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W. B. Clement D. C. Brown J. J. Hanifin
W. S. McClane
Frank J. Moffitt
T. C. Morris
C. O. Alexander Noble Hamilton W. E. Greene E. M. Gibson
J. Ellsworth
County Clerk.
C. T. Boardman
S. P. Hall S. Huff Jas. Stanley
Socrates Huff
J. A. Webster
Geo. M. Fronk
Surveyor
P. M. Fisher D. W. Martin Bart Morgan J. J. Hanifin W. S. Pelouze
Recorder
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GALPHOTO ENG.EL.
UNIVERSITY CADETS DRILLING ON THE CAMPUS, BERKELEY
1891-92
1893-94
1895-96
Senator
Eli Denison Wm. Simpson
Guy C. Earl
H. J. O'Neil
F. Bryant
Assemblymen.
J. G. McCall E. S. Culver
E. G. Cram
C. G. Dodge J. J. McElroy
A. Ames
W. E. Greene J. Ellsworth
F. W. Henshaw
Sheriff
WV. H. H. Hussey
Robt. McKillican
County Clerk.
J. E. Crane
Jas. E. Crane
Auditor
M. A. Whidden
Recorder
Rod W. Church
Tax Collector.
A. L. Stone
A. J. Rosborough Chas. E. Snook
Treasurer
S. Huff
Coroner
H. Evers
Assessor
R. S. Leckie
| R. S. Leckie
Supt. of Schools
G. W. Frick
G. W. Frick
Surveyor
G. L. Nusbaumer
Supervisors
D. W. Martin
Bart Morgan H. Bailey
D. G. Brown
W. S. Pelouze
W. S. Pelouze
1897-98
1899
State Senators
E. S. Denison J. L. Beard
F. J. Leavitt E. K. Taylor
Assemblymen . .
Clarke Oscar Breiling J. A. Waymire H. H. North
Wm. McDonald A. A. McKeen Jos. R. Knowland J. A. Pliss
F. J. Leavitt H. Wright
J. M. Kelley H. Wright
F. B. Ogden
W. E. Greene
Superior Judges
J. Ellsworth S. P. Hall W. E. Greene
S. P. Hall F. B. Ogden Jno. Ellsworth
Sheriff
C. B. White
O. L. Rogers F. C. Jordan
County Clerk
F. C. Jordan.
Auditor
M. A. Whidden
Recorder
C. H. Spear J. B. Barber
J. B. · Barber
District Attorney
Chas. E. Snook
.T. J. Allen B. C. Hawes
Public Administrator
W. H. Knight
Treasurer
O. M. Sanford
A. W. Feidler
Coroner
R. O. Baldwin
Assessor
H. P. Dalton
H. B. Mehrmann H. P. Dalton T. O. Crawford .
Superintendent of Schools Surveyor
T P. Garlick
Supervisors
G. L. Nusbaumer H. Bailey
T. R. Talcott W. H. Church T. E. Johnston W. S. Pelouze
G. I. Nusbaumer Thos. D. Wells Chas. Roeth J. R. Talcott W. H. Church Jno. Mitchell
Public Admr
G. W. Reed J. Stanley
Jas. Stanley Geo. Chase Henry Evers
J. P. Garlick Geo. L. Nusbaumer
G. L. Nusbaumer H. Bailey J. C. Plunkett
W. H. Church J. R. Talcott J. E. Johnston H. Bailey
TV. S. Pelouze J. E. Johnston Bart Morgan D. W. Martin
Eli S. Denison John L. Beard F. R. Fassett Jas. A. Waymire Robt. Gay J. B. McDonald Hart H. North C. G. Dodge
W. E. Greene
F. W. Henshaw F. B. Ogden J. Ellsworth
W. E. Greene A. L. Frick F. B. Ogden J. Ellsworth
Superior Judge.
F. Fowles
A. Bretz J. B. M. Miller G. I. Taggart
Myron A Whidden Rod W. Church
District Attorney
C. B. White Frank C. Jordan M. A. Whidden - Chas. H. Spear Jas. B. Barber Chas. E. Snook W. H. Knight O. M. Sanford R. O. Baldwin Henry P. Dalton
Tax Collector
J. Cal Ewing A. K. Grim
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CLIMATE.
