FORESTRY EDUCATION IN GREAT BRITAIN. I47 



weeks' practical work in a Continental forest, under the superin- 

 tendence of a State forester. 



The total fees for instruction in forestry for the Diploma 

 Course at the university amount to ;£g, 19s. 6d. The fee for 

 admission to the examination for the diploma is ^2, 2S. The 

 student in addition incurs tlie expenses, which are variable, of 

 instruction during the two long vacations in a British and in a 

 Continental forest. 



An elementary course in forestry has been established for 

 agricultural students, who are now encouraged to take forestry 

 as an optional subject in the examination for the Diploma in 

 Agriculture, and for the B.A. degree in Agricultural Science. 

 This elementary course is identical with the first year's course 

 for the Diploma in Forestry. 



The average number of students who have attended 

 courses of instruction in forestry during the last two years 

 is twelve. 



The woods used for the purpose of demonstration are all 

 privately owned, and lie in the neighbourhood of Cambridge 

 or in the adjoining counties. The Forestry Department is 

 indebted to various landowners for the permission accorded to 

 the Reader and his students to visit their woods and plantations. 

 These visits, including those to the Botanic Gardens at 

 Cambridge, are made weekly during term time, and afford an 

 opportunity of seeing every type of woodland in the eastern 

 counties, and of studying many forestry operations. 



There is no land at present under the control of the Forestry 

 Department, but certain experiments on timber have been carried 

 out by the Reader and by the lecturer, with the assistance of 

 private owners interested in forestry. 



The Forestry Department is supported in part by annual 

 subscriptions from the County Councils of Northam[)tonshire, 

 Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, West Suffolk, and Huntingdonshire. 

 Arrangements have been made with the Education Committees 

 of these contributing counties by which owners of woodlands 

 and persons who contemplate planting, may receive advice free 

 from the Reader in Forestry ; and from time to time his services 

 have been solicited. In addition, the Reader has advised in 

 regard to various woodlands belonging to the colleges of the 

 university. 



In the new building for the Agricultural Department, which is 



