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practical training. By the 1st November they will pro- 

 ceed to Nancy, where they will be received as students at 

 the Imperial Forest School, and pass through the regular 

 biennial course of studies, practical exercises and periodi- 

 cal examinations, with the French students. The whole 

 expense of their residence in France has been estimated 

 at 300 francs per month, or £144 per annum. The 

 instruction is gratuitous. 



' No entrance fees are paid at the schools. A small 

 remuneration may have to be paid in addition to the 

 above sum for the preliminary practical training. 



' Those candidates who possess a sufficient knowledge 

 of German will proceed to Hanover and report themselves 

 to Mr Burckhard, the director of forests in the former 

 kingdom of Hanover, who wiU undertake the general 

 direction of their studies and practical training. 



' During the first year the candidates will be placed 

 with an executive forest officer in charge of forest district 

 (Oberforster), where they wiU serve their apprenticeship 

 in the practical work of a forester, and at the same time 

 receive instruction in the science of forestry. The direc- 

 tor will from time to time see them, and they will occa- 

 sionally accompany him on his tours of inspection. 



' During the second year the candidates will live at 

 Hanover, where they will continue their studies in the 

 different branches of the science of forestry, as well as in 

 surveying and engineering, in so far as may appear 

 requisite for a forest officer in India. 



' They will occasionally accompany the director, or 

 others of the principal forest officers, on their journeys of 

 inspection, and will from time to time be sent to different 

 forest districts, to become acquainted with the different 

 kinds of forests, and the various methods adopted for their 

 management. Should such hereafter appear expedient, 

 the time assigned to Hanover may be spent at a forest 

 school, as may be arranged by the director. 



' The whole cost for maintenance and instruction during 

 their studies in Germany has been estimated at 100 



