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blishments in which there is no question of one year's voluntariat. 
There are two distinct tvpes of these schools, namely those 
which form lower classes, so to speak, of the intermediate 
agricultural schools mentioned above, and where the instruction 
given is purely theoretical, and those established in country 
districts in connection with a farm, and where practical instruc- 
tion is combined with theoretical and general education. The 
former are generally day-schools, and the latter almost always 
boarding-schools. In the kingdom of Prussia there are no less 
than thirty-two of the " farming schools," in Saxony three, and 
in Wiirtemberg four, all of which combine practice with school 
instruction. These schools are under the control of the provincial 
administrations, which receive a subvention from the State 
towards their maintenance. 
The State grants in Prussia towards these schools amount to 
nearly 7000/., while the provincial grants in aid of the same 
schools are upwards of 10,000/. 
The cost of this kind of education may be gleaned from an 
example of a boarding-school at Bremervorde, in Hanover, 
The fees payable by pupils here are as follows per annum : — 
£ s. d. 
Board and lodging, esclusive of bed, light, and washing 18 0 0 
School fees .T 4 10 0 
Drawing materials 0 18 0 
Text-books .. .. 0 16 6 
Stationery, printed forms, ikc 0 12 0 
Scientific instruments and sundries 0 7 6 
Total £25 i 0 
Most of the students bring- their own bed and bedding at 
these establishments, and the whole course of instruction, which 
is completed in eighteen months, can therefore, it seems, be 
obtained for about 36 guineas. 
At a practical farming-school at Badersleben, in the province 
of Halberstadt, a farm of 520 acres in extent is attached to the 
school, which is designed to accommodate seventy pupils. Here 
about 20/. per annum pays for instruction, board and lodging, 
pupils, as before, bringing their own bedding. Both school and 
farm are worked at the risk of the Principal, who is a tenant- 
farmer, and who receives from the provincial authorities a sub- 
vention of 7/. 10s. per pupil per annum. The pupils enter at 
from li to 17 years of age, and are bound to two years' course 
of instruction. They wear a simple uniform consisting of a 
blue blouse and linen trousers in summer, and cloth trousers in 
winter, and great simplicity of living is combined with strict 
discipline. Although the pupils do not as a rule assist in the 
