THROUGH FINLAND. 
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anatomy, natural hiRory and oeconomics, have been more recently 
appointed, for they did not belong to the original inRitution. The 
one laR mentioned was fubRituted in the room of a profefTor in 
poetry, which it was thought proper to unite with the profeffion 
of eloquence. This exchange of poetry, or poetical criticifm, for 
oeconomics, is no unpleafmg chara&eriRic of the prefent age, and 
a proof of the good fenfe of the Swedes, and progrefs of real know¬ 
ledge in that country. The number of Rudents, upon an average, 
amounts to about five hundred and fify, abfentees included. 
The library ow r ed its firR exigence to the liberality of Queen 
ChriRina: it w r as afterwards greatly augmented by a donation 
from the late General Stalhoudfke, and alfo by that of fome in¬ 
dividuals, among whom are particularly diRinguifhed Aichen- 
holk, counfellor of Rate, who beRowed upon it a very confider- 
able colledlion of books, manufcripts, ancient coins, &c. The 
Fame kind of liberality was fhown by bifhop (afterwards arch- 
biRLop) Menander, who prefented the univerfity with a large 
quantity of rare books, manufcripts, and fome relics of antiquity. 
The number of books in the library at prefent exceeds ten thou- 
fand volumes, and its annual fund for new purchafes is about one 
hundred and fifty rix dollars or crowns. 
The government of the town is placed in the hands of two burgo- 
mafiers (or mayors), the one of juRice, the other of police, and 
fix fenators (or aldermen). Befides the court of the palace, and 
the inferior municipal jurifdidtions, there are a Ramp-office, an 
cxcife-office, a poR-office, &c. 
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