state Forest Administration. 199 



dent and technical head, and three Administrateurs 

 Verificateurs generaux, chiefs of the three bnreanx into 

 which the administration is divided, each with two chiefs 

 of sections. Inspectors, and the necessary oflBce staff. For 

 purposes of the local administration the forest area is 

 divided into 32 conservations, each nnder charge of a 

 Conservateur, equivalent to the German Oberforstmeis- 

 ter. These are again sub-divided into Chefferies or In- 

 spections, two to twelve in each conservation, which are 

 administrative units, under the supervision of In- 

 spectors (200) and Assistant Inspectors (210). In ad- 

 dition, a special service for forest-organization and re- 

 boisement employs 14 inspectors and some 20 assistants. 

 The forest districts or cantonments (ranges) finally are 

 under the direct charge of Gardes generaux (162), with 

 the assistance of Gardes generaux stagiaires (67) and 

 underforesters (Brigadiers) or guards (3,650) ; alto- 

 gether a personnel of over 4,400 oflBcials. While this is 

 a larger force per acreage, yet the expense for personnel 

 per acre is less than one-half that of the Prussian, forest 

 administration, and one-quarter of that in several of the 

 other German state administrations. 



The budget for 1905 places the total expenditure for 

 the Forest Administration at $2,770,000 (95 cents per 

 acre), of which 900,000 for reboisement and other im- 

 provement work. The receipts for the last five years 

 have averaged near 7 million dollars, so that a net result 

 of $1.75 per acre seems attained, considering the ex- 

 pense of reboisement as new investment. 



4. Reforestation. ^^ 



The most noted work of the forest administration, and 

 one for which it deserves high credit, has been that of the 



