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the building assembly-rooms have becn arranged which are used as a place for worsliip in the holidays. The annual sum paid by the patients is 300 Ild., but there are many free places. The firsl impulsc to Uie ereclion of this estab­ lishment \ve owe lo tbc physician Mr. Brandes, who spared no labour no thought lo execute his plan. Among olher Institutions for charitable pur­ poses may be specincd: T r e s h ow s ’ three Foundations in Christianshavn, erected in 1846, 1853 and 1857, all intended for poor families; II. P. Lorentzens’ Institution at the corner of ltigensgade and Kruscmøntcgade, founded in 1853, contains 44 dwellings; So l d i n s ’ Asylum for old widows or uninmarried ladies lies in Skindergade 34 and has accomodation for 24 poor families; the Foundation of Ul r i c k s e n , situatc on Blegdamsvcien, for spinsters; M. E. Grøns’ Institution, founded in 1859 on Soli- ludeveien can receive 14 families ; lljorl’s Foundation in Vesselgade can accomodate 20 ladies. Besides the Navy has erected a fine building for widows in the garden of Søkvæst- huset in Christianshavn, and the Physicians built some years ago a greal many buildings on eastern common for poor families. The Society of Artisans has founded scveral lodging bouses for poor families, and on Amagerbro