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Distribution of Rangers' Services on Form 347 



Form 347, Monthly Service Report, has in many instances shown too large a per- 

 centage of the time charged against "Miscellaneous Executive Duties." It is not 

 intended when the day is divided among several classes of work that it be charged to 

 "Miscellaneous Executive Duties," but that the only charge against this class of 

 service be for work not connected in any way with any of the classes specifically 

 named. Going for mail and general supplies is an illustration of work which can 

 properly be charged to "Miscellaneous Executive Duties;" but, if a ranger engaged 

 in fighting fire stops to go for supplies for the party, his time should be charged to 

 fighting fire. It is suggested that the ranger distribute his time among the various 

 classes at the end of each day's diary and round off fractions of days for his totals of 

 the month. 

 Copy for Advertisements 



Frequent disallowances from advertising accounts are necessary because copy is 

 incorrectly prepared. The instructions and sample forms printed on page 2 of the 

 Form BF voucher should be carefully followed when preparing copy for advertising. 

 Economy in Telegraphing 



A sufficient supply of General Order No. 137 of the Secretary of Agriculture has 

 been sent to District Foresters to enable the distribution of the order to all members 

 of the Service who are authorized to make official use of the commercial telegraph. 

 The name or title of the officer or member addressed should always be indicated by 

 one word. Telegrams to a District Office should be addressed "Forestry," instead 

 of "District Forester" as hitherto. Members of the Service should not fail to register 

 at telegraph offices to insure the delivery of telegrams addressed to them under ab- 

 breviated names or titles. Members will be held to strict account for the use of need- 

 less words and for using the wires when the mail would be sufficient. 

 Proper Way of Writing Atlas Figures- 

 Hereafter the figures in all reports for the Forest Atlas and for the District Atlases 

 will be whole numbers followed by a decimal point and two decimals, or whole numbers 

 without decimal point or decimals. Reduce common fractions to decimals. Always 

 use two decimals, never more nor less, thus: 



Write $43,256.20, not $43,256.2. 



Write $1,976.00, not $1,976. 



Write 23.97 per cent, not 23.9731 per cent. 



Write 0.97 per cent, not .97 per cent. 



Write 13.56 per cent, not .1356 (in distribution of Ranger Services). 



Write 16.13 miles, not 16J miles. 



Write 16.25 miles, not 16 J miles. 



Write 9.50 chains, not 9.5 chains. 



Write 43.37 acres, not 43.372 acres. 



Write 43 .38 acres, not 43.377 acres. 



