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Pug ffaards Legat. B y a deed of g ift, to take effect from the comm encem ent o f this y ear, 18 53, Mr. P uggaard , a M erchant of this City, h as p resen ted 4 0 0 0 R bd. a n n u a lly , til fattige Kiøbenhavnske Drengebørns Opdragelse og Underviisning, fo r the Education and In ­ struction o f Poor Bogs in Copenhagen. P e r­ h aps we m ay consider this as the comm encem ent o f " Bagged Schools' in D enm ark. H ere m ay also be m entioned am ong the later Institutions the Asylum fo r Children, the object o f w hich is to relieve p aren ts occupied a t th eir w ork from charge o f th eir children, and give them , according to their age, em ploym ent and occupation. T h ere are 6 o f these A sylum s, an d in connection w ith them 3 free schools. A lso, the Nursery for In fan ts, w here p oor w om en can have their infants tak en charge of.

HOSPITALS.

Frederiks Hospital. This spacious building, situate in Amaliegade and Bredgade, erected on swampy ground, by Frederik V ., and in various