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Q. "Which, in writing or orally ? 



A. Both. 



Q. Were reports made from time to time to the office by the 

 foresters ? 



A. There were. 



Q. Where are those reports? 



A. I presume in the office. 



Q. Were they preserved and kept on file ? 



A. Yes, I expect so. 



Q. Can be now seen ? 



A. Yes, sir. 



Q. What was the nature of the reports ? 



A. They have been reported to the board whenever we met. 



Q. You have seen these reports in your official meetings ? 



A Yes, sir. 



Q. What was the general nature of the reports ?. 



A. Regarding trespasses committed, fires, and such other reports 

 as were asked for from time to time. 



Q. To whom were the verbal reports made, if there were any ? 



A. To the warden and to the secretary, I presume, and inspectors. 



Q. If they were made, you say; have you any knowledge that verbal 

 reports were ever made by the foresters to the warden and inspectors. 



A. I had no knowledge of it myself, not that I remember of now. 



Q. Have you. any official knowledge ? 



A. We have official knowledge — 



Q. (Interrupting.) I mean of the verbal reports and what was 

 contained in them? 



A. I can't say I have. 



Q. So all the official knowledge you can speak of in regard to the 

 reports is as to the written reports which were sent in to your board 

 at the official meetings ? 



A. If there were any oral reports made, they were reported to the 

 board, and were acted upon accordingly. 



Q. What duties did the inspectors have delegated to them ? 



A One of them was to be in the office, as I understand, to receive 

 the reports from the different foresters, and for such other duty as 

 we deem necessary, to send them out whenever it was required. 



Q. Their business was to receive reports in the office of the fores- 

 ters, to bring them to the office and file them, and bring them to the 

 official notice of the commission ? 



A. Yes, sir. 



Q. Now as to the warden, what is his duty ? 



