2. The former “Middle Schools” have been renamed “High Schools”; and the “High School” Ordinance and Regulations issued. The period of study in these schools has been fixed at four years, and graduates of the Common Schools are to be taken without the examination, which is, however, required in the case of other candidates for admission. The number of regular course students in each of these schools is fixed at 200, with the proviso that they may open a _Hoshu-kwa_ class (or _interim_ class for those who need to complete their qualification before taking up the regular course). 3. Reforms and the expansion of the scope of work, judged necessary and advisable, have been effected for the Normal, and the Agricultural, Commercial and Industrial Schools, which all retain their old names, while the Medical School has been attached to the _Tai-han-ui-won_ (or “Great Korean Hospital”). 4. Out of the 500,000 _yen_ provided for the extension of the educational system, a sum of 340,000 _yen_ has been expended in newly constructing, renovating, or enlarging the Common School buildings. The remaining 160,000 _yen_ has been put in part to the service of new buildings for the Normal, the Agricultural and Forestry, and the Commercial Schools; and in part to the fund for necessary construction work and equipment for the schools of the Middle Grade. 5. Besides the schools described above, a special institution having the name of _Syu-hak-won_ has been established for giving education to the children of the Imperial and aristocratic families. It has been placed under the superintendence of the Minister of the Household. The regular number of scholars received into this institution is fixed at twenty. The course of instruction given is not dissimilar to that in the common schools.