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veloped, when J. G. Gleditsch, a botanist of note, in 1770, at the 

 Academy of Science in Berlin (later University of Berlin) was 

 installed as professor of forestry, and especially of forest botany, 

 in connection with the mining school. The students, as is evi- 

 denced from several lists extant, consisted in part of officials in the 

 forest department and other departmental clerks. A number of 

 reports on his work exist, which show that the number of students 

 remained small, partly because the young men had learned "that 

 without knowledge of forestry and without examinations they 

 could secure positions in the royal camera service." His lecture 

 covirse consisted of three lectiu-es a week for a year, covering the 

 "theoretical and practical part of forestry science and forest 

 management." For this he received 100 Thaler ($73). App- 

 parently the number of students became less and less, the list of 

 1779 showing only five. So poverty stricken was the poor pro- 

 fessor and poorly treated that he had to petition the King for 

 "three heaps of pine fuelwood" to warm his auditorium. 



For a volume on the "Systematic Introduction into the Newer 

 Forest Science Derived from Its Peculiar Physico-Economic 

 Causes," he received a gratuity of 100 Thaler. 



After his death in 1786, a physician, Prof. Mayer, or Meier 

 was appointed as successor. His "short" plan of the courses on 

 forest science, or curriculum, covers six closely printed pages, 

 classified under 10 main headings, in which utilization occupies 

 the lion's share. 



Die Anfange des forstwissenschaftlichen Unterrichts in Preussen. Zeitschrift 

 fur Forst-und Jagdwesen, January, February, pp. 12-30, 49-72. 



STATISTICS AND HISTORY 



Conditions of British forestry appear 

 British from a review of a book on the subject by 



Forestry E. P. Stebbing not so roseate as the enthusi- 



astic author is inclined to consider them. 

 We quote the reviewer verbatim: "It will be with some surprise 

 that foresters will read of the "powerful help" rendered to British 

 Forestry by the Development Commission. "During the six 

 years of its existence," we are informed, "It has enthusiastically 

 taken up the forestry question." Those six years of enthusiasm 

 have not, however, produced very much unless it be some assistance 



