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the Colony similar evidence was collected by a Commission 

 appointed by the Government. 



With the introduction f)f exploitation of forests accord- 

 ing to Die Fachwerke Method La Methode des Compartiments 

 it was found expedient to modify considerably the 

 arrangements existing in some countries for the adminis- 

 tration of State forests ; to educate, instruct, and train 

 men specially for the conservation, exploitation, and 

 extension of forests ; to provide appropriate salaries for their 

 remuneration ; and to give to Ministers of State entrusted 

 with the administration of State forests the command of 

 the advice and service of these educated foresters, And 

 to provide instruction and training for these educated 

 foresters, Schools of Forestry have been established in 

 almost every country in Europe. In a notice of this fact 

 which appeared some time since in the Times, it is 

 stated : 



' So much interest has been excited by the recent dis- 

 cussions on the subject of forestry, and by the fact that 

 England alone of all European nations possesses no School 

 of Forestry, that the following resume of those now in 

 operation on the Continent may be useful. Austria heads 

 the list with nine schools viz., the Imperial High School 

 of Agriculture and Forestry at Vienna, with six professors 

 and 329 students ; the Eulenberg School, with six profes- 

 sors and 50 students, the course lasting two years ; the 

 Weisswasser School, with five professors and 80 students ; 

 the Lemberg School, with 12 professors and 40 students; 

 the Aggsbach School, near Melk, with two professors and 

 24 students ; the course of forestry in the technical high 

 school of Gratz ; the Styria Forest Culture School, with 

 three professors and 26 students; the Carinthia School ; 

 the Vorarlberg School. Prussia has three institutions, 

 commencing with the Royal Forest Academy at Neustadt- 

 Eberswalde, with a director, 14 professors, and other assis- 

 tants. The course is 2| years, and the number of students 

 about 57. The Miindeii Royal Forest Academy has a 



