(1888).--"Exposition universelle de 1889" ("Rapport du jury," groupe II., part I., p.492.)] [Footnote 6389: In 1994 there were in France 1389 public and 841 private lycees (SR.)] [Footnote 6390: Liard, ibid., p.

77.] [Footnote 6391: Also called the preparatory classes, the so-called math-sup and math-spe of the preparatory schools attached to the state lycees and attended by selected 18-20 year-old students.

(SR.)] [Footnote 6392: These figures were obtained in the bureaux of the direction of primary instruction .-- The sum-total of 582,000,000 francs is composed of 241,000,000, furnished directly by the State, 28,000,000 furnished by the departments, and 312,000, 000 furnished by the communes.

The communes and departments being, in France, appendices of the State, subscribe only with its permission and under its impulsion.
Hence the three contributions furnish only one .-- Cf.

Turlin, "Organisation financiere et budget de l'Instruction primaire," p.