Canadian Forcsdii Journal, September, 191S 



1883 



The French Forest Service 



Taking the Stale and communal 

 forests together, there is an area of 

 rather more than 7,000,000 acres 

 under the charge of forest officers of 

 the State. The composition of the 

 active Forest service is as follows: — 

 There are 32 Conservators of forests, 

 one for each of the 32 administrative 

 districts into which France is divided. 

 There are 200 Inspectors of forests, 

 215 Assistant-inspectors, and 300 

 gardes generaux or Superintendents. 

 The duties of Conservators are clear- 

 ly defined. They do not include 

 fpiesiions of policy, which are dealt 

 Avith bv the Central Administration 



bat thev give the Conservator a free 

 hand within hi^ own area in certain 

 clearly defined matters. The In- 

 spector is the executive officer for a 

 limited district; associated with him 

 there is an Assistant-inspector who 

 replaces him when absent, and is 

 essentially an out-of-door olTicial. 

 The Inspector and Assistant-inspec- 

 tor are charged with the execution 

 of the working-plans under the dir- 

 ection of the Conservator of the 

 district. All the officers of the For- 

 est service receive their training 

 at the Forest School at Nancy. 



Director of Forestry Seriously Injured 



Mr. R. H. Campbell, Dominion 

 Director of Forestry, was seriously 

 injured while on an inspection trip 

 on the line of the Hudson Bay Rail- 

 way on Tuesday night, Sept 10. 

 Mr. Campbell, who had been away 

 from Ottawa on his annual inspection 

 trip to the Pacific coast for about two 

 months, had reached Manitoba on 

 his return trip when the accident 

 occurred. With the district inspec- 

 tor for Manitoba, Mr. F. K. Herch- 

 mcr, and some rangers, he was 

 inspecting the country along the 

 Hudson Bay Railway near Pas, 

 Manitoba. The party were riding 

 on a gasoline "speeder" or light car 

 used for inspection purposes. In 

 returning to Pa,s after nightfall the 

 speeder overtook and collided with a 

 handcar upon which there was no 

 light. Mr. Campbell and Mr. 

 Herchmer were thrown from the car 

 and Mr. Campbell unfortunately 

 struck his head while Mr. Herchmer 

 escaped with a severe shaking up. 

 Mr. Campbell was promptly con- 

 veyed to the hospital at Pas four 

 miles away where his wound was 

 dressed and where he was later at- 

 tended by a specialist sent from Win- 

 nipeg. The specialist decided that 

 his condition was such that he could 



safely return with him to Winnipeg 

 where he arrived on Friday evening, 

 Sept. 13. Since that time the reports 

 of his condition have been of a most 

 encouraging character and at time 

 of writing his progress is considered 

 satisfactory by his physicians. 



Others riding with Mr. Campbell 

 received minor injuries, the only 

 serious other case being a broken 

 leg sustained by one of the rangers. 



BORERS IN SPRUCE. 



"It is reported that a borer has 

 appeared on the south shore of the 

 St. Lawrence River which is doing 

 quite a lot of damage to the spruce. 

 The Quebec Limit Holders Associa- 

 tion has asked the Quebec Forest 

 Protective Association to investigate 

 and see what steps can be taken 

 to combat the pest. The Dominion 

 Entomologist is said to have stated 

 that this insect breeds on the logging 

 debris. If this is the case, steps must 

 be taken to dispose of this by fire at 

 the time of logging." — Ellwood Wil- 

 son in 'Wmerican Forestry.^^ 



Reports reaching the Canadian 

 Forestry Journal claim that the bor- 

 ers have also appeared on tracts 

 where no logging debris exists and 

 were doing great damage. 



