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$24,000 ; in 18U, $12,500 ; in 1815, $10,500 ; and in 1876, $8,000 : 

 a total of $159,000. If the above amounts seem large, it must be 

 borne in mind that they are small compared with the appropria- 

 tions which other States have made for institutions of a similar 

 character. Thus, Michigan has given its College $419,000 in 

 eighteen years ; Iowa, $329,000 in seven years ; Massachusetts, 

 $313,000 in seven years ; Illinois, $235,000 in five years, and 

 Pennsylvania, $210,000 in four years. 



The laboratory building was completed in 1870, and the dormi- 

 tory and boarding-house built in 1871. The dormitory is three 

 stories high, and has forty-eight rooms. The President's house 

 was built in 1872, a Professor's house in 1873, and the large barn 

 in 1874. The students erected a building for their own purposes 

 in 1876. The total number of buildings belonging to the College 

 is as follows : Three for College purposes, one boarding-house, 

 four dwellings for the use of the instructors, and four barns and 

 stables. 



Changes have been made from time to time in the Faculty of 

 the College which it is not necessary here to specifically mention ; 

 but as constituted during the present year, 1876, the Board of 

 Instruction has been as follows : 



Rev. Charles F. Allen, D. D., President, English Literature, 

 Mental and Moral Science. 



Merritt C. Fernald, A. M., Mathematics and Physics. 



William A. Pike, C. E., Mechanical and Civil Engineering. 



Charles H. Fernald, A. M., Natural History. 



Alfred B. Aubert, B. S., Chemistry. 



WinSeld S. Chaplin, C. E., Modern Languages, and Military 

 Instructor. 



George H. Hamlin, C. E., Librarian and Assistant In Engineer- 

 ing. 



Joseph R. Farrington, Instructor in Agriculture. 



Courses of Lectures have been given by non-resident profes- 

 sors, at different times, among which are the following : Dairy 

 Husbandry, by X. A. Willard, A. M. ; Market Gardening, J. J. 

 H. Gregory ; Anatomy and Physiology, Calvin Cutter, M. D. ; 

 Entomology, Prof. A. S. Packard, Jr. ; Veterinary Science, Prof. 

 James Law, 



