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been completed, and already some interesting results have been 

 obtained. Through the generosity of the donor of the land, 

 facilities have been given which enable students to visit the area 

 several times each year. 



The advice of the Department is sought by owners of woods 

 in the neighbourhood, certain estates being visited periodically ; 

 and short courses of lectures in country districts have been 

 given from time to time. 



Armstrong College, Newcastlc-upoii-Tyne. — Lectures in forestry 

 have been given to the agricultural students in this college since 

 1892, but it was not until 1904, when the Board of Agriculture 

 and Fisheries made its first annual grant in respect of forestry, 

 that a lecturer in forestry was appointed. Since this date special 

 efforts have been made to develop the Forestry Department, 

 and the success which has been achieved has been owing largely 

 to the hearty co-operation of owners of woodlands in the 

 neighbourhood. The chairman of the Agricultural Committee 

 of the college, Lord Barnard, has taken a special interest in the 

 work of this department. 



Instruction in forestry forms a part of the regular courses of 

 study for the B.Sc. degree in Agriculture (University of Durham) 

 and for the College Diploma in Agriculture. In addition there 

 is a special course in forestry, which includes practical work and 

 demonstrations in the Chopvvell Woods, and in other woods and 

 nurseries during one or two days in each week, together with 

 lectures additional to those given in the ordinary course, There 

 is also a short course for young working foresters which lasts 

 for four weeks. A further course for the same type of student 

 is being organised at the present time, and is expected to include 

 a course of lectures at the college lasting from four to six weeks, 

 and about twelve months' practical work in the woods. The 

 fees for instruction in forestry alone are^i, us. 6d. a term. 



As the result of an agreement between His Majesty's Office 

 of Woods and the College authorities, the latter have taken over 

 the local management of Chopwell Woods. These are within 

 a few miles of the college, extend over 900 acres, and carry 

 crops of larch, spruce, Scots pine, oak, ash, and othe trees. 

 The woods will be gradually brought under a proper rotation of 

 cropping by the clearing and replanting of the more matured 

 portions. This work will afford favourable opportunities for 

 demonstrations in practical forestry, and for the holding of short 



