CO STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



erty they use, and I was authorized to sell at low rates the furniture, dishes, 



and bedding in AVillianis Hall. 



The amount received from this source and turned over to the Secretary of 



the College was : 



Dishes and furniture sold to Clubs $299 81 



Furniture and bedding sold others 146 50 



Cooking apparatus sold Canada Agricultural College 400 00 



Bedsteads sold to students - 104 00 



$950 31 

 Team and coal-stove sold by Hon. F. Wells and Sec'y Baird (about) 300 00 



$1,250 31 

 Rental of stoves for 1SS3 75 00 



$1,325 31 

 The property owned by the College in this hall is (see inventory) worth 

 about. ...:. :. 800^ 



Total value $2,125 31 



This property was inventoried as long back as I can find any record at about 

 $2,500, and we may assume that the original cost to the State of this property 

 was that amount. • 



The repairs and additions made from time to time, have been properly 

 charged to the students as a part of board, so that the college changes from 

 the old plan of boarding with a loss not exceeding 8375. 



The amount of money received in 1883 was in excess of the amount paid 



out in making the necessary changes in the buildings as shown below. 



The cost of building and painting tlie needed rooms for the clubs has been as 



near as I can ascertain $G0O 



The cost of stoves for clubs -. 375 



Total cost (about) $975 



The stoves, by vote of the State Board of Agriculture, are rented to the 

 clubs at an annual rental equal to one-fifth the cost, so that the value will 

 ultimately be returned to the college. 



The fact that each club owns property makes it necessary to have a per- 

 manent fund ; this is accomplished by each member of the club paying a 

 membership fee of $2.50, which is returned to him when he leaves college. 



The finances of each club are guarded by a financial committee, and are in 

 such shape as to make it easy to detect any dishonesty at once on the part of 

 a steward. 



This system of boarding is better, both for the State and the students, for, 

 in the first place, being entirely separate from the State in its management, 

 the full cost of boarding must be paid by those receiving it; again, it is more 

 flexible in its make-up than the system in charge of a college officer — any 

 abuses arising can be easily remedied without annoyance, or even the knowl- 

 edge of the college officers. 



The college authorities, however, have jurisdiction sufficient to maintain 

 good order, and can, if the good of the college requires, discharge any officer 

 or employe of the club system. 



STEAM HEATING, 



The efficiency of the steam heating apparatus is being improved from year 

 to year by changes and additions. The heating apparatus in Wells Hall was 

 in very inefficient condition when I first took charge of the steam heating, due 



