In the treasurer's statement for 1898-99 which will soon be issued, C. F. Adams 2d '88 makes the following report of the gifts, which have been made to the University from August 1, 1898, to July 31, 1899.

The gifts to form new funds or to increase old ones were:

$1,000. Miss Eliz. R. Swift. One-third of bequest for establishing the Swift Scholarship.

$10,000. Mrs. Jessie Taylor Philips. One-half of the sum for the John Thomson Taylor scholarship, and the other half for the Keneth Matheson Taylor Fund, for the purchase of books for the Library.

$8,000. Mrs. Mary Ann P. Weld. Part of bequest of $10,000 for Christopher M. Weld Scholarship.

$425,000. Edward Austin. The amount of his bequest of $500,000, the income to be paid to needy meritorious students.

$8,500. Edward Austin. The amount of his bequest of $10,000 for the Bacteriological Laboratory in Medical School.

$155,668.67. Anonymous. For establishing the professorship of Hygiene in the Undergraduate Department of Harvard College.

$92,025. Mrs. Caroline Croft. The amount of her bequest of $100,000 for prosecuting researches for the cure of cancer and similar diseases.

$30,000. Henry Lee Pierce. On account of his unrestricted residuary bequest.

$5,000. T. Jefferson Coolidge. To establish a fund for debating prizes.

$6,000. Alexander W. Thayer. Part of his bequest of $30,000 for assisting needy men at Harvard in their efforts to obtain an education.

$1,000. Wm. W. Goodwin. For additional endowment of the Charles Haven Goodwin Scholarship.

$10,000. John Lowell. For endowment of George Emerson Lowell Scholarships.

$3,000. Julian W. Mach. To establish the James Barr Ames Fund, from the income of which a prize for an essay or book on a legal subject will be occasionally awarded.