REPORT OF THE STATE BOARD OF VISITORS. To His Excellency John W. Griggs, LL.D., Governor of the State of New Jersey: HONORED SIR-The Board of Visitors to the State Agricultural College herewith present their thirty-second annual report upon the present condition and courses of instruction in that institution, as required by the act creating the Board, entitled "An act appropriating scrip for the public lands granted to the State of New Jersey by the act of Congress approved July second, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two," and approved April 4th, 1864. The members of the Board made their semi-annual examinations of the students pursuing the regular or special courses of instruction, for the present fiscal year, on December 12th, 1895, and June 5th, 1896. They also visited the laboratories, the draughting-room, the military drill hall, the collections of the institution and the farm provided for the State Agricultural College by the Trustees of Rutgers College. The membership of the Faculty of the College is 27, and all but 3 of this number have given instruction in the Scientific School. The enrollment of students was 131-Seniors, 43; Juniors, 29; Sophomores, 25; Freshmen, 29; and special students not candidates for a degree, 5. There were also 51 students in the Classical courses, and 148 pupils in attendance at the Preparatory School. The degree of Bachelor of Science was conferred upon 41 graduates in June, 1896. Of these graduates, 12 had pursued the course in Civil Engineering and Mechanics, 4 the course in Chemistry, 18 the course in Electricity and 7 the course in Biology. The final examinations of the students in the subjects pursued during the term which closed in June, 1896, were well sustained. At the close of each of the examinations of the students and the inspection of the buildings and facilities for instruction, the members of the Board met in formal session and reported severally upon the |