FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION. 229 



present pupils for examination in agTiculture for tlie degree of 

 B. Sc. A. 



In many of the English liigli schools of India are fonnd agri- 

 cultural classes which give both science teaching and field prac- 

 tice. These schools are at Nagpur, ISTasik, Sholapur, Ahmednagar, 

 Ahmedabad, Dhulia, Ivolapur, Surat, Belgaum, and Kadiad. The 

 stimulus to study in these schools is the hope of obtaining a diploma 

 in agriculture, which would result in employment in the Govern- 

 ment service. 



In Lucknow is a celebrated veterinary school whose graduates 

 have been greatly sought after. One at Bombay has become still 

 more celebrated. In 1897 sixty-nine students were in attendance. 

 Graduates easily found employment with native rajahs, and on 

 the island of Ceylon, and at Mozambique. Another Government 

 veterinary school recently established at Belgatchia, Calcutta presi- 

 dency, has done good work. 



The forestry school at Dehra Dun, in the j^orthwest Provinces, 

 has attained a great reputation. About seventy students attend, 

 and the Government charges the cost of the school, 33,000 rupees, 

 to the districts which send up pupils for study. India, under 

 the British rule, will soon come into line with educated agri- 

 culturists. 



In Burmah and in Assam steps have been taken to introduce 

 science lessons into Government, or grant-in-aid, elementary schools 

 by the preparation of " readers," as in India, but no secondary or 

 superior schools in agriculture exist in these countries. So far as 

 we know, the same is true of Siam and the Malayan Archipelago 

 and of the Philippines. 



Australia, as a federation of states, is late in its development, 

 but some of its states are surprisingly advanced. New Zealand 

 has its superior university, combining the three colleges at Auck- 

 land, Lincoln, and Otago. Its syllabus provides for searching ex- 

 aminations in agriculture to obtain the degree of B. Sc, either of 

 these colleges having previously granted the diploma of agricul- 

 ture to successful students. Each of these colleges has ample 

 grants of land, but only one — the Canterbury College at Lincoln — 

 has yet presented agricultural candidates. Forty-four graduates 

 have received diplomas previous to 1895. Instruction in elemen- 

 tary schools seems not yet to have included agriculture. 



In Queensland the Queensland Agricultural College was opened 

 at Gatton in 1897. 



In South Australia is an agricultural college at Eoseworthy 

 and another at Adelaide which has graduated several recipients 

 of the diploma. 



