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Contents

1 Memorial showing; the wants of the University. Nov

1875.

2 Same . 1875-1876.

3 Same* 1877-78.

3a Report of the Regents to the Constitutional conven

4 Report of Commission to examine into and report on

condition of certain funds, etc. in relation to
State university, 1879.

5 Memorial of the Regents on the wants of the Unive

Dec. 31, 1880.

6 .game. Feb. 3, 1880.

7 Memorial to Congress (regarding investment of mone

derived from sale of lands donated by Congress)
28, 1882.

8 Report of Law committee" of the Regents on the act

Congress of July 2, 1862.

9 University of California rneedss Jan.l, 1885.

10 Senate bill No. 49. Jan 18. 1887. An act to provid

for the permanent support of tve University.

11 Reasons for supporting bill to provide for the per

manent support Of the University. Jan. 1887,

12 Communication regarding funds for Experiment stati

Dec. 6, 1887.

13 Report of the specie! committee on the Morrill col

aid act. Mar. 1891.
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14 Appeal to the Alumni of the UniverBity by a Commit

on legislation ap-ointed by the Regents to arous
interest in securing funds for the University. S
25, 1894.

15- Legislative bills. Jan. 1887, for appropriation of

17 |250,000 for buildings.

18 Report of Committee on ways and means. May 20, 189

19 Report on establishment of fee for incidentals. c 18

REPORT

OP THE

Board of Regents, State University,

CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.

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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, )

BERKELEY, November 23d, 1878. j

To the Honorable President and Members of the Constitutional Convention:

GENTLEMEN : In response to your resolution of date October thirty-
first, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, the following statements
are herewith respectfully submitted, arranged in the following order :

First — Statement of cash receipts from all sources, from August
eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, to June thirtieth, eighteen
hundred and seventy-eight, both inclusive.

Second — Statement of cash disbursements and investments for the
same period.

Third — Appendix "A" and " B," giving the proper segregations of
cash receipts and disbursements^

Fourth — Statements of accoun'ts with savings banks, and certain
donations.

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APPENDIX "A."

SEGREGATION OF CASH RECEIPTS.

ENDOWMENTS — (FROM CONGRESSIONAL GRANTS.)

Land Fund— From sales of land, grant 150,000 acres $356,273 03

Seminary Land Fund — From sales under grant of seventy-two

sections 19,505 99

Forfeited Seminary Land Fund — From sales of forfeited lands re-
sold by the Regents of the University 480 00

Total cash receipts from Congressional endowments $376,259 02

INCOME — (PROM CONGRESSIONAL ENDOWMENTS.)

Land Fund Interest — From interest received on deferred pay-
ments of principal, grant of 150,000 acres $182,776 82

Land Fund Fees — From fees on applications, certificates of de-
posit, and patents 9,252 50

Interest on excess payments 3,372 46

Seminarv Land Fund Interest — (On bonds) 1,111 50

Seminary Land Fund Interest — On deferred payments, Control-
ler's warrants 698 48

Forfeited Seminary Land Interest 546 82

Forfeited Seminary Land Fund Fees 16 00

Special Investment Fund Interest — From investment of excess

payments in bonds 1,042 00

Interest on Certificates of Deposit — From interest on preliminary
deposits of one dollar per acre, made by applicants for lands
under the grant of 150,000 acres. Said deposits held by the
Land Department of the University, awaiting action by the
United States Land Ofiices 14,599 56

United States Endowment Interest — From interest on bonds pur-
chased from proceeds of sales of land belonging to the grant of
150,000 acres 35,609 03

Seminary and Public Building Land Fund Interest — From inter-
est on 'deferred payments of principal, Controller's warrants 27,217 00

276,242 17

Total cash receipts from Congressional endowments and income therefrdm $652,501 17

TRUST FUNDS.

Excess Payments — From collections of $1 25 per acre on double

minimum lands $61,974 84

State Geological Survey, collections on account of 4,417 85

Total cash receipts from Trust Fund 66,392 69

College of California — From amounts received from sales of real

estate, etc $83,235 00

Building Fund — From amounts received for construction of

buildings 357,396 37

440,631 37

Amounts of income received from the State to pay current expenses 662,150 42

Total cash receipts from all sources $1,821,675 65

APPENDIX "B.3

SEGREGATION OF CASH DISBURSEMENTS AND INVESTMENTS.

INVESTMENTS.

