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QUARTERS. 



Twenty -two additional rooms were rented during the year. Eleven 

 of these were for office use, 7 for the storage of instruments, machin- 

 ery, field equipment, and office supplies, and 4 for the accommoda- 

 tion of a newly installed lithographic printing press and for map 

 mounting. The increased office work connected with forest reserve 

 administration will make necessary a further extension of quarters 

 during the coming year. 



CORRESPONDENCE. 



During the year 145,468 official communications were received in 

 the Forest Service, and 252,092 were sent out. 



STENOGRAM-iy AND TTPEWRITING. 



The value of the concentration of stenographic work was shown in 

 the leadiness with which the needs of the Service were met. The 

 proportion of the cost of stenography and typewriting to the entire 

 expenditure of the Service was reduced from 4 to approximately 3 

 per cent. During the year 2,142 items of work were performed, com- 

 prizing 31,936 typewritten pages (including 5,018 pages tabulated), 

 644,425 mailing-list cards, 141,220 mimeographed sheets, and a 

 largely increased amount of miscellaneous work. In addition, 571 

 temporary details of stenographers were made to offices for a total of 

 5.266 days. The average number of stenographers and copyists 

 assigned to this section was 34. 



The concentration of clerical work was extended during. the year 

 by including in this section a number of clerks for routine work and 

 for detail to offices in emergencies. The result was a high degree of 

 efficiency in the clerical force without a proportionate increase of 

 expense. During the year ninety-five details of clerks were made, for 

 a total of 1,207 days. The average number of clerks assigned to this 

 work was 9. 



MAILING LISTS. 



The mailing lists of the Service comprize: (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 i^ersons interested in forestry ; (6) a large extra list of 

 lumbermen, timberland owners, farmers, and members of various 

 professions. 



To the names of the first four lists, numbering in all 4,870, all 

 publications issued were sent. Those on the general list received 

 notice of the appearance of bulletins, with brief descriptions of 

 their contents, and also circulars of information and certain other 

 publications of general interest. The addresses on the general list 

 now number 20,100. 



The extra list is classified, and is representative of all sections of 

 the United States. Effective use was made of it during the year in 

 bringing the work of the Service to the attention of those most inter- 

 ested in the results. 



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