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courses of study consist of (a) an optional course for the Degree 

 of B.Sc. of Glasgow University ; (d) a course for the College 

 Certificate in. Forestry ; and (c) Evening classes in Forestry for 

 students who are unable to attend day classes. Students prepar- 

 ing for the Degree and the certificate attend the same lectures, 

 but the latter are required, in addition, to engage in practical 

 work. The course for the evening class follows the same lines 

 as that for the day classes. The college is well provided with 

 the illustrative material required for the study of forestry. 



The course for the College Certificate in Forestry is for working 

 youths and men only. It extends over a period of 2 J, years, 

 during which time the student is required to spend six months 

 in Glasgow, taking classes throughout one winter session in 

 the following subjects : — forestry, botany, chemistry, soils and 

 manures, zoology, book-keeping and surveying. Previous to 

 undergoing their collegiate course, students are also required to 

 spend eighteen months on an estate, where they perform the 

 duties of a working forester, keep a journal recording full details 

 and cost of the work done each day, and attend lectures held 

 by the college. 



The students have to work in the woods, or at any work 

 ordinarily done by estate workmen, and under the same 

 regulations. Students must be between the ages of fifteen and 

 twenty, inclusive, on the day of admission. 



The number of students attending forestry lectures during the 

 five years has averaged twenty-three. The fee for the course of 

 day lectures in forestry is ^3, 3s., and ;£8, 8s. for the whole college 

 course for the Forestry Certificate. The fee for the evening class, 

 which consists of two courses, each of nine weeks, before and 

 after Christmas, is los. 6d. for each course. 



Abe7-decn and North of Scotland Agricullxral College. — This 

 college provides : (a) A course of fifty lectures, with excursions, 

 for students who take forestry as one of the subjects for the B.Sc. 

 degree of the University in Agriculture. The fee for the course 

 is j£,2, 2S. Provision is also made for a supplementary course of 

 fifty lectures accompanied by laboratory work and practical 

 demonstrations for students who intend to make a special study 

 of forestry, or who wish to prepare for the Forestry Diploma of 

 the Highland and Agricultural Society. There are large wooded 

 areas in the neighbourhood of Aberdeen, and, through the 

 liberality of several of the landed proprietors, excellent facilities 



