436 JOURNAL OF FORESTRY 



POLITICS, EDUCATION, AND LEGISLATION 



"Arpi" proposes a "separate forest police 



Police Force branch of the department with a view to relieving 



for trained forest officers of a branch of work — the 



Indian Forests protection of forests against damage by man — 



which requires no special knowledge of forestry," 



on the ground that foresters at present waste three-fourths of their 



time on forest police matters. Apparently the force is not to be used on 



fire protection; if so, this is certainly an error in organization. The 



organization planned is as follows 



(1) Controlling staff (British)— Superintendent, $200 up to $317 

 per month; assistant superintendent, ^66 up to $191 per month. 



(2) Subordinate staff (native) — Inspectors of forest police, $17 up 

 to $50 per month ; sub-inspectors, $8 up to $13 per month. 



(3) Protective staff (native) — Head forest police constables, $7 per 

 month ; forest police constables, $4 to $6 per month. 



The superintendent would correspond to our forest supervisors, but 

 his duties zvould he limited to protection against man on the forest area ; 

 inspectors would correspond to our rangers ; the constable would be 

 similar to a guard in charge of a beat of about 3,000 to 6,000 acres. 

 The area under a superintendent would correspond to either a civil 

 police district or the forest division (our National Forest) ; each would 

 have its advantages. The intensity of organization is shown by the 

 force estimated for "an average forest police district" : 1 superintend- 

 ent, 4 inspectors, 8 to 12 sub-inspectors, 75 constables, costing in all 

 $830 to $1,000 per month. Perhaps such an expensive organization is 

 partly due to the "unrest" of the subject races in British India and to 

 the consequent spread of crime within forest areas. 



T. S. W., Jr. 



"Arpi". The Future Orgamzation of the Forest Department in India. Indian 

 Forester. 45: 636-643. 1919. 



MISCELLANEOUS 



With the increasing appreciation of the value 



The Scientist of research in present-day affairs the attention of 



ayid foresters, and especially those of the profession 



the Press concerned primarily with its technical phases, is 



called to a timely address on the press and the 



scientific world. This address was delivered by a newspaper man, of 



long training and high accomplishment in his field, before a meeting of 



