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have done. And at the same time, a certificate of his 

 having obtained such exhibition or scholarship, with 

 certificate of his having passed satisfactorily both the 

 entrance and the exit examinations of such a Government 

 institution, might have assigned to it a definite value in 

 any application the holder might make for a Government 

 appointment at home or abroad. 



If similar provision were made for students of forestry, 

 should a School be organised in connection with the 

 Science and Art Department of the Committee of Council 

 on Education, this would only be in keeping with 

 what has hitherto been done for aspirants for employment 

 in the Forest Service of India. 



In an editorial note in the number of the Journal of 

 Forestry issued in March, 1879, it is stated : 



' We regret to find that no attempt has yet been made 

 to reduce the enormous expense to which the country, and 

 the parents or guardians of a pupil, are put to pay for his 

 training in the Forest School at Nancy, an institution, too, 

 be it observed, that does not at all meet the requirements 

 necessary for the proper training of first-class forest 

 officers for the management of the forests in British India 

 or in the Colonies. Each pupil costs, for fees and mainten- 

 ance, 220 per annum, of which heavy sum the parents 

 are held liable to pay .180, which may be reduced to an 

 average of .120 per annum by the industry and good con- 

 duct of the pupil; in reward for which the Government, 

 at its discretion, pays the difference, 60 per annum. 



' Such heavy charges can only be afforded by the opulent 

 classes, and very much exceed the cost of training for any 

 other profession in this country. They are also quite 

 prohibitory to the young men best qualified by nature and 

 early training for filling the office of forest officers in India 

 or elsewhere. For less than half that cost per head per 

 annum we train our clergy, doctors, lawyers, naval and 

 military officers, engineers, &c. ; in fact, we do not know 

 of any professional training which necessarily requires such 



