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dent and technical head, and three Administrateurs 
Verificateurs généraua, chiefs of the three bureaux into 
which the administration is divided, each with two chiefs 
of sections, Inspectors, and the necessary office staff. For 
purposes of the local administration the forest area is 
divided into 32 conservations, each under charge of a 
Conservateur, equivalent to the German Oberforstmeis- 
ter. These are again sub-divided into Chefferies or In- 
spections, two to twelve in each conservation, which are 
administrative units, under the supervision of In- 
spectors (200) and Assistant Inspectors (210). In ad- 
dition, a special service for forest-organization and re- 
boisement employs 14 inspectors and some 20 assistants. 
The forest districts or cantonments (ranges) finally are 
under the direct charge of Gardes généraux (162), with 
the assistance of Gardes généraux stagiaires (67) and 
underforesters (Brigadiers) or guards (3,650) ; alto- 
gether a personnel of over 4,400 officials. While this is 
a larger force per acreage, yet the expense for personnel 
per acre is less than one-half that of the Prussian forest 
administration, and one-quarter of that in several of the 
other German state administrations. 
The budget for 1905 places the total expenditure for 
the Forest Administration at $2,770,000 (95 cents per 
acre), of which 900,000 for reboisement and other im- 
provement work. The receipts for the last five years 
have averaged near 7 million dollars, so that a net result 
of $1.75 per acre seems attained, considering the ex- 
pense of reboisement as new investment. 
4. Reforestation. 
The most noted work of the forest administration, and 
one for which it deserves high credit, has been that of the 
