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lution of which will be generally useful, will be undertaken when the 

 cooperator will bear the expense. 



The various timber-test laboratories will continue work already 

 begun. The studies of cooperage woods, box-board woods, and vehicle 

 woods, and of lumber movements, specifications, and prices will also 

 be continued. Annual statistics of Jrorest products will be collected in 

 cooperation with the Bureau of the Census and the lumber associa- 

 tions interested. The use of dead timber on the forest reserves will 

 be given much attention. This timber, of which there are vast 

 amounts, has been considered commercialljr useless. It increases the 

 danger to the reserves from fire. Much of it is still sound, and every 

 effort will be made to use it. 



RECORD. 



ACCOUNTS. 



Accounts include the three subsections of receipt, disbursement, 

 and bookkeeping. All funds derived from the sale of products of 

 the forest reserves, from the use of the reserves, or from cooperation 

 are received in the first; all disbursements for the Forest Service 

 are made in the second ; while all administrative bookkeeping, liabil- 

 ity and cost keeping, and property accounting is done in the third. 



Up to November 25, 1905, all moneys received from the forest 

 reserves were deposited and held in the Central National Bank, 

 Washington, D. C, a United States depository, until transferred, 

 by order of the Forester, to the Treasurer of the United States, to 

 be credited as unofficial moneys to the appropriation "Administra- 

 tion, etc., Forest Service." AH moneys received since that date 

 were deposited directly with the Treasurer of the United States, to 

 the credit of this appropriation. This method materially reduced 

 the labor, cost, and chance of loss involved in handling the receipts, 

 and promoted effective inspection. 



SUPPLIES. 



The work formerly done by the property clerk was divided, and 

 those duties which relate to accountability for property were as- 

 signed to a property auditor. The property clerk retained the cus- 

 tody of supplies in stock, and issues them on requisition. Improved 

 methods of packing and shipping were introduced to keep pace with 

 the increasing needs of the Service. 



PHOTOGRAPHIC LABORATORY. 



A new system of informing field members of the Service of the 

 results of their photographic exposures led to a marked improvement 

 in the views. A table which will enable field members to time their 

 exposures correctly was compiled, and specific instructions for taking 

 forest photographs were prepared. The increased photographic 

 needs of the Service during the year were fully met without increase 

 in the number of persons employed in the laboratory. 



