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OFFICE OF PUBLICATION AND EDUCATION. 



Addresses on forest subjects were delivered in February, as follows: 



California Federation of Women's Clubs, Bakersfield, Cal., February 8, C. H. 

 Shinn. 



Westminster Club, Buffalo, N. Y., February 12, E. A. Sterling. 



Dolly Madison Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, Washington, 

 D. C., February 12, Gifford Pinchot, 



University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebr., February 18, R. S. Kellogg. 



Illinois State Farmers' Institute, Quincy, 111., February 19, R. S. Kellogg. 



Western Society of Engineers, Chicago, 111., February 20, R. S. Kellogg. 



National Association of Box Manufacturers, Cleveland, Ohio, February 21, R. S. 

 Kellogg. 



Kentucky State Farmers' Institute, Shelby ville, Ky., February 27, H. M. Hale. 



OFFICE OF RECORD. 



Accounts. 



Hereafter each remittance received by the special fiscal agent will be immedi- 

 ately acknowledged by form postal card, which will be sent from his office directly 

 to the depositor. This acknowledgment will read as follows: " Your remittance has 

 been received and a certificate of deposit will be sent you in due time," and is 

 intended merely to give the depositor the earliest possible notice that his remittance 

 has reached the special fiscal agent. 



The original certificate of deposit will be mailed, as heretofore, to the supervisor. 

 Immediately upon its receipt the supervisor will please make the necessary entries 

 on his record cards and forward the certificate to the depositor. The certificate is 

 merely an acknowledgment of the remittance received, and does not in itself convey 

 any rights to the depositor. It is, therefore, unnecessary for the supervisor to retain 

 the certificate of deposit even where the amount remitted is incorrect, or in cases 

 where an additional deposit or a refund may become necessary. 



Use of Form 143. 



Supervisors and Acting Supervisors should report their own as well as their 

 assistants' services on Form 143, accompanied by the proper subvoucher. One form 

 is sufficient to report services of all assistants, even though engaged on different 

 reserves, but the subvoucher should show the name of the reserve on which the 

 member is actually serving. Form 2-a, subvoucher, is not designed for the statement 

 of a per diem allowance. Members who receive a per diem allowance in addition to 

 the regular monthly salary can use a Form 3 salary voucher (new series) to state 

 both the salary and per diem. When Form 3 is used in this manner, in lieu of 

 Form 2-a, it should be prepared, numbered, and attached to Form 143. 

 Memorandum for Supervisors. 



The attention of Forest Supervisors is called to Regulation No. 7 of the Use Book. 



A great deal of annoyance was caused last year by purchasers making remittances 

 by personal check or drafts on western banks, and by making them payable to 

 persons other than the Special Fiscal Agent. Supervisors should communicate 

 with bankers, postmasters, and express agents in the vicinity of their reserves, and 

 ask their cooperation in securing remittances in the form and manner required by 

 the regulation. 



Impress upon purchasers the necessity of forwarding the form letters of trans- 

 mittal (861) with their remittance; otherwise the remittance has to be held until the 

 proper designation can be secured from the Supervisor. 



