4 MODERN FOREST ECONOMY. 



a natural reproduction of the forests by self-sown seed. 

 All these results are now being obtained by this method 

 of exploitation. It may seem to be the ne plus ultra of 

 forest management. But in its application to any forest 

 the arrangement of details must be based on the knowledge 

 of a number of a great number of facts in regard to 

 that forest, for the observation of which there is required 

 an extensive and somewhat prolonged course of education, 

 instruction, and special study. 



To supply facilities for acquiring this education and 

 instruction, there have been organised Schools of Forestry 

 in almost every country on the Continent of Europe, most 

 of which are connected with universities, or similar seats 

 of learning. To procure this education and instruction, 

 candidates for the forest service in India are required to 

 attend the School of Forestry at Nancy, in France, their 

 expenses being largely met by the Government. And to 

 secure like advantages for those who may in the future 

 undertake the management of forests in our colonies, or at 

 home, endeavours are being made to secure the organisa- 

 tion of one or more Schools of Forestry in Britain. 



The course of studies through which forest officials on 

 the Continent pass, is as multifarious as is that required in 

 this country for admission into the ministry of any of our 

 churches, or for license to practice medicine or surgery, 

 and a corresponding social position is awarded to these 

 officials. Happily for the prospects of success in the 

 endeavours which are being made to secure corresponding 

 educational advantages for foresters in Britain, in some of 

 our universities for example, those of Scotland and other 

 educational institutions in the three kingdoms, provisions 

 already exist for the scientific study of most of the sub- 

 jects to which attention is given in the Schools of Forestry 

 on the Continent. But there is still required, in addition 

 to these, some provision for directing the studies of can- 

 didates for employment of foresters, and for supplying to 

 them the practical instruction specially required for the 

 discharge of the duties to which they aspire. 



