LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL 



U. S. Department of Agriculture, 



Forestry Division, 

 Washington, D. C, January 6, 1888. 

 Sir : 1 have the houor to submit for publication as a special bulletin, 

 prepared under your instructions, a collection of reports illustrating the 

 iorest couditious of the Eocky Mountains, together with such informa- 

 tion as may serve tor 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. 

 Eespectfully, 



B. E. Fernow, 

 Chief of Forestry Division. 

 Hod. Norman J. Colman, 



Commissioner, 



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