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Molluscs,” by Professor M‘Intosh; (4.) “The Forests of New 
Brunswick,” by Mr E. Jack; (5.) ‘ Eucalyptus,” by Dr Howitz ; 
(6.) “The System of Forest Surveys in India,” by Major Bailey ; 
(7.) “Sporting Trophies,” by Colonel Michael ; (8.) ‘The Forests 
of Johor,” by Mr Meldrum; and (9.) “The Management of 
Cumberland Plantations,” by Mr W. Baty. 
“ Upwards of half a million people passed the turnstiles in the 
three months during which the Exhibition was open, and although, 
at first, the admission fee was so high as to make the attendance 
sometimes rather meagre, at a later date, when the exhibits had 
been got into proper order, a daily average of from 4000 to 5000 
was attained. Every facility was offered for the convenience of 
visitors by season tickets, charged at different rates, according to 
the date of issue, and by special arrangements for the admission 
of large parties.” 
In August 1883, Sir John Lubbock, on the vote being taken 
in Parliament for the Crown Woods and Forests, lamented the 
absence of a British Forestry School; and recently the Highland 
and Agricultural Society of Scotland and the Scottish Arbori- 
cultural Society, amongst others, warmly supported the scheme 
for the establishment of such an institution. It has been said, it 
is true, that Great Britain does not possess such a school, because 
no extensive Government Forests exist, and because her abundant 
supply of coal renders the people independent of wood for fuel ; 
but when it is remembered that the system of Forest Conservancy, 
as carried out in India, has proved an important source of revenue 
to the country, while at the same time insuring permanence of 
the timber supply ; and when it is also borne in mind that, ac- 
cording to authoritative report, upwards of ten million acres, which 
are at present of but nominal value, in Great Britain and Ireland, 
might, if put for a few years under trained conservators, become 
important sources of wealth, no doubts should exist in the public 
mind as to the advisability of establishing a Forest School. 
“The forests of Norway and Sweden, which not many years 
ago had so little monetary value as to justify their owners in 
burning them in order to procure a cereal crop from the soil 
enriched by their ashes, have now been placed under strict consery- 
ancy, and with good results; while the immense, though dimin- 
ishing, wood-producing tracts of America, are also being gradually 
subjected to similar supervision, since the necessity for so doing 
has become too imperative to be neglected. As Great Britain 
