62 FORESTRY IN POLAND. 



keeping, drawing and preparation of diagrams and 

 plans. 



'The special subjects of study in the agricultural section 

 are analytical and agricultural chemistry, agricultural 

 mechanics, breeding and rearing of cattle, sheep, poultry, 

 and bees ; sericulture and pisciculture, and veterinary 

 science and practice. 



'In the department of forestry the special subjects of 

 study are forest botany and entomology ; forest manage- 

 ment and taxation, or calculations of the cubic contents, 

 prospective growth, pecuniary value, &c., of the trees ; 

 and forest statistics of Russia and of Poland. 



' The instruction is communicated in the Russian 

 language. Each professor and tutor is required to give 

 six lectures a week, and teachers to spend twelve hours a 

 week in class duties. The professors may be required to 

 lecture in both departments. 



' The session extends from the 20th of August to the 

 18th June, O.S. 



' All books requisite for study are in the library. 



'Students are required to be seventeen years of age, to 

 have attended a high school, and satisfactorily passed the 

 prescribed examination. They wear a uniform, are re- 

 quired to maintain a becoming behaviour, and to be 

 obedient and respectful to their teachers. If any be 

 retained for two years in any class, and be still unable to 

 pass, they are dismissed. Medals, &c., are given to 

 students in recognition of merit. 



' The rights of the institution as a first-class college, and 

 the rights of the professors as officers of the Imperial civil 

 service, are formally secured. 



' The salary of the director is 3,500 roubles, say 450, 

 with noble rank of the fifth class and civil service pension, 

 The salaries of the inspector and professors are 2000 roubles, 

 say 250,* with noble rank of the sixth class, and cor- 

 responding pension.' 



* The rate of. exchange varies. These calculations were correct at the time I 

 received the information. At this time (1885), according to the present rate of 

 exchange, they would be respectively 350 and 250. 



