The Harvard treasurer's annual report for the year ending August 31, contains the following interesting facts and figures: The finances of the university, college and library exhibit a deficit of $7206 68, whereas the year previous there was a surplus of $2999.46. The divinity school has a surplus of $880.52, the law school of $2850.38, the medical school a deficit of $11.74, the dental school a deficit of $345.19, the veterinary school a surplus of $652.22, and a surplus for the Lawrence Scientific school. Among the gifts received during the year there were the following which were over $1000: George B. Dorr estate, $4785.89; Robert Treat Paine estate, $1500; Francis E. Parker estate, $91,504.99; Miss Anna C. Lowell, toward the fund for a botanic garden, $1000; Henry Gassett estate, for sustaining annual dinner of the class of 1834, $1000; Robert Treat Paine, to found the Robert Treat Paine fellowship of social science, $10,000; Uriah A. Boyden estate, $237,387.78; from an anonymous friend, per Mr. Agassiz, $2500; Henry Lee, $1500 for the salary of an instructor in political economy; Mrs. Henry Draper of New York, $4500 for prosecuting researches in stellar photography; Robert Waterston, $1000 for the library; Massachusetts Society for Promoting Agriculture, $2000 for salaries in the herbarium; Martin Brimmer, $2000; and John L. Gardner, $5000 toward the addition to the Museum of Comparative Zoology. The total amount of gifts for immediate use is $36,024.59, and of gifts to form new funds or increase old ones, $987,551.14. The gifts from George W. Childs of a memorial window of the late Prof. Henry W. Long-fellow, to be placed in Memorial Hall, and from William E. Sparks, the historical manuscripts which belonged to his father, the late Jared Sparks, are acknowledged. The college term bills brought in a total of $198,855.96, and the college salaries footed a total of $35,068.50. The grand total expenses of all the departments is $703,735.68, and expenditures, $709,367.69, leaving a deficit of $5632.01, which is the net decrease of the funds and balances.-Cambridge Tribune.
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