at the end of these pages. Besides these, an Inspector is appointed, whose duty it is to see that all the orders of the Council and Masters are strictly carried out, that the lessons are regularly attended to by the students, and that order is preserved in the working of the Institution. §7. Lady pupils are instructed in separate classes, excepting, of course, the general practice of Ensemble Playing, Choral Singing, Orchestral Performances etc. etc. §8. The complete course of the Theory of Music, as men tioned in §. 2., occupies three years, which time can be reduced only under the conditions there stated. For the duration of practical instruction no fixed time can be named, for the greater or less amount of general and technical progress depends entirely upon the talent and diligence of the pupil. No pupil, however, will be admitted for a shorter period than one year ; and those who leave the Institution for any reason whatever (except in case of sickness to be certi fied by a Physician) before the expiration of that time, must pay the fee for the whole year, to do which jointly with their parents or guardians, they must bind them selves upon admission, according to the form of declaration appended (see p. 24). §9. Pupils as a rule, can be received into the Institution at Easter and Michaelmas only, at which terms a new course commences in all the lower classes. The day of preli minary examination, and reception is each time made known through the principal home and foreign newspapers and musical journals. Foreigners, however, living at a
