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exact size and make of the camera for which films are desired. If films are 

 needed in an emergency for immediate use they may be purchased in the field. 

 Films will be charged to the individual making the requisition or purchase, 

 and will in no case be charged to an office or Forest. When films are pur- 

 chased in the field the individual making the purchase will include them in 

 his expense account. He will be held responsible for their value if they are 

 not used or turned in before the indicated date of expiration. Exposure of 

 films will be for necessary official use only. Films of useless and irrelevant 

 subjects, or only of personal interest, will be rejected and returned to the 

 author, who will be required to reimburse the Government and to pay the 

 cost of the developing and printing from such films. 



Notebooks. 



Notebooks (Form 166) are expendable property and are issued by the 

 Forester or District Forester on request or requisition (Form 988). The note- 

 books must be used to record each exposure and show the purpose for which 

 it was made, and they must be forwarded in the same package with the cor- 

 responding films to the Forester. Each author will number the record of 

 each exposure made by him, 1, 2, 3. etc., consecutively, as long as he remains 

 in the Forest Service. Alternate leaves in the notebook are detachable and 

 the author may, therefore, make, detach, and retain carbon copies of the record 

 of each exposure. It is absolutely necessary that the Forester receive the note- 

 book with the exposed films in order to identify them properly. The permanent 

 number will be placed upon the film and notebook by the photographer. 



Films Developed and Prints Made in the Field. 



Only when needed for immediate use may films be developed and prints made 

 in the field. Even then this should be done, when possible, by a competent 

 photographer under contract at district headquarters. As soon as the prints 

 have been made the developed films and the corresponding notebooks will be 

 forwarded to the Forester. In such cases the films must be correctly numbered 

 with the temporary (author's) number to agree with the numbers in the note- 

 book. These numbers must be written with lead pencil on the margin of the 

 films in such a manner as not to injure them. Prints will be sent to the 

 Forester. 



Notice of Purchase of Films. 



Authors will notify the Forester when films are purchased in the field, giving 

 the date of purchase, the quantity, kind, and size of films, and the date to which 

 they are guaranteed. 



GENERAL. 



Spoiled films may be destroyed by the photographer. 



When films are returned to Washington, with their corresponding notebooks, 

 they are developed and the results are recorded on the prescribed form on the 

 last page of the notebook. Prints are made from good negatives, which, if 

 recommended by the photographic committee at Washington, are given a perma- 

 nent number and placed in the Service collection. 



All photo-map work must conform to Forest Atlas standards and must not 

 conflict with any of the Instructions for Making Forest Surveys and Maps, 

 except for sufficient reasons, which must be clearly stated. 



PUBLICATIONS. 



PREPARATION OF OFFICIAL PUBLICATIONS. 



Selection of Subjects. 



Suggestions of subjects on which publications might advantageously be pre- 

 pared are welcomed from all members of the Forest Service. Such sugges- 

 tions when made by members of the Forest force should be transmitted through 

 the supervisor to the District Forester. If the subject relates to investigative 

 work or involves the compilation of data it will be referred to the district in- 

 vestigative committee. If it relates to administrative work, and the suggestion 

 is approved by the District Forester, authorization may be sought from the 

 Forester for preparing the proposed publication. Copies of letters requesting 

 such authorization should be sent to the other District Foresters. These letters 

 should indicate the general character and scope of the publication proposed, by 



