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opportunity  of  studying  how  to  prepare  the  scientific  solution  of  interesting  and  impor-
tant problems,  and  of  taking  their  own  share  in  the  respective  elaborations.'

The  results  of  active  instruction  at  this  academy  during  the  forty-six  years  of  its
existence  are  highly  satisfactory.  Almost  all  the  Prussian  employes  near  the  adminis-
tration of  public  forests — without,  however,  counting  those  from  the  provinces  added
to  Prussia  in  186(i,  and  who  entered  into  Prussian  service — owe  their  perfection  in
forest  science  to  this  academy.  Besides  a  considerable  number  of  private  forest  officers
and  forest  proprietors  of  the  country  have  here  acquired  the  necessary  skill  in  admin-
istering their  own  forests  or  those  committed  to  their  charge.  Finally,  many  foreign-
ers have  applied  themselves  at  this  academy  to  the  study  of  forest  science.  The  fol-
lowing table,  showing  the  annual  number  of  students  from  1830  to  1876,  may  be  of
good  service  in  j  udging  of  the  academy's  operation :

Attendance  at  the  Forest  Academy  of  Neuatadt-Eberawalde.
Semesters.
Tears.
Semesters.
Tears.
Semesters.
Tears.
Semesters.
Tears.
