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appropriation, $122,980.94 ; State apj^ropriation for current expenses, 

 $4,308,150.34 ; State appropriations for buildings or for other special 

 purposes $3,088,947.32 ; income from endowment, other than Federal 

 or State grants, $677,138.21 ; tuition fees, $993,003.38 ; incidental fees, 

 $631,936.99; miscellaneous, $1,659,663.77; total, $13,546,759.46. The 

 value of the additions to the permanent endowment and equipment 

 of these institutions in 1906 is estimated as follows: Permanent 

 endowment, $1,215,084.73; buildings, $1,745,118.99; libraries, $452,- 

 963.23; apparatus, $227,340.63; machinery $134,800.20; live stock, 

 $56,244.87 ; miscellaneous, $133,597.19 ; total, $3,965,149.84. 



The number of persons in the faculties of the colleges of agricul- 

 ture and mechanic arts was as follows: For preparatory classes, 480; 

 for collegiate and special classes, 2,454; total, counting none twice, 

 3,020. In the other departments the faculties aggregated 1,667, 

 making a grand total of 4,687 persons in the faculties of the land- 

 grant institutions. 



The students in 1906 in the colleges for white persons were as fol- 

 lows: (1) By classes — preparatory, 5,890; collegiate, 22,823; short 

 course or special, 5,695; postgraduate, 517; other departments, 

 22,038; total, counting none twice, 56,919. (2) By courses: Four- 

 year — agriculture, 2,779 ; horticulture, 132 ; household economy, 926 ; 

 mechanical engineering, 4,351; civil engineering, 3,730; electrical 

 engineering, 3,166 ; mining engineering, 1,061; chemical engineering, 

 377; architecture, 281. Shorter than four years — agriculture, 3,883; 

 dairying, 720; horticulture, 161; veterinary science, 821; military 

 tactics, 17,372. 



The students in colleges and schools for colored persons were as 

 follows: (1) By classes — preparatory, 4,544; collegiate, 682; short 

 or special, 310; other departments, 1,016; total, 6,552. (2) By 

 courses — agriculture, 1,798 ; industrial courses for boys, 2,106 ; indus- 

 trial courses for girls, 4,120; military tactics, 1,798. 



The graduates in 1906 were 5,220, and since the organization of 

 these institutions, 67,122. The average age of graduates in 1906 Avas 

 22 years and 3 months. The total number of volumes in the libraries 

 was 2,464,642. The total number of acres of land granted to the 

 States under the act of 1862 was 10,320,842, of which 798,053 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 under special appropriation acts in Alaska, Hawaii, and Porto 

 Rico. 



In Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, Hawaii, Missouri, Ala- 

 bama, and Louisiana separate stations are maintained, wholly or 



