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to the Rhine in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It has a 
small farm in connection with it, about 18 acres, 8 grass and 
10 arable, and rerv ample farm-buildings and appliances. It 
seems to cost the State about 211. per annum per pupil. It is 
divided into f 1) High School, which may be regarded as equiva- 
lent to the German Reahchule : (2) a lower agricultural school ; 
(3) a higher agricultural school ; (4) an experimental and ana- 
lytical station. The plan of studies in the High School (general 
education) is rather remarkable as including four modem 
languages, viz. Dutch, French, English and German. The 
lower agricultural school takes stock-breeding, dairying, agri- 
cultural machinery, farm management, manuring, &ic. ; and the 
higher agricultural school, the higher sciences connected with 
that art with other branches of agricultural teaching. 
Although the farm is so small, instruction of every kind is 
abundant, and admirably arranged specimens of the best breeds 
of farm-stock and of the best description of agricultural imple- 
ments are to be found upon it. A 6-horse power engine enables 
the stationary machines to be shown at work, either separately 
or together. 
The school fee for out-students is 3/. 6s. 8</. per annum, with 
5O5. for books. Boarders pay in addition 37/. 10s. per annum. 
The students are verA' mixed, as in Copenhagen, some being the 
sons of peasants, others of merchants, and a small proportion 
are sons of landowners. 
There is a State veterinary school at Utrecht, and the agri- 
cultural station in connection with the school at Wageningen 
has prospered largely. The main feature in the work of this 
station is the remarkably large number of samples of seeds and 
soils sent for examination. 
There is scarcely any agricultural instruction in the primary 
.schools of this countrv. 
The consideration of that part of the subject which relates to 
Great Britain and Ireland must necessarily be deferred until 
the next issue of the 'Journal,' space not being sufficient in the 
present number for its insertion. Such a review, together with 
a notice of the conclusions and recommendations of the 
Commissioners, will finish this survey of the subject. 
