AN AUSTRALIAN STUDY OF AMERICAN FORESTRY. 37 
FOURTH YEAR. 
Forestry Administration—Forest problems ; regulation of forest uses; timber 
sale contracts, &c.; revenue; organisation and personnel ; 
forest laws and policies. Evidence—cases; police court pro- 
cedure ; routine work; probable lines of development. 
Silviculture—Silvical systems; working plans; regulation: of yield; manage- 
ment; finance. ; 
Forest Appraisals—Costs of exploitation and manufacture; valuation of 
stumpage, 
Logging Engineering—Operative cost factors ; logging plans and machinery ; 
applied mechanics; motive powers (electric; steam, and gas 
engines). 
Grazing— 
Military Drill— 
Seminar— 
Investig ation— 
Thests— 
Geology and physics are other necessary subjects. A certain number of 
electives should be added. 
As far as possible, the method of teaching should be “ centrifugal” rather 
than “centripetal,” opening with the broad phases of forestry and developing 
the technical details subsequently—the natural method by which one learns 
most things in life. The conventional one of “laying a foundation” of 
technique is unnatural, and tiresome to the student. 
The staff would consist, probably, of the following members :— 
1. A Princtpal— 
Controlling the local policy and administration, subject to the Director 
_ of Forests. 
He would be lecturer also in, say, forestry, silviculture, dendrology, 
. forest reconnaissance, appraisals, administration, scientific 
management, lumbering, and forest mensuration, grazing, 
and bushcraft. 
2, A Forest Engineer— 
Lecturer in forest surveying, topography, and mapping; higher 
mathematics, physics, logging and forest engineering. 
Assistant lecturer in lumbering, forest reconnaissance, mensuration, 
administration, and bushcraft. 
Investigator and compiler in the above subjects. 
Consulting engineer for the Forest Service. 
8. A Science Master— 
Preferably a technical forestry graduate. 
Lecturer in botany, dendrology, biology, and geology. 
Assistant lecturer in silviculture, forestry, and grazing. 
Investigator and compiler ; in charge of herbarium and library. 
