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receive 3 0 0 rbd. e a c h , an d 6 to receive 5 0 0 rbd . each, an n ually.

The Polytechnic School , situ ate in S tu d ii- strsede, w as fo und ed in 1 8 2 9 in the reign o f Frederik VI. Am ong th e o th er Scientific In stitution s, som e in connection w ith th e U niv ersity , o thers ind ep en d en t o f it m ay be m ention ed th e Royal Colleye o f Surgeons , erected in 1 7 8 5 , and situ ate in B redg ade N r. 1 8 1 ; the Royal Veterinary College , founded in 1773 b y P ro fe sso r A bild g aard , in C h ristian sh av n opposite St. S av io u r’s C h u rc h ; the Botanical Garden in N y h a v n , w hich, how ever, is foun d to be too lim ited in s p a c e ; an d the Observatory b u ilt on one o f th e B astions in P h ilosoph gangen .

PUBLIC LIBRARIES.

Det Kyi. Bibliothek, The Royal L ibrary , Its extensive collection o f ra re b ooks an d v aluable m anuscripts, in all a b o u t 4 0 0 ,0 0 0 volum es, renders it the fifth or six th in im portance in E urope. It is situ ate on the so u th -sid e of C h ristian sb o rg . T h e was founded by Frederik 111. in 1665.