CERTIFICATES IN FORESTRY. 27 



2. Make form of level-book on separate paper, with four sights marked 

 with imaginary lengths and remarks. 



3. Make sketch section of same to imaginary scale, marking on total 

 heights from datum with the imaginary lengths from starting point. 



4. Describe the different kinds of fences, and where suitable, keeping 

 expense in view. 



5. Describe tools used for forestry purposes, 



6. Draw sketch of best construction for wooden gate. 



7. Draw sketch of wooden bridge of 30 feet span over ravine above burn. 



8. Describe method of road-making of permanent character of 30 feet 

 width. 



{TxDO hours allowed.) 



BOOK-KEEPING AND ACCOUNTS. 



1. Reduce I of f of M of J of 33 to a simple fraction. 



2. Multiply 84-728 by -316, and divide -0863547 by -000713, and carry 

 out the latter to three points of decimals. 



3. How many tiles (15 inches) will be required to drain 1 acre, each 

 drain being 30 feet apart ? 



(The side of au acre is, say, 210 feet.) 



4. What is the cost of wire netting at 3d. per square yard, sufficient for a 

 fence 3| miles long and 3 feet high I 



5. How many bricks would be required to build a wall 20 yards long, 

 *7^ feet high, and 14 inches deep, supposing a brick to be 9 inches by 3| 

 inches by 2| inches I 



6. If a piece of wood 10 feet long, IS inches Ijroad, and 3 inches thick, 

 cost 12s., what will another piece cost which is 25 feet long, 16 inches 

 broad, and 4 inches thick ? 



7. Describe briefly the books a forester ought to keep, and their nature 

 and use. 



{One and a half hour allowed.) 



CHEMICAL DEPARTMENT. 



Chemist to the Society — Dr A. P. Aitken, Chemical Laboratory, 

 8 Clyde Street, Edinburgh. 



The object of the Chemical Department is to promote the diffusion of a 

 knowledge of Chemistry as applied to agriculture among the members of the 

 Society, to carry out experiments for that purpose, to assist members who 

 are engaged in makin'_; local experiments requiring the direction or services 

 of a chemist, to direct members in regard to the use of manures and feed- 



