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Annual Property Return on page 87 of the General Administration 

 Manual, as follows : 



Annually, on January 1, a property return will be prepared on 

 Form 330 in duplicate by every member of the Service who is ac- 

 countable for property on the records of the Property Auditor. 



Members are urged to submit the return to the Property Auditor 

 without delay, and, if not already submitted, they are requested to fill 

 out three copies of Form 330, property return, instead of two copies 

 as required by the manual. 



Parcel Post 



It is found that shipments of official matter of the nature of fourth- 

 class mail matter are being made by express instead of by parcel post. 

 On April 18, 1913, the district foresters were informed regarding an 

 opinion of the Attorney General that it is permissible, under the law, 

 for an officer of the Government to send in the mails, free of postage, 

 under a penalty envelope or label, official matter partaking of the 

 characteristics of fourth-class mail matter, not exceeding 11 pounds in 

 weight. 



Members of the service are expected to use the parcel post to the 

 fullest extent possible under the above interpretation of the law. 



Form 411 Report of Description of Horses, Mules, and Burros 



Considerable difficulty has been experienced by the property auditor 

 in keeping a record of the correct descriptions of animals purchased, 

 lost, or sold. This form, which is now in press, will accompany all 

 transactions affecting animals. It can be had from the property clerk 

 on requisition. 



Record of Land Office Corners 



The Forester has approved a scheme under which all field men are 

 hereafter required to make careful record of each Land Office corner 

 found or for which unsuccessful search is made in the course of the 

 regular field season. This data will be recorded by means of three 

 simple symbols which can be easily memorized, and are placed without 

 loss of time on any suitable map of the forest or ranger district in 

 which the corner is located. Forest officers attached to forests will 

 report to the supervisors, and those officers and field parties under the 

 supervision of the district office will report to the district forester. 

 Procedure is prescribed under which an annual report is made from 

 the Forests on December 15. Parties and individual surveyors report 

 at the completion of the field work by placing symbols on the finished 

 maps or by sending in the symbols' on township or forest diagrams. 

 In the district office the material is compared, checked, conflicts noted, 

 adjusted, or eliminated, and the data returned to supervisors and 

 rangers for the information of all surveyors of the Forest Service. 

 It is believed that this work will not require an undue amount of time 



