^ FORESTRY IN GERMANY. 



The following table shows the area of the entire surface of the countries 

 mentioned and the percentage of total area of each under forest : 



States. 



e 



o 



Saxe-Meiningen 



Saxe-Altenburg 



Saxe-Coburg-Gotha , 



Saxe- Weimar , 



Schwarzburg-Sonderhausen , 

 Schwarzburg-RudoIsEadt .... 



Reuss jiingere Linie 



Reuss altere Linie , 



103,668 

 41,794 

 93,539 



107,570 



41,475 

 46,644 

 39.625 

 11,080 



40.6 

 46.1 



58,024 



1.937 

 15,821 



37,470 

 6,207 

 10,674 



1,439 

 262 



22.7 

 2.1 

 lo.g 



16.3 



9-7 

 10.4 



1-9 

 0.9 



1.949 

 2,209 



543 

 3.S36 



S98 

 1,235 

 1,754 



613 



21,167 



i>497 

 9,224 



11,548 



9.478 



2,073 



225 



69,773 

 43,128 



25,999 

 70,141 



9.432 

 41,530 

 33,79^ 

 16,222 



27-3 

 47.6 

 17.9 



30-5 

 10.0 

 40.7 

 44.0 

 57-6 



ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONS OF GOVERNMENT FOREST BUREAUS. 



For the information under this head as well as the various matters sub- 

 mitted in this report I am particularly indebted to Mr. Hermann Benz, an 

 efficient officer of the forest department of Sonneberg. The said gentleman, 

 having been in continual service in this department for the last ten years, and 

 being a graduate of the forest academy at Eisenach, Thuringia, may be con- 

 sidered a good authority on the subject of forestry in Thuringia. 



The ducal state ministry, department of finance, has exclusive control of 

 both the financial and general management of the domain forests in the 

 duchy. 



The functions as counselor and referee in this department are assigned to 

 the technical chief of the bureau for "forest appraisement and revision." 



The duties in this officer are, in particular, to superintend the manage- 

 ment and cultivation of the government forests and attend to all technical 

 and personal matters in relation thereto, and the officers in charge. He 

 examines and adjusts accounts and must sign all vouchers. He recommends j 

 for promotion officers whom he considers worthy of it, and regulates the rates 

 of salaries according to the prescribed order. 



Immediately subordinate to the department of finance is the bureau for 

 forest appraisement and revision. 



The officials for this bureau are composed of a director or technical chief, 

 who, as above stated, also performs the duties as counselor of the department 

 of finance, one appraiser and two assistants. These officers are charged with 

 the preparation of any or all new regulations that may be suggested by the 

 department with regard to the management of the forests ; they must also 

 prepare the preliminary reports for the decennial revisions and execute all 

 surveys relating to woodlands that may be brought before them. 



The duchy of Saxe-Meiningen is divided into four forest districts, each 

 district forming a distinct department which is presided over by a superior 



