Word: actual
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...grown until at the present day there are very few more western men in New Haven than in Cambridge. In 1878, the year at which the statistics start, we had less western men than Yale, and the same is true now, but since that year the increase in actual numbers of western men has been almost exactly the same in both colleges, so that Harvard has gained a larger per cent, over its original numbers than Yale...
...outside level, in order that the society might carry a larger and better stock; and the net surplus for the year was to be distributed in dividends. There is no reason why this should not be a better plan than the old one. As the result of its actual working under the present management, we have this year a poor stock, high prices, and no dividends after...
...library of the observatory has been increased during the past year by the addition of 484 volumes, and 336 pamphlets. The relatively small increase in pamphlets is explained by the fact that large numbers of pamphlets have been bound in volumes. An actual count of the works to be found in the library on November 1, 1889, showed the total number of volumes and pamphlets to be 6,456, and 6,125. The corresponding number found by adding the increase above stated to the total given in the report of the university librarian for last year...