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results have been obtained. Through the generosity of the donor 

 of the land, facilities have been given which enable students to visit 

 the area several times each year. " 



Armstrong College, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. " Lectures in Forestry 

 have been given to the agricultural students in this College since 1892, 

 but it was not until 1904, when the Board of Agriculture and Fi- 

 sheries made its first annual grant in respect of Forestry, that a 

 Lecturer in Forestry was appointed. Since this date special efforts 

 have been made to develop the Forestry Department, and the 

 success which has been achieved has been owing largely to the 

 hearty co-operation of owners of woodlands in the neighbourhood. 

 The Chairman of the Agricultural Committee of the College, Lord 

 Barnard, has taken a special interest in the work of this Department. 



Instruction in forestry forms a part of the regular courses of 

 study for the B. Sc. degree in Agriculture (University of Durham) 

 and for the College Diploma in Agriculture. In addition there is 

 a special course in Forestry, which includes practical work and de- 

 monstrations in the Chopwell Woods, and in other woods and nur- 

 series during one or two days in each week, together with lectures 

 additional to those given in the ordinary course. There is also a 

 short course for young working foresters which lasts for four weeks. " 



University of Cambridge. " Instruction of Forestry was instituted 

 at Cambridge University in 1907, when a Forestry Committee of 

 the Board of Agricultural Studies was formed, and a Reader in 

 Forestry appointed. 



The course of study for the Diploma in Forestry may be sum- 

 marised as follows: Candidates for admission to the examination 

 for Diploma must have (i) obtained the degree of B. A.; (2) passed 

 qualifying examinations in Botany, Geology, Physics, and Chemistry; 

 and (3) attended for two years courses of instruction in Forestry 

 and cognate subjects. 



The course for the first year includes lectures and practical 

 work in' Forest Botany, Sylviculture and General Forestry. During 

 the Long Vacation the student spends ten weeks on a British 

 woodland estate, in practical work under the superintendence of 

 an experienced forester. 



The course for the second year includes similar instruction inj 

 Forest Management and Forest Utilisation, and in Diseases of Trees 

 and Timber, Forest Zoology, Surveying, and Engineering. During 

 the long vacation of this year, the student has ten weeks' practica 



