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Thus men with many years' service to their credit draw salaries not 

 appreciably higher than those drawn by men at the beginning of their sendee, 

 with the result that there is insufficient encouragement given to Foresters to 

 put forth their best endeavours throughout their service. It is not surprising, 

 therefore, that some of the most efficient men have left the Forest Department 

 to take up other duties. 



In order to remedy matters the following revised scale of salaries is pro- 

 posed for Foresters : 



Year of service. Salary. 



1st 3rd 250 on probation for 3 years. 



4th 260 



5th 270 



6th 285 



7th 300 Grade II. 



8th 315 



9th 330 



10th 345 , 



Efficiency bar. 



llth 360 , 



12th 380 



13th 400 Grade I. 



14th 420 



15th 440 

 16th and over 460 



As the work of the Department expands it is probable that the strength 

 of the Forester staff will require to be increased from time to time. 



It is proposed that the post of Seedsman on 200-15-300 be merged in 

 the general list of Foresters, as the qualifications and duties of the Seedsman 

 are on a par with those of Foresters. 



57. POST OF CHIEF CONSERVATOR OF FORESTS. If any scheme for 

 the union of the various East African territories comes into force it will be 

 advisable to appoint a Chief Conservator of Forests for the administrative 

 control of the whole. Such an officer will be required to co-ordinate work in 

 the various territories, to advise the supreme Government in Forest matters, 

 and to arrange inter-territorial transfers. 



19. SUMMARY OF REPORT. 



58. The following is a summary of the main observations and recom- 

 mendations contained in this Report : 



(1) From the point of view of production the forest area of the 

 Colony has been reduced to the utmost limit of safety (paragraph 1) : 

 from the point of view of conservation of the water-supply it has already 

 been exceeded, and legislation is advisable for the protection of streams 

 (paragraph 4). 



(2) The existing territorial divisional charges, 6 in number, are at 

 present adequate (paragraph 2). 



(3) A rough classification is given of the main types of forest (para- 

 graph 3). 



(4) Considerable areas of forest still await reservation, which should 

 be pushed on (paragraph 5). 



