SECRETARY'S REPORT. 7 



The farm came into the hands of the Board in 1854, and since 

 that time the number of boys worked on the farm has varied, 

 according to agreements made between the two boards, from 

 fifty to one hundred and fifty for the summer montlis. The 

 statement may be continued as follows : — 



Of the above amount of aggregate earnings of the boys, the 

 Board of Agriculture paid to the Trustees of the School, for 

 boys' labor, the following sums : — 



),437 75 



If we deduct this amount from the $29,672.87, the aggregate 

 amount credited by the Trustees to the earnings of the boys, 

 we have $20,235.12 earned by the boys in the shoe and chair 

 shop, which is $23.81 for each boy annually in the shop, 

 against $25.98 annually for each boy on the farm, or $2.17 

 each more than the boys in the shoe shop. 



During the five years, including 1849-53, the boys working 

 on the farm and in the shop, earned $20.11 a year each, and 

 during the five years including 1854-58, the boys working on 



