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planting. This may be done by traveling lectures and the circu- 

 lation of pamphlets containing simple advice in the practice of 

 forestry. These projects, besides enhancing the interest in for- 

 estry, will have the value of instilling the elements of rural edu- 

 cation. 



The work of the Investigation Division is similar in character 

 to that of the same division in the Central Bureau, only more 

 local in its interest. It will help the Central Bureau to standardize 

 the unit of timber measurement. 



The Division of Accounts keeps record of money transactions 

 in the Provincial Bureau. 



All officers in the Central and in the Provincial Bureaus are 

 appointed or promoted by the Minister of Agriculture and Com- 

 merce, with the recommendation of the Director of the Central 

 Bureau. 



d. Education and Training. Recognizing the education of 

 her people as the greatest asset of the nation, the Chinese Govern- 

 ment has within the last ten years or so taken up the gigantic 

 task of providing Government institutions for practically all 

 branches of learning. Impoverished as her treasury is, she has 

 not hesitated to set aside, just a few months ago, $12,000,000 

 for promoting and encouraging scholarship in advanced learning. 

 In forestry, there is now a Government Agricultural and Forestry 

 College at Peking, in which forestry is given as a separate course 

 with the expressed intention of educating foresters for Govern- 

 ment work. In a number of provincial agricultural colleges for- 

 estry is given as an accessory science. This spread of the educa- 

 tional movement will certainly make the people more conscious 

 of the need of forestry in China. 



When once the field of forestry is open, the demand for edu- 

 cated foresters will naturally increase, but there will be no such 

 rush demand as was once experienced in the United States; 

 for the simple reason that most of the work will be reforesta- 

 tion which cannot be carried out on the same scale as the man- 

 agement of existing forests. Such demand can therefore be met 

 by Government schools. Private schools will not come into 

 existence for some years. 



The standard of the Government schools, central as well as 

 provincial, must be set high. This requirement can be auto- 



