LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. 



Chapel Hill, N. C, October 1, 1911. 



To His Excellency, Hon. "W*. W. Kitchin, 



Governor of North Carolina. 



Sir: One of the objects of the North Carolina Geological and Eco- 

 nomic Survey is the investigation of the forests of the State. During 

 the past two years the Survey has made a study of forest conditions in 

 about thirty counties of the State, and in the present report there is 

 given the result of the investigation of the forest conditions in Western 

 North Carolina. The study upon which this report is based was 

 undertaken by the Survey in connection with the Forest Service of the 

 United States Department of Agriculture, the work being done under 

 the direction of the office of State Cooperation in the Forest Service and 

 under the local instruction of the State Geologist. By the terms of the 

 cooperative agreement, the Survey is authorized to publish the findings 

 of the investigation, and I herewith submit this report for publication as 

 Bulletin No. 23 of the reports of the North Carolina Geological and 

 Economic Survey. 



Yours respectfully, 



Joseph Hyde Pratt, 



State Geologist. 



