356 TRANSACTIONS OF ROYAL SCOTTISH ARBORICULTURAL SOCIETY, 
October#to the beginning of the following July. For about 
seven months of this time the students are placed for instruction 
under selected German forest officers. During the remaining 
time they visit other forest districts. To qualify for this course 
they must have passed the First Examination for the Diploma, 
and must possess a _ sufficient knowledge of the German 
language. 
Students admitted to the course will be required to pay, in 
three instalments, a sum of £180, for which there will be 
provided board and lodging, travelling expenses, and fees to 
local forest officers. There are two examinations (partly written 
and partly practical) for the Diploma. They are held about 
September 2oth in each year, and the fee for each of them is £2. 
Mr James Gunn, from the University of Edinburgh, joined the 
Oxford School of Forestry in October, as a candidate for the 
Indian Forest Service. FB. 
SoutH AFRICAN SCHOOL OF FORESTRY. 
The South African School of Forestry is being established by 
the Government of Cape Colony for the scientific training of 
forest officers, and for research in South African forestry. The 
aim of the school is to provide a thorough course of instruction 
in forestry, with special reference to South African conditions. 
Provision is being made at Tokai for ten resident students, five 
of whom will be candidates for two vacancies in the supervising 
grade of Cape forest officers, and accommodation will be reserved 
for five students to be nominated by the Governments of other 
South African colonies. 
The science departments of the South African College will 
be used for the theoretical work of the School of Forestry; 
the College departments of botany, chemistry, engineering, 
mineralogy, geology and physics being well equipped with 
lecture-rooms and laboratories. A reading-room and a reference 
forest library will be provided for students at Tokai. The 
herbarium at the Conservator’ office, and the forest timber 
collections both at the Conservator’s office and at Tokai, will 
be available for purposes of instruction. 
The Tokai arboretum, which now comprises the largest 
collection of timber-trees in South Africa, affords unique oppor- 
