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Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 3, p. 127.

I"] FORESTS 12 7 APPENDIX Since the closing of the Royal Indian Engineering College, Cooper's Hill, at the end of the session in i9o6, probationers for the Indian Forest Service are appointed by the Secretary of State upon the results of a competitive examination- conducted by the Civil Service Commissioners. The period of probation extends over three years, two of which are spent at Oxford and the third on the Continent. Those who pass through the course satisfactorily receive the diploma of forestry from the University of Oxford, and it is expected of them that they should also obtain a degree in the Honour School of Natural Science. They are then appointed Assistant Conservators in the Indian Forest department. BIBLIOGRAPHY J. S. Gamble.--arnbusae of British India (Calcutta, 1896). W. E. D'Arcy.--Preparation of Forest Working-Plans in India, 3rd edition (Calcutta, 1898). Baden-Powell.--Forest Law (1893). W. R. Fisher.-Manual of Indian Forest Botany, Pt. x (Roorkee, z888). J. S. Gamble.-M-anual of Indian Timbers (1902). W. Schlich.--Manual of Forestry, vols. i to v (ISS9-96). E. C. Cotes.-Indian Forest Zoology (Calcutta, 1893). E. P. Stebbing.--njurious Insects of Indian Forests Calcutta, 1899). Sir D. Brandis.-Indian Forestry (Woking, 1897). B. Ribbentrop.-Forestry in British India (Calcutta, 1900oo). Annual Provincial Reports on Forest Operations: printed at the Govern- ment Presses of the respective Provinces.