CHAPTER. VI. 
FOREST ADMINISTRATION. 
SECOND only in importance to the prescription of a 
system of exploitation appropriate to the conditions of the 
forests, and the requirements of a country, is the proper 
organisation of an administrative and executive body of 
officials to determine what should be done, and to do what 
is required in the management of the forests in accordance 
with what has been prescribed. To this subject the Com- 
missioners appointed in 1865 to enquire into the state and 
condition, the extent and capabilities of the forests in the 
Grand Duchy, the management of these, and the adminis- 
tration requisite for the development of their resources, 
gave special attention. 
The Crown forests and the Crown parks throughout the 
land are divided into districts of imspection, which are 
again divided into reviers, or administrative districts, and 
these again are subdivided into wards, under the charge of 
wardens, or forest watchers. The districts of inspection 
are under the charge of Oberforst-Masters; the reviers, 
or administrative districts, are under the charge of 
Forest-Masters, with the assistance of a Forest-Warden in 
each ward. 
In accordance with the report and suggestions of these 
Commissioners, the Forest Administration has still its head- 
quarters at Helsingfors, and consists of a Director-in- 
chief, who is appointed by the Emperor on the nomination 
of the Economic Department of the Senate, a forest 
engineer, a secretary, a chamberlain, a treasurer, and three 
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