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the law of Feb. iQth, 1902; and in this capacity, prevents 

 the mismanagement of protection forests. 



The headquarters staff comprise, i President; 12 Tech- 

 nical Foresters (including the Commander of the Forest 

 Guard) ; 2 Members, attending to the financial side, bud- 

 gets, etc.; i Member, attending to buildings; i Member, 

 attending to local matters. The salary of the President 

 is $2000. The salaries of the other members, known as 

 "Councilors", vary between $1350 and $1810 per annum. 



In regard to the rank in the forest service, as compared 

 with other branches of the public service, it may be said 

 that the forest officials rank in general equally with those 

 state officials who are graduates of the university. 



Workmen continuously employed in the forests are used 

 only in a few large forest districts, notably, in certain 

 parts of the Black Forest; otherwise, forestal labor is at- 

 tended to by men usually employed in other vocations. 

 Only in the case of workmen permanently employed, at- 

 tention is paid to the proximity of home and Forest. 



On 2500 acres of forest land, about 12 workmen may 

 be employed during the entire year. The wages of the 

 forest workmen are somewhat better than those of the 

 common workmen, in order to retain the necessary amount 

 of good labor for forestry. 



During the years 1901 to 1905, there occurred alto- 

 gether 124 forest fires. The damage caused by these 

 forest fires was as follows: 2 forest fires, each $300; 17 

 forest fires, each between $25 and $250; 105 forest fires, 

 less than $25 altogether. 



The entire damage done by forest fires within the state 

 forests of the Kingdom of Wurtemburg, and within the 

 period of 1901-1905, amounts to $2200. 



The main causes of such forest fires are carelessness 

 while smoking and lighting fires near forests. Forest 

 fires are very rarely caused by sparks from locomotives 



