(Speech by M.Roux-Laborie, deputy in 1816.)--At the present day, the ordinations oscillate between 1200 and 1700 per annum.] [Footnote 5187: Decree of November 15, 1811, articles 28, 29, 32.

"On and after July 1, 1812, all secondary ecclesiastical schools (small seminaries) which may not be situated in towns possessing a lycee or college shall be closed.

No secondary ecclesiastical school shall be placed in the country.

In all places where there are ecclesiastical schools the pupils of these schools shall pursue their studies in the lycee or college classes."] [Footnote 5188: "Correspondence of Napoleon (notes for the Minister of Worship), July 30, 1806." In order to be cure of the first class, chanoin, vicar-general or bishop one must henceforth be bachelor, licencie, doctor in the university grades, "which the university may refuse in case the candidate shall be known to entertain ultramontane ideas or ideas dangerous to authority."] [Footnote 5189: D'Haussonville, V., p.144 et seq.

(Letter of Napoleon to the Minister of Worship, Oct.22, 1811, omitted in the "correspondence.") The letter ends with these words: "This mode of working must be kept secret."] [Footnote 5190: "Histoire de M.Emery," by Abbe Elie Meric, II., p.