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pupils in the Institution, and what concerns the same. 



' Section 15. The request for admission to the Institute, 

 given in to the Director before the prescribed time accord- 

 ing to rule 17, and the other documents therein specified, 

 must be handed by him without delay, together with his 

 own opinion on the same, to the Forest Bureau, whose 

 duty it is to decide who shall be received as pupils, and by 

 preference those who are properly certificated; and the 

 Bureau is bound to inform both the Director and the 

 pupils who are accepted. 



'Section 16. The name of each pupil must be inscribed 

 at his entrance in the matriculation book of the Institute, 

 with the record of his number, name, birthplace, and date, 

 what school he has attended, the nature and contents of 

 the certificate, together with what preparation the pupil 

 has had beforehand. In the matriculation book shall also 

 be indicated when the pupil has fulfilled his course, his 

 position in the Institute, his progress in knowledge, and a 

 judgment as to the skill he has acquired. 



' Section 17. Each pupil shall pay at his entrance into 

 the institution forty Finnish marks, which sum shall be 

 applied to procuring books, periodicals, instruments, &c., 

 and which money shall be accounted for by the teacher, 

 according as provided for in sections 38 and 39. 



' Section 18. The pupils receive free instruction, lodging, 

 and heating in the Institution, but they must provide 

 themselves with bedclothes, meat, and light, according to 

 the regulations of the Institution fixed by the Forest Bureau. 



' Section 19. Extraordinary pupils are subject to the 

 same rules and regulations as those prescribed for ordinary 

 pupils. 



' Section 20. Pupils who have not in the time prescribed 

 in section 25 obtained sufficient knowledge to entitle them 

 to the degree of Forest Conductor, may, with the consent of 

 the Director and Teachers, remain in the college for other 

 two years. 



( Section 21. In the case of persons under age they may 

 not be discharged from the Institute before their course is 



