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future uutil the resources of the college are augmented. The machine- 

 shop, which was completed two years ago, has been enlarged and fur- 

 nished with additional machinery and tools. A grist-miil has been 

 erected adjoining it, and is driven by the same engine as the machinery 

 of the shop. The addition to the shop, the mill, and a brick kitchen 

 were all built by the students, except the mason-work. Thej' have also 

 set up a line of telegraph, connecting the college with the Western Union 

 Telegraph line, and thus furnished for themselves a practical school for 

 learning the art of telegraphy. They have removed two houses, and 

 remodeled three messing and lodging houses. By employing the mess- 

 ing system they have sometimes reduced the price of board to $6.50 per 

 month. Board with lodging cau be had for $10 per month, and never 

 exceeds $15. Many students pay a large part of their expenses by 

 their work, and some who have skill in trades have been able to cancel 

 the whole. 



The college-farm contains 250 acres, and is valued at $28,000. Impor- 

 tant additions have been made to the stock kept on the farm. Dally in- 

 struction is given in practical agriculture to details of students during 

 the crop-season, and in mechanics throughout the collegiate year. The 

 school of drawing, including free-hand drawing, has been attended with 

 great efficiency and success. The course of instruction in the college is 

 confined strictly to what is believed to be best for fitting young men for 

 success as farmers and mechanics. The annual interest derived from 

 the two-thirds (8190,000) of the proceeds of the congressional land- 

 scrip received by this college is $20,638.72, which is nearly 11 per cent. 

 on the $190,000 invested in Virginia State bonds. The bonds were pur- 

 chased at a little more than 50 cents on a dollar, and iiiterest is paid on 

 their full amount. 



Professors, 7; assistants, 3; students, 255, all of whom pursued agri- 

 cultural or mechanical studies; graduates, 27, 22 being graduates in 

 agriculture, and 5 in both agriculture and mechanic arts. 



Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute, at Hampton ; General Sam- 

 uel G. Armstroncj, president. — The receipts of the iiLStitute for the fiscal 

 year of 1876 were $67,441.94. Of this sum, $30,235.74 were derived 

 principally from ])rivate donations made by benevolent persons in the 

 several States. The disbursements were $07,332.41, leaving a balance 

 of $112.53 in the hands of the treasurer. The indebtedness of the in- 

 stitute is only about $4,000. 



During the year a new Hoadley agricultural steam-engine, of nine 

 horse-power, has been purchased for $1,200, and the small three horse- 

 power Baxter engine used last year has been transferred to the printing- 

 office, where it is used with profit. The earnings of the agricultural 

 engine for work done in thrashing for farmers unconnected with the 

 institute have amounted to $200. In addition to this, a steam-digester 

 for steaming bone has been bought for $154, and a buhr-stoue mill for 

 grinding corn for stock and steam.ed bones into flour of bone for manure. 

 Also a Hunneman hand fire-engine, with 700 feet of hose, for $1,200, 

 to be used in protecting the institute buildings. A fire-company has 

 been formed by the students, who have been drilled and arecapable of per- 

 forming efficient duty in case of fire. The grounds have been graded and 

 improved by filling up a malarious marsh in the vicinity of the institute 

 buildings, an ornamental pond being left in the center, which adds much 

 to the beauty of the landscape and serves for a reservoir from which 



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