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He attended Dr Somerville’s first course of lectures at Edinburgh 
University, taking first place in the prize list, and subsequently 
he spent some time in Germany. He is a well-known writer on 
forestry, and recently he published a work of considerable merit 
entitled Huglish Estate Forestry. In appointing Mr Forbes to 
this important post, all will agree that the Irish Government 
have made a wise selection. 
Mr J. F. ANNAND. 
Mr John F. Annand, overseer on the Peeebleshire estates of 
Sir Duncan Hay, Bart., has been appointed to succeed 
Mr Forbes as Lecturer in Forestry at the Armstrong College, 
Newcastle-on-Tyne. Like Mr Forbes, Mr Annand is a practical 
forester. In 1892 he entered the Royal Botanic Garden, 
Edinburgh, for the purpose of passing through the course of 
instruction which had been instituted there for practical foresters 
and gardeners, and three years later he, along with one of his 
colleagues, Mr Wm. Davidson, now head forester on the Margam 
estates in South Wales, obtained the diploma in forestry of the 
Highland and Agricultural Society. The best wishes of all 
will follow Mr Annand into his new sphere, where we are 
confident he will prove a worthy successor to Mr Forbes. 
A. (Ds ae 