The climate of California is famed throughout the world. Nothing new can or need be said about it. No part of the State can claim a more delightful climate than Alameda County. This is easily accounted for. The winds from the Pa- cific; only twelve miles distant, during the summer months blow across the bay, and reduced to pleasant breezes by com- ing in contact with the hills back of Oakland, keep the air cool and invigor- ating, at the same time neutralizing and carrying away all noxious or disagreeable vapors, smoke, etc., which are insepar-
ior of the County the same soil is found, having been washed from the protecting hills by the rains of the centuries. In it everything grows luxuriantly and con- tinuously, the winters never being cold. enough to stop the blooming of roses or the maturing of fruit or vegetables.
PRODUCTS.
The chief agricultural and horticultural products of the County are fruits of all kinds, wheat, barley, hay, vegetables and sugar beets. As high as ninety-six bushels of wheat to the acre has been harvested on some of the ranches in
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able from a large city. These winds are caused by the heating and consequent rising of the air in the interior of the State and the rushing in of the cool air from the ocean to take its place. Aver- age winter temperature 52 degrees; aver- age summer temperature 67 degrees.
SOIL.
The soil along the forty miles of bay shore, extending back from two to six miles, is a deep sediment, having at some time been the bottom of an inland lake. In the magnificent valleys in the inter-
Livermore valley; the average being sixty bushels. The same amount of barley is harvested, the quality of both being unsurpassed anywhere. The acre- age of grain is given elsewhere.
The profits of fruit growing, however, are so much greater than the raising of grain that large tracts of land in all parts of the county are being planted to trees and vines.
According to the report of the County Assessor there are 8,200 acres of grapes in the County, 55,500 apple trees, 110,500 cherry. 3.500 fig, 5,300 olive, 45,300 peach,
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114,900 pear, 287,000 prune, 1,250 lemon, 2,175 orange, 103,000 almond, 2,200 walnut.
In addition to these there are hundreds of acres of strawberries, currants, black- berries, etc.
The largest nursery in the State is that of the California Nursery Co. at Niles.
More than half the flowers that supply the San Francisco market come from Ala- meda County. The finest collection of orchids on the coast, worth $50,000, be- longs to Mr. J. C. Siegfried of Alameda.
Bay Farm Island, which is a part of the City of Alameda, contains about 325 acres of land devoted chiefly to the pro- duction of asparagus. The land rents for $50 per acre per annum.
One reason for the remarkable success of fruit and vegetable growers is found in the fact that very few injurious insects are found in the County. A very strict quarantine was established early in the history of fruit growing and has been maintained ever since, with the result that Alameda county has no phylloxera, no red or white scale and very few other pests.
PRICES OF LAND AND PROFITS.
Land in Alameda County is not cheap either in price or quality. To a man who has sold a farm in the Mississippi valley, which he has improved and brought to a high state of cultivation, for $50 or perhaps $75 an acre, $150 an acre for unimproved land seems a high price, but when the income is taken into ac- count, the discrepancy disappears. From his Illinois or Iowa land he will do well if he realizes $10 an acre net, which we will say is 15 per cent on his investment. An Alameda County orchard when in full bearing has cost him $75 an acre for the land and say $100 an acre for planting and cultivation, or, if he prefers, he can save the time required for development by buying his orchard at about $300 an acre. The net income from this land will not be less than $75 per acre or 25 to 40 per cent on his investment. Experienced fruit growers say that taking the average of the years they can make a net, profit of $100 a year per acre. These may seem large figures, but for the past five years the average income from orchards in this County has been more than $75 per acre. In many instances profits from $400 to $600 an acre have been realized in single years. Last year orchardists sold their cherries at 20 cents per pound, realizing from $500 to $1,500 an acre, depending upon the age of the trees. Unimproved fruit
lands may be had at $40 to $150 per acre, depend ng chifly upon the location. Or- chards in full bearing, where owners are for some reason anxious to sell, go as low as $250 an acre, but more often are held at $350 to $600, including fair improve- ments.
TAXES.
Large sums of money are used annu- ally in public improvements and in main- taining those already made. The pub- lic school fund amounts to about $500,000 annually; $100,000 are expended on road improvement and maintenance, all ma- cadamized roads being sprinkled every day to keep them in perfect condition.
The County has no debt and only needs to raise sufficient funds by taxation to pay current expenses.
