December 20, 1907] 



SCIENCE 



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TABLE OF COMPAEATIVE STATISTICS, FROM 

 " UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA ALUMNI WEEKLY " 



ABSTRACT OF APPROPRIATIONS MADE FOR THE UNI- 

 VERSITY OF ILLINOIS BY THE STATE LEGISLATURE 

 FOE THE BIENNIUM BEGINNING JULY 1, 1907 



(Exclusive of other revenues) 

 1 



Per For the 



Annum Bu'nnium 



College of Agriculture $ 50,000 $100,000 



Feeding experiments 25,000 50,000 



Experiments in corn growing. . 15,000 30,000 



Examination of soils 25,000 50,000 



Orchard investigations 15,000 30,000 



Dairy investigations 15,000 30,000 



Floriculture investigations . . . 7,500 15,000 



"$3057)00 

 2 

 Ordinary operating expenses . . $450,000 $900,000 

 Materials for shop practise . . . 5,000 10,000 

 Increasing cabinets and collec- 

 tions 2,000 4,000 



Purchase of books, etc., for 



Library 25,000 50,000 



Additions to apparatus and ap- 

 pliances 3,000 6,000 



Fire protection 1,500 3,000 



Engineering College and Ex- 

 periment Station 75,000 150,000 



Buildings and grounds 14,345 28,690 



State Water Survey 6,000 12,000 



' These figures include the University, the Col- 

 lege of Agriculture and the School of Mines, three 

 institutions to take the place of Minnesota's single 

 university. 



° Figures for the University alone. Figures for 

 the College of Agriculture not being available. 



" Figures from the World's Almanac of 1905, 

 and include annual income for all purposes. 



Draining, etc., on experimental 



farms 5,000 10,000 



Department of social and polit- 

 ical science 25,000 50,000 



School of Music 3,000 6,000 



Agricultural extension 6,000 12,000 



Law School 15,000 30,000 



Chemical Laboratory 10,000 20,000 



School of Pharmacy 5,000 10,000 



Graduate School 50,000 100,000 



Veterinary College 30,000 



School of Household and Do- 

 mestic Science 10,000 20,000 



Additional equipment of the 



water station 3,000 



Increasing telephone exchange. 1,500 

 Enlarging general heating and 



light plant 35,000 



For purchase of farm land . . . 11,600 



$1,502,790 

 3 



Physics Laboratory $250,000 



Natural Histoi-y Hall 150,000 



$400,000 



$1,502,790 

 400,000 

 305,000 



Grand total $2,207,790 



ESTIMATED TOTAL INCOME OF UNIVERSITY OF 

 MINNESOTA FOR THE BIENNIAL PERIOD 



1907-8 AND 1908-9 



State appropriation for Engineering 

 Building $250,000 



State appropriation for enlargement of 



campus 450,000 



State appropriation for land, School of 

 Agriculture 76,000 



State special appropriations for Univer- 

 sity School of Agriculture, Experiment 

 Station and substations, including 

 building, repairs, campus improvement, 

 library and equipment 380,000 



Hospital site fund contributed by citizens 40,000 



Hospital building fund (Elliott estate 



bequest) 115,000 



Hospital maintenance for 1908 25,000 



Current expense, including fed- 

 eral grant, of $ 60,000 



Special support fund from 

 state 165,000 



Interest on invested funds .... 53,000 



