ADMINISTRATIVE ORGANIZATION 105 



The Controller. — At the time when the chefferie organiza- 

 tion was adopted, a new position — that of inspector (controller) 

 — was created. The controllers are really general inspectors 

 under the director of the Forest Service, but also under the 

 orders of the conservators. They make general inspections 

 in the chefferies, but ordinarily do not inspect officers of equal 

 rank. They report directly to the conservators, occasionally 

 act in the place of conservators, but may take very important 

 problems of a serious nature to the director. Notwithstanding 

 the extra allowance for travel and the fact that they are not 

 burdened with routine, the position is not generally popular, 

 because they must spend a large part of their time away from 

 their families. But, on the whole, the creation of this rank has 

 strengthened the organization. For the inspectors are wholly 

 free from local influence and have no administrative preference 

 in the problems reported upon. 



In the language of the EnabKng Act: "^"^ 



"A certain number of inspectors may be charged with 

 control and placed for this purpose either under the governor, 

 the government, or the office of the conservation; or they 

 will have as a task the inspection of chefferies, or the study 

 of important problems. Only under exceptional circumstances 

 will these inspectors make inspections in any chefferies ad- 

 ministered other than by assistant inspectors of forest or 

 forest assistants." 



Reforestation Service. — The reforestation and management 

 service under an inspector at Algiers covers all three conser- 

 vations and in theory is attached to the director's office. For 

 convenience, however, it is under the conservator of the Algiers 

 conservation who, it will be remembered, acts as director. 

 When the chief makes a report on a matter in another con- 

 servation, it is sent to the director through the conservator 

 in charge. 



A research station (see page 87) has been created and the 

 inspector in charge of the Algiers chefferie has been nominated 

 as chief under the orders of the local conservator. 



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^" Art. 3, Decree of November 16, 1905. 



