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be formed for promoting greater in- 
terest in the country and for supporting 
the work of the State Office. The 
highest officer of the province (Ober- 
prasident) or of the district (Re- 
gierungsprasident) shall be in the 
chair, and a naturalist is also to be 
a member of each committee. At 
the present time, six provincial and 
six other committees are in existence. 
All these committees receive much 
support from provincial and municipal 
authorities. In several cases, special 
reports (Mitteilungen) are published 
by the committee. 
The Minister of Education dis- 
tributed many hundred copies of the 
Denkschrift and of the annual 
reports of the State Commissioner ; 
and he invited all institutions of his 
department to assist the work of the 
Commissioner. For instance, all 
universities, academies, and schools of 
