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providing for at least fifty students, tlie " pavilions " (named after late Directors of the School), museums, and laboratories are arranged round a central quadrangle, and flanked by the school botanic gardens. Conditions of Enrolment 57. The maximum age of entry to the School is twenty-five years. The number of candidates admitted each year is governed by the recruitment policy of the Forestry Administration, the great majority being State nominees on a Civil Service apprentice salary and bonded to serve in the Metropolitan or Colonial Forest Service for at least five years after graduating. A small proportion of independent French and foreign students are also admitted. In 1949 there were fifty-two students in residence. The Course 58. The forestry course at Nancy occupies two years. There are two terms in each year. The year and winter term commences in mid-October and ends in mid-April, with one week's vacation at Christmas. The students remain at Nancy during the winter term, the mornings being devoted to lectures (two one and a half hour periods) and the afternoons to laboratory and field exercises and, to lesser extent, lectures. The remaining two weeks of April are taken in vacation. The summer term consists of tours, practical work or special studies, and examinations, and concludes at the end of July. 59. The subjects taught during the first and second years, and the relative importance attached to each subject in examinations, are shown in Table (3), which is a translation of the current year's schedule submitted to the Central Forest Administration for approval. Examinations are held at the end of the first year, and finally, at the end of the second year.

Table (3) —École Nationale des Eaux et Forêts, Nancy: Allocation of Co-efficients for the School Year 1948-49

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First Year. Second Year. Subjects. Oral Practical Written Tri+ol Oral Practical Written Tests. Work. Examination. JL Utdl. Tests. Work. Examination. Total. Forestry SciencesSilviculture 7 6 1 Q 1 Regeneration 2 / 9 (■ 30 Dendrology 2 2 2 J 5- 30 Forest Economics 8 8 8~ Forest Geography and Colonial Silvi2 4 J culture Natural Sciences — Botany 8 8 8 1 4 Pedology and Geology 2 2 y 30 Game 2 j V 30 Zoology 8 Plant Pathology 4 Genetics 2 Forest Engineering— J Topography 3 \ 6 3 3 1 ftoads 3 J J 3 y 20 La Forest Buildings 2 J • • r I 20 I Soil and Mountain Conservation i 3 J 6 Strength of Materials ; Concrete and 2 2 J bridges J Legis!ation— Penal Law3 " 3 Administrative Law 6 I 20 Forestry Law 3' 6 Administrative Service .. 5 J Utilization— General Study of Wood and Its 3 3 4 10 6 6 8 20 Products Conduct; Diligence . 10 10 103 130