122 FORESTRY OF JAPAN. 



among the members. The term of office for the former is 3 

 years, and that for the latter is less than a year. The number 

 of these officials is to be fixed by the articles of the co-operative 

 society. Further, it is required of the co-operative society to 

 hold a genera] meeting more than once during every business 

 year to make reports of the general proceedings of it, and to 

 discuss plans for the work and to draw up a budget of revenues 

 and expenditures and a statement of accounts. 



The exact number of votes of the member is fixed by the 

 articles of the cooperative society. The proceedings are con- 

 ducted in very much the same way as in any ordinary meeting 

 of an association. 



Though there are only a few forest co-operative society 

 established by this law, a brief statement concerning the 

 internal condition of them will not be superfluous. They all 

 aim to preserve forests in a good state or to restore the devas- 

 tated forests to their former conditions or to make use of them 

 to the best possible advantage true to the rules for the organi- 

 zation of forest co-operative society already referred to. Some 

 of them attempt to facilitate the transportation of timber by 

 constructing forest roads or by renovating them. Some 

 conduct patrols in the forests to keep them from robbery and 

 arrange fire lines to protect them against a fire. Some draw 

 up the working system and enforce them and if the member 

 of the co-operative society does not worked in conformity with 

 plans, the co-operative society attends to tin- work by 

 itself, making the forest owner pay the expenses required. 



e distribute the proceeds from tin- forests and cause the 

 expenditure t<> be borne by the members in proportion to the 