United States Endowment Fund— Investment of proceeds from

sales of the agricultural grant of 150,000 acres, in bonds of the

par value of $348,000, at a cost of $346,934 50

Seminary Land Investment Fund — Investment of proceeds from

sales of the seminary grant of seventy-two sections, in bonds

of the par value of $19,000, at a cost of 19,380 00

Brayton Real Estate Fund — Investment from proceeds of the

sale of Oakland property (so-called Brayton property), in bonds

of the par value of $19*500, at a cost of 20,140 00

(NOTE. — The Treasurer of the University now holds mortgage

notes received in part payment from sales of above property,

amounting to $68,530, bearing interest at the rate of eight (8)

per cent, per annum, payable quarterly. As the notes are paid,

investments are made in bonds for account of said fund.)
Bills Receivable — Investment of proceeds belonging to the grant

of 150,000 acres 12,895 10

(NOTE.— This amount of $12,895 10 was credited to the Land Fund,

forming a part of the statement of cash receipts, and is here

represented by a joint note due January 1st, 1879, bearing ten

per cent, per annum interest.)
Building Fund — Cost of College buildings known as North and

South Hall, formerly known as College of Agriculture and

College of Letters 357,396 37

Students' Cottages — Cost of eight cottages built for occupation of

students 26,905 00

University Site Improvements — Cost of ornamental and useful

trees, fencing, and grading the grounds 32,672 80

University Water Company — Cost of construction of water ditch,

reservoirs, iron pipe, etc 5,967 50

College of California — Cost of lands, expenses of surveys, legal

services, etc 80,682 52

Apparatus 22,235 83

Library __ 18,399 89

Brayton Property — Cost of three blocks in Oakland and buildings

thereon 88,787 28

Museum 2,398 21

University printing office 2,614 04

Mechanical Arts College — advance 69 35

Total cash investments $1,031,478 39

TRUST FUNDS.

Excess Payments — Amounts paid the United States $15,432 59

State Geological Survey — Amounts paid for account of 3,559 23

18,991 82
Amounts disbursed for payment of current expenses of the University 705,746 00

Total cash disbursements and investments $1,756,216 21

The following statements of accounts, which are made up of dona-
tions, cash received from excess payments, and bank certificates of
deposit, do not properly belong to the exhibits of cash receipts and
expenditures, and are deposited with the following savings banks:

UNION SAVINGS BANK, OF OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA.

DEBITS.

To deposit of rents and interest thereon — Agassiz Professorship — from March 13th,

1873, to June 30th, 1878 $832 73

To deposit of donations (account of Medal Fund), and interest thereon from March

13th, 1873, to June 30th, 1878 3,486 62

To deposit of donation by H. D. Bacon, of $500, for an Engineering Fund, and

interest thereon 714 33

To deposit account of excess payment, made June 30th, 1877 $6,000 00

To interest thereon 255 00

6,255 00

To deposits of certificates of deposit, issued by the Bank of California, (said cer-
tificates representing the preliminary deposits made by applicants for lands):

Deposited February 24th, 1877 $12,039 33

And interest thereon to January 1st, 1878_ 885 60

12,924 93

Total debits $24,213 61

CREDITS.

By amounts paid for medals (account of Medal Fund) $750 00

By amounts paid for apparatus ordered by Professor of Civil Engineer-
ing, on account of Engineering Fund 528 38

By amount transferred to Treasurer of University of certificate of
deposit 1,000 00

Total credit 2,278 38

Balance due University $21,935 23

HIBERNIA SAVINGS AND LOAN SOCIETY, SAN FRANCISCO.

DEBITS.

To deposit of excess payments, made October 12th, 1877 ' $5,000 00

To interest on same, to January 1st, 1878 93 75

$5,093 75

SECURITY SAVINGS BANK, SAN FRANCISCO.

To deposit of excess payments, made from June 30th, 1877, to January 31st, 1878— $28,162 50
To interest on same, to January 1st, 1878 448 00

$28,610 50

SAN FRANCISCO SAVINGS UNION, OF SAN FRANCISCO.

To deposit of certificate of deposit, issued by Bank of California, made February

23d, 1877 $12,212 62

To deposit of certificate of deposit by Bank of California, made June 25th, 1878__ 3,250 00

To interest to June 30th, 1877 $286 27

To interest to January 1st, 1878 506 17

792 44

$16,255 06

THE OAKLAND BANK OF SAVINGS, OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA.

