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assistants as superior officers, and the rest of the organiza- 
tion is also very nearly the same as that in vogue in most 
German States, each province having a directive service 
of “Oberforstmeister” with “Forstmeister” as inspectors, 
and “Oberférster” with the assistance of “Forstwarte” 
as executive officers. In addition a special corps of 
“forest engineers” and “superior forest engineers” is 
provided for the elaboration of working plans. Lately 
(1904) a re-organization of the central office provided, 
besides the department of administation of State and 
Funds forests, a department of reboisement and correct- 
ion of torrents, and a department of forest police charged 
with the promotion of forest culture, including the 
education of foresters and similar matters. 
Most of the State property is located in the Alps and 
Carpathian mountains at an elevation above 2,000 feet, 
hence financial results do not make a good showing. 
Since 1885 it has been the policy to add to the State 
forest area by purchase, and by 1898 over 350,000 acres 
had been added to it. 
4. Development of Forest Policy. 
Besides the State forest administration a very unique 
institution was organized to supervise the general forest 
protective policy of the empire. Originally the regular 
circuit or district governments had charge not only 
of the management of State forests but also of the 
forest police and the regulation of the management of 
communal forests, mostly without technical advisers, and 
the different provinces had developed this service very 
variably. While in some provinces no special effort was 
made to look after these interests, the laws remaining 
