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Mr John D. Sutherland, Royal Bank of Scotland, Oban, and 

 should be received before 30th September in any year. 



W. F. A. H. 



Forestry at the University of Edinburgh. 



The University Court has established three additional lecture- 

 ships in connection with the degree of B.Sc. in Forestry. 

 Dr R. S. MacDougall will lecture on Forest Entomology, and 

 Dr A. W. Borthwick on Forest Botany, while Mr Hudson 

 Beare, Professor of Engineering, has consented to conduct the 

 course in Forest Engineering, pending the appointment of a 

 lecturer in that subject. 



Chair of Forestry at Cambridge. 



Mr Augustine Henry, M.A., F.L.S., a native of Derry, in 

 Ireland, has been appointed Reader in Forestry at Cambridge. 

 Mr Henry studied for two years at the Forestry School at 

 Nancy, and has travelled extensively, having visited the 

 forests of China, Japan, North America, France, Spain, 

 Corsica, as well as those of Great Britain. He has also 

 been associated with Mr H. J. Elwes, F.R.S., in the authorship 

 of The Trees of Great Britain and Ireland. 



Forestry Appointment at Inverliever. 



The Commissioners of Woods and Forests have selected 

 Mr John Boyd, Head Forester to Sir John Stirling-Maxwell on 

 the PoUok Estate, as Resident Forester in the newly-acquired 

 Government Forest of Inverliever, Mr Boyd is to be con- 

 gratulated on his appointment to this important office, for 

 which he is well qualified. 



On Friday, 19th June, a presentation was made to Mr Boyd 

 on the occasion of his leaving the Pollok Estate. The presenta- 

 tion took place at the Agricultural College in Glasgow, Principal 

 Wright being in the chair. An Exhibition in connection with 

 Forestry was held at the same time. 



