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it belongs to the director but to conduct the practical exercises which 

 belong to his subjects of instruction, and also to prepare the pupils to visit 

 occasionally the wharves, sawing establishments, and other places in the 

 metropolis or its neighbourhood where forest products are made use of and 

 manufactured : in which visits the director must accompany the pupils, and 

 communicate on the spot the information suggested by the things seen. 



8th. To superintend the management of the woods which are put by the 

 Forest Department for the instruction of the pupils under the guardianship 

 of the Institute. The director shall live in the buildings connected with the 

 Institute. 



Section 9th. The lectors in the Forest Institute shall each in that branch 

 of science which is entrusted to him possess thorough and comprehensive 

 knowledge, and both communicate instruction in the subjects taught according 

 to the fixed order of instruction, and arrange a final examination in the 

 branches before dismissal of the pupils. 



Section 10th. The lector in the branch for natural science has to give instruc- 

 tionin the branches of science relatingto climate and soil, so far as applies to forest 

 economy; in forest botany, with vegetable physiology and vegetable geography; 

 the branch of science relating to insects profitable or harmful to woods, 

 with the methods of exterminating the latter; the branch of science relating 

 to Scandinavian wild animals and birds, with respect to the preservation of 

 forests and hunting; also the art of hunting; and to exercise practically the 

 students in the various branches of natural history by visiting with them the 

 museum of the Academy of Sciences, and by natural history excursions 

 with the pupils through the grounds of the Institute, or in the neighbourhood 

 of the metropolis ; and also to promote the student's proficiency in the art of 

 shooting in the shooting gallery attached to the Institute. 



Section llth. The lector in the mathematical sciences has to instruct in mathe- 

 matics applied to forest economy; in the art of building, with respect to the 

 buildings for roads, waters, and other necessary purposes occurring in forest 

 technology ; the elements of land measuring, surveying, and map-drawing ; and 

 also to exercise the pupils practically in the grounds of the Institute in taking 

 levels, so as to promote their proficiency in diagram drawing. 



Section 12th. The lector in jurisprudence has to instruct in the legislation 

 of forest economy and the game laws, together with the methods of carrying 

 on legal proceedings and the management of forest service and book- 

 keeping. 



Section 13th. The tutor who on the ground of proved skill in the division 

 of forests is installed for the assistance of the director in the practical exer- 

 cises in this branch has, with respect to his official duty, to place himself at 

 the director's disposal in the discharge of the duties of his office. 



Section 14th. In order to obtain admittance as a pupil in the Forest Institute, 

 applications must be lodged with the director before the middle of May, and 

 the applications must be accompanied by certificates that the applicant is not 

 less than eighteen and not more than twenty-eight years of age, that he pos- 

 sesses a good character, that he has a sound and healthy constitution, is not 

 affected by any incurable disease, and that he has been declared, on the occasion 

 of his final examination on dismissal from the higher school, fit to go to the 

 university. The applicant ought, besides his certificate of dismissal from the 

 classical branches, to present a special certificate from a proper person that he 

 has the necessary knowledge in mathematics, physics, and chemistry, and 

 also that he has either gone through a forest school, or that he has, at least, 



