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i age 7 IjV W E , t i soil year ending June 30, 1955 State appropriation! from tax revenues ^34,233,242 1 .2% nit oil States grant! 2,178,960 4.5 Stu ant f( 3,092,186 6.3% Private gifts, grants, contracts (incl U.S.) 7,079,266 14.5; Sales and services of educational departments 1,286,499 2.6% Organised activities related to ecluc. depts 841,434 1.7% Other sources 119,500 .2% Total educational and general income $48,831,175 auxiliary enterprises—residence halls, staff.... housing, union buildings, bookstores, etc 6,086,039 Gilts and endowment income for scholarships,etc.. 320,916 Grand total current income $55,246,9.^0 EXPENDITURES, fiscal year ending June 30, 1955 Instruction and departmental research $16,040,556 Organized activities of educational depts 4,494,031 Organized research (experiment stations, etc).... 10,327,684 Statewide extension and services 5,816,299 Libraries 1,383,117 Operation and maintenance of plant 6,269,042 Administrative offices and general services 2,930,707 Retirement, disability and death benefits 1,244,201 Total educational and general expenditures $40,505,637 Auxiliary enterprises—residence halls, staff housing, union buildings, bookstores, etc 5,692,477 Scholarships, fellowships, student aid, etc 493 y 438 Grand total current expenditures $54,691,552 BY LOCATION, expenditures for 1954-55: Urbana-Champaign and statewide extension and experimental work Chicago professional units and Division of Services for Crippled Children Chicago Undergraduate Division

33.1% 9.3% 21.3% 12.0% 2.8% 12.9% 6.0% 2.6

$36,954,066 14,344,927 3,392,559

APPROPRIATIONS to the University are made by the state General assembly on a biennial (two-year) basis. The principal support comes from state tax revenues. For the July 1, 1955 to June 30, 1957, biennium, this is $74,277,600. Also appropriated is $9,830,000 from student fees and other income, by law deposited in the state treasury. This makes the total biennial appropriation for educational and general purposes $01,107,600. Special appropriations are $3,726,400 for the Division of Services for Crippled ldren, $102,400 for the Institute for Tuberculosis Research, 30,000 for the Police Training Institute, and $200,000 toward salaries of county farm and home advisers. For new buildings, the Legislature appropriated $0,055,000. All told, the University was appropriated $97,021,400 for 1955-57. lor operations of the July 1, 1955-June 30, 1956 year, the University h if budgeted #1,021,478. This includes nearly half f th 4m approprlat< i by the Legislature for this purpo.se f the b nnium, plus mom; in research contract , deral f"*oj<, and auxiliary enferpri < such as i idem e halls.

Handling of fundi is u < r Herbert o. Farbar, i nipt roller, n

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