CHAPTER, VII. 
SCHOOL OF FORESTRY. 
In the time which has passed since the last-mentioned 
report of the Commissioners appointed in 1865 to give full 
consideration to everything relating to the management of 
the forests and report, was issued, the Forest Administration 
of Finland has sought to keep the management of the 
Crown forests of the country in accordance with the ever 
advancing forest science of the day. And one important 
means of enabling them to do so by making known the 
progress of that science, and by supplying officials trained 
and fitted for carrying out forest operations in accordance 
with a recommendation of the Commissioners in their 
report, has been the establishment of a School of 
Forestry at the Crown Park of Evois in Lampes- 
socken, in Tavastehuslin in Finland, with a view to 
giving 'to foresters thorough instruction in all that relates 
to the theory and practice of forest economy. It was 
established by Decree dated 10th March 1859, and 
opened on the 15th of April of the same year, thoroughly 
organised, and placed under the superintendence and 
charge of a director, with three resident lecturers, and 
one field instructor. Students desirous of enjoying the 
benefit of the Institution were required to produce before 
admission a university diploma, or a first-class certificate 
of the completion of the course of study at a gymnasium. 
And there was provided for them free instruction, with 
free quarters and firewood. 
After a time the Institution was closed from lack of 
students; but in 1874 it was reorganised by a, Decree 
dated May 2d, 1874, of which the following is a transla- 
