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The Diploma in Forestry is granted to members of the 

 University who have pursued a prescribed course of study 

 extending over two years; undergone a course of practical 

 work lasting nine months, of which about seven are spent 

 with selected German forest officers in Germany ; and satisfied 

 the examiners in prescribed examinations. 



The fees for instruction in Forestry and subjects auxiliary 

 to it amount to about £63 during the two years, or an 

 average of ,£10 10s. a term. In addition, students must meet 

 the expenses (except railway fares) of the excursions in Great 

 Britain which form part of the course. Students who are 

 probationers for the Indian Forest Service are required to 

 defray all their expenses at Oxford, but they receive, under 

 certain conditions, a sum of £240 from the Secretary of 

 State for India during the course of probation, which, in the 

 case of those who have already passed with Honours in 

 Natural Science, lasts for two years, and, in the case of the 

 remainder, for three years. 



School of Forestry, Forest of Dean. — This school was 

 established in January, 1904, with the object of carrying 

 out in one of the Crown Forests the recommendations made 

 by the Departmental Committee. The course of instruction 

 extends over two years. The number of young men entering 

 each year is usually eight. Since the School was started 27 

 students have received certificates. The minimum age of 

 entry has recently been raised from 16 years to 20. The 

 young men are paid 155. a week for their work, they receive 

 practical instruction in the woods and attend lectures in a 

 class room, the subjects of instruction being Forest Botany, 

 Sylviculture, Forest Mensuration, and the Protection of 

 Woods. A special building has been built for the purposes of 

 the School and contains a class room, museum and carpen- 

 ter's shop. 



Applications for admission to the School, and for further 

 particulars, should be addressed to Sir E. Stafford Howard, 

 K.C.B., Commissioner of His Majesty's Woods and Forests, 

 Whitehall, London, S.W. 



University College of North Wales, Bangor. — A lecturer 

 in Forestry at this College was appointed in the spring of 

 1904. At first Forestry was attached to the Department of 



