HC Deb 05 June 1924 vol 174 c1486W
Mr. RAWLINSON

asked the right hon. Member for Tiverton, as representing the Forestry Commissioners, what are the exact functions, objects, and aims of the new Imperial Institute for Forestry at Oxford; and what is the estimated expense of the establishment of the institute and of its subsequent upkeep?

Mr. ACLAND

The functions, objects and aims of the new Imperial Forestry Institute will be to provide postgraduate training for selected probationers, special courses for senior officers in the various forest services and, where required, the taining of specialists in the methods of forestry research. The estimated expense of the establishment of the institute and of its subsequent upkeep during the first five years is £5,000 per annum.