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THE JOURNAL 



OF THE 



BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Vol. XI. No. i. 



APRIL, 1904. [NEW SERIES.] 



FORESTRY EDUCATION IN GREAT BRITAIN. 



The Departmental Committee appointed in 1902 to inquire 

 into and report upon the condition of forestry in Great Britain, 

 and upon the measures which could be taken for its promotion, 

 placed in the forefront of their recommendations* the provision 

 of systematised instruction, which should be within the reach of 

 all classes concerned with woodlands. The present time appears 

 opportune to notice what the Board have done to give effect 

 to this recommendation, and the instruction which will shortly 

 be available in this country. On the 15th March last, Lord 

 Barnard called attention in the House of Lords to the Report 

 of the Committee, and asked whether His Majesty's Govern- 

 ment proposed to take any, and if so what, steps to give effect 

 to the recommendations as regards education, instruction, and 

 training in forestry. The following extracts from the reply by 

 Lord Onslow indicate the action that has been taken by the 

 Board in this direction : — 



" ..." . The noble Lord asks me whether His Majesty's 

 Government intend to take any steps, and if so, what steps, to 

 earn/ out the recommendations of the Departmental Committee 

 which was appointed to enquire into this subject. Well, my Lords, 

 Committees and Commissions are appointed for different pur- 

 poses. It has been said that many Commissions are appointed 

 with a view to shelving a question. That is not the practice 

 of the Department over which I have the honour to preside. 

 When the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries appoints a 



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