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It is worthy of note that while all other institutions of
learning in the State draw the amount of their donation
whether they educate the specified number of pupils or not,
the Trustees of the Baltimore Female College are only allow-
ed to draw a pro rata portion of the twenty-two hundred dol-
lars' appropriation, according to the number of pupils actual-
ly educated. As there is provision made but for the educa-
tion of a single pupil from the City of Baltimore, it would
be advisable to give the Trustees of the College the privilege
of filling any existing vacancies in scholarships for the coun-
ties by the appointment of pupils from the City, until such
vacancies can be filled by the Orphan's Courts of the counties
in which said vacancies exist.

The College has a Faculty of eleven able instructors, who
are well qualified for their respective ditties. The number
of pupils in attendance, at present, is one hundred and twen-
ty-five. Of these, fifty-five are Boarders, many of whom
board with their friends. Of those from a distance, upwards
of twenty are from the South, and came from the States of
Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolinia, Georgia and Alabama.
All of which is respectfully submitted.

Very truly yours,

N. C. BROOKS,
President of Baltimore Female College.

THE MARYLAND AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.

In accordance with the suggestions contained in my pre-
liminary report, the State became an equal joint owner of
the valuable property of this Institution, located in Prince
George County, by an appropriation of $45,000, payable
in three annual instalments. The Board of Trustees, under
the amended charter, consists of seven gentlemen elected by
the original stockholders, and the members of the State
Board of Education. As no special provision was made in
the law concerning the period the seven stockholder Trustees
shall remain in office, a meeting of the stockholders must
be called according to the old charter, every two years, or
the Trustees themselves must fill the vacancies, should any
occur by death or resignation. To provide for this, and for
other purposes, adapting the Institution to its new and im-
portant mission, the old charter needs some amendments.

Several meetings of the Board of Trustees have been held
to examine the financial condition of the College and its
various property interests, and to discuss plans for reorgani-
zation upon the basis required by the Act of Congress, 1861,
donating public lands " for the endowment, support and
maintenance of at least one College, where the LEADING OB-
JECT shall be, without excluding other scientific and classical
studies, and including military tactics, to teach such branches
of learning as are related to agriculture and the mechanic arts,