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France proper is divided into thirty-two conservations. This includes 

 Corsica ^^ which is listed as the thirtieth conservation. These thirty-two 

 conservations are located at the following points : 



(1) Paris (Oise, Seine, Seine-et-Marne, Seine-et-Oise). 



(2) Rouen (Calvados, Eure, Eure-et-Loire, Manche, and Seine-Inf^r.). 



(3) Dijon (Cote-d'Or). 



(4) Nancy (Meurthe-et-M. Meuse p., Vosges p.). 



(5) Chambery (Mayenne, Savoie, Haute-Savoie). 



(6) Charleville (Ardennes, Aube p., Marne). 



(7) Amiens (Aisne, Nord, Oise p., Pas-de-Calais, Somme). 



(8) Troyes (Aube, Cote-d'Or p., Marne (Haute) p., Yonne). 



(9) fipinal (Meur-et-M. p., Vosges). 



(10) Gap, Alpes (Hautes). 



(11) Valence (Ardeche, Drome, Vaucluse). 



(12) Besangon (Doubs, Terr, de Belf.). 



(13) Lons-le-Saunier (Jura). 



(14) Grenoble (Isere, Loire, Rhone). 



(15) Alengon (C6tes-du-Nord, Finistere, lUe-et-Vilaine, Morbihan, Orne, Sarthe), 



(16) Bar-le-Duc (Ardennes p., Meuse). 



(17) Magon (Ain, Saone-et-Loire). 



(18) Toulouse (Ariege, Haute-Garonne, Gers p., Tarn-et-Gar) . 



(19) Tours (Indre-et-Loire, Loir-et-Cher, Loire-Infer., Loiret, Maine-et-Loire). 



(20) Bourges (Cher, Indre, Nievre). 



(21) Moulins (Ailier, Creuse, Puy-de-D6me, Haute-Vienne) . 



(22) Pau (Gers, Basses-Pyr6n6es, Haute-Pyr6n6es) . 



(23) Nice (Alpes-Marit, Var). 



(24) Niort (Charente, Charente-Infer., Vendue, Vienne). 



(25) Carcassonne (Aude, Pyr6n6es-Or., Tarn). 



(26) Aix (Basses- Alpes, Bouches-d.-Rh.). 



(27) Mmes (Gard, H6rault, Lozere). 



(28) Aurillac (Haute-Loire, Aveyron, Cantal, Correze, Lot). 



(29) Bordeaux (Dordogne, Gironde, Landes, Lot-et-Gar). 



(30) Ajaccio (Corse). 



(31) Chaumont (Haute-Marne). 



(32) Vesoul (Haute-Saone). 



At the head of each conservation there is a conservator. Each con- 

 servation is divided into "inspections," comprising a number of forests, 

 administered by an inspector; each inspection includes two or three 

 "cantonments" under assistant inspectors or forest assistants (gardes 

 generaux). The protective force includes rangers and guards; these 

 employees are usually housed by the State. As compared with the 

 United States the Forest Service administration in Washington corre- 

 sponds to the central administration in Paris, but in France there is 

 less centralization. The districts of the United States Forest Service 



11 See Chapter IV, French Forests and Forestry. There are now three new conserva- 

 tions in the restored provinces (a) Metz (Moselle), (6) Strasbourg (Bas-Rhin), (c) Colmar 

 (Haut-Rhin). See appendix, page 495. 



