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functionary is appointed by, and depends immediately 

 upon, the Ministry of Government. This difficulty has 

 not passed unobserved in this department; and it not having 

 received power to create equal superior chiefs in each of 

 the provinces, this has led to one of those inconveniences 

 which occasionally occur the despatch of business by 

 partial arrangements, which do not accomplish all that was 

 designed ; and this in the end has led to the formation of 

 Sections de Fomento, which in reality are no more than a 

 kind of special secretariat of the governors, appointed by 

 the Ministry de Fomento, to hear, consider, and formulate 

 the resolutions of the said governors on matters pertaining 

 to this Ministry. 



' On tho Ministry de Fomento depends for the direction 

 of public instruction the royal council of that name ; and 

 all the universities, institutes, academies, general archives 

 nnd libraries of the king lorn ; the schools, as well superior 

 as professional and industrial ; with all the other provincial 

 and local establishments designed for communicating 

 instruction in its various forms and grades. 



'On the Direction General of Agriculture, Industry, 

 and Commerce depend the personnel, material, and service 

 of the corps of engineers of mines and of forests, with 

 their Facultative Juntas or professional councils, and their 

 special schools; the Royal council of agriculture; the 

 Royal commissions ; the juntas and committees of the 

 provinces ; the oversight of the breed of horses ; the general 

 association of cattle rearers ; the economical societies; the 

 tribunals and juntas, or councils, of commerce. 



' On the Direction-General of Public Works depend the 

 corps of engineers of roads, canals, and bridges, with the 

 consultative council, and the special schools ot the depart- 

 ment j the syndicates of irrigation ; and also all committees 

 of inspection of other kinds whatsoever, which have to do 

 with railways, waters, light-houses, and public works of other 

 kind whatsoever among dependencies of the Ministry de 

 Fomento. The diplomas or commissions of p ofessional 

 careers are issued by the Ministry de fiomento. 



