T Total.

CS Cost to the State.‡

EP Each pupil.

Name of School.SC
Frs.
MP
Frs.
T
Frs.
CS
Frs.
EP
£.
Polytechnic719,67385,515805,188568,18878
Artil’y and Eng’er school at Metz99,500*416,350515,850515,85050
St. Cyr1,348,79215,0001,363,792741,29249
Staff school99,000*214,870313,870313,870168
La Flèche539,86815,000554,868457,86845
Medical school659,300659,300. .. .
Cavalry school at Saumur227,00018,500245,500. .. .
Gymnastics, musketry schools36,27036,270. .. .
Regimental schools173,600173,600. .. .
Total3,903,003765,2354,668,2382,597,068390

* These sums include the pay of the officer students at these establishments, amounting to 288,000 frs. at Metz, and 103,000 frs. at the Staff School.

† The estimate for the Medical School appears to be exclusive of the pay of all military medical officers employed at the school, but the amount of this additional sum is not stated.

‡ For 1,520 pupils, who repaid 956,500 francs.

Footnotes to Part I: France

[1] It will be admitted, as a postulate, that only one parallel to a given right line can pass through a given point.

[2] The volume of the cone is derived from that of the pyramid; and it is to be noted that the demonstration applies to the cone with closed base, whatever the figure of that base.