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scholars coming from the polytechnic and agricultural schools, all aspirants 

 must submit to competitive examination. Aspirants for the free list, if of 

 French origin, obtain permission to enter the examination by applying direct 

 to the director of the school. Foreigners must apply through the diplom,atic 

 representative of their respective countries. The course of study is two 

 years. At the expiration of this term scholars who creditably pass the final 

 examination are inscribed upon the rolls of the administration of forests, 

 with the rank of general guard licentiate, and receive a salary from the 

 Government. Aspirants less than eighteen and more than twenty-two years 

 of age are not admitted to the examinations. Parents on entering their sons 

 as government pupils must deposit 1,050 francs with the accounting officer of 

 the school, to be used in purchasing uniform, necessary bed linen, topo- 

 graphical instruments and other objects necessary for the course. An addi- 

 tional annual sum of 1,500 francs, payable the I'st of November and ist of 

 April of each year, for board, laundry expenses, daily care of room, servant 

 hire, indispensable books and supplies, excursions for practical study, and 

 riding lessons. A separate amount of not less than three hundred nor more 

 than six hundred francs is required for pocket money and incidental expenses. 

 Besides the above-mentioned sums parents or guardians of the scholars are 

 compelled to pay one per cent, of the gross amount to the accounting officer 

 as compensation for care and management of pupils' money. On arriving 

 at the school the scholars are examined by a physician connected either with 

 the civil or government Ijospital, who reports upon their physical condition, 

 attesting that no deformity or malformation exists rendering the applicant 

 unfit for study or for forest service. Defective eyesight is considered a physi- 

 cal incapability. The examinations on both oral and written with an average 

 of 20 per cent, for the oral and 15 per cent, for the written, as follows; 



iVritten. 



Mathematics 15 



Dissertation or French narrative 15 



Dictation in French 15 



Trigonometry and logarithmic calculations 10 



German theme 5 



Copy drawing 6 



Lineal and India, ink drawings 10 



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 Oral. 



{Arithmetic and algebra 20 



Geometry 20 



Physics .' 20 



Inorganic and organic chemistry 20 



Mechanics and cosmography 20 



German 10 



History and geography iS 



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