The following figures give the valuation and rates of taxation for ten years past:
Amount
Year. Val. City Rate Outside
Raised
1890 .. $76,260,176
$1.00
$1.30
829,731.27
1891 .. 83,031,722
85
1.15
705,769.63
1$92 .. 89,070,041.50 80
1.10
787,252.93
1893 .. 90,588,140
1.00
1.35
905,881.40
1894 .. 90,821.744
1.00
1.35
996,391.35
1895 .. 91,934,619
1.18
1.53
1,174,850.63
1896 .. 96,406,186
97
1.30
1,024,538.51
1897 .. 82,948,72€
1.13
1.50
1,020,760.30
1898 .. 83,504,144
1.20
1.53 1,064,003.96
1899 .. 84,105,794
1.34
1.69
1,193,096.37
SUMMARY OF
ASSESSMENT ROLL.
Real estate (other than town
lots)
$14,945,675
Improements on same
4,127,000
City and town lots. 32,973,775
Improvements on same 22,386,450
Total real estate $74,432,900
Personal property
$ 6,513,950
Collected by Assessor
2,133,818
Money ..
212,625
Collected by Assessor
85,000
Solvent credits
1,014,625
Collected by Assessor.
100,800
Total personal property $10,060,818
Total all property. $84,493,718
Value of property affected by
mortgages
.$32,025,100
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OAKLAND CITY.
3260 acres land. $ 2,275,250
Improvements 1,252,725
City lots 21,196.275
Improvements 13,450,875
Personal property 4,405,165
Money and sol. credits. 1,248,370
Total
$43,517,860
Mortgages
8,883,350
ALAMEDA.
3913 acres land $ 406,425
Improvements 59,050
City lots
5,340,275
Improvements 4,191,200
Personal .
644,875
Money and sol. credits 24 625
Total $10,659,450
Mortgages 2,859,975
Railroads, telegraph and telephone com- panies:
Central Pacific $1,373,405
Southern Pacific 757,250
South Pacific Coast 121,650
California Ry
25,000
Oakland R. R. Co. (7.27 miles) .. 298,550
Oakland, San Leandro & H. E. Ry. (19.24 miles). 270,600
Highland Park & Fruitvale Elec. R. R. (6.35 miles). 35,875
Claremont, University & Ferries (3.51 miles) 13,400
Oakland, Brooklyn & Fruitvale ... Oakland Transit Co. (42.72 miles) .. Western Union Telegraph Co.
(81.80 miles) 31,150
Pac. Postal Tel. C. Co. (59.50 miles)
17,300
Sunset Tel. and Tel. Co. (137.50
miles poles, 856 miles iron wire, 1226 miles copper wire, 3876
227,869
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BERKELEY. PERSONAL PROPERTY.
2,001.06 acres land $ 672,825
Jewelry $ 29,000
Improvements
239,275
Watches (8325) 83,250
Town lots
3,318,275
Casks and tanks. 12,300
Improvements
2,639,775
Brandies and liquors, S85,900 gals .. 132.855
Personal
409,775
Beehives 100
Beef cattle, 1250@20. 27,000
Total
$7,280,025
Stock cattle, 5925@10. 59,250
Mortgages
$1,860,400
Cows, thoroughbred. 325@25.
8,125
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6,350
680,775
boxes) .
Cows, American, 7140@10.
71,400
Hay . 31,000
Vegetables 3,250
Sugar beets 4,100
The growth of property values is shown by the following table of assessments: Year.
Amount.
Horses, thoroughbred, 100@200. 20,000
Horses, standard breed, 475@200.
95,000
Horses, American, 6950@10
69,500
Colts, 420@5. 2,100
Sheep, imported, 410@4.
1,640
Sheep, graded, 300@2
600
1875
39,335,552
1880
49,286,464
1885
64,388,314
Goats, Angora, 200@1.50
300
Goats, common, 1350@1
1,350
Poultry, 4800 doz @ 2
9,600
Traction engines 10,000
Farming utensils 131,000
Wagons and vehicles, 8400@25.
210,000
Hay, 12,000 tons @ 4.
48,000
Wool, 6300 pounds. 525
Wood, 2000 cords @ 4
8,000
Coal, tons 22,000 @ 3
96,000
Lumber, 1,824,000 ft.
