CIRCULAR. 



Sale of Timber in Forest Reserves. 



E DEPARTMENT OF THE INTEEIOE, 



GENERAL LAND OFFICE, 



"Washington, D. C, January 22, 1902. 



GEN SEAL. 



1. Timber will be sold, both live and dead, wherever the removal of 

 such material will be beneficial, or at least not detrimental, to the forest 

 reserves. "^ 



2. In the disposition of this material the local demand will have 

 preference, and, in localities where this local demand is so great that 

 all available timber is likely to be needed, applications involving the 

 export of the material to distant points will be refused. , , , 



HOW THE TIMBER MAY BE PUROHA^KD. ^ ' ' , / 



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1. The applicant who wishes to purchase timber will apply, in person 

 or in writing, to the supervisor of the reserve, stating— 



(a) How much timber he wishes to buy ; 

 (6) The kind of material desired ; 

 (c) Where the timber is located. 



2. As soon as practicable the supervisor or his assistant will go over 

 the ground with the applicant, and determine whether the timber may 

 be sold, under what conditions, and at what price. 



3. After an agreement is reached the applicant should sign a definite 

 application, prepared on the regular form, with the assistance of the 

 forest officer. 



4. After this, the forest oflScer marks out the block or areai where the 

 timber may be cut, maps it, and estimates the amount of timber on the 

 whole, and also the particular kind applied for. He also makes a gen- 

 eral forest description of the tract, block, or quarter section. 



6. Then the application, together with the forest officer's description 

 and recommendation, is sent to the Department at Washington. 



6. If approved, the timber will be advertised in a local paper for 

 thirty daj's (sixty days in California). This advertisement will be 



