PHYSICO-TECHNICAL INSTITUTION IN CHARLOTTENBUKG. 407 



Division I. 



Marks. 



1. Acquisition of orround, the gift of Dr. Werner Siemens 500, 000 



2. For erection of buildings: 



a. Main building 3gj qqq 



b. Machinery building 5q qqq 



c. Administration building 100 000 



d. President's house 99 254 



e. Grading, paving, etc 10 472 



f. Paving half of street 30 274 



g. Building for battery 8 500 



3. Fittings and furniture 58 qOO 



4. Equipment of machinery and instruments 82 310 



1, 325, 810 



Division II. 



1. Acquisition of ground 373^ 106 



2. Erection of buildings: 



a. Main building 922, 000 



b. Laboratory building 218, 000 



c. Machinery building 180, 000 



d. Dwelling for officials 140, 000 



e. Additional improvements 348, 000 



3. Fittings and furniture 108, 300 



4. Equipment of machinery and instruments 471, 390 



2, 760, 796 



Less reduction for 1895-96 47, 500 



2, 713, 296 



Divisions I and II together 4, 039, 106 



The annual expenditures for 1899 were a.s follows: 



Marks. 



1. P^xpenditures for salaries and laborers 20(5, 604 



2. Miscellaneous articles, experimental work, and care of buildings 127, 000 



Total - 333,604 



The receipts for calibratinar instruments, testing materials, verify- 

 ing- standards, and the like now amount to about 40,000 marks annu- 

 ally. This sum should be deducted from the yearly expenditures, 

 leaving a net sum of about 300,000 marks. 



In round numbers the Reichsanstalt has cost $1,000,000, and the 

 annual appropriation for its maintenance is $75,000. 



IV. RESULTS. 



A very pertinent inquiry is, AVhat are the results of all this expendi- 

 ture? Might not more good be accomplished by State aid to some 

 existing technical school or university? The results attained must be 

 set by the side of the objects which the founders of the institution had 

 in view in order to ascertain whether the sequel has justified their pre- 

 dictions. In the memorials tq, which reference has already been made 

 Professer von Helmholtz and Dr. Werner Siemens pointed out the 



