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ment of the school, extracted from a work published by Dr 
Danckelmann in 1880,! may prove interesting :—‘‘ The number of 
new students admitted during the first session of 1830 was thirteen, 
making a total of thirty-eight altogether. In 1831-32 the forest 
garden was laid out, partly as a botanical garden, and partly as an 
experimental garden in connection with forest trees. In 1836 a 
lecturer on civil law, in relation to forests, was appointed. In the 
following year a seed-kiln was erected in the forest garden (a model 
of which is in the museum of the academy). In 1850, twenty 
years after its removal from Berlin, arrangements were made for 
imparting the whole of the scientific instruction at the academy, 
the students hitherto being required to attend the university at 
Berlin for certain subjects, before they were admitted to the higher 
branches of the State service. The following year a second professor 
of forest science was appointed, and another forest garden was 
formed at Chroin,in one of the Oberforstereien in which instruction 
is given. In 1866 a chemical laboratory was erected, and a pro- 
fessor and assistant of inorganic chemistry appointed. In this year, 
also, a regulation was made to the effect that students who intended 
to go through a full course of instruction should only be admitted 
at the beginning of the summer session of each year, they having 
- previously been taken in at any period of the year. In 1867 an 
assistant to the professor of natural science was appointed, and 
two years later the appointment of a professor of zoology caused 
the botanical and zoological departments to become distinct 
branches, they having up to this time been combined under one 
professor. In 1871 a special lecturer on forest formation was 
appointed ; and from July 20th of the previous year, until the 
lst May of this year, the school was closed in consequence of the 
Franco-German War, many of the students being required to take 
up arms. An important further development of the work of the 
academy took place in 1872, by the organisation of five depart- 
ments for carrying on researches in forest technology—chemistry 
and physics, meteorology, plant physiology, and zoology—all con- 
ducted by the professors connected with the academy. In 1873 the 
increasing number of students, as well as accommodation for the 
various researches and collections, rendered the erection of new 
buildings necessary, and a commencement was made with the present 
buildings, which were finished in 1876. In this year also important 
alterations were made in respect to the admittance of students, 
1 ‘Pie Forstakademie Eberswalde vom 1830 bis 1880 ” (B. Danckelmann). 
