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would go to the School of Forestry 1 " " They would go to the 

 School of Forestry." — " You say you do not think the number of 

 people would maintain the school ?" "I am afraid of it." — Could 

 you utilise any of the Scottish Universities. There is a chair of 

 agriculture, is there not?" "Yes." — "There is no chair of 

 forestry ? " " No chair of forestry." — " Would a chair of forestry 

 be of any value, in the place of a school of forestry ? " " Well, not 

 unless they had the practical teaching along with it." — " If there 

 was a chair of forestry in the Universities to which these lads who 

 have been three years with you could go and attend the lectures in- 

 stead of going to the forestry school, they could get the scientific 

 teaching from the professor of forestry, could they not ? " " They 

 could get the scientific training, but they could not get the practical 

 training." — "But they could get the practical training from you in 

 the three years they are with you, and then they could go to the 

 University and get their one year, or whatever it may be, of scientific 

 training? " " Yes."—" Has that been mooted at all ? " "I have 

 never heard it mooted." — " What wages do these lads get when they 

 have been with you three years 1" " They get 12s. to 14s. a week 

 with me." — "On leaving?" "All the time they are with me; 

 then they look forward to getting on as foreman at 18s. or 20s. a 

 week, or they may happen to get a forester's situation at £60 or 

 £70 up to £100 a year."—" And a house ? " " And a house ; the 

 salary is occasionally higher." 



Mr William M'Corquodale, who has been Forester to the Earl 

 of Mansfield at Scone, Perth, for the last fifty years, gave the fol- 

 lowing interesting details in the course of his examination : — 



"You have been employed extensively as a wood surveyor?" 

 " Yes." — " Have you in that capacity visited much of the woods in 

 England as well as in Scotland?" "Yes." — "You have had a 

 general experience of wood management in England?" "I have 

 inspected several estates in England." — " What is your general 

 impression as regards the management of woodland in England. 

 Is it very far behind that of Scotland ? " " The estates that I have 

 been employed on were not so far behind. They were pretty well 

 lip." — " Do you find that those who have the management of woods 

 are fairly competent to undertake their duties as woodmen ? " 

 " Yes, there are many who have been regularly trained as foresters 

 and they are competent to take the management of woods." — " In 

 England ? " " Yes." 



