72 ALGERIA 



separate and exact data are compiled for each year. The tres- 

 passes are here classified by: grazing; cuttings, including wood 

 and bark; theft of cork (after being peeled by the State) ; squat- 

 ting on agricultural land or tampering with boundaries; hunting; 

 minor products; fires; fires set within district (where setting 

 of fires is forbidden) ; constructions or camps within this district; 

 miscellaneous. 



All of the foregoing information is recorded on the outside and 

 inside covers of the folder. Inside the folder there are: maps; 

 abstract of work accompHshed, described for the period 1886 

 to 1900, and by years after 1901; year; nature of work done; 

 paths, roads, and bridges, (a) new and {b) maintenance; re- 

 moval of first cork layer; collection of cork; fire protection, 

 (a) new and (b) maintenance; restocking, (a) new and (b) main- 

 tenance; regeneration; brush cutting, lopping, grafting; man- 

 agement, boundaries, maps; operations relating to felHng areas, 

 etc.; totals per year by (a) money, (b) value of work done by 

 trespassers, (c) by contractors and right holders, (d) total; 

 remarks. 



The receipts are digested by years; section of budget, nature 

 of products by principal products as to whether cork, wood, and 

 bark (ordinary, extraordinary, and accidental); miscellaneous 

 products. 



The official force, by forests, is set down, showing the number 

 of employees of each class, and in addition the residence of the 

 ranger in charge of the beat with the area. 



These records thus contain all information which those in 

 charge need for administrative purposes and are an admirable 

 substitute for the formal European working plan. The idea 

 could be adopted in the United States. 



DISPOSAL OF PRODUCE 



Sales. — Shortly after the conquest -^ the cropping of cork 

 oak was commenced; and as early as 1847 the exportation had 

 reached 460 quintaux (101,384 pounds). Since the state did 



29 Commission d'Etudes Forestieres, pp. 173-177. 



