Report of the Treasurer. 237 



REPORT OF THE TREASURER 



The Station is a department of the University and its 

 accounts are kept in the office of the Treasurer of the Univer- 

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

 from those of the other departments of the University. The 

 classification 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 

 States Secretary of Agriculture in accordance with Federal 

 Law. 



The income of the Station from public sources for the year 

 that ended June 30, 1918, 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, 000 00 



State of Maine, Aroostook Farm investigation. . . . 5,000 00 



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 for the expense of investigations. The printing is paid 

 for by an appropriation to the University. 



At Aroostook Farm there are in connection with the coop- 

 erative work with the Federal Department of Agriculture ex- 

 penditures mostly under "labor" for the Department and for 

 which the Station is reimbursed. There are also certain expen- 

 ditures for the Department made from sales of crops from 

 Department investigations that do not appear in the tabular 

 statements. They are carried as distinct and separate accounts, 

 always with credit balances, on the Station ledger. 



