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tory are necessary. This provision reduces administrative work 

 considerably and has a tendency to induce the Mexican purchaser 

 to regular and business-like methods. 



The sale areas and depositories included in the table below 

 are located from four to twelve miles from the rangers' head- 

 quarters over very rough trails. Except the sale to purchaser 

 No. 2, all the sales were for dead wood so that marking was 

 unnecessary. The costs of handling these sales follow: 



