largely to private lands. He paid for tiio work indirectly 

 through increased revenues from grazing on the adjoining 

 public lands. In other words, he found that private lands 

 had boen estimated too high. During tho pact stunner he has 

 extended this reconnaissance to public lands and has covered 

 130,000 acres, "besides about 10,000 acres more of private 

 lands. He uses topographic sheets as a "oasis and attempts 

 to adapt the outline instead ol applying it strictly. 



Plant Specimens. Distinct progress has "been made 

 during the past year in the collection of rc,ngo plants, and 

 \/e nou h:-,V2 a-proninatGly 1,000 specimens in the District 

 Herbarium, '7e are not /vetting tha value out of this work 

 we might from the fact that uo have considered largo num- 

 bers more than full notes and SET .11 numbers of plants. 



Cooperation uith State ?ish end Game Oommicsion. 

 To Mr. DuBois is due credit for bringing about much more 

 affective cooperation with the State Pish and Game Coiamis- 

 sion. Eighteen members of the District office and 285 of 

 the field force have been appointed Deputy Commissioners. 

 V/hile the reports from the Chief Deputies on the forests 

 do not show aggressive worlr throuch police surveillance and 

 in making arrests for cane violations, this is not necessary 

 for effective cooperation. The moral effect of these men 

 wearing the badge should be very great , and doubtless con- 



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