14 AN AUSTRALIAN STUDY OF AMERICAN FORESTRY. 
A typical organisation is that of the Lolo National Forest (Montana) :— 
Supervisor. 
Deputy Supervisor. 
8 District Rangers. 
33 Forest Guards. 
4 Timber Scalers. 
Casual Labourers. 
1 Forest Clerk. 
“The work involved in making forest surveys necessary to the 
preparation of definite plans of managemient for timber, grazing, 
settlement, special uses, administration and protection, is performed 
by officers such as forest examiners, logging engineers, lumbermen, 
grazing examiners, members of the district office, or by the super- 
visor or deputy supervisor.” 
This corps of specialists ordinarily is concentrated at the district office. 
The specialists may be attached temporarily to a- forest on special work, 
under the direction of the supervisor, or they may act as co-operative inspectors 
for the district forester. 
The work of the district office is organised under the offices of operation, 
lands, silviculture, and grazing, each of which is administered by an assistant 
district forester, specialising in the work. 
The office of operations has general supervision of the finance, personnel, 
equipment, and supplies of the service, and of all fire protection, forest survey, 
and permanent improvement work on the National Forests. 
The office of lands “examines and classifies lands within the National 
Forests, to determine their value for forest purposes, conducts the work in 
connection with claims on the National Forests prior to proceedings before 
United States “registers” and receivers, and assists the chief engineer of the 
service in connection with the use of National Forest lands for hydro-electric 
purposes. 
The office of silviculture supervises the sale and cutting of timber on the 
National Forests, and co-operates with States in protecting forest lands under 
the Weeks Law (watersheds). Reafforestation and afforestation, working plans, 
forest investigations, market and utilisation problems, forest products, indus 
trial investigations, and co-operation, are its other lines of work. 
The office of grazing supervises the grazing of live stock, and the allot- 
ment of grazing privileges. It is charged also with the work of improving 
depleted grazing areas, and of co-operating with the Federal and State 
authorities in the enforcement of stock quarantine regulations. 
Accounting is in the peculiar position of being practically outside the 
district office organisation. It is controlled directly from Washington by the 
chief of the office of accounts, who has a district fiscal agent stationed at each 
district forestry office, solely to deal with accounts. The forest officer does not 
collect forest revenue. The debtor is required to pay directly to a United 
States depository to the credit of the fiscal agent. , 
Somewhat similar is the Queensland system, where the district land agent 
acts in an accounting capacity. = 
Law matters are situated much the same. 
There is a district assistant t 
the solicitor appointed for each district office. 
