854 JOURNAL OP FORESTRY 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Although cutting of marked trees is permitted 



Devastation on a strip 3 kilometers deep and 50 kilometers 



Around Vienna long in the Wiener wald, no one takes the trouble 



to locate the marks, and all the trees are being 



cut. Trees planted along the banks of the Danube to prevent flood 



and washing have also been cut. The famous Waldgiirtel (forest 



belt) has been almost entirely destroyed. Many people make a regular 



business of stealing wood and selling it; schoolboys make 100 kroner 



a day, and many coachmen have become very wealthy. In the Hiittel- 



dorf forest there are, on the average, 10,000 wood thieves at work on 



week days and 100,000 on Sundays. W. N. S. 



Anonymous. W aldverwustung in der Unigebung von Wien. Deutsch 

 Forstzeitg. 35:42. 1920. 



A reclassification of the civil service of the 



Salary Reform Empire is proposed, under which all positions 



in Germany will be grouped in twelve grades. An employee 



of any grade shall have the opportunity to rise 



into a higher grade. Basic salaries are to be greatly increased, and in 



addition allowances given for quarters, graded according to the town 



where the officer is stationed (5 classes of towns). Besides, a bonus 



will be given to allow for the present high cost of living. 



W. N. S. 

 Anonymous. Zur Besoldungsreform. Deutsch. Forstzeitb., 35 :75-76. 1920. 



It is proposed to organize the work under the 

 General Forest four branches : Working Plans, Exploitation, 

 Organization Clerical, and Educational. The functions of each 

 branch and its organization are depicted. 



E. N. MuNNS. 



Bryant, H. B. A suggested general forest organisation for the Madras Pres- 

 idency. Indian Forester, 46:205-212. 1 fig. 1920. 



