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Dutch colonies ; (3) Horticulture ; (4) Forestry of the Nether- 

 lands ; (5) Forestry of the Dutch colonies ; (6) Agricultural 

 Chemistry. 



Exceptionally, there is a fourth year's course of study for 

 the Diploma in Colonial Forestry. Exhibitions are given 

 from the Dutch colonies for students taking the special 

 Colonial Diplomas. 



The tuition fees for students taking a full course are about 

 £6 13s. 4^. a session of forty weeks. The long vacation 

 extends from July 15th to September 15th, and the Christmas 

 and Easter vacations are each of two weeks' duration. No 

 entrance examinations are required for the diplomas, but 

 students cannot proceed with any of the diploma courses 

 unless they have passed through the Higher Burgher 

 Schools. For students not taking regular courses the fees 

 are at the rate of about 6s. 8d. per week for each lecture. 

 The cost of board and lodging for students in Wageningen 

 varies from 12s. 6d. to £1 or over, according to the character 

 of the accommodation and board required. 



The first year's course is approximately the same for all 

 the diplomas, and includes : — (1) Physics and meteorology 

 (three hours' lectures and two hours' practical work per 

 week.) (2) Botany (four hours per week). (3) Geology of 

 the Netherlands (one hour's lecture and eight hours' practical 

 work per week). (4) Organic and agricultural chemistry 

 (four hours' lectures and three hours' practical work per 

 week). (Inorganic chemistry has already been provided in 

 the Higher Burgher Schools, while students coming from the 

 Gymnasia have not had this, and have to take it privately, 

 and to devote two years to their first year's diploma work.) 



(5) Political economy (two hours' lectures per week). 



(6) Farm implements and machinery (two hours per week). 



(7) General knowledge of farm plants (two hours per week). 



(8) Mathematics (two and a half hours per week). 



(9) Mechanics (two to three hours per week). All these sub- 

 jects are taught with the object of showing their bearings on 

 agriculture. 



To get the diploma candidates must have obtained the 

 diploma of the Higher Burgher Schools or its equivalent, 

 and have passed an examination at the end of the first year's 

 course for all the diplomas, as well as the special examina- 



