198 Forestry Quarterly 



charge of your field of duty. You will also require the Forest 

 Rangers in your charge to submit, through you, weekly reports 

 to this office, showing in detail the daily service rendered by them,, 

 which reports you will forward direct to this office. 



It is further desired that you will submit monthly reports to- 

 this office, through said Superintendent, covering all matters of 

 importance coming to your attention respecting forest reserva- 

 tions; especially in regard to the matters of sheep-grazing and 

 forest fires, being careful to make the several matters the subject 

 of separate communications. 



In regard to fires you will state the dates and numbers of the 

 same, the names and addresses of the parties responsible for their 

 starting or spread, the origin thereof, the locality burned over, 

 the probable area of same, in acres, the extent of the damage done 

 (that is, whether under-growth only was burned, or there was 

 partial or complete destruction of the standing timber), and an 

 estimate of the value of the timber destroyed — stumpage and 

 probable market values ; also state the efifect upon the forest cover 

 and water supply; and all other information of value relating to 

 the subject. It will also be well for you to report the names 

 and addresses of campers and tourists and the degree of care 

 exercised by them to prevent forest fires. 



You will direct the Forest Rangers under your charge to ob- 

 serve closely the operation of the Forest Reserve regulations, and 

 ask them to express their opinions respecting the same, and to 

 make any suggestions in relation thereto that may seem to them 

 to be of advantage in change or modification ; all of which you 

 will submit with your monthly reports, with any comments or 

 recommendations you may deem it advisable to make. 



In addition to submitting monthly reports, you vill keep this 

 office currently advised of all action of importance, taken by you, 

 forwarding your reports through said Superintendent. 



You will have under your direction a force of Forest Rangers 

 to patrol the entire district in your charge, and you will assign to 

 each a specified territory, which it will be his duty to patrol under 

 your orders. Your district should be, as far as practicable, equally 

 distributed among the force assigned to you. Each Ranger will 

 be required to make his headquarters in the territory assigned 

 him, at some elevated central point, to be selected by you, over- 

 looking the surrounding country. 



The duties of these rangers are set forth in a circular addressed 

 to them, copy of which is enclosed herewith ; and you will see to 

 it that they carry out the instructions given therein. 



A supply of circulars, posters, stationery, etc., will be for- 

 warded to you, from which it is desired that you will supply the 

 rangers in your charge. 



Very respectfully, 



(Signed) Dinger Hermann, 



Commissioner. 



