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The powers of the central government, which thus fixes a uni- 

 form forest policy and a uniform organization for its administra- 

 tion throughout India, while leaving the executive work to the 

 provinces, are naturally much greater than the central powers of 

 government in Canada or the United States. 



Personnel 



The personnel of the Forest Service in India is divided into three 

 watertight compartments, the Imperial Forest Service, the Pro- 

 vincial Forest Service and the Subordinate Forest Service. The 

 driving power, initiative, supervision and inspiration of forest 

 work depend ahnost wholly upon the Imperial Service, now num- 

 bering 237. 



The Imperial Service is recrmted from the United Kingdom 

 where probationers, 19 to 22 years of age, are taken in at the rate 

 of about 20 yearly, after having taken prescribed degrees in 

 Natural Sciences. The probationers during two years' study 

 under the direction of an officer detailed in England as the Director 

 of Indian Forest Studies, are required to take forest degrees at 

 the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge, Dublin or Edinburgh, 

 and to pursue assigned field studies on the continent. Only two 

 or three men are now left in the Forest Service in India who 

 prepared at Nancy. The probationers receive $600 yearly during 

 their two years of preparation. 



The period of training completed, the men are appointed to the 

 position of assistant conservators at $126 per month. Salary 

 increases are fixed and dependable at the rate of $160 per year 

 for 8 years, $200 per year for 12 years, bringing the pay to $5,000 

 per year in the twentieth year of service. Thereafter salary 

 increments depend upon promotion to various grades of the 

 service. The full strength of the Imperial Service, or cadre as it 

 is known in India, in 1915 stood at: 



1 Inspector General $10,600 



1 Assistant Inspector General Variable 



2 Chief Conservators of Provinces 8,600 



22 Conservators (in three grades) 1st 7,600 



2nd 6,800 



3rd 6,000 



187 Deputy and Assistant Conservators, whose pay, as stated 

 above, depends upon the length of service. The staff of the. 



