158 TRANSACTIONS OF ROYAL SCOTTISH ARBORICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



2. The grant in each case will be a grant-in-aid only. It must 

 be used for the purpose of dcYeloping advisory work, and must 

 not be used for the purpose of reducing existing expenditure. 



3. It will be open to an institution to employ a member of the 

 present staff on advisory work, but in that ca.se his place must 

 be filled by a fresh appointment to the teaching staff. 



4. The Board will require to be satisfied that the officers whom 

 it is proposed to employ on advisory work possess the necessary 

 qualifications. Where advice of minor importance is sought the 

 case may be investigated by a junior officer, but in all cases the 

 advisory officer must be responsible for the advice tendered. 



5. Advisory officers may undertake a limited amount of 

 teaching on condition that other members of the staff give an 

 approximately equivalent time to advisory work. 



6. The advisory staff will be expected to co-operate with the 

 Board's officers both in experimental work and in the making of 

 inquiries. 



7. Each institution in receipt of a grant from this fund will be 

 expected to undertake the advisory work in a group of counties. 



8. An institution may, where this course appears to be desir- 

 able, charge a fee in respect of advice tendered under the 

 scheme. The charge may not exceed one guinea per day for 

 each day's work in the field. 



9. The advisory officer must supply to the Board a duplicate 

 copy of the reports sent to persons seeking advice, or, where 

 verbal advice only is given, a short statement of the case and of 

 the advice given should be sent. T. H. Elliott. 



liOAKI) OK Ar.KIClJI.'I'UKK AND FiSU KK U-LS, 



WnirF.iiAi.i. I'l.ACK, S.W., /■'chncavy 1912. 



FORKSTKY IN.STRUCTION IN luELAND. 



The following circular has been issued by the Department 

 of Agriculture and Technical Instruction foi- Ireland :■ — 



A limited number of apprenticeships in forestry will be 

 awarded on the result of an examination which will be held in 

 Dublin on the 5th September 1912. 



Applicants for ai)prenticeships must be not less than eighteen 

 years of age and not more than twenty-five years on the 

 ist October 1912. They should be in good health, and of 

 strong constitution, and have received a fair general education. 



