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personnel from 33 to 12. The American foresters were retained 

 but at reduced salaries, so that several of them resigned. 



Real forest work commenced with the dropping of the revenue 

 work in November, 1905. The archipelago was now divided into 

 ten forest districts with a forester sent out in charge of each dis- 

 trict. This enabled the Bureau, for the first time, to supervise 

 the work of important licensees to see whether they were violating 

 forest regulations and conditions on which their licenses were 

 granted. There was a force of about 25 native rangers located 

 at forest stations throughout the Islands and under the district 

 foresters. Each forester was given a set of instructions which 

 provided for the inauguration of the following work : location 

 and inspection of cutting areas and fines for violations of forest 

 regulations ; inspection and recommendations on applications for 

 license to cut and remove forest products ; inspection of agri- 

 cultural character of land desired to be taken as homesteads, and 

 for purchase or lease ; and permits for making caingins, or clear- 

 ings with temporary cultivation, on public land ; forest map of 

 the district, and study of forest resources and future fields for 

 new lumber concerns, including data on cost of producing forest 

 products. 



It was soon discovered that most of the time of the district 

 foresters was occupied in purely administrative work, especially 

 in the inspection of cutting areas, inspection of areas applied for 

 by prospective licensees and in homestead examinations ; that 

 little time was found for systematic investigation work ; and that 

 the mapping went very slowly. For this reason in July, 1906, 

 the Division of Products was created, later called Investigation, 

 to investigate the amount, character, value, and uses of the Philip- 

 pine forest products, and to bring this information to the notice 

 of Philippine and foreign markets. The work of the Division 

 consisted in : classification and cataloging of data on hand, and 

 preparation of reports for the printer ; collections for the museum 

 and timber tests; and forest investigation and mapping. The 

 special examinations of tracts suitable for exploitation by large 

 lumber companies, with reports and working plans for the same, 

 were to be made by the Division of Investigation in cooperation 

 with the forester in whose district the particular area examined 

 was located. 



