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The first nomination i.« always to the fourth class. 



The transfer from one class to that immediately above it can only take place after 

 three years' service at least. 



This promotion is decided upon by the two ministers (of agriculture and com- 

 merce and of education and fine arts). 



Art. 9. The costs of the journeys of the departmental professor of agriculture, to 

 be charged to the dei)artment by article 7 of the law of June 16, 1879, are fixed in 

 each dei)artment by the general c-ouncil; but they nuist not be less than the sum of 

 $9(».S0 annually. 



This expenditure must not be deducted from the funds appropriated to the service 

 of primary education. 



Akt. 10. The departmental i)rofessor8 of agriculture are especially appointed for 

 the department in which they have competed. They may, however, be called upon, 

 in consecjuence of an order arranged between the two ministers, to remove into 

 another department in whic-h the conditions of agriculture are analogous. 



Akt. 11. Departmental i)rofessors of agriculture, who accept elective appointments 

 in the departments to which they have been nominated, are considered to have 

 resigned. 



Art. 12. The duties of the departmental professor of agriculture are comprised in 

 the conditions set forth in the following articles: 



(1) Agricultural instruction in the normal primary school and, if necessary, in 

 the other establishments of public instruction. 



(2) Agricultural lectures in the country districts. 



(3) Works or investigations with which he nmy be intrusted by the prefect of 

 the department or by the minister of agriculture and commerce. 



Art. 13. The programme <jf the course given at the normal primary sc^hool is pro- 

 mulgated by the minister of education and fine arts, the superior council of public 

 instruction approving, after consultation with the minister of agriculture and 

 commerce. 



This course is to be followed by pupils of the second and third years. It is based 

 on two lessons a week, supplemented by a practical exercise or an agricultural 

 excursion. 



Art. 14. The agricultural lectures in the country are to be delivered according to 

 a programme decided upon each year by the minister of agriculture and commerce. 

 There are to be at least twenty-six in each year. The localities in which they are 

 to take place will be decided upon by the prefect. 



Art. 15. A report of these lectures is to be addressed by the professor at the end 

 of each year to the prefect of the department, to be transmitted to the minister of 

 agriculture and commerce, and also to the general council of the department. 



Art. 16. Independently of the duties specified in the preceding articles, the depart- 

 mental professor of agriculture is to furnish to the prefect all possible information 

 respecting the agriculture of his department. 



Art. 17. The ministers of agriculture and commerce and of education and fine arts 

 are charged, each one as far as he is personally concerned, with the execution of 

 this decree. 



HUNGARY. 



Hungary has an area of 125,039 square miles of territory, and had 

 a population in 1900 of 19,254,559, about 75 per cent of whom are 

 engaged in agriculture. Many of the estates of the nobles embrace 

 as much as 500,000 acres; holdings by the peasants range from one- 

 half acre to more than 100 acres. In 1895 it was estimated that 48.5 

 per cent of the arable land was included in holdings of from 5 to 100 



