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teen months. The penalty for the second grade, in case only 

 timber is destroyed, is deprivation of any noble or official title 

 the offender may possess and two years on improvement work 

 (no work in the mines) in Siberia; if any houses or settlements 

 are destroyed the term in Siberia is made much longer. 



Salaries and Wages. A Forest Supervisor receives a salary of 

 from 1,500 to 2,500 rubles per year. In addition he is furnished 

 with a house costing from 1,500 to 3,000 rubles and has the use of 

 from 40 to 80 acres of agricultural land. The entrance salary of 

 a Forest Assistant is from 800 to 1,000 rubles, depending upon 

 qualifications and the nature of the work.*' 



For common labor the wage scale is : Central, Southern and 

 Eastern Russia, 1 to 2 rubles per day ; and in Northern Russia, 

 3 rubles per day. A woman receives about half to two-thirds as 

 much per day as a man. 



'After July 1, 1913, all forest officers were to receive an increase in 

 salary of about 50%. 



