LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. 
Forestry Division, Department of Agriculture, 
Washington, D. C, May 30, 1887. 
Sir : I have the honor to submit for publication as a special bulletin, 
prepared under your instructions, a collection of reports, illustrating 
the Relation of our Eailroads to Forest Supplies and Forestry, and 
pointing out on a practical basis how an economy in the use of forest 
supplies by the railroads can be effected. 
Respectfully, 
B. E. FERNOW, 
Chief of Forestry Division. 
Hon. Norman J. Colman, 
Commissioner. 
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