Net Expenditures.

Year

General Fund

Available School

Fund

Available

University

Funds

All Other Funds

Total

1847........

$ 127,677

..........

..........

..........

$ 127,677

1848.........

115,972

..........

..........

..........

715,972

1849.......

82,232

..........

..........

..........

82,232

1850.........

148,055

..........

..........

..........

148,055

1851.........

115,372

..........

..........

..........

115,372

1852.......

1,282,578

..........

..........

..........

1,282,578

1853......

460,405

..........

..........

..........

460,405

1854.......

474,245

..........

..........

..........

474,245

1855.....

241,379

$ 27,136

....................

..........

268,516

1856.........

503,642

95,130

..........

..........

688,772

1857.............

279,427

106,125

..........

..........

385,552

1858.........

644,604

105,332

..........

..........

749,936

1859.........

370,346

118,465

..........

..........

488,812

I860.......

718,616

110,100

..........

..........

828,726

1861.......

467,082

110,511

..........

..........

577,593

1862.......

998,800

50,954

..........

$ 6,009

1,055,773

1863......

1,039,998

24,697

..........

46,586

1,111,281

1864........

1,775,085

23,734

..........

40,502

1,839,323

1865........

600,997

10,850

..........

72,696

684,545

1866........

233,089

..........

..........

..........

233,089

1867.......

479,528

1,416

..........

913

481,858

1868........

349,968

2,083

..........

..........

352,051

I869.......

370,792

3,210

..........

90,956

464,959

1870.......

599,155

61,060

..........

..........

660,235

1871..........

581,415

32,771

..........

272,688

886,874

1872........

040,598

497,238

..........

196,138

1,633,975

1873.......

936,370

194,904

..........

121,451

1,252,726

1874.........

1,236,043

790,121

..........

468,646

2,494,812

1875.......

1,125,688

620,205

..........

199,323

1,945,216

1876.......

1,091,571

609,841

..........

514,936

2,216,349.

1877........

1,250,496

499,185

..........

..........

1,749,681

1878.......

1,224,739

682.480

..........

..........

1,907,220

1879.......

1,446,636

083,689

..........

26,578

2,351,000

1880.........

1,342,794

733,559

..........

878,483

2,922,342

1881.......

1,434,918

790,577

..........

236,012

2,349,973

1882......

2,461,889

913,750

$ 15,140

394,431

3,747,246

1883......

1,911,332

1,148,835

46,827

568,562

3,509,353

1884.......

1,730,068

1,485,549

121,792

66,321

3,253,114

1885.......

1,841,698

1,956,025

61,412

125,560

3,802,002

1886.........

1,565,904

2,420,986

63,821

19,119

3,872,647

1887..........

1,916,315

2,265,937

64,062

32,833

4,111,603

1888.....

2,057,221

2,544,728

53,245

37,607

4,520,485

1889......

2,265,879

2,205,330

116,067

40,743

4,458,663

1890.....

1,908,727

2,303,562

90,914

32,229

4,162,960

1891.......

2,080,909

2,609,648

90,716

124,525

4,722,623

1892......

2,552,156

2,535.047

94,064

48,469

5,055,922

1893........

2,376,811

3,052,589

68,427

51,296

5,385,541

1804..........

2,146,832

2,432,604

60,480

57,623

4,525,50ft

1895........

1,991,091

2,544,066

44,706

44,118

4,438,029

1896........

2,843,876

2,902,562

56,598

18,009

5,557,803

1897..........

2,254,228

3,233,289

63,538

24,135

5,389,075

1898.........

2,153,650

3,069,912

83,087

19,964

5,140,261

1899..........

2,376,054

3,232,445

101,429

18,440

5,542,216

1900.........

2,732,856

3,081.471

105,607

21,814

5,754,218

1901........

2,804,296

3,488,261

98,528

17,114

6,220,642

1902........

3,183,717

3,564,498

44,736

14,254

6,619,264

1903.........

3,405,688

3,809,640

171,681

14,676

7,212,991

1904.........

3,562,971

3,848,584

135,502

10,618

7,372,131

1905.........

3,115,072

3,971,922

129,405

13,319

7,047,565

1906........

4,175,422

4,218,383

136,229

57,516

8,385.447

1907..........

3,561,743

4,388,254

194,827

23,975

7,956,769

1908...........

3,805,694

5,389,944

160,566

44,067

9,257,356

1909........

4,148,157

5,658,473

154,489

..........

9,829,333

1910........

4,362,008

6,507,075

127,731

77,673

10,868,388

1911.........

