LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. 
U. 8. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 
FORESTRY DIVISION, 
Washington, D. C., January 6, 1888. 
Sir: I have the honor to submit for publication as a special bulletin, 
prepared under your instructions, a collection of reports illustrating the 
forest conditions of the Rocky Mountains, together with such informa- 
tion as may serve for a basis in formulating needed forest legislation 
with reference to the timber lands of the region which are:still held in 
the hands of the General Government. 
Respectfully, 
Bb. EK. FERNow, 
Chief of Forestry Division. 
Hon. NORMAN J. COLMAN, | 
Commissioner. 
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