1910.] Forestry Education in Great Britain. 975 



During the Long Vacation the student spends ten weeks on a 

 British woodland estate, in practical work under the superin- 

 tendence of an experienced forester. 



The course for the second year includes similar instruction 

 in Forest Management and Forest Utilisation, and in Diseases 

 of Trees and Timber, Timber, Forest Zoology, Surveying, 

 and Engineering. During the Long Vacation of this year, the 

 student has ten weeks' practical work in a Continental forest, 

 under the superintendence of a state forester. 



The total fees for instruction in Forestry for the Diploma 

 course at the University amount to £g 19s. 6d. The fee for 

 admission to the examination for the Diploma is £2 2s. 

 The student in addition incurs the expenses, which are 

 variable, of instruction during the two Long Vacations in a 

 British and in a Continental forest. 



An elementary course in Forestry has been established for 

 agricultural students, who are now encouraged to take 

 Forestry as an optional subject in the examination for the 

 Diploma in Agriculture, and for the B.A. degree in Agricul- 

 tural Science. This elementary course is identical with the 

 first year's course for the Diploma in Forestry. 



The average number of students who have attended courses 

 of instruction in Forestry during the last two years is twelve. 



The woods used for the purpose of demonstration are all 

 privately owned, and lie in the neighbourhood of Cambridge 

 and in the adjoining counties. The Forestry Department is 

 indebted to various land-owners for the permission accorded 

 to the Reader and his students to visit their woods and planta- 

 tions. These visits, including those to the Botanic Gardens 

 at Cambridge, are made weekly during term time, and afford 

 an opportunity of seeing every type of woodland in the 

 Eastern Counties, and of study of many Forestry operations. 



There is no land at present under the control of the Forestry 

 Department, but certain experiments have been carried out 

 by the Reader and by the Lecturer on Timber, with the assist- 

 ance of private owners interested in Forestry. 



The Forestry Department is supported in part by annual 

 subscriptions from the County Councils of Northampton- 

 shire, Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, West Suffolk, and Hunting- 

 donshire. Arrangements have been made with the Education 



