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the private owners should have an opportunity of acquiring 
technical instruction in forestry with a view to their conducting 
the business of their employers?” ‘I have no doubt that there 
is a certain demand for that talent.”—‘‘ Do you think that that 
instruction could be given by the School of Forestry?” “ All 
those things are matters of expense; that could certainly be 
arranged.” 
‘‘ With regard to what you have said as to there not being a 
large demand for forest officials, we have in our colonies an 
enormous tract of woodland, have we not?” ‘“ Yes.”—‘ And 
none of them have any forest school at all at present?” ‘No, L 
do not think so.”—“ Would it not be likely that if there were a 
class of English speaking officials, the colonies would be very 
glad to avail themselves, and they would be very wise to avail 
themselves, of their services?” ‘They would be very wise 
indeed. I think I have heard of almost every case of that 
class which has turned up, where a man was wanted for the 
colonies ; and I think it is a melancholy fact that I could count 
them almost on the fingers of one hand, At the same time I have 
no doubt that many of the colonies are waking up to the im- 
portance of the matter now, and that some years hence the 
demand for men of that class will very much increase.”—“ The 
attention which has been called to the question will probably lead 
the colonies to pay more attention to their woodlands in the 
future than they have done in the past?” ‘I have no doubt it 
must come to that.”—‘‘ Do you not think that large landowners 
would be willing to get the services of men who have been 
thoroughly trained rather than to take the advice of men who had 
gained their experience through a series of twenty years of expen- 
sive mistakes?” “If they consulted their purse no doubt they 
would.”—“ You think there would be a considerable desire to 
gain that training?” “I think it would be a very good step to 
do so; but whether we should secure at first a large number of 
pupils I doubt. It was in regard to whether there should be two 
schools that I said there would be at first but a small demand, 
but after the school had been established and successfully carried 
on I have no doubt there would be a large demand for the 
education.” 
Mr Juan C. Rocers, Secretary to the Surveyors’ Institution, 
who had been examined in 1885, was next called and re-examined, 
