LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. 



DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, 

 CENSUS OFFICE, 



Washington, D. C., September 1, 1884. 

 Hon. H. M. TELLER, 



Secretary of the Interior. 



SIB : I Lave the honor to transmit herewith the Report on the Forests of North America (exclusive of Mexico), 

 by Charles S. Sargent, Arnold Professor of Arboriculture in Harvard College. 



This report constitutes the ninth volume of the series forming the final report on the Tenth Census. 

 I have the honor to be, most respectfully, your obedient servant, 



CHAS. W. SEATON, 



Superintendent of Census. 



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