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other in the fecond ftory. The cathedral occupies the centre of 
thofe public buildings. 
The feat of the courts of juftice, the houfe of the prefident, 
the cuftom-houfe, the excife-office, the town-hall, that of the 
council, the repofitory of the water-engines, and the houfe of 
the governor, are built of ftone : all the reft are conftrufted of 
wood. 
Near Beckholmen, about three Englifh miles from Abo to the 
fouth weft, is a fmall but fafe harbour, by its depth of water 
capable of receiving the largeft fhipping of the town, with every 
convenience for loading and unloading. The fmaller veflels, which 
draw only about eight or ten feet w^ater, may proceed almoft to 
the bridge. 
The moft ancient privileges of the city are loft; fuch as ftill 
remain are dated from the time of John the third, 1569. 
To the royal tribunal refident here belong the governments of 
Abo, Tavaftehus, and Heinola ; it confifts of three jurifdidtions, 
twelve territorial judges, and ten other magiftrates. 
The governor of Abo, of Bijorneborg, and of Aland, as well as 
the bifhop of Abo, generally live in this city. 
Guftavus Adolphus, in the year 1626, eftablilhed a gymnafium 
for the ufe of the town. It was afterwards, in the year 1640, 
converted by Queen Chriftina into an academy or univerfity, and 
fhe appointed the bilhop of the diocefe fub-chancellor. The aca¬ 
demies of Sweden, as has been mentioned before, have chancel¬ 
lors, fub-chancellors, and pretors. The profeffors in chemiftry, 
anatomy, 
