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SCIENCE. 



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cretion of the authorities of the institution, 

 who reserve also the right to publish them 

 in the researches of the Eeichsanstalt. Pro- 

 vision is made that voluntary workers shall 

 not use the institution for private ends nor 

 to obtain patents. 



The second division of the Eeichsanstalt 

 is placed under a Director, who is subject 

 to the higher authority of the President. 

 Such a Director was considered necessary 

 on account of the special work of this di- 

 vision, as well as because of the intimate 

 relations into which it is brought with many 

 persons engaged in industrial pursuits. He 

 should therefore not only be a scientific man, 

 but should at the same time have some 

 technical knowledge of the applications of 

 science. Under the Director are placed the 

 permanent heads of the subdivisions of the 

 technical department, one having the over- 

 .sight of thermometry, one of optics, two of 

 electricity, and one of mechanical measure- 

 ments of precision. Along with these, and 

 of the same rank and compensation, is the 

 director of the workshop. Under him at 

 present are eight mechanics, and the shop 

 is provided with the finest tools for the ex- 

 ecution of the most exact work required by 

 the institution. For example, it has a cir- 

 cular dividing engine that cost $2,500. The 

 founders of the Eeichsanstalt foresaw the 

 necessity of such mechanical aids for the 

 furtherance of the exact work to be under- 

 taken. They wisely concluded that such 

 special constructions and new types of in- 

 struments as they might require from time 

 to time could be more conveniently and 

 more cheaply built in their own shop than 

 by private instrument makers. 



III. COST AND MAINTENANCE. 



The following are the ofi&cial accounts of 

 expenditures for the grounds, buildings, 

 furniture and instruments for the two di- 

 visions, to which are added the yearly ex- 



DlVISION I. 



1. Acquisition of ground, the 



gift of Dr. Werner Sie- 

 mens 500,000 M. 



2. For erection of buildings : 



a. Main Building 387,000 " 



b. Machinery Building. 50,000 " 



c. Administra'n Build- 



ing 100,000 " 



d. President's House.... 99,254 " 

 ' e. Grading, Paving, etc. 10,472 " 



f. Paving Half of Street 30,374 " 



g. Building for Battery 8,500 " 



3. Fittings and Furniture.... 58,000 " 



4. Equipment of Machinery 



and Instruments 82,310 " 1,325,810 M. 



Division II. 



1. Acquisition of Ground 373,106 M. 



2. Erection of Buildings : 



a. Main Building 922,000 " 



b. Laboratory Build- 



ing 218,000 " 



o. Machinery Building. 180, 000 " 



d. Dwelling for Offic'ls.140,000 " 



e. Additional Improve- 



ments 348,000 " 



3. Fittings and Furniture. ..108,300 " 



4. Equipment of Machinery 



and Instruments 471,390 " 



2,760,796 M. 

 Less reduction for 1895-96... 47,500 " 2,713,296 M. 



Divisions I and II together. 4,039,106 M. 



The annual expenditures for 1899 were 

 as follows : 



1. Expenditures for Salaries and Laborers 206,604 M. 



2. Miscellaneous Articles, Experimental 



Work and Care of Buildings 127,000 " 



Total 333,604 M. 



The receipts for calibrating instruments, 

 testing materials, verifying standards and 

 the like now amount to about 40,000 M. an- 

 nually. This sum should be deducted from 

 the yearly expenditures, leaving a net sum 

 of about 300,000 M. 



In round numbers the Eeichsanstalt has 

 cost $1,000,000, and the annual appropria- 

 tion for its maintenance is $75,000. 



