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freedom of the man in charge of the local administration. The 

 method of woodsales especially he wants to see improved in com- 

 mercial directions, so as to enable the district managers to take 

 advantage of market fluctuations. 



Account keeping and budget formulation is treated in detail. 

 Reduction of office work and of reporting work is urged so that 

 the manager may devote more time to the woods ; a short 

 monthly report, from which the annual can be compiled, takes 

 less time than an elaborate annual report. 



The wider use of telephones is pointed out as a labor saving 

 device within the forest and from and to head offices. 



Inspection comes in for considerable discussion, as well as the 

 character of personnel and advancement, the change from bureau- 

 cratic to collegiate form of direction. The details would lead us 

 too far to elaborate. 



Zur Frage der Reform der Staatsforstverwaltung. Centralblatt f. d. g. 

 Forstwesen. October, 1910. Pp. 427-448. 



The Austrian forest administration has for 



Commercial the last five years instituted a commercial 



Courses. course for its officials, in which a dozen or 



more of the forest officials are ordered to 



attend lectures for eight weeks, and at the end of the course to 



an excursion to wood consuming factories under competent 



guidance (Prof. Marchet). 



This excursion of 12 days duration is reported upon. It 

 included visits to lumberyards, sawmills, planing mills, furniture 

 and barrel manufacturers, impregnation works, shipping yards 

 and harbors in leading wood markets, the excursion extending to 

 Brussels and Antwerp. 



This is certainly a unique institution for widening the horizon 

 of the men who are called upon to direct eventually the forest 

 policy of the country. 



In another place a similar course for private forest officials to 

 be held in Vienna is announced by one of the instructors at the 

 government course. 



Studienreise des Kommerziellen Kurses fiir Staatsforstbeanite im Jahre 

 1910. Centralblatt f. d. g. Forstwesen, October, 1910. Pp. 457-466. 



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