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of Dean, where a School of Forestry has been established by the 

 Commissioners of His Majesty's Woods and Forests; and eight 

 other institutions, at each of which systematic courses of study 

 in forestry are provided, viz., the University College of North 

 Wales, Bangor ; the Armstrong College, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; 

 the University of Cambridge ; the Royal Agricultural College, 

 Cirencester ; the University of Edinburgh ; the Glasgow and 

 West of Scotland Agricultural College ; the Edinburgh and 

 East of Scotland College of Agriculture ; and the Aberdeen and 

 North of Scotland College of Agriculture. In addition, mention 

 should be made of the Inverliever Estate in Argyllshire, which 

 has been purchased by the Commissioners of His Majesty's 

 Woods and Forests for the purpose of carrying out an experi- 

 ment in afforestation on scientific and economic lines, and of the 

 Alice Holt Woods, which are now being worked as a demonstra- 

 tion area for the practical study of forestry. In certain agricul- 

 tural colleges, other than those mentioned, lectures on forestry 

 are delivered, but instruction in this subject has not been 

 developed sufficiently at these institutions to require specific 

 mention here. 



The increase in the facilities for instruction in forestry during 

 the past seven years has been brought about, in the first place, 

 by the attention drawn to the subject by the report of the 

 Committee ; secondly, by the action of the Commissioners of 

 His Majesty's Woods and Forests in certain areas of land 

 belonging to the Crown ; and thirdly, by the financial 

 assistance given by the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries to 

 the University College at Bangor, to Armstrong College, and to 

 the University of Cambridge to enable these institutions to 

 appoint lecturers in forestry. The agricultural colleges in 

 Scotland are in receipt of grants in respect of the whole of their 

 work from the Scotch Education Department, while for the past 

 two years the Royal Agricultural College has been similarly 

 aided by the Board of Education. 



The following particulars of the above-mentioned centres have 

 been supplied by the institutions named, or are taken from 

 published reports : — 



University of Oxford. — In 1905 the training of Indian forestry 

 students, which had previously been conducted at the Royal 

 Indian Engineering College at Coopers Hill, was transferred to 

 the University of Oxford. The School of Forestry which was 



