NATIONAL VETERINARY SCHOOLS IN FRANCE. 579 
him a card of laissez-passer (let pass), for the passage of his 
own effects. Sundays and fete days are the only holidays 
allowed. 
No pupil is permitted to go out of the college on working- 
days, even during the hours of recreation, without express 
permission from the director. Nor can such permission be 
granted here, but on account of affairs so pressing that they 
will not admit of postponement until the next day of vacation. 
The director of the college has the power of granting 
fifteen days’ leave of absence, at most, to pupils in ill-health, 
or whose affairs are of such indispensable importance as to 
call them home to their friends. Of this the Minister will be 
apprised, who alone can, if necessary, prolong or continue 
such leave. In the case of ill-health, a medical certificate is 
required. 
Any pupil wdio shall exceed his leave of absence, will be 
considered to have abandoned the study of the veterinary 
art. His name will be erased from the list of pupils, wdiereto 
it cannot be restored, save through the decision of the 
Minister. 
In the case of a pupil falling sick, he will receive every care 
at the (college) infirmary he may require. And should his 
disease turn out to be of a grave nature, or long duration, the 
director, in case of such being necessary, will sanction his 
removal, either to his house or to his friends. 
Fit-out and Uniform of the Pupils . 
Out of college, as w 7 ell as on occasions of Divine service, 
of the distributions of prizes, or of visits made by the autho¬ 
rities, the pupils will wear the (regulation) uniform of the 
college, with w r hich they w ill be expected to furnish them¬ 
selves ; as well as linen for their personal use, w r ith the 
exception of such articles as they may require for their bed 
or chamber, which will be supplied by the establishment. 
The pupils will also have to provide, at their own expense, 
such books, instruments, &c., as they may require for the 
prosecution of their studies. 
M. Bouley, in remarking on the above new programme, 
congratulates the schools on the return of the Minister of 
Agriculture to the scale of fees in force prior to 1848; wdiich, 
subsequent to that year, had been increased (from 400) to 
700 francs per annum; a sum that w as found too great for 
the friends of pupils to pay, and one w hich had consequently 
operated in diminishing the number of entries to the schools. 
— Pec. de Med. Vet., April, 1852. 
