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These types of forestry and timber education are represented by the following institutions : A. L'Ecole Forestiere Secondaire des Banes 46. This School was founded in 1938 at Nogent-Sur-Vernisson, some ninety miles south of Paris. It has two departments, for primary and secondary training, the former being merely a modified version of the. latter for the most junior officials and " foremen " of private forests. The main (secondary) course is for junior officers of the Forest Service, recruited on a competitive basis mainly from amongst " Gardes " and " Brigadiers " who have served for at least three years in the Forest Service. A limited number of private students are also admitted. During the abnormal post-war years ex-service appointees to the lower grades of the Forest Service have been exempted from attendance at the school — this is, however, only a temporary concession. 47. The main course occupies two years and is under the direction of a Conservator of Forests, two professional forest officers, two sub-professional assistants, and parttime lecturers in special subjects. 48. The curriculum is as follows :

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49. The school year is ten months. Seven and a half months are occupied in lectures and practical study in the laboratories and adjoining forests, and two and a half months of experience training in various forest regions and preparation for examinations. The rating and " co-efficients " of respective subjects follow the system practised a JSfancy.

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First Year. Second Year. Subject. Lectures (One Practical Lectures (One Practical and a Half (Three to and a Half (Three to Hours). Five Hours). Hours). Five Hours). Algebra 1 15 Geometry 15 Trigonometry 10 Physics 16 5 "Chemistry 14 5 French Composition 15 15 Silviculture 35 25 10 Forest Economics and Management .. 20 10 Measurement and Estimates 5 5 5 Utilization of Timber 20 10 Legislation OK Forest Law and Administration / Ut) 30 Forest Botany 30 10 15 5 Forest Pathology 20 10 Zoology 40 10 Geology and Forest Soils 20 5 Rural Economy 20 Topography Surveying 25 50 15 35 Conservation of Mountains : Rainfall and 20 Remedies Forest Engineering 15 5 Road and Transport • 20 15 Total " 235 105 1 250 115