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been made by the State, even if the Board of Agriculture had 

 not assumed the control of them. 



In 1855, a reservoir being required for receiving and econo- 

 mizing the waste from the institution, a large sum was neces- 

 sarily spent in building a permanent structure, in the location 

 of which the Board acted with the concurrence of the Trustees 

 of the institution, and this, together with trenching and 

 improvements in what is called the Warren lot, undertaken 

 partly with the design of furnishing labor and employment for 

 the boys, and preparing a suitable place for an orchard, and 

 the laying of wall, amounted to $3,349.10, as the permanent 

 improvement account for that year. 



In 1856, tlic trenching of a garden lot was undertaken for a 

 similar purpose, to furnish employment for a large number of 

 boys not needed at all times in the immediate working of the 

 farm, a.nd the amount spent for this labor and for drain tiles, 

 laying wall, c*cc., was no less than $2,190.54. In 1857, the 

 trenching of the garden and the Warren lot was continued, 

 the former piece being completed and the latter considerably 

 advanced, and for labors of this description, all of which 

 effected valuable permanent improvements, the sum of $1,957.16 

 was spent; and in 1858, the permanent improvements have 

 consisted of gravelling garden walks, removing stones in the 

 Warren lot, setting apple and pear trees, and laying stone 

 wall, and have amounted to $1,331.02. So that the aggregate 

 amount for permanent improvements during the past five years, 

 has been no less than $13,762.91, while the aggregate amount 

 for boys' labor was $9,437.75 ; and for swill, $1,750 ; and 

 sundries, $49.34 ; making, in all, $11,237.29. The value of 

 personal property, as v*"ill appear by the inventories in the 

 Appendix, to which reference is respectfully made, is $5,177.84 

 greater than when the Board first took charge of the farm, or in 

 other words, the Board leave that amount of personal property 

 belonging to the State, over and above the aggregate amount 

 received from the Trustees in 1854. The sum spent for per- 

 manent improvements, for the labor of the boys, the iiicrease 

 in inventory, in implements, stock, &c., amounts, during the 

 five years, to $34,258.81. The aggregate amount received 

 from the Commonwealth during the same time, including the 

 value of the inventory received from the Trustees in 1854, 



