16 THE NATIONAL FOREST MANUAL. 



STATION CORRESPONDENCE. 



With outside parties. 



Men in charge of stations may correspond directly with outside 

 parties on the work of their stations. Copies of such correspondence, 

 except that on purely routine matters, will be forwarded to the ex- 

 ecutive officer to whom the station reports. 



Copies of Service correspondence. 



Copies of correspondence relating to the work of the station, 

 originating with the assistant forester or executive officer in charge, 

 will be forwarded promptly to the station. When such correspond- 

 ence originates with the assistant forester, copies for the station 

 will be sent through the executive officer in charge with additional 

 carbons for his files. 



MONTHLY REPORTS. 

 STATIONS. 



Not later than the 5th day of each month the officer in charge of 

 each station will submit to the executive officer to whom he is re- 

 sponsible a report on the work of the previous month. This report 

 will contain a discussion of the progress on all projects assigned to 

 the station, a statistical statement, a financial statement and any 

 general comments necessary. The forms to be followed in such 

 statements are shown on pages 39 and 40 of the Appendix. 



DISTRICT OFFICES. 



A section dealing with Forest Products will form a part of the 

 regular monthly report from each district forester to the Forester. 

 This section will include a discussion of the progress on all tech- 

 nical projects, listed by title and number, a statement of the general 

 or administrative investigations under way or proposed, and such 

 comments and recommendations on the work and personnel as are 

 needed. Copies of the complete monthly report from each district 

 will be sent to the Forest Products Laboratory. 



FOREST PRODUCTS LABORATORY. 



Section reports. 



Each section of the Laboratory will submit to the director not 

 later than the 5th of each month a report on the work of the pre- 

 vious month. This will include a statement of progress on all 

 projects, a statistical statement, and any general comments neces- 

 sary. The form for statistical statements is given on page 40 of 

 the Appendix. 



Laboratory report. 



The reports from stations and sections will be summarized by the 

 director for the monthly report of the Forest Products Laborator}^. 

 This report will be forwarded to the assistant forester in charge of 

 the Branch not later than the 15th of each month. Copies will be 

 sent to all district offices. 



