put into effect at once. said MT. Flory. It is in tended to make survey of all islands under the jurisdiction of the Forest Service before putting this recall provision into effect. The new regu- lations also provide for issuance of preliminary permits good for a term of three years. This will be ob- served in issuance of leases in the future. Persons DOW holding such leases, it was stated, do so under fivc-year period provision which will be honored by the department, no renewal or extension being required until the expiration of the stated period.
 Issue to Citizens Only
 The new regulations follow in full:
 Permits may be granted to, or leases entered into with citizens of the United States only. Where the permittee or leasee is a corporation 1t must show that at least E per cent of it's stock is owned by citizens of the United States. Should a cor poration which obtains a permit or lease at any time have less than 75 per cent of it's shares of stock owned by citizens of the United States, this shall be sufficient cause for terminal ing the permit or lease.
 Applications for the use of Ma tional Forest land shall be filed with the District Forester, Juneau, Al aaka; for lands under the jurisdic- ton of the Biological Survey with the Chief Game and Fur Warden, Ju neau. Alaska, or where the Aleutian Islands are involved, the Reservation and Fur Warden, Unalaska, Alaska In localities among the Eastern Aleutian Islands in which mail com munication with Unalaska is uncer- tain. applications may be addressed to the Biological Survey, Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C., or to the Chief Fur Warden, Juneau, Alaska The applications must de scribe with as much detail as possible the location of the lands desired the kind of fur-bearing animals which are to be grown, the number and sex of the animals to be introduced for stocking, a statement of the pro posed plan of operation and contem plated improvements and 8 statemen. covering existing improvements When the area applied for has not been previously examined it should be examined, whenever practicable, before the permit is granted, and preferably during the open or sum mer season when its value for fur farming may be determined.
 Limits Leasing Area
 "As general rule, permits or leases should not be granted for islands exceeding 2,500 acres in area or for tracts on the mainland in ex cess of 80 acres Groups of small islands may be covered by single permit where they are so near one another that this seems desirable. Care should be taken, particularly on the mainland, not to authorize the use of land which will result in in terference with contemplated timber operations.
 Time Limit Specified
 Permits or leases will authorize the use of the lands for an eXplora tory or experimental period of ap. proximately three years and for a further period of not exceeding b years. Permits issued by the For est Service will provide that they may be terminated by the District Forester in his discretion since there is no authority under existing law to grant them for any definite per iod It is expected, however, where
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