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institute, with such persons as shall be ordered to be present by the 

 appropriate minister. 



The composition of the examining commissions in the different 

 sections of the examination is regulated by the ministers. 



The director conducts the whole examination. 



The Examination in the Natural Sciences. — 1. Conditions for 

 competing. The candidate must testify : 



(a.) That he has had the requisite education. He must have the 

 proper certificate of having been prepared to enter the first class 

 (" prima ") of a gymnasium, or of a first class " real " school, in 

 which the study of Latin has been obligatory, or of such an educa- 

 tional institute as is recognized by the Government as of equal 

 standing with the above. 



(b.) After having acquired the requisite scientific preparatory 

 education, he must have studied for three sessions (one and a half 

 year) at a veterinary or other high scientific school of the German 

 Empire. 



The period for the examination in the natural sciences, as well 

 as the notification of the candidate of his fitness to take part in it, 

 is arranged by the directors of the respective schools. 



The notification of readiness to participate in the examinations, 

 and the certificate of his having fulfilled the above conditions, must 

 be handed by the candidate to the directors and indorsed by him. 

 (The schools have especial forms for this purpose, on which each 

 teacher testifies to the regular attendance of the students at the 

 respective lectures and demonstrations.) 



The following are the branches in which the candidates are to 

 be examined : ZoStomy, inclusive of histology, physiology, botany, 

 chemistry, physics, and zoology. 



The examination is oral, and public. Its aim is to ascertain if 

 the candidate has obtained sufficient knowledge in the above sci- 

 entific branches to warrant his proceeding with the study of the 

 strictly professional ones. 



Only four candidates can be examined at one time. 



The examining commission consists of the director as chairman, 

 and at least three associates. 



A complete account is kept of the progress of the examination 

 by each candidate in each section of the examination. 



The examination in chemistry and physics, the " tentamen physi- 

 cum " of the medical examination, or the pharmaceutical examina- 

 tion, may be taken as an equivalent to the above examination in the 

 same branches at a veterinary school. 



