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 BRANCH OF OPERATION. 



OFFICE OF MAINTENANCE. 



Bangers' Carrying- Cases 



There have been forwarded to each supervisor a sufficient number of canvas 

 carrying cases to equip each ranger upon his Forest. The design and material 

 of these cases were adopted after careful deliberation, and will prove of great 

 value to rangers in their transaction of business in the field. Additional cases 

 may be procured upon requisition to the Forester. 



Addresses 



Some delay has occurred in the delivery of articles to Forest officers, whose 

 headquarters are in large cities, because their local addresses were not known. 

 This could be avoided if the name of the building or street number were -inserted 

 in the requisitions. 



Small Badges Available 



Small badges are available for distribution, and supervisors desiring to 

 exchange large badges for them should make requisition for the necessary num- 

 ber. When the badges are received the large ones should be returned to the 

 property clerk. 



OFFICE OF LANDS. 



Special Uses 



Failure on the part of Forest officers to observe and follow the special-use 

 instructions and requirements in The Use Book and in the Circular of Instruc- 

 tions issued July 19, is becoming serious. It is absolutely necessary that all 

 Forest officers thoroughly familiarize themselves with such instructions and 

 requirements. The following are the most serious mistakes : 



Failure to make complete reports of Form 964 and to mail the reports to the 

 Forester with the Forester's (original) copies of the permits. 



Omission from many classes of permits, and particularly from pasture per- 

 mits, of the essential stipulations and conditions prescribed by the Circular of 

 July 19. 



Failure to require witnesses to signatures of permittees, and to require 

 evidences of the authority of officers who execute agreements for corporations, 

 as prescribed on the back of Forms 946a and 946b. 



The issuance of permits before the applicants make the required payments. 



Failure to identify special-use transactions as required by The Use Book, 

 p. 166. 



Failure to comply with the first paragraph under the subject " Dams, 

 Reservoirs, and Conduits," on page 8, Circular of July 19. The reports accom- 

 panying permits of this class should show that the Supervising Engineer of the 

 Reclamation Service has approved. 



Amendment of Special-use Circular of July 19. The Circular of Instructions, 

 Special Uses, issued July 19, is hereby amended by omitting the following clause 

 from page 13 : 



No laborer or mechanic shall be employed more than eight hours in any 

 calendar day upon the construction or other work under this permit. 



All Forest officers will please so amend their copies of the Circular. 



Boundaries 



The President, on September 10, signed a proclamation creating the Tongass 

 National Forest in Alaska. The new Forest has an area of approximately 

 2,006,000 acres and is situated on the mainland, directly east of the southern 

 end of the Alexander Archipelago National Forest. 



