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and 1,283,500 acres to private individuals. Scotch pine 

 and other conifers, including fir (picea pectinata] and 

 spruce, are the prevailing kinds of trees. 



ADMINISTRATION. 



The administration of the forests is by a bureau in the 

 Ministry of Commerce and Agriculture, and consists of a 

 chief, an inspector general of forests and two assistant 

 chiefs. The budget for forests and forestry for the year 

 1 905 was $ 1 50, ooo. There are six district inspectors, who 

 have received scientific forestry training, 40 foresters who 

 have received forestry training. There is a district inspector 

 for each 1,250,000 acres and a forester for every 190,000 

 acres. There is a keeper to patrol the forest to every 

 3,500 acres. There are also many other employes. For 

 the parish forests there is a forester for every 125, ooo acres. 



These facts are taken from an unusually able and fine 

 volume entitled "Bulgaria of To-day," issued in 1907 by 

 the Bulgarian Ministry of Commerce and Agriculture, and 

 a copy of which was kindly sent to the Commissioner of 

 Forestry of Minnesota by the British Diplomatic Agent 

 and Consul General at Sofia, Sir G. W. Buchanan. The 

 following are the concluding words of the chapter on 

 forests in said volume: 



' 'The improvement of our forests demands enormous 

 sacrifices, but on the other hand a time will come when 

 the revenue from the forests will play an important part 

 in the State budget. The Bulgarian Government, fully 

 aware of its duties and its interests, concentrates its efforts 

 to this end; to make our forests, by the simplest means, 

 in the near future a source of riches, which are so sorely 

 needed by the young State for the completion of its 

 organization." 



It is an interesting fact that Bulgaria, in territorial 

 extent, is only half as large as Minnesota. 



