396 The Journal of Forestry. 



commou to classes of plants. Zoology : difference between animals 

 and vegetables, animal structure, organography, and physiology ; 

 classification proposed l)y Cuvier and modified by Milne Edwards ; 

 characteristics of mamraiferse, with description of the principal families 

 of rodents, of pachydermata, and of ruminants ; characteristics of birds, 

 and description of the principal families of gallinaceous, of wading 

 and of web-footed birds ; characteristics of fishes, and description of the 

 IDrincipal families of soft finned fishes ; characteristics of the principal 

 families and the more remarkable genera of the coleoptera, of the 

 orthoptera, hymenoptera, and lepidoptera; and the geographical 

 distribution of animals, with causes influencing this. 



On these subjects the candidate for admission is examined before 

 he can enter the school. He is free to pass through these preliminary 

 studies when he pleases, and there are specified works on the several 

 subjects, from which information preparatory to examination may be 

 obtained. 



It is stated that in the examination in drawing there will be 

 required manifest facility in copying correctly an order of archi- 

 tecture, or a machine ; some model drawing of a landscape in Xc'.5 

 Etudes dJapres Nature, by Calame, and a pen-and-ink representation . 

 of mountains, sands, rocks, and arable land, according to the method 

 of Eindavets ; and in French and German, correct translations from 

 these languages into Spanish. 



Application for admission must be made previously to the 1st of 

 September in any year. 



It is not requisite that the applicant should be examined in any 

 one year on all of the subjects embraced in the entrance examination, 

 and he is reqidred to specify those on which he desires to be 

 examined. If he pass any examination with approval, this will be 

 certified, and when he has been examined in all with approval he will 

 be admitted, and enter on the special studies of the school, which 

 embrace the following subjects : — physical geography, land surveying, 

 mensuration of wood, applied mechanics, applied chemistry, applied 

 mineralogy, applied botany, applied zoology, applied geology, laying 

 out of forests, sylviculture, meteorology, and climatology ; mountain 

 geography and classification of mountains ; forest industries ; politi- 

 cal economy, with a special reference to its application to forest 

 questions; elements of the administrative direction of forest 

 management ; and draAving in its application to the course of study 

 required. 



For conducting these studies there are appointed a director, who is 

 head of the school ; nine professors, of the body of engineers ; two 

 assistants, who must also be engineers; and to these are joined the 

 following subordinates : — A collector, preparer, and conservator of 



