264 FORESTRY IN LITHUANIA. 



the preparation of building timber, the board of 

 management will be guided in its action by 



1. Rules existing for other Admiralty forest 



districts. 



2. Rules issued to the existing commission of 



Pudosk town, and pre- sketched in code, &c., 

 of Department of goverment forests. 



3. General forest laws. 



The Department of admiralty forests is, however, 

 directed to issue, without loss of time, a codex for 

 the Baltic districts, with basis of rules existing for 

 northern districts of leaved forests.' 



In Courland there are several forests belonging to the 

 government, and in the codification of the then existing 

 laws in regard to administration and management of forests, 

 the following were published as the laws and regulations 

 relating to these forests, specifications being given of the 

 chapter and section of the law on which each statement 

 was based : 



' Foundation of Board of Management oj Government 

 Forests in the Government of Courland. 



DIVISION I. GENERAL COMPOSITION OF BOARD. 



* 362. The local management of government forests of Cour- 

 land belongs to that of the Courland Palata Imperial 

 Domains, which manages these forests on strength of 

 rules 867 to 1,050, 1,534 to 1,589, 1,645 to 1,668 of 

 this codex. 



363. In forest districts of Courland there exist, (1) 

 foresters, according to rules of forest corps, as 

 stated in section 70-71 ; (2) foresters and under 

 foresters, with warders and guardians. 



Note. The foresters and foresters' assistants 

 presently existing are to be replaced, on their 

 leaving the service, by students of the forest corps 



