[ARcHIBALD] MATHEMATICAL INSTRUCTION IN FRANCE 149 
PAR DT 
THE AGREGES DES SCIENCES MATHÉMATIQUES 1885-1909. 









Number Number Number Number 
of presenting | Number of the of 
Agrégés |themselves| admitted | Agrégés Agrégés 
Year fixed by at to who be- | Average Age | who had 
Govt. Concours Oral came been 
Doctors ! Elèves 
E.N.S. 
1909 14 81 27 0 24+ [21-27] i 
1908 13 75 20 0 25 [22-35] 9 
1907 14 54 25 0 27— [23-37] 7 
1906 14 58 24 il 27+ [23-37] 7 
1905 14 60 20 2 27 [21-33] v 
1904 14 723 26 4 28— [22-33] 10 
1903 12 78 25 1 28+ [24-41] 8 
1902 12 87 23 1 | 27— }22-40] 9 
1901 10 rire 23 2 28 [23-37] 6 
1900 8 76 20 0 28— [23-34] 4 
1899 8 86 16 1 25— [23-33] 6 
1898 8 96 19 2 26— [21-33] 8 
1897 a 93 18 3 25— [21-33] 3 
1896 12 112 26 1 26+ [23-30] 6 
1895 14 125 24 0 24 [20-35] 8 
1894 11 126 20 2 26— [21-37] 7 
1893 13 134 its 1 26— [22-29] 9 
1892 12 125 19 3 24+ [21-27] 7 
1891 115% a 22 5 26— [22-30] 7 
1890 12 a 16 1 26— [23-30] 4 
1889 13 ee te 5 23— [21-32] G 
1888 14 * 23 3 25+ [21-34] 9 
1887 13 A 15 5 23— [21-36] 10 
1886 1s Ja 15 6 23+ [20-31] 7 
1885 12 ie 22 2 27 [20-44] 6 
Total: :. 300 51 254 178 



1 These figures were compiled in February, 1910. 
The sixth column contains the average age; ‘‘24 +’’ means an age > 24 and 
< 243, “24—” is short for a number < 24 and > 234. The figures in square 
brackets, [ ], show the range of ages for the year. - 
