REPORT OF TREASURER. 3II 



REPORT OF THE TREASURER. 



The Station is a department of the University and its ac- 

 counts are kept in the office of the Treasurer of the University. 

 The books, voucher files, etc., are, however, all distinct from 

 those of the other departments of the University. The classih- 

 cation of accounts is that prescribed by the auditors on the part 

 of the Federal Government, and approved by the State Auditor. 

 All of the accounts are audited by the State Auditor and the 

 Hatch Fund and Adams Fund accounts are also audited by the 

 Office of Experiment Stations acting for the United Stafes 

 Secretary of Agriculture in accordance with Federal Law. 



The income of the Station from public sources for the year 

 that ended June 30, 1915, was: 



U. S. Government, Hatch Fund appropriation. . . $15,000 00 

 U. S. Government, Adams Fund appropriation. . . 15.000 00 

 State of Maine, Animal Husbandry investigation 



appropriation 5,ooo 00 



State of Maine, Aroostook Farm investigation . . . 5,000 co 



The cost of maintaining the laboratories for the inspection 

 analyses is borne by analysis fees and by the State Department 

 of Agriculture. The income from sales at the experiment 

 farms is used to .meet the expenses of investigations. The 

 printing which costs about $4,500 is paid for by an appropria- 

 tion to the University. 



All of the disbursements except for printing and the sheep 

 husbandry experiment are given in the tables that follow on 

 the two succeeding pages. The sheep husbandry expenditures 

 were labor $182.55, seeds, plants and sundry supplies $100.22, 

 feeding stuffs $483.59 and live stock $750.99, making a total 

 of $i,5i7-35- 