To deposit of excess payments, made October 12th, 1877.
To interest to January 1st, 1878

$5,000 00
70 83

$5,070 83

RECAPITULATION.

Deposit with savings banks, for account of Agassiz Professorship $832 73

Deposit with savings banks, for account of Medal Fund 2,736 62

Deposit with savings banks, for account of Civil Engineering Department 185 95

Deposit with savings banks, for account of excess payments 44,162 50

Deposit with savings banks, for account of excess payments, interest 867 58

Deposit with savings banks, for account of certificates of deposit 26,501 95

Deposit with savings banks, for account of certificates of deposit, interest on same. 1,678 04

Total amount deposited with savings banks, to June 30th, 1878_ $76,965 37

CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT.

November 13th, 1876 — To deposit of donation from H. D. Bacon.

To interest from April 26th, 1873, to July 1st, 1876

To interest from July 1st, 1876, to January 1st, 1878

November 13th, 1876 — By amount paid for apparatus $363 99

February 20th, 1877 — By amount paid for apparatus 104 64

February 20th, 1877— By amount paid for freight __ 59 75

Balance due June 30th, 1878.

$500 00

169 22

45 11

$714 33

528 38

$185 95

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THE UNIVERSITY MEDAL FUND.
Deposited with the Union Savings Bank, Oakland, California.

Cr.

1874.
July 30

To cash for medal
(Frank Otis)

$125 00

1873.
March 13 __
June 30

By donations
By interest

$2,383 68
56 05

October 10

To cash for medal

Dec 31

By interest

121 48

October 10

(J. M.Whitworth) —
To cash for medal

125 00

1874.
June 30

By interest

126 99

1875.

(F. H. Whitworth)_

125 00

Dec. 31 .

By interest

115 79

July 16
1876.

To cash for medal
(T. F. Barry)

125 00

1875.
June 30

By interest

114 41

Nov. 30

To cash for medals

Dec. 31 __

By interest

114 86

(D.B. Himtley)
(F. L. Button)

125 00
125 00

1876.
June 30

By interest

119 37

1 877

1878.

$750 00

Jan. 31

By interest

115 13

June 30

To balance

2,736 62

July 30

By interest

112 40

1878.
Jan. 31

By interest

106 46

$3,486 62

June 30

By balance

$3,486 62
$2,736 62

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THE AGASSIZ PROFESSORSHIP FUND.
Deposited with the Union Savings Bank, Oakland, California.

Cr,

1876.
June 30

To balance

$485 56

1873.
March 13

By cash from rent

$100 00

June 30_

By interest

2 35

Dec. 31

By interest

5 04

1874.
June 30

By interest

6 08

August 19__
Nov. 14
Dec. 31

By cash from rent-
By cash from rent.
By interest

100 00
100 00
9 27

1875.
June 30

By interest

15 22

Dec. 11 _

By cash from rent

125 00

1876.
June 30

By interest

22 60

1877

June 30

To balance

$485 56

$485 56

$679 09

1876.
June 30

By balance

$485 56

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Dec. 18

By rent

125 00

1877.
June 30

By interest

68 53

1877

$679 09

$679 09

June 30_

By balance

$679 09

1878

Jan. 31

By interest

28 64

March 31 __

By cash from rent.

125 00

June 30 ._ _

$832 73

1878.
June 30

To balance

$832 73

June 30

By balance

$832 73

RECAPITULATION.

Total receipts $1,821,675 65

Total disbursements and investments 1,756,216 21

Excess of receipts over disbursements and investments $65,459 44

CASH STATEMENT.

By cash balance with Treasurer, D. 0. Mills, June 3d, 1878 $21,296 94

By cash deposit with savings bank, account of excess payments, June 3d, 1878___ 44,162 50

Total __ $65,459 44

JOHN LECONTE,

President of the University of California.

ROBT. E. C. STEARNS,
Secretary of the Board of Regents, University of California.

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[The following statement from the President, Jno. LeConte, and letter of Professor E. W.
Hilgard, are, by order of the Constitutional Convention, appended to this report.]

WHAT HAVE THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY TO SHOW
FOR THEIR EXPENDITURE?

1. They have secured a corps of professors and instructors of abil-
ity and reputation, and established a curriculum of studies which,
for its range and variety, bears comparison with the oldest and best
endowed institutions in the Eastern States.

