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the forests between the Jumna and the Ganges rivers 

 were set aside as training grounds, formed into a 

 special Forest Circle and placed under the control 

 of the director of the school. These forests have been 

 subjected to regular systems of management, based 

 on European experience, and excellent results have 

 been obtained. The first course of systematic theo- 

 retical instruction was opened on the 1st of July, 

 1881. In 1884 the school was made an imperial in- 

 stitution by the Government of India, and the In- 

 spector-General of Forests was charged with its 

 supervision, under a Board of Control, consisting of 

 the Inspector-General, the Director, and three Con- 

 servators, with the Assistant Inspector-General as 

 secretary. This board meets once a year at Dehra, 

 conducts the examinations, and looks into all of the 

 workings of the School very carefully. There were 

 two courses one in which the teaching was given in 

 English for rangers, the other in which the instruction 

 was given in the vernacular for foresters; courses ex- 

 tending over 24 months. In 1906 the school was raised 

 to the rank of a college and the course in the ver- 

 nacular abolished. The graduates may aspire to the 

 rank of division officers. The training of lower grade 

 officers is left to the provinces. The Bombay Presi- 

 dency had for some time their own forest school in 

 connection with the Engineering College at Poona, but 

 this is now abandoned. Another school, however, is 

 located at Tharrawaddy, with a two-year course in 

 Burmese, and one in Madras with a one-year course; 

 so that the education of lower grade officials is well 

 attended to. 



