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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-Mame, Seine-et-Oise). 



(2) Rouen (Calvados, Eure, Eure-et-Loire, Manche, and Seine-Inf6r.). 



(3) Dijon (C6te-d'0r). 



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



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



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



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



(8) Troyes (Aube, C6te-d'0r p., Mame (Haute) p., Yonne). 



(9) £pinal (Meur-et-M. p., Vosges). 



(10) Gap, Alpes (Hautes). 



(11) Valence (Ardfeche, Dr6me, Vaucluse). 



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



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



(14) Grenoble (Isfere, Loire, Rh6ne). 



(15) Alengon (C6tes-du-Nord, FinistSre, Ille-et-Vilaine, Morbihan, Ome, Sarthe). 



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



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



(18) Toulouse (Arifege, Haute-Garonne, Gers p., Tam-et-Gar). 



(19) Tours (Indre-et-Loire, Loir-et-Cher, Loire-Inf6r., Loiret, Maine-et-Loire). 



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



(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-Inf6r., Vendue, Vienne). 



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



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



(27) Nlmes (Gard, H^rault, LozSre). 



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



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



(30) Ajaccio (Corse). 



(31) Chaumont (Haute-Mame). 



(32) Vesoul (Haute-Sa6ne). 



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 

 g6n6raux). 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 



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

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

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



