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complete representation of the geological .structure, composition of 

 soil, mineral wealth, and of the industries of the country based thereon. 

 (6) The collection and preservation of geological specimens and infor- 

 mation relating thereto. 



Sec. 3. The superin tendency of the Geological Institute will be 

 placed into the hands of two directors appointed by the King, one of 

 them to be the director of the Eoyal Mining Academy. The works of 

 the Geological Institute will be performed, under their direction, by 

 geologists of the Government and assistants. 



Sec. 18. The Geological Institute and the Mining Academj^ are placed 

 under the Ministr}^ of commerce, industry, and public works. The 

 director of the mining academy is to conduct the business of the Insti- 

 tute. He will be assisted by a board of trustees, to be appointed by 

 the Minister of commerce, industry, and public works, who are obliged 

 to participate in the organic arrangement and in the determination of 

 the regular course of instruction. 



The library consists of about 36,000 volumes, relating to mining, 

 smelting, salines, mineralogy, geology, geography, ethnography, pale- 

 ontology, and scientific explorations. A large portion is represented 

 by the former mining library of the department. 



Its use is intended primarily for the Institute and the Academy, and 

 their professors and students, as well as for the other divisions of the 

 department of public works. The privilege may however be extended 

 to other persons. Connected with the library is a reading-room, which 

 is open to the public on all days of the week from 10 A. M. to 2 p. m., 

 but is closed during the month of September. 



VI.— THE TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL. 



The Technical High School originated on April 1, 1879, in the uniting 

 of the Royal Academy for Architects (founded in 1799) with the Tech- 

 nological Institute (founded in 1831). 



Its organization is regulated by a constitutional statute of July 28, 

 1882. Its object is to afford a higher education in all technical and in- 

 dustrial branches and to promote the sciences and arts which form part 

 of technical education. 



The Technical High School presents five divisions : (1) architecture; 

 (2) civil engineering; (3) machine emgineering and naval architecture; 

 (4) chemistry and metallurgy ; (5) general sciences. 



The regular professors receive their appointment from the King. 



The plan of instruction applies to a yearly term; the students have 

 the selection of the lectures and of tl^e exercises desired by them. 



Admittance is granted to graduates from Prussian high schools. 

 Others may be accepted upon the personal decision of the rector as to 

 their qualification. 



Each division is managed by a director, who is assisted by a commit- 

 tee selected from among the teachers of the respective divisions, while 

 the rector and the senate supervise the entire high school. 



