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acting as chief clerk, and 4 clerks; 5 inspectors and 5 clerks, 

 4 assistant inspectors who are ranger district (cantonment) 

 chiefs, 4 forest assistants, 24 rangers (i communal) and 114 

 assistant rangers ("guards") of whom 56 are communal. The 

 area per unit in 1887 and 191 1 in hectares and acres (in paren- 

 theses) is shown below: 



21 Unpublished ofi&cial report dated 1887, complete statistics on the forests of 

 Corsica are given after page 209. 



Pay. — The pay of the superior force is on the same basis 

 as in France, with the following supplements: Conservator 1200 

 francs ($231.60); inspector 1000 francs ($193); assistant in- 

 spector 800 francs ($154.40) ; forest assistant 600 francs ($115.80). 

 The rangers receive no supplements; the guards are paid from 

 60 to 70 francs ($11.58 to $13.51) a month with quarters, fuel, 

 garden, and extra pay for calipering and for marking when 

 working off their beat. While the guards' salaries are perhaps 

 one-seventh what is paid an assistant ranger in the United 

 States, the requirements as to quality and quantity of work do 

 not approach our standards. 



Work and Duties, — The year's work perhaps could be 

 compressed into what we should consider 2 months' service. 

 An American federal forester would say that there were at 

 least twice too many guards. As one guard remarked, "We 

 would rather have better pay and more work; even doing 

 nothing is fatiguing if one must remain on official duty." Dur- 

 ing the slack season the guards make cleanings, and put in 

 their time on station maintenance by painting, repairing, and 



