FOREST POLICIES OF FOREIGN NATIONS. 287 



The growth of both gross and net revenue is 

 illustrated in the following figures, rounded off, 

 and figuring the rupee at one third of a dollar.' 



This steady rise in revenue in response to a rise 

 in expenditures, is one of the best arguments of 

 the efficiency of the administration, brought about 

 by a liberal policy in paying for efficient adminis- 

 tration, including a generous pension system — a 

 policy which in its results compares most favor- 

 ably with the stingy, niggardly policy which usually 

 prevails in the United States in the employment 

 of public officers. The inspector-general receives 

 about $8000, and the conservators about $5000 

 per annum. 



1 The figures given on p. 115 differ on account of different value 

 used in translating rupees. 



