76 TRANSACTIONS OF ROYAL SCOTTISH ARBORICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
1904, in which 2300 acres were seriously injured, and 1500 acres 
only inappreciably or slightly damaged. This seems to indicate 
not only excellent protective measures, but also a very striking 
absence of ill-feeling between forest officials and the rural 
population. . 
As is well known, Prussia, like Saxony, prefers,to maintain 
two forest academies (at Neustadt-Eberswalde near Berlin, and 
Muenden near Cassel) in place of instituting theoretical instruc- 
tion at one or more of its universities. These academies 
require no extraneous assistance in their teaching; each is fully 
equipped in this respect, and it may be useful to summarise 
briefly their teaching strength, frequentation, and cost :— 
| Winter Session 1904 to 1905. Eberswalde. | Muenden. 
(a) Teachers of Forestry— 
| Director, I I 
Ordinary Professors, 4 3 
Assistants and Tutors, . 5 5 
(6) Teachers of Natural Science, Mathe- } 
matics, Land Surveying, and Road- 6 5 
| making, : : : : ( | 
| (c) Teachers of Law and National | ; 
Economy, . : : ; 5. 
Total ya 17 15 
(a) Students for State Forest Service— 
In Prussia, . ; al 18 Bi 
| In other German States, 2 
| (6) Students for other than State Service—| 
In Prussia, . : : ey 16 13 
| In other German States, F | 9 3 
Foreigners, , : : aie 23 8 
| Total, 3 . 66 68 
ee cna a 
| Income, : é £ : Z a) £596 £469 
Expenditure, , by , = Nl) Gre £4061 
Net Cost of Instruction, F : » | AGrrr £4192 
These teachers are all men of high scientific attainments, 
some of whom have a European and even a world-wide reputa- 
tion; and however much anyone may perhaps desire to see a 
similar academy of forestry opened in any part of the United 
