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3. That specialised courses be arranged for students from all 



parts of the Empire, and that Governments should 

 facilitate the taking of such courses by their officers. 



4. That a department for research into all matters connected 



with the formation and protection of forests be associated 

 with the Central Educational Institution. 



5. That all existing provision by Universities and Colleges be 



encouraged for the instruction in forestry matters of 

 those not intending to become forest officers under the 

 Crown. 



An important addendum was to the effect that educational 

 establishments should be set up for woodmen other than those 

 intended for forest officers. Nowhere is the need for such 

 greater than in the United Kingdom, where the demand for 

 fully trained working foresters we hope may be a growing one, 

 and where the opportunities such men have had in the past 

 have been far too few. 



The Education Committee, under the chairmanship of Lord 

 Clinton and consisting of delegates from East Africa, Quebec, 

 South Africa, and India, presented a report which is printed as 

 an annexure to the resolution and which is, perhaps, the most 

 interesting document contained in all the 300 pages of the 

 Proceedings of the conference. Their main recommendation 

 of a Central Forestry Training Establishment in the United 

 Kingdom for officers destined for any of the forest services of the 

 Empire was largely based on the experience of the Government 

 of India, who absorb at least 40 per cent, of all the trained 

 men turned out by existing educational centres in this country. 

 The views of the Committee were undecided as to whether the 

 Central Educational Institution proposed should be at one of 

 our Universities or an independent establishment free from 

 University control; many cogent arguments were urged pro and 

 con. The Committee were agreed that the body to lay down 

 and organise the course of study should be selected from 

 qualified representatives of all the Governments concerned, and 

 that the various Governments should contribute each its quota 

 towards the cost. 



It was estimated that the present requirements for trained 

 officers would be met by fifty students annually, and thus with 

 the proposed two years' course one hundred students would be 



