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through the course of instruction detailed below, and must 
obtain the Diploma in Forestry within the period of three years 
assigned to that course. They will then, if of sound constitution 
and free from physical defects which would render them un- 
suitable for employment in the Indian Forest Service, be 
appointed Assistant Conservators in the Indian Forest Depart- 
ment. 
Occasionally, probationers are nominated for service in the 
colonies, under conditions similar to those which apply to 
probationers for service in India. 
The Diploma is granted to members of the University who 
have— 
1. Pursued an approved course of study extending over two 
years at Oxford. 
2. Undergone a course of practical work at places and 
under conditions approved. 
3. Satisfied the examiners in prescribed examinations. 
The course of study at the University, which commences in 
October of each year, comprises the following subjects :— 
During the First Year. 
(a) Mathematics ; (4) Chemistry of Soils and selected chapters 
of Organic Chemistry; (c) Geology; (d) Botany; (e) Forestry, 
comprising Sylviculture, and either Protection or Utilisation ; 
(f) Geometrical Drawing and Elementary Forest Engineering ; 
(g) German. 
The course includes practical work in the Forest Garden, and 
excursions in Term and in the Vacations, including a three 
weeks’ tour in French forests. Students must meet the expenses 
of these excursions. 
During the Second Year. 
(g) German; (A) Geology of India; (&) Botany, comprising 
Pathology, the Structure of Timber, and Special Systematic 
Botany; (/) Entomology; (m) Forestry, comprising Forest 
Management, Forest Administration, and either Utilisation ‘or 
Protection ; (z) Forest Law; (0) Surveying ; (#) Book-keeping in 
relation to Indian Forest Accounts. 
The Third Vear 
is occupied by a nine months’ practical course in German State 
forests. It extends over the period from the beginning of 
