UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 

 FOREST SERVICE. 



THE NATIONAL FOREST MANUAL. 



AMENDMENT NO. 131 INSTRUCTIONS. 



JULY 16, 1912. 



Timber sales. Paragraph 4 of the Instructions on page 38, with 

 marginal heading " Monopoly," is hereby amended by adding the 

 following : 



When any question of monopoly is involved, through the control 

 of large quantities of timber by affiliated operators, a certified state- 

 ment of the relation of the applicant or bidder to other purchasers 

 of National Forest timber may be required. (Regulation S 10.) A 

 certified statement of the membership of firms or list of stockholders 

 in corporations may similarly be required. 



HENRY S. GRAVES, 



Forester. 



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