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have the oversight of part of the assets of the colony worth a 
very large sum of money, we should do all we can to encourage 
them and further their welfare. Some of the men in our forest 
service are, to my personal knowledge, excellent men for the 
positions they hold, but this is owing to the men themselves, and 
not to the method by which they have been trained. Just as the 
administrators of the public school system of this colony find it 
necessary to train, from the beginning, most of their teaching staff, 
so, I think it would be also a wise policy for the State to train 
foresters for its own service. If the whole, or the majority of the 
forestry posts were awarded to trainees of the State, the State 
would find competition to undergo courses of training keen, and 
better men would probably find their way into the service. 
Some knowledge of the botany of Australian plants (particularly 
trees) should be insisted upon, in addition to the botany of exotic 
plants usually exclusively taught in Australia itself, together with 
knowledge of the physiology of plants, for unless a forester 
possesses such knowledge, his treatment of his tree-charges must 
of necessity be empirical. Apprenticeship for one or two years 
of forestry cadets in the Botanic Gardens and Parks would be 
very desirable, in order that the operations and discipline of such 
establishments might be familiar to them. In fact I would insist 
on such training, and with stringent provisions for the prompt 
termination of a course in any case in which a student did not 
appear to-profit by the instruction provided. 
6. A Prea ror a Boranican Survey.—The desirability of a 
botanical survey for the Colony is so obvious, that I require only 
to touch upon a few points which suggest themselves, because of 
our special circumstances and environments. In the first place, 
we are frequently asked where this or that plant, or a supply of 
its product, may be obtained in quantity, and sometimes we can 
Only indicate the locality in general terms. The establishment 
of a botanical survey need not involve the expenditure of a large 
Sum of money, but rather the organization and control of existing 
gencies which may subserve the grand object in view. I feel 
