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midsummer, 1913, means will be found for some foundation 

 for a permanent professorship in forestry. 



The regulations for the diploma have been revised, so as 

 to bring them into harmony with the changed conditions, and 

 they will be published during the present Hilary term. 



Practical Course. — Thirty students completed the practical 

 course during the year, and sixteen commenced it. 



Examinations. — The usual departmental tests were held, 

 and an examination for the diploma took place in the beginning 

 of October. Thirty students came up for the final examination 

 in Part II., and all passed. 



Twenty-nine students received the diploma in forestry. Of 

 these : — 



22 joined the Indian Forest Service, 



1 joined the Ceylon Forest Service, 



2 joined the Forest Service in Indian Native States, 

 I joined the South African Forest Service, 



I has returned to Newfoundland, 

 I is going to Australia, and 

 I proposes working in this country. 

 The results of the examination in the subjects auxiliary to 

 forestry were as follows : — 



General Botany . -14 Students passed. 



General Geology . -14 >» 



Forestry Botany . -23 ,, 



Zoology . . -27 ,. 



Forest Nursery and Experimental Flantatio?is in Bagley 

 Wood. — The progress has been satisfactory. An additional 

 area of about 8 acres has been prepared, and partially planted ; 

 the rest is being planted at the present time. The total area 

 of experimental plantations amounts now to 23 acres. The 

 effect of a recent fall of snow has been very instructive. The 

 young trees of Douglas fir, both Oregon and Colorado varieties, 

 as well as those of Thuja plicata, the giant cypress, were bent 

 to the ground and had to be lifted up again. All European 

 species, as well as Picea sitkaensis, were not affected by the fall 

 of snow. In last year's report, it was stated that the Douglas 

 fir had suffered from strong winds. All these matters should 

 not be lost sight of when selecting exotic species for planting 

 on a large scale. It is also interesting to note the effect of the 



