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THE MANAGER. 
To carry out the scheme above indicated, in such a manner that 
the model forests may answer all the purposes for which it is sought 
to establish them, the services of a manager of the highest pro- 
fessional attainments must be secured. On him will depend the 
success of an undertaking which must assuredly have far-reaching 
effects on the management of woodlands in this country, and may 
lead to an important increase of their area. He must be a man 
thoroughly versed in the theory and practice of economic forestry 
as followed in other European countries ; and it is important that 
he should not be a mere student from some Continental school, but 
should have had considerable experience in practical work, He 
must be familiar with the French and German languages, so that 
he may be able to keep himself abreast of the most recent develop- 
ments of Continental forestry. He must undertake the researches 
which are to be carried out in the model forests, and be familiar 
with the results obtained by other workers. It will be his duty to 
prepare working plans, and to inaugurate a system of records which 
will bring out clearly the results of his system of management, 
and enable the fullest possible use to be made of them by the 
proprietors, wood-managers, and foresters of the country. It is 
believed there would be no difficulty in securing the services of a 
thoroughly qualified man, if a salary, commensurate with the ex- 
ceptional nature of the work he would be called upon to perform, 
were provided, 
RELATION OF THE MANAGER TO THE EDINBURGH 
Forest ScHoo.. 
Reasons have been given why the forests assigned for the 
practical instruction of students must be placed under the control 
of the Director of the Forest school. M. Boppe’s opinion 
“that it (the model forest) should be placed under the absolute 
control of the officers of the school,” has been previously 
quoted; and Dr Schlich thus expresses himself in his paper 
on Forestry Education :—‘‘ There being no State forests in 
Scotland, I think the Government would not go out of its way 
if it were to buy an estate, a considerable proportion of which 
is already under wood, and to affiliate it with the Forestry 
School at the University of Edinburgh, with a duly qualified wood- 
manager in residence on the spot. This wood-manager, under the 
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