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institutions than found an independent school of forestry ? " " Yes ; 

 I would do this as a tentative process, and if it succeeded it would 

 then be the time to consider the expediency of forming a school 

 of forestry proper." 



" Has your attention been directed to the evidence given by 

 Colonel Pearson before this Committee last year ? " " Only to 

 those portions which you pointed out to me to-day." — " You have 

 not, perhaps, had time to form an opinion upon his evidence ? " 

 " I was already familiar with what you had pointed out to me as 

 regards Colonel Pearson's recommendations, because I was consulted 

 about the formation of the teaching establishment at Cooper's 

 Hill." — " Will you tell us how far you concur with the evidence of 

 Colonel Pearson 1 " " Generally, I may say I entirely concur. 1 

 think that Cooper's Hill might be taken advantage of with very 

 great benefit." 



" Are you acquainted with the system which is pursued at the 

 Agricultural College at Cirencester?" "I am not." — "I gather 

 from your previous answers that, without expressing a distinct 

 opinion upon that subject, you would rather lean to the idea that 

 instruction in forestry might be introduced with advantage at 

 Cirencester also V " Yes ; I think that would be very useful in 

 many ways. Many of the agricultural students would very probably 

 have to act more or less as foresters, and it would be a great pity 

 that they should have to go to another special forestry school 

 to learn much of what they might have learned during their stay at 

 an agricultural college like Cirencester." 



"Would you endeavour, at first at aU events, to localise the 

 study of forestry so as to bring together all those who desire to take 

 up the study of forestry ? " "I think there are certain institutions 

 to which forestry students would naturally like to go. For in- 

 stance, such places as the Scottish universities, and Cirencester, and 

 Downton, because of the other information which they might 

 obtain there, and which information would bear upon forestry." 

 — " My question was rather, do you think that there would 

 be so many students of forestry, at first at all events, that it 

 would be desirable to introduce special instruction in forestry at 

 several centres ; or do you think it would be better to begin by 

 selecting some one institution for that purpose ? " " I am not quite 

 prepared to answer that question ; but my impression is that there 

 would be difficulty in getting Scottish students to come all the way 

 up to London, or to Cirencester, or to Cooper's Hill ; but that is a 



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