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of work were performed, involving 25,211 typewritten pages (includ- 

 ing 3,797 pages tabulated), 43,143 mimeographed sheets, and an 

 increased amount of miscellaneous work. , In addition, 390 tempo- 

 rary details of stenographers were made to offices for a total of 1,960 

 days. The average number of stenographers and copyists assigned 

 to this section was 14. 



PUBLICATIONS. 



There were issued during the year 20 new publications, with a total 

 of 366,500 copies printed. The bulletins were : The Basket Willow ; 

 The Forests of Texas; The Forests of Hawaii; The Timber of the 

 Edwards Plateau of Texas; Report on the Condition of Treated 

 Timbers Laid in Texas, February, 1902; Forest Planting in West- 

 ern Kansas; Chestnut in Southern Maryland; The Luquillo Forest 

 Reserve, Porto Rico; Forest Conditions in Northern New Hamp- 

 shire ; Federal and State Forest Laws ; and Report on an Examina- 

 tion of a Forest Tract in Western North Carolina. The circulars of 

 information were: Exhibit of Tree Planting on a Model Prairie 

 Farm at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition; Exhibit of Forest 

 Planting in Wood Lots at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition; 

 Exhibit of Forest Nurseries at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition; 

 Progress Report on the Strength of Structural Timber; What For- 

 estry Means to Representative Men; and Practical Results of the 

 Cup and Gutter System of Turpentining. Three reprints of Year- 

 book articles were issued: The Attitude of Lumbermen Toward 

 Forest Fires; The Determination of Timber Values; and Progress 

 of Forestry in 1904. The Yearbook article Forest Planting and 

 Farm Management will be reprinted by the Department in the form 

 of a farmers' bulletin. There was also published the Report of the 

 Forester for 1904. In addition, 200,000 copies of the Preliminary 

 Report and Second Partial Report of the Public Lands Commission 

 were printed. 



During the year 28 press bulletins were issued, with a total circula- 

 tion of 156,900 copies. 



Reprints of 8 publications were made, to the total number of 71,000 

 copies. 



On June 30, 1905, 9 bulletins and 1 circular were in the hands of 

 the printer. 



The mailing lists of the Service comprise: (1) A special list of 

 libraries; (2) a list of representative newspapers; (3) a small for- 

 eign list of scientific and governmental institutions; (4) a special 

 list of persons engaged in forest work in the United States; (5) a 

 general list of persons interested in forestry. 



The first four lists, which number 4,081 addresses, receive all publi- 

 cations as soon as they are available. Cards are sent to the general 

 list giving notice of the appearance of bulletins, with brief descrip- 

 tions of their contents, and to this list certain publications of general 

 interest are sent wiJ;hout notice. Applications for bulletins made in 

 response to the card notices are honored in the order of their receipt. 

 During the year the general list was thoroughljr revised, and an 

 effort was made to increase it conservatively by including persons 

 specially interested in forest preservation. This work will be con- 

 tinued during the ensuing year. The addresses on this list now num- 

 ber 15,197. 



