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positions in the service, and with this an annual allowance 

 determined by the Government, with a definite increase at 

 the termination of every period of fiveyearsservice, continued 

 annually during the next period, the successive augmenta- 

 tions being equal in amount to half the allowance made 

 during the first five years ; and should the requirements of 

 the service at any time interrupt the discharge of the duties 

 of the professorship, either during the currency of one 

 quinquennial period or between two, as may happen, this 

 takes place without detriment to the right acquired by 

 previous service in the School ; and the Director of the 

 School receives in addition to his salary, as Inspector of 

 Forests, an allowance determined by the Government, in 

 accordance with the same rule as to increase. 



Of the officials, the Director and the janitor alone reside 

 in the school buildings. 



From the Budget of the Minister De Fomento for 1881- 

 1882, the latest to which I had access, it appears that at 

 that time the gratuity to the director was 2000 pesetas ; 

 to one professor, a member of the Corps, 2000 ; to ten 

 professors, 1500 = 15,000; to two assistant professors, 

 1500 = 3000; to the collector, preparer, and con- 

 servator of objects of natural history, were paid 2000, 

 and as a gratuity to the same for special work, 250 ; to 

 the secretary, a salary of 1500, and a gratuity for special 

 work, 750 [sic] 1750; second secretary, 1250; and to 

 a consierge, 1500 ; a porter, 1000 ; three lads, 750 each = 

 2250 ; an overseer of the campo forestal, 1000 ; a watchman 

 of this, 750 : in all, 33,750 pesetas, 



To this has to be added the expense of the establishment, 

 which is given as : maintenance of the school buildings, 

 500 pesetas ; expenses of the secretariat, 500 ; the campo 

 forestal, labour, cultivation, plantations, and tools, 2000 ; 

 three day labourers at T50 of days' wage, 821 ; library 

 and collections in the museum, 1000 in all, 4,821 : 

 together, 38,750 pesetas or francs. 



As has been intimated, the allowance to the Director 

 and to the professors is in addition to the salaries which 



