PROGRESS OF FOREST ADMINISTRATION 53 



interest in the forests through the wider ^ use of native laborers. 

 The educational propaganda even included the training of the 

 native children ^° so as to instill in them the knowledge of the 

 value of forests and the necessity for their maintenance. 



Administration Changes. — Many of the suggestions and 

 ideas brought out by this commission have gradually been put 

 into effect, with encouraging results. For example, in 1903 

 the receipts from the forests exceeded the expenditures for the 

 first time, and they have furthermore increased each year since 

 that time. 



The new forest code was passed and has proved sufficiently 

 plastic, and far better adapted for local needs, than the old. 

 [ The former inspection organization was done away with and 

 replaced by the system of "chefferies," which resulted in a 

 simplified administration with less top-heavy organization and 

 larger salaries. 



A system of control was also inaugurated, by placing "con- 

 troleurs" (general inspectors) at each conservator's office to 

 take up systematic field inspection. 

 I Guards and rangers are now allowed tHrc^etares (10 acres) of 

 land, instead of 2 hectares (6 acres), an irrigated garden, and 

 the right to hunt in state forests; while the budget of 1907 

 granted them a stated allowance per child to help pay the ex- 

 pense of their children's boarding during school sessions. 



During Jonnart's term the pay of forest officers was materi- 

 ally increased, rangers receiving 100 francs ($19.30), and guards 

 60 francs ($11.58) more than formerly. Officers' pay was also 

 raised, so that a comparison of the salaries they now receive 

 with those given to officers of similar grades in France is all in 

 favor of the Algerians. An "office assistant" receives 4800 

 francs ($926.40), or double the pay for that position in France, 

 while an inspector of the first class gets 8300 francs ($1601.90) 

 instead of 4500 ($868.50) as he would in the mother country. 



The Forest Service under Jonnart, in short, prospered exceed- 

 ingly. His regime marked a new and healthier era in Algerian 

 forest administration. 



9 Id. M Id. 



