152 Nature protected 
natural monuments is organised by 
government, and promoted by par- 
liament, by communities, by societies 
and by individuals. 
Saxony 
At the beginning of 1904, at a joint 
meeting of the Geographical and the 
Natural History Societies of Dresden, 
I lectured on the protection of nature's 
monuments, with special reference to 
Saxony. Government delegates and 
professors of the Technical Academy at 
Dresden, of the Academy of Forestry 
at Tharand, and of the Mining College 
at Freiberg were present. Later, a 
General Committee for the preserva- 
tion of natural monuments was formed, 
and it is now supported by the 
government. 
Before this, the government of 
Saxony had bought a forest, threatened 
