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LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. 



Chapel Hill, K C, October 1, 1911. 



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



Governor of North Carolina. 



Sir: One of tlie objects o£ the IsTortli Carolina Geological and Eco- 

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

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

 about tbirty counties of tbe State, and in tbe present report tbere is 

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

 ]^ortb Carolina. Tbe study upon wbicb tbis report is based was 

 undertaken by tbe Survey in connection witb tbe Forest Service of tbe 

 United States Department of Agriculture, tbe work being done under 

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

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

 cooperative agreement, tbe Survey is authorized to publish tbe findings 

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

 Bulletin ISTo. 23 of the reports of the I^ortb Carolina Geological and 

 Economic Survey. 



Yours respectfully, 



Joseph Hyde Pratt, 



State Geologist. 



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