Report oF THE ExEcUrTIvVE COMMITTEE. vil 
| past six years, as well as many years prior to the purchase by the 
State, no improvements or repairs had been made, and as a neces- 
sary consequence the fences had been destroyed on the greater 
- portion of the farm, noxious weeds had supplanted the crops, the 
once splendid and bountiful supply of water had no longer any 
avenue to the place, and the most valuable of the buildings were 
literally tumbling down over the heads of the family of the 
director. The necessary repairs of the residence have been made, 
the water-works have been reconstructed, carrying to all the 
buildings and all the stables a bountiful and reliable supply of 
pure and wholesome water, and other improvements which could 
no longer be avoided without destruction to the property of the 
State have been accomplished. But in doing this work, there 
being no special appropriation for many of these purposes, we 
_ have necessarily used about $5,500 of the funds granted to the 
Station for general purposes. 
WM. W. WRIGHT, 
JAMES McCANN, 
CHAS. JONES, 
EKaecutiwe Committee. 
