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received from the United States for agricultural experiment stations 

 ($719,400.72), was as follows: Interest on land grant of 1862, $682,- 

 960.65; interest on other land grants, $72,098.63; United States appro- 

 priation under act of 1890, |1, 200,000; interest on endowment or 

 regular appropriation, |552,363.08; State appropriation for current 

 expenses, $1,691,919.51; State appropriation for buildings or other 

 special purposes, $2,066,311.70; endowment, other than Federal or 

 State grants, $582,163.08; tuition fees, $6()1,151.97; incidental fees, 

 $500,061.90; miscellaneous, $1,151,176.30; total, $9,166,272.82. The 

 value of the additions to the permanent endowment and equipment 

 of these institutions in 1902 is estimated as follows: Permanent endow- 

 ment, $1,115,905.46; ])iiildings, $1,785,125.39; library, $131,102.70; 

 apparatus, $103,433.83; machinery, $150,925.54; miscellaneous, $123,- 

 710.04; total, $3,413,202.96. The number of persons in the faculties 

 of the colleges of agriculture and mechanic arts was as follows: For 

 preparatory classes, 346; for collegiate and special classes, 1,797; total, 

 2,229. In the other departments the faculties aggregated 1,050, mak- 

 ing a grand total of 3,279 persons in the faculties of the land-grant 

 institutions. The students in 1902 were as follows: (1) By classes- 

 preparatory, 8,272; collegiate classes, 17,212; short course or special, 

 5,114; post graduate, 483; other departments, 16,331; total, 46,699. 

 (2) By courses— agriculture, 6,299; mechanical engineering, 4,702; 

 civil "engineering, 2,146; electrical engineering, 1,814; mining engi- 

 neering, 935; chemical engineering, 199; architecture, 336; household 

 economy, 2,706; veterinary science, 977; dairying, 1,372; military tac- 

 tics, 12,9!)6. The graduates in 1902 were 1,443, and since the organ- 

 ization of these institutions, 50,026. The average age of graduates in 

 1902 was 21 years and 11 months. The total number of volumes in 

 the libraries was 1,795,607. The total number of acres of land granted 

 to the States under the act of 1862 was 10,110,852, of which 1,010,845 

 are still unsold. 



SUMMARY OF STATISTICS OF THE STATIONS. 



Agricultural experiment stations are now in operation under the act 

 of Congress of March 2, 1887, in all the States and Territories and in 

 Alaska, Hawaii, and Porto Rico. In Connecticut, New Jersey, New 

 York, Hawaii, Missouri, Ala])ama, and Louisiana separate stations are 

 maintained wholly or in part by State funds. A number of substa- 

 tions are also maintained in ditierent States. Excluding the substations, 

 the total number of stations in the United States is 60. Of these, 55 

 receive appropriations provided for by act of Congress. 



The total income of the stations during 1902 was $1,328,847.37, of 

 which $720,000 was received from the National Govenmient, the 

 remainder, $608,847.37, coming from the following sources: State 

 governments, $369,771.12; individuals and communities, $2,301.38; 



