foundation. The courses of study prescribed are: a) A course for 

 the College Diploma in Agriculture, given at the University by the 

 University Lecturer in Forestry, to whose salary the College contri- 

 butes in respect of this work. V) An evening class instituted in 

 1905-1906, and held annually since that date. A course at this class 

 consists of 21 lectures, besides excursions for demonstration purposes. 

 The attendance is principally composed of foresters, gardeners, 

 nurserymen, and the young men employed in the estate manage- 

 ment departments of large legal firms, c] Extension courses con- 

 sisting of from 12 to 20 lectures. Since the foundation of the 

 College in 1901, courses of this kind have been given at eleven 

 different centres within the College area, the average attendance 

 at each course being 48. 



Some of the classes of this college are recognised by the Uni- 

 versity of Edinburgh as qualifying for the B. Sc. in Forestry." 



Aberdeen and North of Scotland Agricultural College. " This 

 College provides: a) A course of fifty lectures, with excursions, 

 for students who take Forestry as one of the subjects for the B. Sc. 

 degre^ of the University in Agriculture. The fee for the course is 

 2 2s (52 frcs.). Provision is also made for a supplementary course 

 of fifty lectures accompanied by laboratory work and practical de- 

 monstrations for students who intend to make a special study of 

 Forestry or who wish to prepare for the Forestry Diploma of the 

 Highland and Agricultural Society. There are large wooded areas 

 in the neighbourhood of Aberdeen and, through the liberality of 

 several of the landed proprietors, excellent facilities are afforded 

 for practical work, b) There are further courses of instruction in 

 connection with the extension scheme of the College. These are deli- 

 vered to foresters and forest workers at centres, within the district 

 that naturally falls within the sphere of interest of the College, where 

 there are suitable and sufficient wood areas. In 1907-1908 there were 

 given sixteen such lectures, at which 650 persons were in attendance. 

 In 1908-1909 there were fifteen lectures with an attendance of 820." 



Inverliever Estate. This estate, containing about 12 530 acres 

 (5062 hectares) situate on the west side of Loch Awe, Argyllshire, 

 and lying at an elevation of between 120 and i 400 feet above sea 

 level (36 to 425 meters), was purchased by the Commissioners of His 

 Majesty's Woods and Forests in the year I9 o 7 . It is proposed to plant 

 it gradually at the rate of about 150 acres per annum. Planting has 

 been commenced this season near the centre of the Estate. A nur- 

 sery is being formed at Ford and a number of seed beds have 



