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Thuringia, according to an agreement adopted at a re-union 

 of German foresters held in Brunswick. The stations in 

 Prussia are ten in number, besides other three which have 

 been created in Alsace-Lorraine. The regulations of these 

 stations were made on llth March, 1872, and according to 

 the arrangements made the central station is organically 

 united to the Academy of Forestry in Neustad-Eberwald ; 

 and all the others are subordinate to this. In general, the 

 studies or investigations are divided into five sections the 

 forestal, properly so-called ; the chemi co-physical ; the 

 meteorological ; that of vegetable physiology ; and zoology. 

 But the central station has the whole of these sections, 

 the others have only forestal and meteorological sections, 

 or only one of these. 



Referring then to the stations in Bavaria, under the direc- 

 tion of Dr,Ebermayer,as models deservingof imitation, there 

 are stated the points to which attention is given in these ; 

 and the results which might be expected from the con- 

 sideration of data obtained. There are next described 

 what apparatus it would be desirable to have, and sugges- 

 tions are submitted in regard to the organisation and 

 service of the station proposed, with an estimate of the 

 prices of at which the apparatus might be procured in 

 Munich, amounting in all to 1570 pesetas or francs of 

 the expense of establishing the observatory amounting to 

 550 pesetas, and of the probable annual expenses amounting 

 to 2150 pesetas. So far as known to me nothing resulted 

 from this memorial in the form submitted for consideration ; 

 but the matter to which it had reference has been taken 

 up, in connection with the other arrangements made for 

 the study of aspirants to the forest service of the country, 

 in the School of Forestry in the Escurial. 



Sub-Section 2. Construction. 



In the same year, under the head of construction, attention 

 is given to the construction of forest-roads and highways, 

 bridges, sheds, forest huts, and homes for forest officials, 



