SUGGESTIONS FOK THE ESTABLISH- 

 MENT OF A TASMANIAN SCHOOL OF 

 FORESTRY AND AGRICULTURE. 



BY WILLIAM HEYN, 



(Timber Department, Admiralty Harbour Contract Works, 

 Dover, England.) 



Read 12th May, 1902. 



In the paper on " The Present and Future Prospects of 

 Timber in Tasmania," which I had the honour to read at a 

 meeting of the Royal Society of Tasmania, on the 29th 

 April, 1901, I ventured to express my firm conviction that 

 a Tasmanian School of Forestry and Agriculture was abso- 

 lutely necessary if the treasures of vegetable wealth which 

 exist in your Island are to be properly exploited, so as to 

 yield a remunerative return for the time, labour, and money 

 expended on them. 



It must, I think, be painfully evident to anyone who has 

 seriously studied the subject which, in my opinion, is of 

 such vital importance to Tasmania, that the unscientific and 

 unreasoning manner in which forestry and agriculture has 

 been conducted there for the last 15 or 20 years has materi- 

 ally hindered their proper development, has led to the 

 destruction and waste of valuable produce, and prevented 

 the attainment of results which, under scientific and tech- 

 nical treatment, would have been satisfactory, not only to 

 those who are occupied in these pursuits, but to the com- 

 munity in general. 



As the world advances in civilisation and population, and 

 the '' struggle for life " becomes more imperious and neces- 

 sary, competition, of ever increasing intensity and ubiquity, 

 manifests its presence with new inventions, new methods, 

 and better appliances. 



Those who continue to follow the now antiquated ideas 

 and systems in vogue some years ago will find themselves 