164,160
Machinery
230,000
Typewriters, 300@20
6,000
Bicycles, 5000@20
100,000
Firearms
250
Libraries
3,000
Pianos, 3250@100
325,000
Other instruments 4,000
Sewing machines, 3300@10.
33,000
Furniture .. 1,161,078
Steamers, vessels, watercraft. 263,000
Harness, robes, saddles, etc. 8,400
Goods, wares, mdse.
800,125
Consigned goods
2,000
Pipe, iron
85,000
Pipe, gas
883,250
Pipe, water
1,675,500
Elec. light plants
101,200 30,500
Dynamos
Motors
5,000
Fixtures, saloons stores, etc. 61,100
Franchises not assd by State
1,305,000 Board
R. R. rolling stock not assd by
State Board 12,000
Wheat, centals, 30,000@60c. 18,000
Barley, centals 100,000@50c. . 50,000
Nursery stock 4,000
Presses, printing 16,750
Presses, wine 2,000
Presses, hay
4,000
Salt, 10,200 tons @ $1. 10,200
There were grown in the County in 1899:
Acres.
Wheat
23,250
Oats
850
Barley
39,800
Corn
600
1:55 $ 3,618,984
1860
4,381,580
· 1865
5,107,131
1870
11,992,413
Sheep, common, 4600@1
4,600
Lambs, 1600@50c 800
1890 ..
76,269,176
1805
91,934,619
1893
84,493,718
The population of Alameda County In 1553 was about 3,000; in 1900 it is 140,000.
MANUFACTURES.
The United States census of 1890 con- tained the following statistics of manu- factures in Oakland:
Number of establishments 342
Value of hired property $ 956,385
Direct investments 6,629,468
Miscellaneous expenses 438,010
Average number of employes 4,438
Total wages 3,090,007
Average number of officers, firm members and clerks 520
Wages of same $521,073
Operatives, skilled and unskilled 3,345
Wages of same .$2,319,452
Piece workers 573
Wages of same $ 249,482
Cost of materials used.
4,687,699
Value of products
9,112,778
This statement includes only establish- ments within the corporate limits; the amounts would be greatly increased by including all factories in the county. Since 1890 numerous factories have been established, and, to exhibit the present state of our manufacturing industries, large additions would need to be made to the above totals, but the exact figures are lacking.
A great advantage that manufacturers enjoy in Oakland is convenience of transportation both by rail and water. They are thus able to make favorable terms for transportation of both raw material and the finished product.
The tonnage passing out of Oakland harbor before the improvement of the channel in 1874 was 154,300 tons.
After the improvement, the tonnage in- creased at a surprising rate.
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Cows, graded, 325@20.
6,500
Cows, common, 1300@10.
13,000
Calves, 3200@5 16,000
Hogs, 2200@3
6,600
·Mules, 110@20
2,200
Jacks, 8@10.
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ON THE ROAD TO TRESTLE GLEN
PLAZA, EIGHTH AND MADISON STS., OAKLAND
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Tons.
In 1878 it was. 404,000
In 1882 it was. 1,400,000
In 1836 it was 1,745,000
In 1890 it was. 2,319,000
In 1892 it was .. 2,643,000
This is more than one half the entire tonnage that passes out of the Golden Gate.
SALT.
An important industry of the county is the manufacture of salt. The works ex- tend along the shore of the bay for 15 miles or more, employ hundreds of men and produce about 30,000 tons of salt an- nually. Something, over a million dollars of capital is invested in the industry.
SUGAR.
The manufacture of beet sugar at Al- varado is another industry giving a mar- ket for $250,000 worth of beets annually and employing a large number of men.
COAL.
An important and growing interest of the county is the mining of coal at Tesla, 12 miles east of Livermore. The plant is one of the most complete in the country. The town of Tesla belongs to the com- pany. It has 5 large dormitories or lodg- ing houses, 150 cottages for families, a large hotel, warehouse, hospital, general merchandise store, fruit store, dairy, butcher shop, cold storage plant, a public school and complete artesian water works and sewer system, making the town a model from a hygienic standpoint.
About 300 men are constantly employed and the working thus far has developed 20,000,000 tons of coal of good quality.
QUARRIES.
Large quarries of excellent macadamiz- ing materials are found in the county. The rock is shipped to all parts of the State for use in improvement of roads.
STREETS AND ROADS.
