EDITORIAL. 
album, from which the official oil in the British Pharmacopeia is . 
obtained. Its characters and composition are quite different from 
those of the official oil. It has been well known since about 1875, and 
repeated attempts have been made to popularize it. It is not legal to 
sell it in this country as medicinal sandalwood oil, and the only proper 
method of dealing with it is to get experts to make therapeutic tests. 
and, if successful,.to approach the General Medical Council and try 
to persuade them to recognise the oil officially. “ 
[The Institute of Science and Industry has already taken steps to 
ascertain the chemical and therapeutic qualities of Australian sandal- 
wood oil with a view to its inclusion in the B.P.—Ed. Sc. & Ind.]| 
FORESTRY EDUCATION. 
The British Empire Forestry Conference, which met in London 
during July, adopted the following resolutions on forestry education, 
which the delegates are to bring to the notice of their respective Govern- 
ments:—It should be a primary duty of forest authorities throughout 
the Empire to establish systematic schemes of forest education. It 
has been found, for climatic and other reasons, that it would not be 
possible for each part of the Empire to establish a complete scheme of 
forestry education of its own, and therefore it is essential that those 
parts of the Empire which are willing and able to establish complete 
systems should, as far as possible, frame such schemes with a view. to 
combining for meeting the needs of those parts which can only them- 
selves make a partial provision for their requirements. Part of this 
subject has been dealt with by a Committee, whose report, which refers 
mainly to the higher training of forest officers, is approved by the 
Conference. |The main principles embodied in this report are as 
follows:—1. That one institution for training forest officers be estab- 
lished in the United Kingdom. 2. That ‘students be selected from 
graduates having taken honours in pure or ‘natural science at any 
recognised University. 3. That it be an integral part of the work 
of the institution to arrange supplementary courses at suitable centres 
for students requiring special qualifications and also special courses 
for forest officers from any part of the Empire, whether at the institu- 
tion or at centres of training in other parts of the world. The Govern- 
ments should recognise these courses as part of the ordinary duties 
of the forest officers at any time during their service, and the Govern- 
‘ments concerned should give special facilities to forest officers in their 
service to attend such courses. 4. That a Department of Research into 
the formation, tending, and protection of forests be associated with the 
training institution. 5. That encouragement should be given to the 
existing’ provision made by universities and colleges for forestry in- 
struction for those who do not desire to: take the full course suggested 
for the forestry service. It appears that this is especially applicable 
to the United Kingdom. It is also desirable to make adequate provi- 
sion: for woodmen’s schools for the training of foresters as distinct from 
those which are intended for forest officers. 
