30 TRANSACTIONS OF ROYAL SCOTTISH ARBORICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The law provides that one-fifth part of the gross income must be 

 annually capitalised, so that in the course of time the revenue will 

 be increased by the interest on the money so invested. The fund 

 has now a capital of X8800, including about £3200 worth of school 

 and other buildings. Its revenues are devoted to the following 

 purposes, viz. : — The cultivation of plants for stocking bare ground; 

 the maintenance of secondary schools, including the salaries of the 

 professors and the support of a portion of the students ; the ex- 

 penses incurred on the State Forest Examination and on the Forest 

 Guards' Examination ; and the publication of professional works. 

 The revenues are not, however, sufficient to cover all these charges, 

 and the deficiency is made good from the general forest budget of 

 the State. 



The National Forest Society, 



The society, consisting at the present time of about 1500 members, 

 was founded in 1866, and has a capital of ,£16,000. It renders 

 excellent service to the cause of forestry in Hungary, by giving an 

 annual prize of £44 for a work on a professional subject, as well as 

 by publishing a monthly journal, and in other ways. It grants an 

 allowance to the widows and orphans of forest officers who have 

 been members for five years, if they have been left in poor 

 circumstances. 



CHAPTER II. 



A TOUR IN THE CARPATHIAN FORESTS. 

 General Description. 



We reached Buda-Pesth on the 29th June 1886. and next 

 morning proceeded to the office of the Director-General of Forests, 

 where we were received with great kindness, and the final arrange- 

 ments for our tour were made ; a detailed programme, showing 

 where we were to go, and what we were to see each day, being 

 drawn out, and circulated to the forest officers concerned. Next 

 day we were received by Baron Gabor Keraeny, Minister of Com- 

 munications ; and the Acting Director-General of Forests, M. 

 Rouai, very kindly offered to allow M. Albert de Lavotta, an 

 assistant Inspector, to accompany us on our tour, in order to 

 arrange our journey, and act as Hungarian interpreter. 



