304 FORESTRY IN FRANCE. 



The controlling and teaching staff is composed as follows, viz. : 



I Director, with the rank of inspector-general (professor of political economy and forest 

 statistics). 



I Deputy-director (professor of forestry). 



I Assistant-professor of forestry. 



I Inspector of studies (professor of law). 



I Assistant-professor of law. 



I Professor of natural history. 



I Assistant-professor of natural history. 



I Professor of applied mathematics. 



I Assistant-professor of applied mathematics. 



I Professor of agriculture. 



I Professor of German. 



I Professor of military science. 



I Assistant-inspector for experiments. 



All these are forest officers except the professors of agriculture, German, and military 

 science ; and none of them, except the professor of agriculture, who is dean of the faculty of 

 science at Nancy, have any other duties. The salary of the director rises firom ;^36o to ;£'48o, 

 with ^80 a year sumptuary allowance. The professors of forestry, natural history, law, and 

 applied mathematics receive, on first appointment, ;^8o a year in addition to the pay of their 

 grade, whatever it may be ; but if, after some years, they desire to be permanently attached 

 to the school, they may be removed from the active list, on a salary rising from ^280 to £■^(10 

 a year, when they are entitled to a higher rate of pension than they would otlierwise receive. 

 The assistants take part in the instruction under the control and guidance of professors, whom 

 they are in training to succeed ; they receive £^o a year in addition to the pay of their grade. 

 The salaries of the professors of agriculture, German, and military science are fixed from time 

 to time, the maximum rate being ;f 240. The appointments of deputy-director and inspector 

 of studies do not entitle their holders to any extra pay ; but these officers, as well as the director, 

 have free quarters at the school. The staff is completed with an accountant, two adjutants 

 (corresponding to sergeant-majors), a librarian, a gate-keeper, and other subordinates. 



The director of the school is the president, and the professors and assistants are the mem- 

 bers of a council of instruction, which assembles at the school from time to time to consider 

 any matter which may be brought before it by the director. 



A council sits at Paris at least once a year for the consideration of such general questions 

 as may be brought before it, relative both to the instruction given at the forest schools of Nancy 

 and Barres, and the conditions of admission to, and the regulations in force at, those institutions. 

 I'lesident, the minister of agriculture. Members : A senator, a member of the conseil d'etat^ 

 the director of the forest department, the director of agriculture, the director of agricultural 

 hydraulics, an inspector-general of forests, the directors of the forest schools at Nancy and 

 Barres, a conservator of forests, a retired forest officer, the director of the agronomic institute, 

 a member of the national agricultural society, an inspector-general of mines, a chief engineer of 

 naval construction, the professor of surveying from the military school, and an officer of the 

 army. 



Admission to the school is obtained by public competition. Candidates must be between 

 the ages of 18 and 22 years; they must be in sounj health, and hold a certificate showing 

 that they have completed their course of general studies at the lycie (high school). The sub- 

 jects in which they are required to pass at the entrance examination are as follows, viz. : 

 Arithmetic, elementary geometry, algebra, trigonometry, analytical geometry, descriptive 

 geometry, natural philosophy, organic and inorganic chemistry, cosmography, mechanics, the 

 German language, history, physical and political geography, and plan-drawing. Two passed 

 students from the agronomic institute, and two from the polytechnic school, can, if otherwise 



*See foot note, page 291. 



