398 India. 



between the imperial and the provincial governments, 

 the autonomy of the latter being jealously guarded. 

 It is divided into the Imperial and the Provincial 

 Service, the former consisting of the higher grade 

 officials entirely recruited from England, the latter, the 

 executive service, being in administrative functions 

 independent of the former. 



An Inspector-General, directly under the Secretary 

 of Revenue and Agriculture, (for some time under the 

 Home Department) is the head of the service, and acts 

 as professional adviser both of the Imperial and the 

 Provincial Governments. But this head of the service 

 is shorn of most of executive functions, all adminis- 

 trative matters being reserved to the provincial 

 authorities. 



The Inspector-General has charge only of the forest 

 school administration, of forest surveys, and of the 

 making of working plans, which later, after approval 

 by the Provincial government, are in their execution 

 inspected and critically supervised by him, but with- 

 out power to enforce them, or to give direction directly 

 to the Conservators in charge (at least in Madras and 

 Burma). He also watches over and reports on the 

 progress of all forestry matters in the empire. 



Peculiarities and great variety are also found in 

 other official relations and in the appointing power, 

 the general and provincial governments exercising 

 certain rights in this respect. 



The Controlling Staff (57 officers in 1869, now about 

 300) under the Inspector-General, consists of Conserva- 

 tors, Deputy Conservators and Assistant Conserva- 

 tors. The Conservators, now some 20, so far as they are 



