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SCHOOL OF FORESTRY IN THE FoREST OF DEAN.! 
The work at the School of Forestry which has been 
established by the Commissioners of Woods and Forests in 
the Forest of Dean is reported to have made satisfactory 
progress. As the result of experience, the course of instruction 
has been slightly modified and improved. Seven students 
entered the school in January 1904, and completed the course 
in October 1905. One has been appointed Assistant Crown 
Woodman in Windsor Forest, while the others are still in the 
Forest of Dean. A second class of seven students commenced 
in November 1904, two of whom were from private estates, 
and a third class of eight students began in November 1905, 
three being from private estates. 
During the year a museum has been built at Parkend, 
and contains a number of specimens of various timbers, also 
specimens illustrative of damage caused by animals, insects, 
fungi, etc. These specimens are being arranged and labelled, 
and when finished will be of general interest, as well as of value 
to the forest student. The Abbotswood experimental plantation 
has been made over to the school; about five acres were planted 
this season, with mixtures of various species.—Report of Commis- 
stoners of Woods, etc., 1905-1906. 
THE YALE ForEstT SCHOOL. 
The calendar of the Yale Forest School for 1906-7 contains 
an interesting account of the endowment and equipment of 
the school; it gives also the terms of admission, with the fees 
exacted from, and expenses incurred by the students. A full 
syllabus is added of the curriculum of study, which extends over 
a period of two years. In 1903 the Endowment Fund was 
increased by the gift of a sum of $50,ooo—a gift which affords a 
further example of the liberality with which scientific institutions 
“on the other side” are supported by private donors. FF. B. 
1 Reproduced from the Journal of the Board of Agriculture for December 
1906, by permission of the Controller of His Majesty’s Stationery Office. 
