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Volume eatitled The Forests and Gardens of South India, by 

 Hugh Oleghorn, M.D., F.L.S., Conservator of Forests, 

 Madras Presideucy, published iu 1861. Subsequently, the 

 operations in question came extensively under the direc- 

 tion of Dr Brandis; and through his exertions arrange- 

 ments were made to get aspirants for employment in the 

 Forest Service of India trained at one or other of two 

 Schools of Forestry in Hanover and France ; and liberal 

 arrangements were made for meeting the expense of the 

 training and the remuneration of such. The expenditure 

 became very great, but so did the returns. 



The following will show what are the requisites for 

 employment in the Forest Service of India : — 



Under date of July 1872, were published the fallowing 

 particulars respecting the selections of candidates for 

 nomination to junior appointments in November 1872, in 

 the Forest Department in India : — 'An examination will 

 be holden on the 18th day of November 1872, and following 

 days, to select five young men, if so many are found duly 

 qualified, to be trained in France and Germany for the 

 Forest Service of India. 



' Applicants must be natural born British subjects, above 

 17 and under 23 years of age on the 18th of November 

 1872. They must be unmarried, and if they marry before 

 they leave this country for India, they will forfeit their 

 appointment as Junior Assistants. 



' They must send to the Revenue Department of the 

 India Office, on or before the 14ith of October next — 



' 1. Their names and parentage, a certificate, or other 

 satisfactory evidence, of their birth, and, if under age, a 

 statement of consent from parents or guardians. 



' 2, A statement of the places of education at which 

 they may have been since they were nine years old, 

 accompanied by testimonials of good conduct during the 

 last two years, and proof of their having attained a certain 

 standard of proficiency in the following branches of know- 

 ledge: — (1) English writing from dictation, and English 



