LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. 



Jackson, Mississippi, March 17, 1909. 



To His Excellency, Governor E. F. Noel, Chairman, and 

 Members of the Geological Commission: 



Gentlemen: I submit herewith a report of the forest 

 conditions of Southwestern Mississippi, by J. S. Holmes 

 and J. H. Foster, of the United States Forest Service, and 

 respectfully recommend its publication. 



This is the only official report of the forest conditions 

 of Mississippi, and while it deals with only a small area of 

 the State, it throws much light on the subject and shows 

 the need of further investigations. 



Very respectfully, 



Albert F. Crider, 

 State Geologist of Mississippi. 



