192 TRANSACTIONS OF ROYAL SCOTTISH ARBORICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



taneously to the selection of probationers for the Indian and 



Colonial Forest Services. The examination should be open 



to all those between 20 and 23 years of age who have 

 obtained either — 



(1) The B.Sc. degree in Forestry from Edinburgh University, the Armstrong 



College, Newcastle-on-Tyne, or the University of North Wales, 

 Bangor; or 



(2) The Diploma in Forestry at Oxford ^ or Cambridge ; or 



(3) The Diploma of one of the Agricultural Colleges at Cirencester, Down- 



ton, Aspatria, or Wye ; or 



(4) The Diploma of Professional Associate of the Surveyors' Institution, 



London, 



Such competitive examination should take place in the 

 following subjects : — 



The training of probationers after the competitive examination 

 in forestry and the cognate sciences should therefore not exceed 

 twelve months, as in the case of the Civil Service probationers ; 

 and it should be specialised to meet Indian requirements so far 

 as possible. Also it should be given both at Oxford and at 



1 To supply qualified students O.xford would then require to provide its 

 own forestry instruction — just as Cambridge, Edinburgh, and the other 

 Universities do — without special India Office support. 



