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LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. 



Departsient of the Interioe, 

 Census Office, 

 Washington, D. C, September 1, 1884. 

 Hon. H. M. Teller, 



Secretary of tlie Interior. 

 Sir : I have 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 tolbe, most respectfully, your obedient servant, 



CHAS. W. SEATON, 



Superintendent of Census. 



