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of Industrial Investigations," who reports directly to the assistant 

 forester in charge of the Branch. 



Field of work. 



The work of Industrial Investigations includes the following: 



(1) Collection and compilation of statistics, in cooperation with the 

 Bureau of the Census and other agencies, on the production and con- 

 sumption of forest products, prevailing market and stumpage prices, 

 imports and exports, and transportation rates. 



(2) The compilation and study of specifications of rough and 

 manufactured forest products. 



(3) Studies of lumber manufacture and wood-using industries as 

 to methods, forms of material, waste, costs, equipment, substitution 

 of one species for another, and improvements through more con- 

 servative use of raw material. 



(4) Studies of special problems or features of wood-using in- 

 dustries. 



(5) Advice and assistance through cooperative agreements and 

 otherwise to States, industries, and individuals concerned with such 

 lines of work. 



(6) The dissemination of results by publications. 



Duties on eastern Forests. 



The Office of Industrial Investigations will also assist on market 

 and utilization problems arising in the administration of National 

 Forests acquired in the Eastern States and conduct such special in- 

 vestigations as may be required for this purpose. Its duties in this 

 respect are analogous to those of Products experts in the National 

 Forest districts. 



STATIONS. 



For convenience, places other than the headquarters of the various 

 units of the Branch where work is to be conducted for a considerable 

 period will be designated as "stations." Each station will be in 

 charge of a station chief, who will be directly responsible to the 

 executive officer of the unit to which the station reports. Stations of 

 a permanent character will be established only with the approval of 

 the Forester. Temporary stations may, however, be established 

 whenever it is deemed expedient to do so by the proper executive 

 officer. 



EXECUTIVE OFFICERS. 



The term " executive officer " as used in this manual means either : 

 (1) a district forester; (2) the director of the Forest Products 

 Laboratory; or (3) the chief of Industrial Investigations. 



CORRELATION BETWEEN DIFFERENT UNITS. 



Close correlation between the various units comprising the Branch 

 of Products is essential to the effectiveness of the work of the Branch 

 as a whole. The following summarizes the more important features 

 of such correlation. 



