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sioner. The Service Notes for February, page 254, require that the original Forest 

 Officer's report be forwarded with a letter of transmittal which shall be returned. 

 This report is intended for the information of the Secretary of Agriculture and the 

 Forester and not for transmission to the Secretary of the Interior. Letters prepared 

 for the Secretary of Agriculture's signature making favorable recommendation in 

 claims cases should not suggest that a copy of the report is transmitted. 

 Claims, Reports to Chiefs of Field Division 



All cases in which reports have been forwarded to the Chiefs of Field Division and 

 upon which the Commissioner of the General Land Office has not acted by directing 

 adverse proceedings within the space of three months should be called to the atten- 

 tion of the Forester, in order that action can be expedited in Washington. Long 

 delays in this matter result in jeopardizing the interests of the Government and in 

 putting claimants to serious inconvenience and expense. 



SERVICE PUBLICATION ISSUED IN FEBRUARY 



Instructions for Making Forest Surveys and Maps (Revised). 



