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to be done ; and many of the departments have availed themselves 

 of this privilege with the most satisfactory results. Small private 

 proprietors may associate themselves together for the payment of 

 the establishment prescribed by the law ; and, similarly, communal 

 forests of limited extent may be grouped together for purposes of 

 management, and the overcharging of their budgets be thus avoided. 

 But if they neglect to provide in some manner the necessary 

 managers and guards, the departmental administrative committee 

 or Minister of Agriculture has power to appoint them. 



The number and distribution of the superior oflScers and 

 subordinates employed by the State is as follows : 



Central Office, 

 Inspections, 

 State forests, 

 Communal forests man 



State, 

 Higher school, 

 Lower school. 



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The superior officers are of the following classes, viz. 



Officers corresponding in rank with Conservator 



Secretaries, 



Superintendents of Working Plan 



Assistant ditto, 



Deputy Conservators, 



Assistant ditto, 



Sub-Assistant ditto, 



Storekeepers and Paymasters, 



Engineers, 



Inspectors of Depots, 



Probationers, 



Apprentices, 



Doctors, . 



Registrars, 



Accountants, 



In addition to their yearly pay and allowances, these officers 

 receive from 25 to 60 loads of firewood, and are permitted to 



