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central plateau the work is very light and much of the time is 

 spent on chores. Typical extracts from a diary 2 are given 

 below, each day being numbered serially: 



1. "At station writing letters, the native guard went to 

 Pont du Fabs to cash his salary check." 



2. "On a trip in the canton of Telil Esallie and Telil Bon- 

 aka informed me that . . . has not moved their camp in 

 accordance with the order received July 29th." 



Then follows: " Proces- verbal feuille No. 27" re the trespass. 

 (Had camped within 100 metres (109 yards) of the forest.) 



3. "Overseeing collection of aleppo-pine seed." 



4. "Sunday at the station." 



5. "Holiday at the station." 



6. "On a trip to Tarf ech Chena, found two carts loaded 

 with poles without permit. Took data about these poles." 



7. "At Bon Arada, got the mail, spent the night at Bon 

 Djelida." 



Extensiveness of Administration. For the circumscription 

 of El-Feidja in the cork district of Khroumirie the estimated 

 receipts for 1912 totaled 154,000 francs ($29,722), whereas the 

 expenses totaled 105,678.54 francs ($20,376.66). Thus the net 

 yield for 2000 hectares (4942 acres) was in this instance 48,421.46 

 francs ($9345.34), or almost $2 per acre per year. 



Here the collection of cork is made by the state; the force 

 consisting of one forest assistant in charge, assisted by 6 French 

 and 7 native subordinates. 



The expenses at El-Feidja in detail for a typical year are: 

 personnel, 19,716.66 francs ($3805.31); payments for travel, 

 horse upkeep, etc., 10,095.83 francs ($1948.50); fire protection, 

 1000 francs ($193); first peeling of oak, 6700 francs ($1293.10); 

 collection of cork, 6900 francs ($1331.70); paths, etc., 6300 francs 

 ($1215.90); miscellaneous betterments, 1050 francs ($202.65); 

 maintenance of fire lines and protection, 6500 francs ($1254.50); 

 roads, trails, etc., 5685.50 francs ($1097.30); fences and build- 

 ings, 719.95 francs ($138.95); plantation and nurseries, 50 francs 

 ($9.65); fire watchers, 1660.80 francs ($320.53); marking, 400 



2 Diary of a ranger at Djebel Mansaur. 



