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supplied ? — I should think that a plan of that kind, under 

 certain restrictions, might be advantageous. 



1555. {Marquis of Lansdowne.) Would you say that there 

 is at this time a great demand in the States for engineers 

 and marine architects or surveyors ? — Yes, more particu- 

 larly for engineers. 



1556. Is the supply at all equal to the demand ; suppos- 

 ing, for instance, that a young engineer were to make his 

 appearance in the States, would he have no difficulty at all 

 in finding employment, or is the rate of supply sufficient ? 

 — He might have some difficulty at first. 



1557. But on the whole you think that the supply is suffi- 

 cient? — No, I think the demand is increasing; the supply 

 perhaps is coming up to it. A large number of our young 

 men go to Germany to study practical science. 



1558. Have you any means of knowing from what sources 

 the supply is met ; take, for instance, the number of engi- 

 neers, which must be considerable by this time, and the 

 number of surveyors, can you tell where they have acquired 

 the knowledge necessary for their profession ? — I think 

 either abroad or many of them in the States at those scien- 

 tific schools which have been established within the last few 

 years ; for instance, the school at Harvard, and at Yale Col- 

 lege in New Haven, and at Columbia College in New York. 



1559. If I were to ask you the same question as to prac- 

 tical chemists, is there a dearth of them, or is there a suffi- 

 cient supply ? — I do not hear of any young men that are 

 unemployed in that line. There are a great many manu- 

 factories established in the United States, and if a young 

 man is apt, I think there is no doubt that he will get em- 

 ployment. 



15G0. At those universities that you have enumerated 

 just now, is there anything approaching to State grants, or 

 regius chairs in aid, we will say, of practical chemistry, or 

 such sciences as engineering, and so forth ? — The school at 

 Cambridge was established by an individual, and perhaps 

 the university from its funds makes an appropriation. The 

 school at Columbia College, New York, is entirely supported 

 by the college, which is a very richly endowed institution. 

 The New Haven school was also endowed by an individual, 

 and, in common with the other schools which I have men- 

 tioned, receives fees from the pupils. 



1561. (31r. Samuelson.) Are the funds of Columbia Col- 

 lege derived from private sources ? — From original dona- 

 tions of land from the State of New York, which, in the 



