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special study. (2) An Imperial Superintendent of Forest Working 
Plans, who will collect and collate statistics of the results of 
forest management throughout India, which are provided by the 
control forms annually submitted to the Government of India, so 
that the valuable information required in the different provinces 
will be made available to the whole Department. In addition to 
this he will assist the Inspector-General of Forests in the control 
at present exercised by the Government of India in the prepara- 
tion of working plans, performing in this matter the functions at 
present exercised by the Assistant Inspector-General of Forests. 
In order to render this assistance more effective, and to remove a 
serious defect in the present system, he will visit the forests in 
which working plans are being prepared, and will record a note 
upon the local conditions of the forest for the information 
of the Inspector-General of Forests. A copy of this note will 
also be sent through the Conservator to the local Government for 
information and for any action that they may care to take upon 
it. (3) An Imperial Forest Zoologist, whose chief duty will be 
to investigate the damage caused by insects and other pests, and 
to suggest remedial measures. (4) An Imperial Forest Botanist, 
who will study the botany of forest plants, diseases of trees, 
and distribution of species. (5) An Imperial Forest Chemist, 
who will investigate the chemical properties of soils and of the 
produce of the forests. (6) An Imperial Forest Economist, who 
will make a special study of the best methods of rendering forest 
produce of all kinds available at the smallest cost to consumers, 
and who will keep in touch with the commerce of India with a 
view of fostering and meeting the demand for forest products. 
These officers, in addition to their research work, will each 
deliver a course of lectures on his special subject at the College, 
and take part in the training of students, but the educational 
work will be mainly carried on by Assistant Instructors, who, 
besides their duties in the class room, will be in personal 
charge of the students out of lecture hours and during their 
practical training in the forests. They will be four in number, 
and will usually be selected from the Provincial Forest 
Service. One of the Imperial officers, who will ordinarily be a 
Conservator of Forests, will, in addition to his other duties, hold 
the post of Principal. The members of the Staff, who will be 
seconded on their respective lists, will draw the pay, substantive 
or Officiating, to which they are entitled on those lists, together 
