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is appointed to act as an intermediary between the Conservators 

 and the provincial Government. The recruitment of the superior 

 staff is practically now restricted to men who have taken a degree 

 or diploma at a recognised School of Forestry. The subordinate 

 staff is generally recruited locally and trained in local forest 

 schools. 



7. Forest Education, 



The first School of Forestry in the British Empire was started 

 at Dehra Dun in India, in 1875, and actual theoretical instruction 

 commenced in 1878. This school was originally destined for the 

 education of Rangers and Foresters. A few years ago a course 

 of instruction for the provincial part of the superior staff was 

 added, while the education of the subordinate staff has been 

 provincialised. In addition to Dehra Dun, there are now schools 

 for the education of Rangers at Coimbatore in Madras, at Pyin- 

 mana in Burma, and at Dharwar in Bombay. There are also 

 elementary schools for the education of Foresters and Guards in 

 nearly aU provinces. 



On behalf of the Government of India, the first School of 

 Forestry in Great Britain was organised in 1885 in connection 

 with the Royal Indian Engineering College at Coopers Hill ; it 

 was transferred to the University of Oxford in 1905. A lecture- 

 ship for forestry was established at Edinburgh University in 1889, 

 and another at Bangor in 1904. Instruction in forestry has also 

 been provided at Cambridge University, at the East of Scot- 

 land College of Agriculture, at Aberdeen, Glasgow, Durham 

 College of Science, and at the Royal College of Science at Dublin. 

 For the training of foresters and woodmen, schools exist in the 

 Dean, at Chopwell Woods, Burley, Beaufort and at Avondale in 

 Ireland. 



Canada has schools of forestry at the Universities of Toronto, 

 Lotval, and in New Brunswick. Australia provides forestry 

 instruction at the University of Adelaide ; a school for the 

 instruction of forest apprentices exists in Victoria, and another in 

 New South Wales. A scheme for the establishment of a high 

 class Commonwealth school of forestry in New South Wales is 

 under consideration. A school for the instruction of subordinates 

 exists at Tokai in South Africa. 



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