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perior officers, and the rest of the organization is also 

 very nearly the same as that in vogue in most German 

 States, each province having a directive service of 

 "Oberforstmeister" with "Forstmeister" as inspec- 

 tors, and " Oberforster " with the assistance of "Forst- 

 warte" as executive officers. In addition a special 

 corps of "forest engineers" and "superior forest engi- 

 neers" is provided for the elaboration of working 

 plans. Lately (1904), a re-organization of the central 

 office provided, besides the department of adminis- 

 tation of State and Funds forests, a department of 

 reboisement and correction of torrents, and a depart- 

 ment of forest policy charged with the promotion of 

 forest culture, including the education of foresters 

 and similar matters. 



Most of the State property is located in the Alps 

 and Carpathian mountains at an elevation above 2,000 

 feet, hence financial results do not make a good showing. 



Since 1885 it has been the policy to add to the State 

 forest area by purchase, and by 1898, over 350,000 

 acres had been added to it. 



5. Progress of Forest Organization. 



Since 1873, working plans according to unified prin- 

 ciples have been prepared for most of the State 

 property, so that, by 1898, about 82% was under 

 regulated management. 



The progress made in bringing forest 'areas under 

 organized management varied greatly in the different 

 provinces. 



In northeastern Austria, the first methods of regu- 

 lated management consisted, as in the neighboring 



