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beech woods or forests, there is no fir forest very handy to it, and the 
education at Cirencester is a rather expensive education ; it would 
be difficult to dovetail the forest instruction with it. Still, 1 think 
that at Cirencester it would be a very good thing to have a pro- 
fessor of forestry for the teaching of their own pupils.”—‘“ Then 
your preference is not for the teaching of a Government school 
per se; but you do not see that in the case of Cirencester it would 
be easy to adapt their arrangements to the needs of a forestry 
school?” That is so.”—“ Your reason for thinking that it would 
be necessary to have a separate school for Scotland is on account 
of the distance?” ‘ Yes, quite so.” 
“With reference to the expense of Cirencester, I think one of 
your objections to Cooper’s Hill last year was the great expense of 
attending there, and that you thought that on account of the ex- 
pense Cooper’s Hill would hardly provide a school, which was very 
essential, namely, one for wood-reeves and wood-bailiffs?” ‘The 
arrangement I contemplated in my memorandum was only to have 
the instruction near Cooper’s Hill for them, but in no way con- 
nected with it, except so far as that the professor would have the 
charge of the forest and also of the education, and that practical 
education should be given by the officer in charge of the forest, but 
subordinate to the professor. I would not advocate the sending of 
the forest pupils to Cooper’s Hill for any other instruction.” —“ But 
that education would be quite distinct from the education given at 
Cooper’s Hill, which is given to engineers?” ‘Certainly. The only 
thing is, that there being a professor of forestry already there, by giv- 
ing him a few hundreds a year extra, you ought to be able to secure 
his services for giving instruction to other people.”—‘“ Suppos- 
ing that the woods could be got and placed under the control of the 
professor of a forest school, would not a forest school at Cirencester 
be more appropriate, that being an agricultural college, than to 
attach it to a college which is intended primarily for engineering ?” 
«But you have not got a forestry professor at Cirencester.” —“ But 
you suggested just now that you might have a forestry professor at 
Cirencester?” ‘But it is a long way from London, and therefore 
I look upon it that the bulk of these land agents, though there are 
some of them at Cirencester, yet the bulk of them get their educa- 
tion in London; and I think there is a great advantage in having 
your school as near the metropolis as you can.” 
“You stated just now, with regard to the School of Forestry in 
Scotland, that you did not consider a distance of 120 miles too far 
