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When in the beginning of 1883 it was resolved to make 

 arrangements for an International Forestry Exhibition being held 

 in Edinburgh, it was announced tliat this was done in the interests 

 of Forestry, and to promote a movement for the establishment of 

 a National School of Forestry in Scotland. In the address 

 delivered by the Marquis of Lothian in opening the Exhibition, 

 prominence was given to the importance of this object. 



In an Appendix to the Report made to the Executive Committee 

 of the Exhibition by the Jurors of Forest Literature, was an 

 Addendum in the following terms : — 



International Forestry Exhibition, 1884. — Class VI. — 

 Keport. — Addendum B. 



The jurors of Class VI. beg to submit for the consideration of 

 the Executive Committee the following communication, and as it 

 is beyond the scope of a Report on Forest Literature, they prefer 

 to forward it in the form of an Addendum : — 



At the meeting held in Edinburgh on the 28th of March 1888, 

 to initiate arrangements for an International Exhibition of Forest 

 Products, one of the chief reasons advanced for holding such an 

 Exhibition was that it might promote a movement for the establish- 

 ment of a National School of Forestry in Scotland. 



A perusal of the literature and an examination of the working 

 plans of forests and of forest survey maps, etc., have impressed the 

 jurors with the fact that in most countries of Europe, in India, 

 in South Australia, and even in Japan, Forestry as a science is 

 receiving greater attention, and bringing about larger economic 

 results, than in most parts of the United Kingdom ; and while it 

 may be presumed this Exhibition will give a stimulus to planting 

 in Ireland, and in parts of England and Scotland, where, owing to 

 the poorness of soil, and other difficulties in making farming 

 remunerative, it would be very important to have an institution 

 where the foresters of the future may receive a somewhat similar 

 training to that now given to the young men selected for the forest 

 service in India, and without having to go abroad to obtain it. 



How and where such an institution should be situated, the 

 jurors do not venture to recommend, but they would with defer- 

 ence suggest that before the close of the Exhibition a conference be 

 held to consider the subject in all its bearings. They believe if 

 practical training could be obtained within an easy distance of 

 Edinburgh, the theoretical branches of instruction in Scientific 

 Forestry might without difficulty be obtained at existing institutions 

 in the city itself, and at no great expense ; and they see no reason 



