F.BENCH VETERINARY SCHOOLS. 
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Foreign students must settle their obligation by having it en¬ 
dorsed by a correspondent living in France, in his proper name, 
an obligation which renders him personally responsible. 
All these certificates must be properly certified. 
Sec. 9. Applications for free scholarship made by entering 
students are directed to the Secretary, through the Prefect of 
their Departments before August 1st. They are sent to the 
municipal council of the locality of the family of the candidate, 
so as to allow it to report as to the pecuniary position of the 
family. The deliberation of the council is transmitted to the Sec¬ 
retary by the Prefect who endorsed the same. 
Students already admitted, may apply also for free scholar¬ 
ships at any time of the year, but receive no granting until after 
the examinations of the end of the year. 
Sec. 10. Candidates are examined according to a programme 
laid down by the Secretary, and published yearly in the Journel 
Officiel before the 1st of April. 
Candidates, holders of titles from any university or diplomas of 
governmental schools, implying the possession of knowledge 
superior to that of the programme, are admitted without examina¬ 
tion. 
Sec. 11. The Board of Examination for-admission is nomina¬ 
ted each year by the Secretary on the proposal of the Director of 
the school. He marks the list of the candidates admitted. The 
Secretary closes the list of the students admitted according to 
their rank and the number of vacant places in each school. He 
also decides as to the free scholarships. 
The list of admitted students, also as that of the scholarships, is 
published yearly in the Journel OjJiciel. 
Chapter III. 
Curriculum. 
Sec. 12. The length of studies in the veterinary schools is 
four years. 
The curriculum embraces the following branches: 
Physic, meteorology, chemistry, pharmacy and toxicology, 
natural history and materia mediea. 