2. They have, in the course of nine years, succeeded in establishing
an institution of high grade, which already assumes an acknowl-
edged rank among the Universities of our country — in which instruc-
tion is imparted in all branches of culture and useful knowledge,
free to all residents of California, both male and female. No money
consideration can represent the value of such an. institution to the
State.

3. The amount expended for instruction in its various forms, for
free scholarships, and for support (during a short period) of a Pre-
paratory Department, has of course gone beyond recall. For this
they have nothing tangible to show. It is represented by the knowl-
edge imparted to hundreds of the youth of our State. It will
assuredly bear its fruits in time, in the form of wise statesmen and
legislators, accomplished scholars, original thinkers and investiga-
tors, able jurists, public benefactors, and virtuous citizens. Dollars
and cents can not represent the value of these contributions to mod-
ern civilization.

4. But, aside from the intangible blessings conferred by the Uni-
versity, the .Regent's have properties of great value to show for the
money expended. The State now owns :

(1.) Two hundred acres of land at Berkeley, with cost of ornamenting, grading, and

improving site — valued at $250,000

(2.) Three first-class buildings at Berkeley, with the furniture of the same 397,000

(3.) A museum, embracing extensive collections of geological, mineralogical, botani-
cal, and ethnological specimens ; also, works of art, etc. — mostly private dona-
tions 50,000

(4.) A library, containing over 14,000 volumes — expended by Regents 18,000

Private donations (estimated value) 17,000

(5.) Collections of apparatus, physical, chemical, and other aids to instruction 25,000

(6.) Eight (8) cottages for students '_ 24,000

(7.) Gymnasium building — recently the gift of Mr. A. K. P. Harmon 7,000

(3.) Printing office property 2,500

Printing press — gift of Dr. Samuel Merritt 1,500

(9.) Propagating houses, barn, farm implements, and orchard containing over five

hundred varieties ; also, many varieties of grapes, etc • 4,800

(10.) Forty-seven acres of land near Oakland — a gift from the late Edward Tomp-

kins — present value 40,000

(11.) Toland Medical Hall in San Francisco— a gift from Dr. H. H. Toland 75,000

(12.) Medal Fund— a gift from friends of the University 2,600

(13.) Brayton property — mortgaged notes 68,530

Brayton property — investment in bonds 20,140

(14.) Seminary Land Fund— invested by Regents in six per cent, bonds— cost 19,380

$1,022,450

JOHN LECONTE,

President of -University of California.

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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE, j
BERKELEY, November 18th, 1878. j
Honorable J. R. Freud:

DEAR SIR : Your favor of sixteenth came duly to hand. As it
would be difficult, and on account of the state of my eyes almost
impossible, for me to make out, at short notice, as full a statement as
would be desirable in respect to the matters you allude to, I mail to
you with this such printed matter as I have published, bearing on
the questions in hand. My Walnut Creek lecture, and the first fifteen
pages of my report to the President, contain the gist of the whole
matter, so far as my views on the past, present, and future of the
Agricultural Department are concerned; and I have only to add that,
with the aid of the appropriation made by the last Legislature, these
views are now being carried out as rapidly as possible, in accordance
with a printed, but not as yet published, programme, of which, unfor-
tunately, I have no copy "to send you, but which is in the hands of
both Mr. Martin and Mr. Winans. This programme includes :

1. Courses of lectures on " special cultures," in accordance with the
circular herewith inclosed. This is given regularly by Mr. C. H.
Dwinelle, and by other lecturers specially competent in particular
subjects, as these can be obtained. Among the latter, a clinical lec-
ture on "glanders" was, last week, delivered by Dr. A. De Tavel,, of
San Francisco, to a large audience. Mr. Dwinelle's lectures are regu-
larly attended by four students, and almost always by from two to
six persons not regular students in the agricultural course, of which
this is the " senior " year.

2. A garden of economic botany. This is now being laid out and
occupied, on the level tract next the entrance from the railroad depot.
It will embrace, as fully as possible, all the economically useful plants
capable of outdoor culture in this climate. At the same time, cul-
ture experiments on a larger scale are being carried out on the grounds
north of the branch of Strawberry Creek ; and, for the culture of
plants requiring heat, an addition is being made to the propagating
houses already occupied. A large number of seeds of important for-
est trees have lately been put into the ground, to be later transplanted
to suitable positions in the University domain, which will ultimately
(if my plans are carried out) be to the agricultural student what the
cabinet of minerals and laboratory are to the mining student.

