LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. 



TJ, S. Department of AGKicujiTURE, 



Weather Bureau, 

 Washington^ D. C, December 12, 1901. 

 Sir: I beg' to transmit herewith, in response to your request of a 

 few days since, a short report on the climate of the southern Appa- 

 lachian region, by Pi-of. Alfred J. Henr}^ of this Bureau. 



Tables of monthly means and extremes of temperature, average rain- 

 fall, and relative humidity accompany the paper. 

 Very respectfully, 



Willis L. Moore, 

 Chief, United States Weather Buream, 



Hon. James Wilson, 



Secretary of Agriculture, Washington, 1). C. 



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