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The cost of tuition for agricultural students is, for the first 

 term, 64 Prussian thalers, or $40.50, for the second, <f 36, for 

 the third, -f 18, for the fourth, $4.50. There is a matriculation 

 fee at the university of about $5, a half-yearly lecture fee of 75 

 cents, a payment to the treasury of a hospital society, a sort of 

 insurance against sickness, of 25 cents, and a few other small 

 regular sums to be paid, including the diploma on graduation, 

 of $1.Q2^. Then, if the agricultural students attend any of the 

 strictly university courses of lectures, they have to pay the same 

 fees as other students. For lodging, including study and 

 sleeping room, furnished with sofa, chairs, table, bed and other 

 necessary articles, and attendance, from $7.50 to $15 a term. 

 For heating and lighting, in winter, $7.50 to $12 ; also $1.50 

 for " boots," and $3 to $5 a term for washing. 



The candidate for admission must bring a certificate from the 

 magistrate of the place where he has last resided ; a consent of 

 father or guardian to enter the institute ; a certificate of his 

 teachers, and an explicit description of his past life. He must 

 have sufficient knowledge of elementary studies and the German 

 language to understand scientific lectures, but no formal exam- 

 ination is required on admission. 



An attendance at a high school, or a polytechnic school, at 

 least up to the higher classes, or at some practical school, and 

 one, two or three years passed in practical work on a farm, is 

 recommended as a preparation for admission to this institute. 



The following is the arrangement of lectures at this insti- 

 tute : — 



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