yo FORESTRY IN GERMANY. 



The forstmeisters are appointed by His Majesty the Emperor and King, on 

 the proposal of the Minister for Agriculture, Domain and Forest, of the obei-- 

 forsters who have distinguished themselves by their superior technical educa- 

 tion and business management of forests. They havfe not to pass any special 

 examination for this promotion beyond the forest scientific examination orig- 

 inally passed and required by the government for oberforsters. 



Forstmeisters rank as regierungs riithe (government councilors). The 

 number oi forstmeisters at present in Prussia is 92, which is on an average of 

 about 6 to 7 oberforstereien (chief forest districts) to ea.ch forstmeister. This 

 estimate, however, does not include the communal forests of Westphalia and 

 the Rhineland nor the 80 royal oberfoerstereien under the supervision of 26 

 oberforstmeisters who are the directors of the whole administration of the entire 

 government district, and, as such, are the superior officers of \\i& forstmeisters. 

 Accordingly, there is one oberforstmeister for each government district, who is, 

 by virtue of his office, a member of its department. The oberforstmeister is 

 selected out of a number of the most capable forstmeisters, who is proposed 

 by the Minister for Agriculture, Domain and Forest, with the sanction of the 

 State Ministry, and appointed by His Majesty the Emperor and King. The 

 oberforstmeister, having the entire forest administration of the government 

 district, has to make annually, in conjunction with theforstmeister, an inspec- 

 tion tour and to see that the management of the forests is properly carried out. 

 He has, under the direction of the government district president, the appoint- 

 ment and arrangemept of the pay of the forest police according to the gen- 

 eral instructions issued by the Minister. He has, further, the regulating of 

 the general business, the preparing of the budget, the super-revision and ap- 

 proval of the annual felling and cultivation plans, the distribution of the 

 means for the cultivation of the forests, and the disposition of the funds set 

 apart for the entire district. 



The Ministry for Agriculture, Domain and Forest contains in its depart- 

 ment for forest the central direction for the entire state forest administration, 

 consisting of an oberlandforstmeisterQ\ta.d state forester), a ministerial direc- 

 tor, and four forest technical ministerial counselors, whose departments of 

 business, are arranged according to the provinces. The general regulations 

 for the maintenance and utilization of the state property, consisting in for- 

 ests, are fixed by the Minister, who also takes care that they are properly ex- 

 ecuted. 



REVENUES FROM GOVERNMENT FORESTS; COST OF MAINTAINING OR MANAGING 



forests; profits of forest cultivation. 



The estimated revenue and expenditure of the state forests for the years 

 1886-87, according to official statement, are given as follows : 



Gross receipts M. 56,070,000 



Ordinary expenses 31,062,200 



^ S^-^Pl"^ M. 25,007,800 



Extraordinary expenses 



Net income 'TT Z 



M. 22.557,800 



