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conservator directly supervises " chefferies," or small forest sub- 

 divisions, which correspond closely to one of the detached units 

 administered by American forest supervisors. A specific exam- 

 ple is the Coronado 'National Forest in southern Arizona, 

 where one supervisor has administered what was formerly the 

 Baboquivari, Dragoon, Huachuca, Santa Catalina, Santa Rita, 

 and Tumacacori forests. According to the Algerian form of 

 organization, these different forest divisions would be split up 

 and administered locally by a forest assistant, head ranger, or 

 deputy supervisor, instead of being administered from Tucson 

 as one unit. Another interesting variation in the usual form 

 of organization is the appointment of controllers or general 

 inspectors in each of the three conservations (at Oran, Cons tan- 

 tine, and Algiers). Such an officer inspects officials of less than 

 his own rank. Since the military form of organization is cur- 

 rent, it means that the general inspectors who, in the regular 

 organization have the title and rank of " inspecteur," cannot 

 inspect a "chefferie" if it is in charge of an " inspecteur " 

 except in cases of emergency. It is interesting to see that the 

 difficult lot of the Algerian forest officer is in part compensated by 

 increased pay and liberal travel and educational allowances; he 

 is granted a maximum of 30 days' leave per year, cumulative up 

 to two years, and transportation for himself and family between 

 France and Algeria. The subordinate force, stationed as they 

 frequently are in out-of-the-way places, must send their children 

 to school in the nearby towns and the Forest Service pays some- 

 thing to defray this increased cost of boarding-school education. 

 The administration is unquestionably progressive. The de- 

 velopment of a new industry such as the turpentine operations 

 in the Aleppo-pine forests around Oran, is worthy of American 

 progress and ingenuity. The silvical treatment of these forests 

 seems practicable and at the same time sufficiently conservative 

 to insure regeneration. After a study of management in Europe 

 proper, one would anticipate rather complicated, impracticable 

 regulation in Algeria, but such is far from the case. What could 

 be simpler or more feasible than the so-called " bundles of man- 

 agement " described on page 71? In the yield of cork oak, the 



