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ing of fishes, insects, and a vast number of the lower orders of inverte- 

 brates. The geological cabinet has also been increased by several 

 thousand species of interesting vertebrate fossils, collected in different 

 parts of our country. Among the especially interesting additions may 

 be mentioned the skeleton of the celebrated mare Esnea, imported from 

 Arabia, and a series of fifty casts of human and other mammalian 

 brains, obtained from the Eoyal College of Surgeons, London. In geol- 

 ogy, excursions are made for the purpose of examining geological phe- 

 nomena and making special collections of rocks and minerals. The 

 governing board in their report say that the school has always had stu- 

 dents pursuing agricultural sudies, although the number taking the 

 regular agricultural course has been small ; that its teachers in agricult- 

 ure from the foundation of the school have wielded a powerful influence, 

 not only in this State, but also throughout the whole country, in matters 

 appertaining to both ])ractical and scientific agriculture, and that the 

 trustees have constantly endeavored to carry out the intent of the con- 

 gressional act of 1862 in every particular. The annual interest derived 

 from the proceeds of the congressional land-grant is $8,100. A dona- 

 tion of $1,000 has been made for painting Sheffield Hall, and the work 

 was completed during the summer vacation. 



Professors in the scientific school, 10 ; assistants, 15 ; students, 230 ; 

 professors in all the departments, 48 ; assistants, 41 ; students, 1,021. 



DELAWARE. 



Delaicare College, at Neicarlc; William E. Fimiell, LL.D., xwesident.— 

 No changes have been made in the general management of the college. 

 The annual interest derived from the proceeds of the congressional land- 

 scrip grant is now $4,980. The professor of agriculture has a farm of 

 80 acres. The students cultivate portions of it for instruction in prac- 

 tical agriculture, while those who perform labor not educational receive 

 a liberal compensation, by which they are enabled to pay a part of their 

 college expenses. It is the design of the college to give the students 

 such a course of thorough instruction in agriculture as will enable them 

 to conduct the operations of the farm intelligently and profitably, and, 

 at the same time, secure thorough mental discipline by the introduction 

 of such other studies as constitute a substantial education. The usual 

 crops have been cultivated on the farm, among which the sugar-beet 

 has received special attention by the professor of agriculture, who prom- 

 ises a full account of his experiments and their results in a report soon 

 to be published. 



Professors, 5 ; assistants, 3 ; students, 43, 16 of whom were pursuing 

 agricultural or mechanical studies. 



FLORIDA. 



Florida State Agricultural College, at Fau Gallie ; Mr. William WatTcin 

 Hicks ;president of the trustees. — The college building, referred to in our 

 report of last year, has been completed. It is fire-proof, having stone 

 IDartitions between the rooms and a tin roof, and is designed principally 

 for lecture-rooms. A dormitory, tool-house, and other outbuildings have 

 also been built during the year. The trustees intend to erect the main 

 college edifice and several cottages as soon as the means can be fur- 

 nished. The college has not yet been opened, but it is expected that 

 the work of instruction will commence early in the spring of 1877. Pro- 

 fessor A. G. Hill has been employed by the trustees to take charge of 



