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to the regulations of management laid down by the Forest 
Authorities. According to the Forestry Law, the Ministry of 
Agriculture regulates not only the State forests, but also those 
belonging to communes, foundations, &c. ; and in order to 
simplify the service, and to diminish the expenditure which 
would otherwise be thrown on the communes, the State has, 
in several instances, undertaken the care of communal and 
other forests. At the end of 1888 about two million acres of 
communal forests had come under the control of the State. 
With the object of afforesting unwooded districts, over 
' 29,000,000 young trees of different varieties were, between 
the years 1883 and 1887, distributed gratis to proprietors and 
' communes ; and in the year 1888 a further number of 10,910,000 
were also given. The subordinate employes in the forestry 
service are trained in the State forestry schools, and for the 
post of foresters 440 individuals, including those who had 
passed through these schools, presented themselves for examina- 
tion during 1888. The State continues to make purchases of 
forest; the most important in 1888 were the Szinenrer Forests, 
extending over 65,000 acres, and which were purchased for 
67,000?. 
Details of the work of agricultural education are given later, 
but it may be stated that a Director-General of all agricultural 
schools has been appointed ; and travelling teachers for certain 
branches of agriculture have also been established. These travel- 
ling teachers are not so well organised as in Austria and France ; 
and at present, in Hungary, they appear to have chiefly devoted 
themselves to giving instruction in vine-growing: and agriculture. 
A Department which is under the Ministry for Agriculture 
also deserves mention. In order to assist proprietors and culti- 
vators in irrigation, drainage, and similar works on their lands, 
a body of engineers (Kultur-Ingenieure) was established some 
years ago. They prepare plans and estimates for works of 
improvement, &c, and also inspect the fisheries and svatch over 
the proper execution of the law regarding water rights. It is 
considered that the services of these engineers would be more 
effective if their number were increased. The estimate for this 
branch appears in the Budget of 1890 as 8,500/. ; in that of 1891 
as over 9,000?. 
Agricultural Educatjox. 
No section of the work of the two Ministries of Agriculture 
at Vienna and Buda-Pesth is more highly organised than that 
relating to agricultural education. As the subject of technical 
education is very much in the air at the present time in England 
