96 ANNUAL REPORT OF 



of sixty-five years the state forestry officer is entitled to a 

 pension in case he desires to retire, even if his constitu- 

 tion would enable him to continue in the service. 



No annual report of the Saxony forest administration is 

 published. 



"Das Tharandter Jahrbuch" is considered the best 

 periodical on forestry. 



As further information, it may be stated that the ad- 

 ministration of a forest range, by the superior forester 

 under the supervision of the superior forest master, is 

 outlined by ( ' the working plan ' ' which is prepared by the 

 bureau of forest working plans at Dresden, containing 

 prescriptions for a period of ten years. The superior for- 

 est officer co-operates in the preparation of this working 

 plan, which has to be submitted to the secretary of finan- 

 ces. The preparation of a working plan is based on a 

 thorough knowledge and a thorough scrutinizing of the 

 conditions of the forest range, which often takes several 

 months. The forest working plan contains a statement 

 showing the areas of the different compartments or units 

 of the forest range; it contains a description of these com- 

 partments and maps of the same; all sections of the for- 

 ests are examined with reference to their increment. All 

 these investigations made, the forests or sections of for- 

 ests to be cut during the next decade of years are selected 

 and pointed out specifically. Further, there is stated 

 specifically what compartments or sub-compartments are 

 to be thinned out, what areas are to be planted up, and 

 by what means regeneration is to be effected in each single 

 case. Deviations from the prescriptions of a forest work- 

 ing plan must not be made unless authorized by the sec- 

 retary of finances. Every working plan is controlled by 

 the state forest master in the range itself. Besides, in 

 the midst of the ten years period, or after the lapse of 

 five years, such a control by the highest forest officer of 

 the state takes place, so as to find out whether and in how 