3. Increased and improved means of demonstration in instruction
in the several practical courses, in the way of collections, illustra-
tions, implements, etc.

4. The continuation, to the extent rendered possible by our means,
of the work of an agricultural survey, as explained in my report to
the President, page eleven and following ones, and exemplified in
the Appendix, pages twenty to sixty-three. A number of important
matters have been under examination since the date of this report,
and will be published before long. At the moment, the work has
received a check in the resignation of my assistant, who can be
replaced only by training up another graduate in his stead. For this
purpose, I have selected Mr. F. W. Morse, of the class of eighteen
hundred and seventy-eight.

I consider the prosecution of this work as the key to the situation,
as it is the most direct means of proving to farmers how great are the

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benefits to be derived by their sons from the study of the scientific
principles underlying agriculture. I cannot but ascribe largely to
the published and unpublished results of this work, the gratifying
increase of students in the strictly agricultural course, and the
increased attendance of others upon the lectures of the department,
so far from the " single student" of current report (which doubtless
originated in the statement that there was but one student in the
senior class this session), the facts now are as follows :

Regularly attending senior course of special cultures 4

Regularly attending junior course of agricultural chemistry 6

Electing the course of economic botany, second term, sophomore 12

Total in agricultural course proper, by January 1st, 1879 22

Deduct as twice mentioned ^ 4

Total attending regularly 18

It should be remembered that, moreover, the entire scientific divis-
ion of the sophomore class (from forty-five to fifty students) attend
regularly the first term of my course, to wit, general botany, which
begins the agricultural course. After the first term they elect their
college, as above stated.

When you remember that years ago not a single student elected the
agricultural course at this time of the year, the change that has
occurred cannot but be gratifying. The course has become accepta-
ble and respectable, in the eyes of the students and their parents, in
proportion to its increased thoroughness and educational value.
And I have no fears as regards its future increase of patronage and
usefulness, if the policy that has effected this change is continued.
Let me add, that I consider the number of students now in attend-
ance here, on this course, as a fair index of the interest now taken by
the farming population in the professional education of their sons as
farmers. If the means and appliances for such education here are
not, at this time, all that could be desired, whatever is offered is
indispensable, and what is lacking can in a great degree be made up
by practice on any well-conducted farm. For mere drill in farm ope-
rations no sensible man will send his son to college ; and business
management of a farm will never be learned under the artificial
conditions of a College Farm. I am unable to see why, of all pro-
fessional schools, the Agricultural College should be saddled with
the task of converting young men to farming, by keeping them
surrounded with what some are pleased to term an "agricultural
atmosphere." It is the unintelligent drudgery of ordinary farm life
•that our boys run away from ; and it is only by rendering them
intelligent laborers, and not by rubbing in the drudgery, that their
aversion to farm life (for which certainly the colleges are not respon-
sible) can be overcome. Whenever farming comes to be a learned
profession amongst us, and to be considered as such, young men will
not need to be surrounded by a dense " agricultural atmosphere " in
order to keep them to their profession. And then, the many farmers
who now send their sons to all but the agricultural course at the
University, will cease to tell their sons that they " can teach them
all the farming they need at home." I am hopeful that this day is
coming sooner in California than elsewhere, for natural reasons; but
its coming will not be hastened by removing our future farmers from

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contact with the rest of the rising and cultured youth of the State;
and if Mr. Merrill's own statement is to be believed, that was assur-
edly not the object of the " Morrill grant."

In conclusion, allow me to suggest, that the first thing needful for
rendering the aid of science accessible to the rural population is, that
the rudiments at least of natural science should be effectually, and
not only nominally, taught in the common schools. The reason why
this is not now done is simply that there are too few teachers com-
petent to give such instruction, and if the University does no more
than supply these teachers ^ it will have done the greatest possible
service to the cause of agriculture. Then, indeed, " farm schools "
scattered over the country could do real service, because they would
have suitable material to work upon. But so long as there are no
teachers, nfl law or constitutional provision can create efficient
schools.

If there is any farther information that I can furnish you, please
let me know, and I will do so as rapidly as possible.
Very respectfully yours,

EUG. W. HILGARD.

PORT OF COMMISSION

TO

EXAMINE INTO AND REPORT

OF CERTAIN FUNDS,

RELATION TO TOE STATE UNIVERSITY.

SACRAMENTO:

STATE OFFICE I I ' F. P. THOMPSON, SUPT. STATE PRINTING.

1879.

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