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School of Working Foresters. 



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course is given by the Crown, but an endeavour is made to 

 find suitable situations for the men. Up to date no difficulty 

 has been found in doing this, as is shown by the following 

 statement, which also gives some indication of the prospects 

 for passed students : 



Number of students who have received full certificates from 

 1904 up to June, 1911 = 40. 



Present situations occupied by the above : — 



Forester in Uganda ... ... ... ... ... ... ... I 



,, East Africa... ... ... ... ... I 



Assistant Pole Inspector, Postal Department ... ... ... 1 



Head Forester, War Office Estates ... ... ... ... ... 1 



Private Estates ... ... ... ... ... 2 



Woodmen in Crown Forests ... ... ... ... ... ... 5 



Foresters or Woodmen on Private Estates ... ... ... ... 15 



Workmen in Dean Forest ... ... ... ... ... ... 9 



(Most of the above, on leaving Dean Forest, start at about 2^s. 



per week with usually a house or lodgings in addition. ) 



Other positions connected with forestry ... ... ... ... 2 



Positions not connected with forestry... ... ... ... ... 3 



40 



The eight men who left the school last October all obtained 

 situations within two months of leaving, and there are at 

 present seventeen men at the school, of whom nine will leave 

 in the present month. Of these only two have not as yet 

 been provided for (September ist). 



The school buildings, which are situated at Parkend, con- 

 sist of a classroom and large museum, where an interesting 

 collection of exhibits connected with forestry is displayed; a 

 dormitory for eight men, and a living room. In the same 

 building are an institute and a miniature rifle range under 

 separate management, which the students can use if they 

 care to pay the subscription to become members of the two 

 clubs. Board, lodging, and washing is given at the school 

 for us. a week, the first year students being given lodgings 

 here. After a year they move into private lodgings, which 

 are obtainable at Parkend for about the same sum. A careful 

 student can thus manage on his pay, but a small allowance 

 is often given by parents or others. 



The school course extends over two years, and the next 

 class will be admitted in October, 191 1. All applications for 

 admission should be made without delay to V. F. Leese, 

 Esq., Deputy Surveyor, Whitemead, Parkend, near Lydney, 

 Glos., from whom full particulars can be obtained. 



