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successful service he may then be promoted to the position of "Oberforster," 

 with a salary of 4,500 marks. 



The Oberforster is held in very high esteem in his community. He is usually 

 a man of fine physique and sterling qualities. His dwelling is called the " Ober- 

 fb'rsterei." It is a fine, commodious building, erected specially to suit his needs. A 

 part of it is occupied by his family, and part is fitted up as offices for the 

 transaction of forestry business. The Germans have a beautiful and impressive 

 way of doing honor to an Oberforster, after his life's labors are over, in erecting 

 to his memory a monument in the heart of the forest which he has managed. 



Revenues. 



The business side of forestry is always kept very prominently in view. The 

 forest must be made to yield a profit on the investment, especially if it is 

 cultivated for its wood supply. It rarely fails in this respect. The following 

 table was compiled by Ernest L. Harris, United States Consular Agent at 

 Eibenstock. It gives statistics for the twelve principal forest districts into which 

 the kingdom of Saxony is divided. The figures were taken from the "Forest 

 Year Book," published at Tharandt in 1898. The forests covered in all, at that 

 time, 434,896 acres: 



PRINCIPAL DISTRICTS. 



Dresden 

 Moritzburg 

 Schandau . 

 Grillenburg 

 Tharandt 

 Barenfels 

 Marienberg 

 Schwarzenberg 

 Eibenstock . 

 Auerbach . 

 Zschopau ' . 

 Grimma 



Totals 



Income. 



$112, 

 89, 



353, 

 200, 



13, 

 334. 

 436, 

 535, 

 384, 

 361, 

 206, 

 218, 



312 70 

 929 85 

 335 36 

 421 70 

 727 52 

 701 10 



286 03 



287 01 

 646 04 

 884 86 

 383 03 

 061 22 



$3,246,796 42 



Expenses. 



$57, 758 95 



48,044 42 



127.773 11 



74,296 10 



7,i33 81 



95,362 12 



121,016 12 



135,471 65 



112,691 90 



141,871 72 



85,725 15 

 88,219 80 



$1,005,364 85 



Value of forests. 



$3, 



3, 



10. 



5, 



7, 

 11, 

 10, 



8, 



7, 

 5, 



234,253 00 

 491,388 00 

 066, 185 00 

 057, 721 00 

 396, 184 00 

 274, 692 00 

 283, 580 00 

 257,204 00 

 779,320 00 

 364, 981 00 

 541,759 00 

 791,132 00 



$79, 538, 399 00 



Dividends, 

 per cent. 



I.69 



1.2 



2.24 



2.45 

 1.29 



3-3 

 2.79 



3-9 



3-13 



2.99 



2.18 



1.94 



* 



2.71 



* Average. The net profit was $2,241,611.57. The net profit per acre was $5.15. 



