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shall administer the forestry affairs of the whole country according to the 

 Forest Law and its Detailed Regulations. 



"Art. 2. The staff of the National Forest Service shall be composed of one 

 Director-General and two Co-Directors. The Vice-Minister of the Ministry 

 shall be ex-officio Director-General. Other officers shall be appointed by the 

 Central Government. The three directors shall manage the affairs of the 

 Service in accordance with instructions from the Minister. The Forest 

 Service shall also maintain technical foresters who are to be appointed from 

 among those who have obtained the required knowledge and experience in 

 forestry. 



"Art. 3. The provincial administrative centers shall temporarily serve as 

 forest stations. When necessary to meet the demands of the work, the 

 Forest Service may, with the approval of the Minister, establish additional 

 forest stations. 



"Art. 4. A technical forester shall be appointed and assigned to every 

 large forest station. It shall be the duty of such an official to carry out the 

 instructions of the Ministry and of the Civil Governor of the Province, 



"Art. 5. When no forest stations have been designated the Forest Service 

 may, after due investigation of local conditions and with the approval of the 

 Ministry, draw up a working plan and put it into execution. 



"Art. 6. A candidate for the position of Provincial Forest Commissioner 

 shall be one who has knowledge of forestry and who is well versed in adminis- 

 trative work. The Ministry and the Governor of the Province shall jointly 

 submit a petition (to his Majesty) for appointment. 



"Art. 7. The Forest Service shall enumerate the duties of the Forest 

 Commissioners and draw up regulations for their work, which shall be put into 

 execution after approval by the Ministry. 



"Art. 8. The expenses of the Provincial Forest Commissioners shall be 

 included in the budgets of the respective provinces. 



"Art. 9. Each district (hsien) shall annually provide a sum of more than 

 $200.00 to be expended for encouraging reforestation. 



"Art. 10. The Forest Service shall cooperate in and increase the collection 

 of forest taxes, and shall recommend regiilations looking to the improvement 

 of the law governing forest taxation and the administration thereof. 



"Art. 11. The Ministry shall decide upon the number of divisions to be 

 created in the Forest Service and shall fix the duties of each. The number of 

 officers shall be governed and limited by the annual budget. 



"Art. 12. The Forest Service may increase the niunber of temporary 

 employees whenever necessary. 



"Art. 13. The Ministry shall draw up rules for the guidance and govern- 

 ment of the officers and employees of the Forest Service. 



"Art. 14. The Forest Service shall formulate rules and regulations for the 

 various divisions for the approval of the Ministry. 



"Art. 15. If it should be found that these regulations are incomplete the 

 Ministry may rectify them from time to time and memorialize for approval. 



"Art. 16. The above regulations shall become effective when sanctioned." 



On January 3, 1916, the Council of State promulgated the fol- 

 lowing reply to the petition quoted above. The reply in full 

 reads as follows : 



"The Council of State has received the following Imperial Mandate, which 

 is hereby promulgated: (January 3, 1916). 



"The Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce has requested permission to 

 create a National Forest Service in the said Ministry to have special control 

 over the woods and forests of the whole country. This suggestion is in line 

 with the practice of the Ancients when special officers were appointed to 

 supervise the work of the woodsmen in felling trees in order to protect such as 

 were useful for working materials. In both Eastern and Western countries, 



