The reports of the examiners, together with the various documents belonging to each candidate, are sent from each town to the minister at war, who transmits them to the commandant of the Polytechnic School to make out a classified list. Very different value of course is attached to the importance of some of the subjects, when compared with others; and the measure of the importance is represented in French examinations by what are termed _co-efficients of influence_, varying for the several subjects of study and kind of examination. The particular co-efficients of influence for each subject in these written and oral examinations, are as follows:-- Co-efficients of Influence. Oral examination--analytical mathematics, 20} “ “ geometrical ditto, 14} 52 “ “ physics and mechanics, 16} “ “ German language, 2} Written compositions on mathematical subjects, 5} “ “ descriptive geometry, drawing, and description, 5} “ “ logarithmic calculations of a triangle, 2} “ “ mechanics, 2} “ “ physics or chemistry, 4} 34 German exercise, 1} French composition, 5} Latin translation, 5} Copy of a drawing, 5} -- Total, 86 -- In order to make out the above mentioned classified list, the respective credits awarded by the examiners to each candidate are multiplied by the co-efficients representing the weight or importance attached to each subject; and the sum of their products furnishes a numerical result, representing the degree of merit of each candidate. A comparison of these numerical results is then made, and a general list of all the candidates is arranged in order of merit. This list, and the whole of the documents from which it has been drawn up, are then submitted to a jury composed of the Commandant of the School. The Second in Command. The Director of Studies. Two Members of the Board of Improvement. The Five Examiners. It is the special business of this jury carefully to scrutinize the whole of the candidates’ documents, drawings, &c., and they further take care that a failure in any one branch of study is duly noted, as such failure is a sufficient reason for the exclusion of the candidate from the general list.