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paid, regardless of age or length of service ; more foresters' positions 

 to be created, and in no case shall the present number be reduced 

 through consolidation of forest units ; forest dwellings to be built, even 

 for the youngest forest officers, and allowances for rent to be paid them 

 until buildings are ready ; cost of moving to be paid by the State ; forest 

 administrative officers shall co-operate and have a deciding voice in 

 drawing up revised forest service instructions ; secret personnel records 

 shall be abolished and all such records opened to inspection at any time. 



Tagung der Vertreter der bei den Jager-Battailonen auf Forstversorgung 

 dienenden preussischen Forsteranwarter. Deutsche Forstzeitung, 34: 12-21. Jan- 

 uary 12, 1919. 



The law of July 2, 19 13, made it possible for 

 Private Forests private owners voluntarily to turn over to the 

 and the State State the entire management of their forest lands. 

 in France Great hopes have been entertained that this law, 



the practical operation of which has been post- 

 poned by the war, will result in the better handling of private lands, 

 which include two-thirds of the wooded area of France. The decree 

 of November 26, 1918, regarding the application of the law, appears to 

 indicate that local forest officers will be given a fairly free hand in the 

 management of woods turned over to them. Guyot feels that consider- 

 able freedom in this respect is absolutely necessary because of the 

 widely varied conditions that will be met, and fears that any attempt to 

 enforce hard and fast regulations would result in discrediting the law. 

 Guyot also expresses the hope that a considerable part, if not all, of the 

 sums paid by private owners for the public management of their lands 

 will be turned over to the local forest officers to recompense them for 

 the additional work involved. S. T. D. 



Jurisprudence, by Ch. Guyot. Revue des Eaux et Forets, vol. 57, 1919, pp. 60-62. 



Alarmed by the serious overcrowding of the 



Overcrozvding private forestry profession in Prussia, the head 



of the of the union of private foresters has appealed to 



Forestry the Minister of Agriculture and Forests to find 



Profession in places in the State service for men released from 



Prussia the army. He says the ranks of private foresters 



have been overfilled in spite of constant warnings 



by the union ever since 1903. It was hoped that losses due to the war. 



together with increased opportunities in the East, would remedy the 



situation, but the unfavorable outcome of the war prevented this east- 



