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POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY. 



hold the rank of professor. It is significant of the progress of the 

 Japanese in western learning that even in special branches of work 

 few foreign instructors are now required. In earlier days the majority 

 of the professors were foreigners, to-day their number has been reduced 



Institutes of Zoology and Geology. 



Interior of the Zoological Museum. 



to fourteen, and this number bids fair to be reduced as soon as able 

 graduates return from their foreign studies to take their places. It 

 follows, accordingly, that lectures are more and more frequently given 

 in the Japanese language. It may be noted that in the science college 

 there remain no foreign professors. 



