U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 



FOREST SERVICE, 



Washington, D. C., October 12, 1910. 



SIR: I have the honor to transmit herewith a manuscript entitled 

 "The Forest Resources of the World," by Raphael Zon, Chief of the 

 Office of Silvics, and to recommend its publication as Bulletin 83 of 

 the Forest Service. 

 Respectfully, 



HENRY S. GRAVES, 

 HON. JAMES WILSON, Forester. 



Secretary of Agriculture . 

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