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published in January rg04, and a large number of copies have 
been issued. The Board are keeping the various recommenda- 
tions of the Departmental Committee steadily in view, and they 
hope to be able from time to time to proceed further in the 
directions indicated in their Report. 
|The above ministerial statement is very welcome, especially 
that part of it which relates to Scotland, and which is here 
printed in italics.—Hown. Ep. | 
RESEARCH AT THE INDIAN FoREST SCHOOL. 
The following Resolution has recently been published by the 
Government of India :— 
“The Government of India have had under consideration 
the desirability of making better provision for scientific research 
in connection with Indian forests. They cordially acknowledge 
that the work of the Forest Department has been characterised 
by marked and progressive development, which has resulted 
in an improved condition of the standing timber, and in a 
satisfactory increase in the net revenue derived by the State 
from its forests, while due regard has been paid to the interest 
and needs of the population residing in their neighbourhood, 
and to the requirements of the future. The energies of the 
Department have, however, hitherto been largely confined to the 
practical management of the forests under its charge, and 
comparatively little attention has been directed to the work of 
research, which has been pursued with such beneficial results in 
other countries. In order, therefore, to provide a staff of experts 
who will be in a position to devote a large proportion of their 
time to the prosecution of scientific research connected with 
forest produce, as well as to give the best available training to 
candidates for the forest services, both of British India and of 
Native States, they have, with the sanction of the Secretary of 
State, decided to raise the status of the existing Imperial Forest 
School at Dehra Dun, and to add to its staff. The school will 
now be known as the Imperial Forest Research Institute and 
College, and the staff will include six officers of the Imperial 
Service holding the following posts :— 
*(z) An Imperial Sylviculturist, who will make sylviculture his 
