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OPERATION 



Approval Letters 



In order to save letter writing in the Washington and District offices, letters from 

 the District Foresters to the Forester or from the supervisors to the District office 

 which present questions simply requiring approval by the Forester or the District 

 Forester should be accompanied by a carbon. Both the original letter and the 

 carbon should bear, in the lower left-hand corner, the word "Approved" above 

 the title of the approving officer, who will indicate his approval by signing and 

 returning the carbon. 

 Subject Designation and Filing Involved 



The addition of the letter X to the key initials of the originating Branches or Offices 

 to show that correspondence is being handled temporarily by the Law Officer or 

 the District Law Officer will be discontinued. Hereafter, when correspondence 

 originating in another Branch or Office requires action by the Law Officer or the 

 District Law Officer, all the essential papers in the case will be referred to the Law 

 Officer or the District Law Officer and a memorandum of the reference placed in 

 the folder, which will be retained in the file of the Branch or Office in which the 

 case originated. The subsequent correspondence by the Law Officer or the District 

 Law Officer will be designated and filed according to the subject classification pre- 

 scribed for Law. 

 Revised Survey and Map Instructions 



"Instructions for Making Forest Surveys and Maps" has been reissued for the 

 calendar year 1910. It contains corrected astronomical tables and therefore super- 

 sedes the edition of 1907. Supervisors will be supplied through the Property Clerk 

 at Ogden. 



Identification of Maps and Packages 



A great many maps and other articles are received in District offices from the super- 

 visors without a memorandum showing by whom or for what purpose they are sent. 

 This causes considerable delay and confusion, especially in the case of maps illus- 

 trating annual reports. All maps or packages mailed under separate cover should 

 have a memorandum inclosed referring to the date and case designation of the letter 

 explaining their purpose. 



SILVICULTURE 



Use of Form 606 Made Optional- 

 Hereafter, Form 606 need not be submitted by Forest Officers in charge of the scaling 

 on timber sales unless they receive orders to the contrary from their supervisors. 

 In submitting this form special care should be taken to indicate on the back the 

 amount of timber cut but not yet scaled. It will usually be preferable, however, 

 to use Form 820. Form 606 will not be reprinted when the present supply is 

 exhausted. 



Stumpage Rates- 

 Hereafter a schedule of standard prices for saw timber arid cordwood of average 

 accessibility will be substituted for the present schedule of minimum stumpage 



