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the higher training of forest officers, is approved by the conference. 

 The main principles embodied in this report are as follows : 



1. That one institution for training forest officers be established in 

 the United Kingdom. 



2. That students be selected from graduates having taken honors 

 in pure or natural science at any recognized university. 



3. That it be an integral part of the work of the institution to arrange 

 supplementary courses at suitable centers for students requiring special 

 qualifications and also special courses for forest officers from any part 

 of the empire, whether at the institution or at centers of training in 

 other parts of the world. The governments should recognize these 

 courses as part of the ordinary duties of the forest officers, at any time 

 during their service, and the governments concerned should give 

 special facilities to forest officers in their service to attend such courses. 



4. That a department of research into the formation, tending, and 

 protection of forests be associated with the training institution. 



5. That encouragement should be given to the existing provision 

 made by universities and colleges for forestry instruction for those 

 who do not desire to take the full course suggested for the forestry 

 service. It appears that this is especially applicable to the United 

 Kingdom. It is also desirable to make adequate provision for wood- 

 men's schools for the training of foresters as distinct from those which 

 are intended for forest officers. 



North American Forest Research 



The National Research Council reports that it has published a com- 

 plete summary of all of the scientific investigations upon forest prob- 

 lems which are now under way in the United States and in Canada as 

 a bulletin upon "North American Forest Research." 



In this bulletin 519 different projects for investigation are described, 

 including the reforestation of cut-over areas, the replacement of timber 

 cuttings by natural growth, the control of insect pests and fungus 

 diseases of forest trees, beneficial modifications of lumbering practice, 

 the preservation of timber in use, the utilization of by-products, and 

 the relation of forestry to rainfall, control of flood waters, grazing, etc. 



A review of this bulletin will appear in the next issue of the Journal. 



The British Forestry Conference at the meeting held recently in 

 London passed a resolution in favor of the formation of an Empire 