4,628,198

6,308,287

223,386

33,762

11,092,088

1912.......

5,119,553

6,783,459

108,103

20,724

11,969,594

1913........

5,347,845

7,053,487

221,203

23,390

12,581,080

1914.......

6,998,816

7,348,323

118,293

842,291

15,113,188

1915..........

7,103,213

7,692,144

321,950

1,573,111

16,559,844

Explanatory Notes, Table 8

In the construction of this table there is included among the expenditures of the general fund the interest paid on state bonds held by the special funds; but this interest is not included in the total. This explains why the amount in the " total column" is not the sum of the amounts in the preceding columns. Transfers among the funds are the principal items excluded in arriving at net expenditures. Refunds should also be deducted, but these are rarely itemized in the reports. Under available university funds are included the available fund proper and the endowment and available funds of the medical branch.

1877-1878. The item of interest on state bonds held by the school and other special funds in the treasury first appears in the financial report of 1877-1878. In the biennial report of the comptroller for these years the receipts and expenditures of the special funds, except the available school fund, are not given by years and, in the case of the available school fund, the receipts from interest on state bonds are not separated from those from interest on other bonds. The total net expenditures of the accounts for which there are not separate yearly statements were $251,555.76, and of this amount $194,453.39 was for the payment of debt. These funds received as interest on state bonds $61,143.33 in cash and $35,000 in state bonds. The net expenditures of these funds are not included in this table, for the reason that they cannot be ascertained.

The amounts of interest on state bonds which are included among the net expenditures of the general revenue fund and excluded from the total for all the funds were by years as follows:

1879..................

$105,804

1880..................

32,495

1881..................

111,535

1882......................

.......

1883..................

166,605

1884..................

150,617

1885..................

182,694

1886.................

197,184

1887.................

167,545

1888..................

172,317

1889 ..............

169,357

1890 ..................

172,473

1891 ...................

183,176

1892 ...................

173,815

1893 ...................

163,583

1894 ...................

172,040

1895 ...................

185,453

1896 ...................

262,742

1897 ...................

185,616

1898...................

185,853

1899...................

186,153

1900...................

186,530

1901...................

187,550

1902...................

187,942

1903...................

188.695

1904...................

185,545

1905...................

182,155

1906...................

202,105

1907...................

212,032

1908...................

142,916

1909...................

131,786

1910...................

206,190

1911 ...................

101,547

1912...................

152,246

1913...................

64,845

1914...................

194,536

1915...................

130,575.

1881. $73,898.57 expended by the university land sales account for bonds is not included in this table.

1882. In the available school fund interest from state bonds is not separated from interest from other bonds. Only $37,465 of interest received by other funds is deducted.

1895. Included among the university expenditures is a transfer of $500 to the Agricultural and Mechanical College fund; but the amount is excluded from total expenditures. Five hundred dollars was transferred in each of the years 1896, 1897, and 1898, and $1,000 in 1900, and they were treated as above.

1909. The condensed character of the report of the comptroller renders it nearly useless as an exhibit of the financial operations of the state government. Omitted from it are the statements of all funds, except the general revenue, the available school, and the permanent school funds. These omissions make it impossible to state completely net expenditures. The statistics for the available university fund are taken from the report of the board of regents for 1909-1910.

1914. The report of the comptroller for 1914 is so poorly compiled that it is impossible to ascertain from it the amount of interest on state bonds received by the different trust funds of the treasury. The amounts were obtained directly from the comptroller's office. The large increase in the amount of "all other funds" was due to the pension fund. Under all other funds is included $48,153.14 transferred from the, pure feed fund to the Agricultural and Mechanical College. The pure feed fund appears only in the report of the state treasurer, and as this report appears only every other year and covers only the year in which it appears, the statistics for this fund are obtainable only occasionally. The fact that this fund and that of the prison commission are found only in the treasurer's report and the further fact that the treasurer's report covering one year is published only every other year, while the report of the Agricultural and Mechanical College does not contain an itemization of receipts, show the lack of system in making public the state's financial operations.

1915. Included under "all other funds" is $77,964.18 transferred by the pure feed fund. This fund is made up of fees for the inspection of feed for livestock, and the proceeds accrue to the Agricultural and Mechanical College. The very great increase in the size of the amount under "all other funds" was due to the pension expenditures. These alone amounted to $1,442,413.85.

The expenditures of the state on account of the penitentiary include only those out of the general treasury. On account of the absence of reports or of the defectiveness of those published, it was not found possible to include in these tables any other penitentiary expenditures.