578 NATIONAL VETERINARY SCHOOLS IN FRANCE. 
directors will signify to them the day and hour of the open¬ 
ing of the examination. 
Candidates who succeed in their examinations will be ad¬ 
mitted as pupils on the 5th of October, when, on showing 
their cards of admission, the wardrobe man will serve out to 
them the requisites for bedding, and the superintendant will 
point out to them'the sleeping-rooms they are to occupy. 
Duration of the Session. 
The duration of the courses is four years, at the expiration 
of which time such pupils as are found by the board (jury) 
qualified to practise, will receive their diplomas as veterinary 
surgeons, the fee for which is fixed at 100 francs, (£4 3s. 4 d.) 
Fee , and Mode of Payment for Board and Diploma. 
The annual cost of board is 400 francs, payable quarterly, 
and in advance. 
Foreigners admitted as pupils will have to pay, whether 
they simply enter to the school or become resident, on the 
first day of every quarter, the amount of fee required for the 
said term. 
The fee for diploma must be lodged in the hands of the 
registrar prior to examination: should the candidate not 
pass the Board, the fee will be returned. 
Presentations. 
For the three veterinary schools there are 172 presenta¬ 
tions (< dcgrcvements ) of 200 francs, each of which, in every 
province, is at the disposal of the prefect, subject to the 
approbation of the Minister of the Interior. Their dis¬ 
tribution, in respect to the schools, is:—60 for Alfort, 
56 for Lvons, and 56 for Toulouse. In addition to these 
172 presentations, are 68 presentations which are at the im¬ 
mediate and exclusive disposal of the Minister of the Interior, 
which are renewed every year, in the month of May. 
Neither of these classes of presentations are awarded to 
any save such pupils as, after a residence of six months at 
least, at college, have given proof of their good conduct, as 
well as of their zeal and success in their studies. The half- 
yearly reports of the several schools are constantly referred 
to by the Minister, as guides to him in the distribution of 
presentations. 
Bey illations of the School. 
No pupil can leave college without the authority of the 
director, who, being apprised of his having returned every 
article of furniture belonging to the establishment, will give 