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The roads in Alameda County, outside of the cities, compare favorably with the best in other parts of the country. The main roads are macadamized or graveled and are kept in a good state of repair. There are 460 miles of roads
in the county, 10 miles macadamized, 200 miles graveled and 250 miles graded. Of these 70 miles are watered daily in summer,
thus preserving them in good condition and contributing greatly to the comfort of travelers.
Over $100,000 is expended annually on the improvement and maintenance of the county roads.
In the city of Oakland a well-conceived plan of street improvement has been car- ried on with most gratifying results There are 109.70 miles of macadamized, 4.74 miles bituminized streets, and 55.10 miles of unimproved streets, and in Oak- land annex 24.34 miles partly macadam- ized and 40.26 miles unimproved streets. Total, 234.84 miles. In years gone by the method of re-macadamizing exceeded in cost the amount necessary to construct new macadam. After considerable agita- tion a rew method has been adopted which reduces the cost of re-macadamiz- ing
from $1.25 to 20c to 25c per foot front, and as an inducement to property owners to have this done the city has agreed to furnish the steam roller for the purpose entirely free of charge.
The City of Alameda contains about fifty miles of macadamized streets.
In Berkeley, Shattuck avenue, Uni- versity avenue and other of the principal streets are macadamized.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
The public schools of Alameda County take the foremost rank in the State, and as California is among the first four or five States of the Union in educational facilities, it may be said that our public school system is seen here in its highest state of development.
In the County there are 55 school dis- tricts and 94 school houses, 5 brick and 89 wood. There are 483 teachers, excluding high schools, 124 being graduates of nor- mal school, 64 of University of California and 10 of other universities.
The average monthly salaries paid are City Superintendent, $188.88: principals. primary and grammar men, $118.21, women $122.08; principals High School, $179.37, teachers High School, men, $121.14; women $119.28; grammar schools, men, $100;
women, $79.95; primary schools, men, $67.50; women, $73.89; kindergarten women, $64.50; teachers in County, men, $127.13; women, $76.87.
The expenditure for school purposes at, last report was for teachers' salaries, $395,154.25; for supplies, repairs and con- tingent expenses, $103,392.72; for sites, buildings and furniture, $33,118.93; library books and apparatus, $5,789.60; total, $537,- . 455.50. The value of school property, pri-
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mary and grammar, is $1,635,362; high school, $587,800. There are 1,464 high school pupils, 558 boys and 906 girls. The expen- diture for the year was $82,236.72.
LIBRARIES.
Oakland, Alameda and Berkeley have excellent free public libraries and read- ing rooms. There is also a library in each school district, the total number of books in County District libraries being 36,895.
Number of books in Oakland free li- brary is 28,465. - Seven reading rooms are maintained in various parts of the city. The rapid growth of the library made the present building inadequate for its accommodation, and in August, 1899, this fact coming to the knowledge of Mr. Andrew Carnegie, the millionaire manu- facturer, through a letter from Mr. H. A. Chittenden of Oakland, he wrote the fol- lowing letter:
"SKIBO CASTLE, Ardgay, N. B. "Henry A. Chittenden, Esq.,
"Oakland Tribune, Oakland, Cal. "My Dear
Mr. Chittenden: Many "thanks for your enclosures, which I read "with interest. If Oakland would do as "other cities have done, i. e., provide a "site and agree to maintain the library; "at a cost of say $4,000, it would give me "pleasure to give the necessary $50,000 to "build it; but I must be sure that the "community is obliged to maintain it as "above. No use building libraries unless "we are sure of their future.
"With best wishes, always very truly ' yours,
"ANDREW CARNEGIE."
Since the receipt of above, the City Council has guaranteed the support re- quired, and through the efforts of the ladies of the Ebell Society, the amount $20,000) necessary for the purchase of the site on the southwest corner of Grove and Fourteenth streets has been raised by subscription.
INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF AND
DUMB, AND THE BLIND.
The California Institution for the edu- cation of the deaf and dumb and the blind is located at Berkeley, and is one of the best and most complete institutions of the kind in the country. It is liberally supported by the State, which support is well merited by the results of the thor- ough work done.
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA.
