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OFFICE OF ACCOUNTS. 



Proper Use of Form 2a Required 



Supervisors are not filling out Form 143 which accompanies Form 2a, as 

 required in circular letter dated January 5, 1907. 



Care must be taken to insert in the proper columns indicated by the printed 

 heading whether the absence is on account of annual or sick leave, leave without 

 pay, or furlough. 



Whenever services are rendered for broken periods by any employee of the 

 service, including temporary laborers, the number of days absent should be 

 'stated in the proper column under the heading "Absence from duty." 



This information is absolutely necessary to complete the Form 2a before the 

 pay roll can be approved for payment. 



OFFICE OF LANDS. 



Boundaries Administrative Sites 



Attention is called to Service Order 5, printed in this issue. 



All recommendations for administrative sites should be submitted upon the 

 form prepared for that purpose. A supply of this form was mailed to the 

 supervisors in Office letter (OB) dated August 15. The report must be made 

 upon the form or a typewritten copy of it. It should state whether the site 

 lies within the National Forest or outside of it. The Forester will be glad to 

 receive suggestions from the supervisors in regard to any desirable changes in 

 this form. 



Whenever these sites are referred to as a general class, the term "Administra- 

 tive sites " should be used. When, however, specific cases are referred to. they 

 should be designated by a term indicating the nature of the site, as, for instance. 

 "Ranger station," "Nursery site," "Reservoir site," or "Road site" (when a 

 tract is withdrawn to secure a right of way). 



Reports on Claims 



A large majority of reports on claims by Forest officers fail to name the Land 

 District in which the land is situated. The name of the district should in every 

 case be given, since it greatly expedites the handling of reports, both in the Office 

 of Lands, Forest Service, and, especially, in the General Land Office. 



Reports on Agricultural Entries 



Reports on agricultural entries should be made out on new Form 655, and 

 Forest officers should supply themselves with this form, as well as the latest 

 Form 654, covering Mineral Claims, and Form 175, covering a mill-site claim. 



Where an adverse report is made on a homestead claim, and the defect is non- 

 compliance with law as to continuous residence on the land abandonment of it 

 the report should, whenever possible, contain the name of one or more persons 

 who may be relied on as witnesses. 



Special Uses 



Unavoidable delay occurred in mimeographing and mailing the circular upon 

 special uses, dated July 19. The circular is intended to be distributed by the 

 supervisors to all Forest officers, and a sufficient number of copies for that pur- 

 pose has been sent to the supervisors, who are requested to distribute them 

 accordingly. 



OFFICE OF ORGANIZATION. 



Tool Boxes for Fire-Fighting Implements 



On the San Gabriel and San Bernardino Forests tool boxes have been con- 

 structed and placed at various central points throughout the Forests. They 

 are something like piano boxes, painted red and suitably labeled, and are 

 supplied with a padlock. In these boxes are kept a full set of fire-fighting 



