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The students in 1905 in colleges for white persons were as 

 follows by classes : — Preparatory, 5,072 ; collegiate, 20,020 ; 

 short course or special, 10,196 ; post graduate, 515 ; other 

 departments, 17,830; total, 53,633. Considered by courses, 

 in the four-year course, agriculture only numbers 2,526 

 students, and in the shorter course 3,230 ; horticulture claims 

 for the first only 112, and for the second 38 ; dairying for the first, 

 none, and for the second only 617. By far the greater number 

 of students appear to join the engineering and mechanical 

 classes in the four-year course, e.g., mechanical engineering, 

 4,227 ; civil engineering, 3,624 ; electrical engineering, 2,934 ; 

 mining engineering, 1,022, &c. 



In the shorter course, engineering classes do not appear to be 

 included, but there are 16,657 students in military tactics as 

 compared with 3,230 in agriculture. 



The students in similar institutions for coloured persons were 

 as follows by classes : — Preparatory, 4,781 ; collegiate, 709 ; 

 short or special, 409 ; other departments, 683 ; total, 6,582. By 

 courses : agriculture, 1,624 5 industrial courses for boys, 2,494 ; 

 industrial courses for girls, 3,428 ; military tactics, 1,566. 



It will be observed that the percentage of students devoted to 

 agriculture is much higher among coloured than among whites. 



The graduates in 1905 numbered 5,061, and since the 

 foundation of these institutions 62,081. 



Statistics of Experiment Stations in 1905. 



Agricultural experiment stations are in operation under the 

 Act of March 2, 1887, in all the States and Territories, and under 

 special appropriation Acts in Alaska, Hawaii and Porto Rico. 



Separate stations are also maintained in six States and in 

 Hawaii out of State funds. Sub-stations are also kept up in 

 various States. Exclusive of the latter, there are 55 stations 

 in receipt of Federal grants. 



The total income of these stations in 1905 was £305,098 

 ($1,525,484), of which £143,632 ($718,163) came from the 

 National Government, £108,093 ($540,467) from the State 

 Governments,, and the remainder from various sources. 



The stations employ 845 persons in the work of administra- 

 tion and investigation, including chemists, agriculturists, 

 horticulturists, dairymen, botanists, veterinarians, foresters, 



