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tion ; and the subjoined rules were laid down by the 

 same high authority : 



'Helsingfors, May 2d, 1874. We, Alexander II.. &c.,&c., 

 make known that since the Economic Department of the 

 Senate for Finland have come to Us with a humble 

 representation as to the reconstruction of Evois Forest 

 Institute, in a manner suitable to the demands of the 

 present time, and with this view have proposed that the 

 instruction in the Institute for the future, while retaining 

 its fundamental plan, should nevertheless be so arranged 

 as to take principally a practical direction ; We, in har- 

 mony with this, confirmed by what the Governor-General 

 has found to be good on the subject, while abolishing the 

 Decree of the 15th April 1859, concerning the organisation 

 of the Institute, lay down the following directions for the 

 future action of the said Institute : 



' 1. The Forest Institute, together with the Crown parks 

 of Evois and Wesijako thereto belonging, shall be placed 

 under the strict superintendence of a Director, who shall 

 likewise participate in communicating instruction, and who 

 shall conduct the practical exercises of the pupils in the 

 field ; besides him a Teacher shall be installed in the 

 Institution, who shall aid the Forest-Master for the said 

 Crown parks in the practical instruction of the students. 



' 2. The Director and Teacher shall be entitled to a 

 pension for themselves, their widows, and children, accord- 

 ing to the rules laid down for the Civil Service. While 

 the Director shall be nominated by Us, on the suggestion 

 of the Economic Department of the Senate, the Teacher is 

 to be installed by the said Department of the Senate as 

 soon as the service in the prescribed order renders it 

 necessary. 



' 3. Exclusively of the higher scientific ends for which 

 instruction is communicated, in the future instruction 

 shall be given in forest science, geology, the science of 

 engineering, agriculture, forest law, map drawing, and 

 linear drawing. 



'4, The number of the ordinary pupils, the extent of 



