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to this scientific preparation are as follows: Graduating 

 from a state gymnasium; six months of practical instruc- 

 tion under a forest officer on one of the state forest 

 ranges; twelve months' study at a university; two and a 

 half years' study at the forest academy at Tharandt, at 

 which two examinations must be passed; three years of 

 practical professional training under a forest officer and 

 at the bureau of forest working plans at Dresden; ex- 

 amination by the state authorities. After this prepara- 

 tion, as soon as there is a vacancy, appointment as gov- 

 ernment officer might follow, to begin with as assistant 

 of an Oberforster (Superior Forester) ; then as superior 

 forester, and so on up to the higher ranks of chief of a 

 forest territory or chief of the bureau of forest working 

 plans. The latter officers have the title of " Superior 

 Forest Master." The highest technical authority con- 

 trolling the local and territorial officers is called * ' State 

 Forest Master." There are 108 local ranges in Saxony 

 allotted to 1 1 territorial districts. The former are in 

 charge of a superior forester (Oberforster), the latter in 

 charge of a superior forest master. The central bureau 

 of the entire state forestry service is under the Secretary 

 of Finances. 



The salary of a superior forest officer averages 11,015 

 (from $1,150 to $1,1 80), to which must be added an al- 

 lowance of $566 for traveling expenses, horse keeping and 

 the use of a house free of rental. The salary of the Su- 

 perior forest master averages $1,486, ranging from $1,274 

 to $1,698, to which must be added a traveling allowance 

 of $708 and the use of a house free of charge. 



In the case of physical disability the forest officers draw 

 a pension depending on the duration of their state service 

 and on the salary received so far. This pension is at least 

 30 per cent of the salary. In no case does it amount to 

 over 80 per cent. The latter figure is paid after thirty- 

 nine years or more of state forestry service. At the age 



