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that where coniferous growth was largely intermingled with the leaf-bearing, 

 there the damage of the storm met its fixed limit and was arrested. In a 

 few cases branches were broken from the firs, larches and pines, but not a 

 single trunk among them was either split or broken, whereas among the leaf- 

 bearing trees standing alone the devastation was complete. 



ORGANIZATION OF THE FORESTRY SERVICE. 



The control of the federal (protective) forests is vested in the central 

 government ; that of all other forests in the governments of the cantons to 

 which they respectively belong. The technical superintendence of federal 

 forests is vested in the chief inspectorate, which constitutes division three of 

 the federal department of commerce and agriculture. In Zurich and most 

 other cantons (Baselland, Baselstadt and Geneva excepted) the force is under 

 control of an overforestmaster, and in this canton (Zurich) he is assisted by 

 four district forestmasters. There exists also in most of the cities and in 

 some of the larger towns a township forestry force, mostly composed of men 

 scientifically trained. At the commencement of 1886 there were employed 

 in all Switzerland 151 trained forestry officials, and from 1,500 to 2,000 for- 

 esters and overseers. According to the latest census (1880) forest culture 

 and its kindred pursuits furnish employment to 5,851, and support to 9,095 

 persons. The personne/ of the federal and Zurich forestry officials at present 

 is as follows : 



Federal. — ^Johann Coaz, federal overinspector of forests, Berne; Franz Fankhauser, jr., 

 federal forest adjunct, Berne; Elias Landolt, Jacob Kopp, and Dr. Anton Biihler, polytechnic 

 professors of the science of forestry, Zurich. 



Cantonal. — Jacob Rueidi, overforestmaster, Regensbei^; Gottfried Reinacker, forest ad- 

 junct, Zurich; Gottlieb Kramer, forestmaster first district, Zurich; Heinrich Keller, forest- 

 master, second district, Veltheims; Werner Wirz, forestmaster third district, Winterthur; 

 Adolph Orelli, forestmaster fourth district, Biilach. 



Township. — Ulrich Meister, forestmaster, Zurich; Kaspar Weinmann, forestmaster, Win- 

 terthur; Albert Brufpacher, forestry assistant, Winterthur; Heinrich Spiller, overforester, 

 Elgg. 



Board of examiners of forestry officials.— The overforestmaster, president ex-cffido, Prof. 

 Elias Landolt, Fluntern; Dr. Schroter, Fluntern; Professor Wild, Zurich; Professor Schulze, 

 Hottingen. 



The subdivision of the canton into four forestry districts, as provided in 

 article three of the laws above given, is as follows : 



First district.— Znnch (excepting Oeriikon and Seebach), Affoltern, Horgen, Meilen, and 

 that part of Uster which includes the corporation and town forests of Diibendorf, Fallenden, 

 Maur, and Elgg. Forest area, 7,342 hectares. Total area, 55,400 hectares. 



Second district.— Vstei (excepting the above named townships and the corporation Bruti- 

 sellen), Hinweil, Pfilffikon (excepting Kyburg, Hitnau, Winterberg, Ryken, Tagelswangen, 

 and Lindau), and that part of Winterthur which includes the townships Turbenthal, Zell, and 

 Schlatt. Forest area, 7,687 hectares. Total area, 42,120 hectares. 



T/iird district.— ThsA part of Pftlffikon which includes the township of Kyburg and the 

 corporation of Ottikon, Winterthur (excepting Pfungen, Wiilflingen, T6ss, Brutten, Zell, 

 Schlatt, and Turbenthal), and Andelfingen. Forest area, 6,718 hectares. Total area, 36,720 

 hectares. 



