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ACADEMIES AND LEARNED SOCIETIES.
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Academy; at most 150 active members, and at the utmost 75 foreign
members, elected by the Academy. Among the active members, at least
36 must reside in Stockholm or its vicinity. They are placed by the
Academy on six divisions, viz.: the agricultural division, with 10
members; the forest and horticultural division, with 4 members; the
economic and sloyd division, with 6 members; the mechanical division (for
buildings, utensils, and machinery), with 4 members; the scientific
division, with 6 members; and the statistical division, with 6 members. —
Propositions regarding reorganization is at present under discussion.
In each division one of the members is a reporting one for matters
concerning his division. Together with the director, the secretary,
and the treasurer, these six reporting members form the administrative
committee of the Academy. The Academy, which has funds »amounting
at the end of 1901 to about 575,000 kronor totally, has, besides, an annual
subvention of nigh to 44,000 kronor.
The Academy has at its disposal a piece of land just outside
Stockholm, used as a Field for agricultural experiments
(Experimentalfältet) and, moreover, under its supervision there stands an
Agricultural-chemical and a Phyto-physiological experimental institution. The officials
here employed are: an agricultural chemist, with an assistant; a
phyto-physiologist; a chief gardener; and a land-steward division.
The Boyal Academy of Arts was founded March 21, 1735 by K. Gr.
Tessin. The Academy consists of a chancellor, if so ordained by the
Government, of royal honorary members, at most 12 other Swedish
honorary members, and at the most 50 Swedish members, besides foreign
honorary members and members to an indefinite number, all of whom
are elected by the Academy. Its officials are the præses and the vice
præses, a treasurer, and a librarian elected for a term of three years,
and a secretary, nominated for a year, after which time he may be
elected for a permanency. Under the supervision of the Academy, there
are Schools of Painting and Sculpture for both male and female pupils
and a School of Architecture for males only. All instruction is free of
charge. The annual grant to the Academy in 1900 was 65,400 kronor;
while it has fonds of its own to about 290,000 kronor.
The Boyal Military Academy was founded on November 12, 1796.
The Academy consists of home (= Swedish and Norwegian) and foreign
members, the latter to an indefinite number, all of whom are elected
by the Academy. The home members are divided into two classes. An
officer who, in Swedish or Norwegian service, has the rank of general
or admiral can only be elected member of the first class, besides which
a member of the second class, who is promoted to the rank of general
or admiral, thereby becomes, without election, a member of the first
class. The members of the second class, the number of whom is at the
most 120, are placed on six divisions, viz. for the art of war in gene-
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