FORESTRY EDUCATION. 89 
VIII. Forestry Education.» By Dr WiuuiAm Scarica, C.LE,, 
Professor of Forestry in the Engineering College for India, 
Coopers Hill. 
About eight years ago this Society paid me the compliment 
of electing me an honorary member. While most cordially 
appreciating the honour, I have for some time past felt very 
uncomfortable, because I have up to date not been able to show 
in a tangible way to what extent I consider myself under an 
obligation to you. Hence, when our worthy President invited 
me to address you to-day, I seized the opportunity most eagerly, 
trusting that the remarks which I shall be able to offer to-day 
may in some small degree contribute to the furtherance of the 
aims and objects of the Society; and I further trust that the 
present occasion may be only the beginning of my becoming 
more closely connected with the work of the Society, than has 
been the case in the past. 
Our President left it entirely to me to choose a subject upon 
which to address you. I considered the matter, and I arrived at 
the conclusion that I could not do better than to offer a few 
remarks upon the question which, I know, has of late been upper- 
most in your mind, namely, “ Forestry Education.” This subject 
is all the more congenial to me, as I have for many years past been 
associated with the education of foresters, and if I know anything 
at all, I ought to know something about the requirements of 
forestry education. 
Is Berrer Forestry Epucation WANTED ? 
The first point which demands our attention is—Whether a 
case for better forestry education, than has hitherto been obtain- 
able in this country, has been made out ? 
Gentlemen, forestry is an “industry,” and, like all other 
industries, it is subject to the law of demand and supply. Until 
a recent time the demand was for arboriculturists and not sylvi- 
culturists. That demand was admirably met by the corps of 
gentlemen who attend to the arboriculture on the various estates 
of this country. To expect that these gentlemen should suddenly 
1 An address delivered at the forty-fourth Annual Meeting, held on 27th 
January 1897. 
