550 The yoitrna I of Forestry 



August, and is divided into two terms ; to wit, the autumn term, from 

 the 15tli August to the loth December, and the spring terra, from 

 the 15th January to the 15th June, The pupils must, under the 

 guidance of the director, the teachef, and the forest master, carry out for 

 the sake of practice the measuring of fields and wood, as also the estimating 

 of wood during the time from the 15th July to the 15th August During the 

 terms and times of exercise the pupils shall have Sundays and holidays during 

 the Easter festival. 



" Section 23. — Instruction with practical exercises shall be communicated in 

 the institution on the following subjects :— 

 " A. Forest science. 



" Encyclopasdic view of Forest science, modern doctrine relative to the plant- 

 ing and restoration, the protection and the management of woods, and doc- 

 trine relative to the economy and rules for cutting the same. 

 " Forest technology. 

 " Forest mathematics. 



" Forest taxation — or determination of qaiantity of produce to be withdrawn. 

 " Forest botany, together with the anatomy and physiology of arborescent 

 plants. 



" Zoology in so far as it relates to animals to be found in Finland which are 

 profitable or disadvantageous for wood. 

 " The doctrine of hunting. 

 " B. Geodesy. 



" Land measuring with special respect to the requirements of forest service. 

 "Levelling. 



" C. Science of engineering. 



"The construction of country houses, bridges, roads, and dams. 

 " The draining of lakes and mosses. 



" The construction of floating barriers and such like, together with the manner 

 of floating timber. 

 " D. Eural economy. 



"The most general rules of agriculture, and especially about the surface of 

 the earth, the taking land into cultivation, the management of meadows and 

 enclosures. 



"IE. Legal economy. 



"Legal rights of lands as well as of ground and buildings, in which information 

 is needful for the forester, together with legal arrangements relative to woods, 

 fishings, huntings, waterways, and waterworks, and to the floating of timber. 

 " F. Drawing. 



" Map drawing and linear drawiuLT. 



" Section 24. — The complete course in the above-named subjects shall eni- 

 bi'ace two years or four terms, and instruction shall be communicated to the two 

 classes by the director, in legal economy, and in that part of forest science which 

 is not taken up by the forest master. By the teacher instruction shall be 

 given in geodesy, rural economy, and drawing ; and by the forest master in 

 forest mathematics, the doctrine relative to animals profitable or destructive for 

 wood, the doctrine of hunting, and the sciences of engineering. The hours 

 of teaching shall be divided for each class and each subject and teacher in 

 accordance with the following table : — 



