Days. Military art and legislation, 33 Topography and geodesy, 47 Field fortification, 39 Permanent fortification, 88 Theory and practice of construction, 77 --- Total, 284 The _sous-lieutenants_ who complete their first year’s work are allowed nearly a month’s vacation during November. The instruction given to the Artillery and Engineers during the second year’s residence is not entirely the same, as will be seen by comparing the accompanying table of the year’s study:-- Artillery. Engineers. Days. Days. Military art and legislation, 2 2 Topography and geodesy, 28 28 Attack and defense of places, 44 44 Permanent fortification, 44 129 Artillery, machines, &c., 81 -- Theory and practice of construction, 46 42 --- --- 245 245 Brought forward from first year, 284 284 --- --- Total, 529 529 We should not omit to state that there is a short course on the Veterinary Art. The lectures, as before said, begin at 10 A.M., and they last usually an hour and a half, and are followed by work in the halls of study. It would appear, however, that very frequently the day’s occupation consists simply of work in the halls of study (or occasionally out of the school buildings, when the students are sent on some excursion;) and, accordingly, in giving the account of the studies, a _day_ or day’s work will sometimes mean a lecture followed by drawing or other employment, sometimes this drawing or other employment without any lecture preceding. Taking a general average, the proportion appears to be about two lectures to five _séances_, _i.e._, sittings without lectures. The system will be better understood by referring to the accompanying tables, which are translated from the Project for the Employment of Time for the year 1851-2, submitted for the approval of the Minister of War. The dates in the first column indicate the days of the commencement of each particular study. The school year, it should be said, begins on the 1st of December. EMPLOYMENT OF TIME FOR THE YEARS 1851-1852. [KEY] Att Attendances. LbW Lectures before Work. TL Total of Lectures.