200 LEGISLATION ON TORRENTS. 



" The agents deemed that such a field of experiments, however useful for 

 the district in which it might be placed, would not be capable of furnishing 

 certain information for other regions, and that, in this point of view, the 

 proposed establishment does not present the promise of adequate general 

 interest. 



" Remarhs, dsc. 



" The Administration shares the opinion of the agents at the conference 

 at Foix. 



" Desires Expressed by the Agents Assembled in Conference. 



" The Agents at the conference at Foix expressed the wish that the 

 Administration of Forests should be ^charged with the mise en vcdeur, or 

 improvement, and the rehoisement of the communal lands situated on the' 

 mountains. 



" The execution of the law on the mise en valeur of the communal uncul- 

 tivated lands lies with the prefects. There is nothing to prevent the 

 execution of such works of this character, as have for their object rehoisement, 

 taking place under the care of the forest agents. It is thus that the law in 

 question is applied in the department of the Vosges. The conservators wiU 

 consider whether they ought not in this matter to advise with the depart- 

 mental administrations. 



" The agents at the conference at Carpentras have expressed the following 

 wishes : (1) That in future the programme of the conference should be sent 

 to each agent at least a month in advance ; (2) That the members appointed 

 should bring with them samples, models of instruments, &c. ; (3) That 

 they should put down beforehand in writing, as far as possible, their 

 answers to the questions on the programme, and their observations. 



" (Signed) H. Vicaire, Director-General of the Forest Administration. 



« Paris, January ID, 1862." 



The following is an Abstract of Eeport of operations in 1862 : — 



In 1861 the expense of the rehoisement of the mountains was settled as 

 follows : — 



Subventions for rehoisements fandtatifs, or sanctioned opera- 

 tions, granted to communes and private individuals for 

 labour upon Crown lands, for nurseries, for secheries (or 

 places for collecting and drying seeds), for keeping up 

 the works, and for various kinds of labour, Francs, 548,855,30 



Support of agents and overseers, „ 46,718.94 



Indemnities to agents, overseers, and assistants, „ 42,439,40 



Francs, 638,013,64 

 A. Rehoisements Facidtatifs. 



In 1862 the demands for subventions have been as follows : — 

 By communes and public establishments, 730 ) , . ,,„ 

 By private people, 698 J 



Of which only 40 have been rejected, as not falling within the scope ofthe law. 

 These demands came from 39 departments in all. The areas reforested 

 were, for what had been doije by 742 oomnumes and public establishments, 

 5,774h 58a ; by 394 private individuals, 1,714h 15a— total, 7,488h 73a 00. 

 It was in the departments of Puy-de-D6me and of Vancluse that there was 

 the largest extent of communal rehoisements. 



