m FORESTRY IN 8PAtK r . 



On the Normal School of Science and Royal School of 

 Mines in London there were expended in the financial 

 year terminating on 31st March, 1885, 14,313, 2s 5d; 

 on the Royal College of Science, Dublin, 6804-, Is 4d ; 

 with 14,056, 15s lOd for the Dublin Museum of Science 

 arid Art. The expenditure on the Edinburgh Museum of 

 Science and Art was ^0,b'89, 2s lid, and such an arrange- 

 ment as I have submitted for consideration would at first, 

 or even when fully developed, require no such expenditure 

 as these. And the expenditure would be entailed largely by 

 provision for the support of students prosecuting their 

 studies. 



The arrangements for the support of students is similar, 

 if not identical, in London and in Dublin. I may then 

 take for illustration the Royal School of Science in Dublin. 

 This supplies as far as practicable a complete course of 

 instruction in science applicable to the industrial arts, 

 especially those which may be classed broadly under the 

 heads of mining, engineering, and manufactures, and it is 

 intended also to aid in the instruction of teachers for the 

 local Schools of Science. Students may enter as associates 

 or as non-associates. By ' associate students ' is meant all 

 those who enter for the three years' ' curriculum of the col- 

 lege ' in any department. There are nine ' royal exhibitions ' 

 of the value of 50 per annum, entitling the holder to free 

 admission to all the lectures and to the laboratories ; these 

 are tenable for three years. And there are four 'royal 

 scholarships ' of the value of 50 yearly each. And there 

 are thirty-six 'national scholarships/ These are of the 

 value of 30s a week during the session of about nine 

 months for three years, and they are tenable at the option 

 of the holders at either the Royal College of Science, 

 Dublin, or the Royal School of Mines, London. They also 

 entitle the holders to free admission to all the lectures and 

 all the laboratories. 



Of the Royal Exhibitions, there are three open for 

 competition annually. Of the Royal Scholarships, two 



