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SUMMARY. 



Receipts forward $16,525.00 



Disbursements — 



Preliminary Expense acct $1,014.54 



Construction acct 6,909.50 



Operating Expense acct 2,043.35 



Equipment acct 3,295.23 



Rent acct 92.00 13,354.62 



Cash balance $3,170.38 



FRANK ROBERTS, Treasurer. 



STATEMENT. 



The investigations of the Station on account of the nature of 

 the work must of necessity be conducted during the spring and 

 summer months. The funds now in the hands of the Treasurer 

 have been appropriated, and contracts have been made, which will 

 entirely consume, the balance on hand, and the future of the 

 Station is dependent upon appropriations to be made by this Leg- 

 islature. 



The following is the estimate of requirements for the next two 

 years : 



Salary of Oyster Expert per year $1800.00 $3600.00 



Salary of Engineer and Boatman per year $900 1800.00 



For Boat fuel and repairs, $500.00 per year 1000.00 



Equipment and repairs of Laboratory, per year $1000. 2000.00 



Care taker, per year $300.00 600.00 



Rent of quarters, per year $96.00 192.00 



Conducting Oyster and other Experiments, per year 



$1000.00 % 2000.00 



Total $11,192.00 



