8 1 4 The yo7irnaI of Forestry. 



(3) To the Professorship of Botany two assistant demonstrators 

 at £100 each, if the class numhers as many as a hundred; any additional 

 demonstrators beyond two, if required by the size of the class, being 

 provided by the Professor; and if the class does not much exceed fifty, 

 one assistant demonstrator being sufficient. Further, that in Edinburgh 

 the class-room accommodation at the Botanic Gardens be so extended 

 as to be suitable for the increased number of students, and for the 

 carrying on the laboratory work; and that in Glasgow the University 

 buildings be extended so as to provide for the Herbarium and for 

 laboratory accommodation. 



(4) To the Professorship of Natural History (Zoology) two assistant 

 demonstrators, at £100 each, on the same conditions, and subject to 

 the same modifications, as specified in regard to the Chair of Botany, 

 with reference to the size of the class ; also £500 for a class museum, 

 and £50 annually for its maintenance. 



(6) To the Professorship of Geology and Mineralogy an assistant 

 at a salary of £100 ; also £250 for a class museum, and £25 annually 

 for its maintenance." 



Equally good provision is to be made for the necessary equipment of 

 the other Chairs of Natural Science, so as to fully meet the demands 

 of modern education, and the wants of the various classes of the 

 community. 



With all this material ready to hand, it is to be regretted that the 

 report makes no suggestion as to the institution of a School of 

 Forestry in connection with the Natural Science Chairs. Indeed, we 

 know of no good reason why Forestry should not have a Chair of its 

 own, in one or all of the Universities. 



As we have already pointed out in these columns, the University of 

 Edinburgh possesses remarkable facilities for the creation of a School 

 of Forestry, which, with some slight but necessary additions and proper 

 arrangements, could be easily and economically converted into a 

 thoroughly equipped Forest School, capable of teaching the Science 

 of Forestry in the most complete and efficient manner. Such an 

 institution is one of the greatest wants of the age in this country, and 

 no country in the world requires it more. With India, Canada, 

 Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa, not to mention numerous 

 smaller dependencies of the British Empire, crying out to us to furnish 

 them with thoroughly educated and practically qualified foresters, to 

 conserve and restore their fast disappearing forests, or to create new 

 ones, it is a standing blot on the institutions of our country that we 

 cannot produce the men wanted, with every facihty ready to thoroughly 

 educate and qualify them, if only the will and the means were forth- 

 coming to apply them. 



Such an opportunity as the intended reforms in the Scottish Univer- 



