LETTEE OF TRANSMITTAL. 



Chapel Hill, N. C, June 19th, 1897. 

 To his Excellency, Gov. D. L. Russell, 



Chairman Geological Board, Raleigh, N. C. 

 Sir : — I beg to submit for publication as Bulletin 6 of the Geo- 

 logical Survey series, a report on the timber trees of North Car- 

 olina, by Mr. Gifford Pinchot, and a report on the forests and 

 forest conditions in North Carolina, by Mr. W. "W. Ashe. Mr. 

 Pinchot has prepared his portion of this bulletin free of charge 

 for services, and I regard his paper as one of the most valuable 

 which has been prepared for the survey. 



There is already a large demand for copies of this bulletin r 

 even in advance of its being published, and its distribution will 

 serve to answer a number of inquiries from many portions of the 

 country, concerning the timber supplies in North Carolina. 

 With great respect, I beg to remain, 



Yours obediently, 



J. A. Holmes, 

 State Geologist. 



