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with outsiders for which it is not possible to have even ordinary 

 quiet; each dictates many letters and prepares reports subject 

 to great annoyance and difficulty. In this same room the Com- 

 mission must hold its meetings ; as many as eight people are 

 sometimes gathered in a space eighteen feet square no privacy, 

 no opportunity for deliberate discussion! The two stenogra- 

 phers with their files share one room with the clerks of the Geo- 

 logical Survey and the office assistant has a desk in a dark room 

 in the basement. 



ORGANIZATION. 



The administrative force of the Commission is on a satisfac- 

 tory and apparently permanent basis. It is organized as follows : 



THE FOREST COMMISSION. 



Ordinarily represented by its executive officer, (H. B' Kummel.) 



STATE FORESTER 

 (Alfred Gaskill) 



STATE FIREWARDEN ASSISTANT FORESTER 6 Forest Reserve Wardens 

 (C. P. Wilber) (J. O. Hazard) 



4 Division. Firewardens 

 112 Township Firewardens 

 157 District Firewardens 



3 Fire Watchers 



