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ministration, in charge of 24 superior forest officers. The 

 highest functionary in forestry matters is the president of 

 the forestry bureau. The bureau is composed of five 

 forest counsellors, two of whom act as forest inspectors at 

 the same time, each one supervising 12 of the above 

 named 24 forest officers. The annual yield of the state 

 forests is 5,779,669 cubic feet of lumber and fire-wood 

 cut in ripe forests, and 1,288,904 cubic feet of fire- wood 

 and pulp-wood obtained from thinnings. These figures 

 correspond with an annual yield of about 155 feet board 

 measure of lumber plus 0.40 cords of fire-wood per acre 

 per annum. The state forest officers at the same time 

 control the management of the communal and private 

 forests within the state. All grades of forest officers 

 have certain police duties concerning forests, fish and 

 game preservation. 



The municipalities owning forests are required to ap- 

 point well trained foresters for the management of their 

 forest realties. 



SAXONY. 



STATE FOREST. 



The aggregate area of the state forest is 432,000 acres. 

 The forests are scattered over the Erz mountains them- 

 selves and over their outskirts. They are further situated 

 in a few smaller and separate mountain ranges and in the 

 plains. The altitude at which the state forests are found 

 ranges from 100 to 1,200 meters, or from 328.1 feet to 

 3,937. 2 feet, above sea level. The first group of forests, 

 in the Erz mountains, is pretty compact and comprises 

 200,000 acres. The second group, in the outskirts of the 

 Erz mountains and in some smaller distinct mountain 

 ranges, comprises 136,000 acres; and the third group, in 



