444 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF 



Expendtfares and Income. 



The following statement shows the expenditures in the various directions and the 

 balance of the appropriation left : 



Appropriation, ......... $30,000 00 



Survey, --------- $3,668 73 



Road-building and opening-up, ... - !,65o 00 



Improvement account, - - - - . - - 2,455 88 



Building account, ------- 2,661 47 



Equipment, - - 2,058 53 



Office and maintenance, ...__. 5,692 37 



Balance, --------- 11,813 02 



The income so far has been mainly in the shape of reimbursements for work 

 done or board furnished in the camps, excepting the small rents collected. These 

 items are as follows : 





$79 



5° 





464 



20 





265 



00 





347 



25 



$1 



,155 



95 



Rents, ----------- 



Highway construction, - - - - 



Board of State Survey, etc., ------- 



Board of fire crew, --------- 



Total, ----------- 



Epitomizing the contents of this report, the following points may be briefly 

 noted : 



1. The College shows a gratifying increase in students (17), and in usefulness to 

 the other branches of the University. Its main difficulty at present is the absence 

 of suitable accommodations. 



2. The transfer of the junior and senior classes to the College Forest during the 

 spring term for the purpose of practical work, and the institution of a course on 

 practical fish culture during that term, are the main changes in the plan of 

 instruction. 



3. The College Forest has been surveyed and partially subdivided and made 

 accessible, and the contents of material ascertained in part. 



It was found that the proportion of waste land in Township 23 is much greater 

 than anticipated, but that nevertheless the purchase price is considerably more than 

 offset by the stumpage value of material as soon as the market may be developed. 



4. The general policy for the administration is outlined to require, besides the 

 primary object of educational demonstration, as the silvicultural object, the replace- 

 ment of the old, over-mature hardwoods by a young crop of conifers with a reduced 



