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THE FOREST LANDS OP FINLAND. 



'The draining of lakes and mosses. 



'The construction of floating barriers and such like, 

 together with the manner of floating timber. 



' (d) Rural economy. 



' The most general rules of agriculture, and especially 

 what relates to the soil, the taking land into cultivation ; 

 and the management of meadows and enclosures. 



' (e) Legal economy. 



'Legal rights of lands, as well as of ground and build- 

 ings, in regard to 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. 



' (/) Drawing. 



' Map drawing and linear drawing. 



' Section 24. The complete course in the above-named 

 subjects shall embrace two years or four terms ; and instruc- 

 tion 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 science 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 : 



