492 Forestry Quarterly. 



tion comes in November. This examination is a written one but 

 reference books — such as Lorey, "Handbuch der Forstwissen- 

 schaft" are allowed. Eighteen problems, covering the various 

 phases of forestry, are assigned, three hours allowed for each : 

 a total of 54 hours. The papers are marked independently by 

 three higher officials of the Bavarian Service. 



The Wiirttemberg instructions provide for three examinations, 

 similar to the Prussian schedule, i ) Preliminary examination in 

 the basic sciences, 2) Referendar-examination at the close of the 

 University course and 3) Assessor-examination after 2^ years of 

 practical apprenticeship.* The number of candidates chosen for 

 the government service from among those who passed the pre- 

 liminary examination may be limited and those not chosen given 

 certificates. Three months of practical experience in the woods 

 must precede the Referendar-examination. 



The 2^ years of practical apprenticeship are without pay, they 

 are to be spent as the ministry decides. However, two semesters 

 of advanced work at a university may be counted in with this. 

 At the end thereof, comes the final or Assessor examination — a 

 very 'stiflf' one. 



The time of training in Wiirttemberg amounts therefore to 12 

 years of school (through the Gymnasium or about the equivalent 

 of our sophomore year) plus 8 semesters of technical study, plus 

 one year of military service, plus 2^ years of apprenticeship : 

 a total of 19I years. In Bavaria it is an even 20 years (with us 

 the 10 years of school, 4 of college and one or two of postgradu- 

 ate work for the Master's degree, makes a total of only 15 or 16 

 years). A. B. R. 



Die neuen Bestimviungcn . . . fiir den bayerischen Forstverwaltungs- 

 dienst All<?emeine Forst-und Jagd-Zeitung, June, 1914, pp. 203-205. 



Die Vorbereitiing aunt Forstdienst (Wurttemberg). AUgemeine Forst- 

 und Jagd-Zeitung, May, 1914, pp. 173-174. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



There are some 20 active forester's as- 

 German sociations of more or less local character, 



Foresters besides the Deutscher Forstverein which 



Associations. covers the whole empire and comprises 



2177 members (1913), the local associa- 

 tions showing a membership of over 4000, who represent pro- 



tSee "The Prussian Forest Service," F. Q., Vol. XI, No. i, pp. 42-50. 



