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tion, History of Forestry, Meteorology, Forest Diseases, Law, 

 Geodesy, Soil Chemistry, Agriculture. 



Fifth and Sixth Semesters : — Forest Utilization, Silviculture, 

 Forest Policy, Forest Management, Forest Protection. 



The italicized subjects are designated as Forest Sciences 

 (Forstwissenschaften) ; the others as Accessory Sciences (Hilfs- 

 wissenschaften). 



Having completed these Accessory Sciences, the student takes 

 the Preparatory Examination already mentioned. If the exam- 

 ination is unsatisfactory it may be at once repeated; if it is satis- 

 factory the student continues his studies with special emphasis 

 on the Forest Sciences and on Law. 



At the end of the three years at the Forstakademie, the student 

 takes the Referendar Examination. If he fails he may take it 

 once more, however, as in the case of failure in the Preparatory 

 Examination; a very poor showing may serve to completely bar 

 the student from further pursuance of the technical career. 



These are state examinations, held by high officials of the Prus- 

 sian Service in conjunction with the faculty of the Forstakademie. 

 If, as is often the case with foreigners who receive their technical 

 training here, an academic examination is desired, this is granted 

 for a consideration of 40 mark (about $10.00). A certificate of 

 attendance is furnished gratuitously on completion of the course. 

 The entire tuition fee is very moderate — 15 marks (about $3.75) 

 on entering, then 75 marks (about $18.75) for each semester, or 

 a total of 465 marks (about $116.00) for the three years. 



The newly epauletted Forstreferendar now undergoes his re- 

 quisite one year of military service or if, as is often the case, 

 he served his year in the army before coming to the Forstakade- 

 mie, he now attends some German University for two consecu- 

 tive semesters in order to study Law, General Economics, Po- 

 litical economy and Finance. 



In further preparation for his responsibilities, the Forstrefer- 

 endar then spends at least two years in visiting various Ober- 

 forstereien (National Forests) and studying the methods of 

 management there. During this time he is a subordinate of the 

 Oberforster (Supervisor); they are expected to be of mutual 

 assistance to each other. For six consecutive months of the pe- 

 riod he has complete charge of a certain Ranger District (Forst- 



