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training classes for elementary teachers. Not all of the councils carry 

 on work in all of these subjects, but each subject receives some atten- 

 tion in many different counties of England and Wales. 



The receipts of the county councils from the customs and excise 

 act of 1890, as shown by this report, have decreased considerably in 

 recent years, but notwithstanding this fact the county councils were 

 able up to last year to increase the amounts devoted to agricultural 

 education. The total amount received in 1903-4 was S3, 369, 340, 

 and of this amount $424,764 v*"as devoted to agricultural education 

 in 1904-5, as follows: General expenditures, $47,997; dairy instruc- 

 tion, $63,512; agricultural lectures, $22,940; poultry keeping, 

 $15,272; horseshoeing and veterinary science, $13,296; beekeeping, 

 $5,677; horticulture, $50,818; manual processes, $6,264; miscella- 

 neous, $19,633; scholarships, $51,240, and grants to colleges and 

 schools, $128,597. 



From other sources it is learned that a deputation recently waited 

 upon the board of agriculture in London to urge the necessity of 

 proper provision being made throughout the country for research 

 and higher education in agricultural science. The deputation con- 

 sisted of representatives of the universities of Cambridge, Leeds, 

 Wales, and North Wales, Armstrong College, University College of 

 Reading, Midland Agricultural and Dairy Institute, Harper-Adams 

 Agricultural College, Southeastern Agricultural College, Carnarvon- 

 shire and Derb3'shire County councils, and other local authorities. 



It was urged that if English agriculture is to hold its own in the 

 face of increasing foreign competition English agriculturists should be 

 enabled to bring to their work a scientific knowledge and training in 

 scientific methods such as are placed at the disposal of foreign rivals. 

 Representatives of the board of agriculture expressed the fullest sym- 

 path}' with the work which the colleges had done and with the object 

 of the deputation, and indicated their readiness to lend the move- 

 ment such aid as was in the power of the board. 



Forestry is now coming in for considerable attention at colleges in 

 England. At Oxford a three-year forestry course is now provided. 

 Two years of the course are spent at the university and the third 

 year on the Continent. Candidates for the Indian forest service are 

 selected partly by examination held by the civil service commission- 

 ers and partly by nomination. Candidates who have taken the full 

 course and secure appointments receive about $1,500 the first 3'ear, 

 and the grading is sucli that the final salary may reach $10,000 a 

 year. At the end of twenty- two years Indian forest officers can 

 retire on a full pension, the maximum being about $2,500 per year. 



The forestry branch of Armstrong College, Newcastle on Tync, has 

 been given charge of the local management of Chopwell Woods in the 

 county of Durham. These woods are within a few miles of the col- 



