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net income will be $2.83 per acre per annum, or 16 per cent over 

 the results of a decade ago. 



The estimated expenses are divided as follows : 



Salaries 83% 



Inspection of communal and private forests 5 



Permanent improvements 2 



Land purchases 1 



Pensions 1 



Miscellaneous 8 



100% 



The income expected will come from the following sources: 



Wood 92% 



By-products 4 



Miscellaneous including hunting, peat, refunds, and land sales 4 



100% 



K. W. W. 



Der Etat der preussischen Forst-, Domdnen-, und Land wirtschaftlichen Verwalt- 

 ung fiir das Eiatsjahr 1915. Forstwissenschaftliches Centralblatt, April, 1915, 

 pp. 187-192. 



The effects of the war are felt in the 

 Effects Prussian forest administration. In the dis- 



of cussion of the budget in the Prussian diet 



War a speaker pointed out that more of for- 



esters had fallen in battle than of any other 

 profession. The budget of the previous year was calculated as 

 expectancy for the year 1915, but the administration declared its 

 unwillingness to be responsible for its accomplishment. In some 

 districts a considerable reduction of cut had become necessary 

 partly for lack of woods labor, partly for lack of market. Many 

 serious changes in the management have become necessary. To 

 stimulate food production the government had declared itself 

 willing to give land from the forests free of charge, permit the 

 taking of litter, and open them to pasturage. But the Minister 

 of Agriculture did not expect much result from the use of poor 

 grades of soil usual in the forest. He expressed satisfaction at 

 the condition of the cattle, the keeping of which made less diffi- 

 culty than that of swine. 



In East Prussia many foresters' houses have been burned or 

 demolished. 



