1884.] DB. LYONS, M.P., AND FOEESTBY ABROAD. 



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the 50th year of its existence, and at that period had in all nearly 

 1,600 pupils. 



There is also a School of Forestry at Miinden, and the half-yearly 

 attendance at both schools showed in 1878 an average of 148 pupils, 

 whereas in 1880 the number had increased to 210. 



The attendance was therefore largly on the increase, and it was 

 then proposed to give voluntary education iu these matters to the 

 * Jager Bataillonen ' of the army. This plan has, according to latest 

 accounts, been attended with much success, so much so that the 

 education is obligatory and forms a regular portion of their service. 



In general the substance of the report, and of the later budgets, 

 shows that the administration of woods and forests in Prussia is in a 

 satisfactory condition, and that whereas in former years an insufficient 

 control and bad management were responsible for fluctuations in the 

 revenue, those causes have now ceased to exist, and that any dimi- 

 nution in the returns is due to the inevitable consequence of unusually 

 bad winters, the continual increase of foreign competition, and to the 

 large extent to which coal and coke are now being used for heating 

 purposes. 



From 1876-1880 a detailed statement will be found in the appen- 

 dices of the General Budget, including all the sources of revenue, 

 the items of expenditure, and the average production, &c., reduced, as 

 accurately as is possible, to English figures. 



From 1881 up to date, it is almost impossible to compile a state- 

 ment giving all the above details, but the general revenue •and 

 expenditure is annexed, and the details correspond almost exactly 

 (except as regards slight fluctuations) with those of previous years. 



The various appendices are annexed on the following page and 

 onwards. 



British Embassy, Berlin, Henry Cadogan. 



December 14, 1883. 



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GENERAL EESULTS.— 1876-1883. 



(Reduced to Pounds.) 



