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tions for the time being, and to leave of absence and 

 retiring pensions under the leave and pension rules of the 

 Uncovenanted Service for the time being. No rise of 

 pay or promotion will, however, take place before he has 

 passed an examination in such one of the native lan- 

 guages as may be prescribed by the Government under 

 which he is serving. 



'There will be another examination for five candidates 

 in November 1873, when the present system of training 

 for the Forest Department iu India will come to an end.' 



In the statement issued in 1867 it was prescribed : — 

 'Those of the candidates who will be selected by Her 

 Majesty's Secretary of State for India must agree to 

 undergo a regular course of studies and training of three 

 years and a half in the natural sciences, in the practice 

 and science of forestry, and in those branches of surveying 

 and engineering required for the profession of a forest 

 officer in India. The first, or purely scientific patt of 

 this course of training will take place in Great Britain ; 

 for the second part, comprising the instruction in forestry 

 and the subjects immediately connected therewith, arrange- 

 ments will, for the present (until an efficient forest school 

 in Great Britain or in India shall have been established), 

 be made on the Continent, that is, in France for those 

 candidates who are sufficiently acquainted with French, 

 and in Germany for those who are familiar with the lan- 

 guage of that country. One year and a half is assigned 

 to the first or purely scientific part, and two years to the 

 training in forestry and the subjects intimately connected 

 therewith. The following are the arrangements to be 

 followed by candidates, but Her Majesty's Secretary of 

 State reserves to himself the right from time to time to 

 make such alterations in the course of studies and training 

 as may be expedient. 



' The studies of candidates during the first or scientific 

 part of their training shall comprise the following sub- 

 jects : — 



