318 W. W. Smyth, Esq., on the 



In 1843 the number of students was between three and 

 four hundred, and the Professors : — 



Physics and Mathematics . . Count Nyary 



Chemistry and Metallurgy . Dr Bachmann. 



Mineralogy and Geology . . Mr Petko. 



Botany, and Management of Forests Bergrath Feistmantel. 



Art of Mining , . . Mr Landerer. 



Subterranean Surveying . . Surveyor Marschan. 



Book-keeping . . . Bergrath Reuth. 



Machinery .... Mr Adriany. 



Building and Plan-drawing . Mr Honig. 



When the practical course has been brought to a conclu- 

 sion, the passed students are draughted off to different 

 places, and into the various branches, to serve for four, six, 

 or even more years of probation upon a small pay, as Prak- 

 Hkants, after which, as vacancies occur, they receive the ap- 

 pointments for which they have been preparing. 



The lectures are delivered in German, the language of the 

 majority of the hearers, who come from Austria, Carinthia, 

 Styria, Tyrol, and Bohemia. A tolerable library of works 

 on technical subjects is open on appointed days, and books 

 may be borrowed on certain conditions. The usual expen- 

 diture of the students is but small, varying from L.20 to L.60 

 a-year ; the underground mining suit is their usual dress, 

 though a neat uniform is worn on great occasions ; a re- 

 markable degree of harmony and good feeling prevails 

 amongst them, and the duels so common in German univer- 

 sities *are here unknown. 



In looking at the system pursued at the above institutions, 

 we find at both of them a prominent defect, tending to impair 

 the usefulness of the class of men which they produce, viz., 

 that the time is so short in which the scholars are expected 

 to pay attention to such a multitude of subjects, that it is 

 impossible they can acquire all of them soundly and prac- 

 tically ; and although an excellent foundation may have been 

 laid, it must be left entirely to after years to rear up the 

 superstructure, when, amid the pressure of business, and 

 other cares and pursuits, there is only a small per-centage of 

 men who feel an inclination to return to a system of study. 