The University of California is located at Berkeley, having its professional de- partments in San Francisco and its astro- nomical department (The Lick Observa- tory) at Mt. Hamilton in Santa Clara County. In 1853, Congress gave the State 82 sections of land for the establishment of a seminary of learning. In 1862 a spe- cial gift of 150,000 acres was made by Congress for the establishment of schools of agriculture and the mechanic arts. In 1867, trustees appointed to inaugurate these schools determined that they should be located in Alameda County. There- upon the College of California, a semi- denominational institution, which had re- ceived a charter in 1853 and had establish- ed a school at Oakland, offered to give all its property to the new university, in- cluding 160 acres of land north of Oak- land. The offer was accepted and the tract of 160 acres was determined upon as the site of the future University. None better could have been selected. It lies on the slopes of the foot hills, at an ele- vation of about 300 feet, and commands a view said by travelers to be equal to any to be found in the world. The great bay of San Francisco is spread before the beholder with the golden gate and the blue Pacific in the distance. Upon the left appear the spires and domes of San Francisco. In front the majesty of Mt. Tamalpais, with villages nestling along the coast at its base. White sails and river steamers pass in the still distance and the trains of the scenic railway, in- sects in the distance, climb the mountain side with many a silent winding curve "until they, reach the summit above the clouds,
If grandeur and beauty in nature fur- nishes inspiration to the student, the Uni- Versity of California should make great men.
The "bill to organize the University of California" was introduced by its author, IIon. John W. Dwinelle, on March 5th, 1868. It became a law March 23, 1868. The Board of. Regents, composed of 22 mem- bers, was organized June 9th, 1868. New buildings were commenced at Berkeley, but the buildings of the College of Cali- fornia were used until 1873, when every- thing connected with the University was removed to Berkeley. Dr. Henry Durant, the former President of the California College was first President of the Uni- versity, though he only retained the position a short time, being succeeded, July 20, 1872, by D. C. Gilman, who re- signed in 1875 to accept the Presidency of Johns Hopkins University, and was succeeded by Dr. John Le Conte, who had
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MISSION SAN JOSE CHURCH.
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been acting President during the forma- tive period of the University and who was mainly instrumental in the organiza- tion of the various departments and es- tablishment of their courses of study.
At first the University had five colleges. viz., those of agriculture, of mechanic arts, of civil engineering, of mining, and of letters.
At present the University comprises the following legally constituted colleges and departments:
College of Letters.
College of Social Sciences.
College of Natural Sciences.
College of Commerce.
College of Agriculture.
College of Mechanics.
College of Mining.
College of Civil Engineering.
College of Chemistry.
Lick Astronomical Department.
Mark Hopkins Institute of Art.
Hastings College of the Law.
Medical Department.
Post-Graduate Medical Department.
College of Dentistry.
California College of Pharmacy.
Veterinary Department.
SUMMARY OF OFFICERS.
Administration:
Regents .
23
Directors of the Hastings
College
of the Law
9
Directors of the California College
of Pharmacy
8
Trustees of the Veterinary Depart-
ment 14
Directors of the California School of Design of the Mark Hopkins In- stitute of Art. 6
Other Administrative Officers. 58-118 Instruction and Research:
College of Letters and Sciences:
Professors (including four Honor-
ary Professors 30
Emeritus Professor 1
Associate Professors 14
Assistant Professors
19
Instructors
40
Honorary Lecturer 1
Department Assistants (including, two Honorary Assistants) 36
Librarian and Assistants 5 Medical Examiner 1
Conductors of Farmer's Institute .. 2 Outlying Agricultural Stations (Patrons and Foremen). 10-159 Lick Astronomical Department:
Astronomers ..
4
Assistant Astronomers
3
Fellows . 4-11
Mark Hopkins Institute of Art: Instructors 6
Hastings College of the Law:
Professor
1
Assistant Professors 3
Instructor
1- 5
Medical Department:
Professors (including one Emeritus Professor) 14
Clinical Professor
1
Associate Professors
5
Lecturers
..
2
Librarian, Clinical Lecturer, Assist- ants, Demonstrators and Ad-
juncts
18
Dispensary Staff 28- 68
Post-Graduate Medical Department:
Professors
.12
Associate Professors
6
Demonstrator,
Assistant
Demon-
strator Clinical Assistants
..
40- 58
College of Dentistry:
Professors (including one Honor-
ary Professor)
8
Emeritus Professor
1
Assistants, Demonstrators,
Special
Lecturer
.20
Clinical Staff 14- 43
California College of Pharmacy:
Professors (including two Emeritus Professors 6
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