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Object of thi3 Report 
Following the verbal instructions from Mrs. C. Wilson 
and having received from Mr, Geo. Burnham, Jr., a letter of in¬ 
troduction to Mr, Brie Barham, the local representative of the 
Bayano River Lumber Company, Panama City, the writer left IJew 
York on Hovember 24 by the S. S, Panama for Cristobal, C. 2,, 
with an object of making a general investigation of the forest 
property and of studying the conditions determining the feeSibil 
ity of resuming lumbering operations on their Bayano preparty. 
Phis forest reeonnoissanee had also for its primary] object not 
only an inquiry as to the kinds, qualities, quantities, ana uses 
of the woods available on the property, but also a true exposition 
dealing with the possibility of successfully introducing these 
woods into the iraerican markets in compitition with other and 
better-known kinds. The field included also a study of the suit¬ 
ability of the cleared land for agricultural enterprises on a 
large scale, 
Extent of the Field Work 
The writer left Panama City on December 6 on a chart¬ 
ered gasoline launch or the Bayano River property and arrived 
at the tract in the afternoon of the same day. .Arrangements 
