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1898.]

STATE LABORATORY OF NATURAL HISTORY.

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Wallace Craig, B. S., Assistant of the Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History, Havana, 111. Miss Louise S. Dewey, B. S., Fellow in Physiology, University of Illinois, Urbana, 111. C. C. Faust, Superintendent of Schools, Mansfield, HI. J . F . Garber, A. B. Instructor in Biology and Mathematics, High School, Houston, Texas. J. T. Johnson, Teacher of Biology, High School, Galesburg, 111. Miss Nellie I. Kofoid, B. S., Science Teacher, High School, DeKalb, 111. J . E. Meharry, Student, University of Illinois, Tolono, 111. Mrs. Sara E. Pierce, Principal of High School, Havana, 111. W. E. Praeger, Student, University of Illinois, Keokuk, la. L. H. Pratt, Teacher, Clear Creek, 111. F . W. Schacht, M. S., Principal of High School, Chicago Heights, 111. Otto Widmann, Student, University of Illinois, Old Orchard, Mo. C. W. Youngs, B. S., Assistant in Botany, University of Illinois, Urbana, 111. The total number enrolled in the School was fifteen. Of these nine are teachers of natural science in this and other states. Three of those in .attendance are now connected with the University as assistants or fellows. Nine of the fifteen students of the school have been or are connected with the University, three are now undergraduates, and six have received their diplomas, two of them remaining as graduate students. This summer school of biology might be made a very efficient means of attracting attention to the facilities which the University offers for instruction in the sciences, since students availing themselves of the opportunities of the summer school are apt to be drawn to the University for further work. Although the number in attendance was not so large as had been expected, still certain features of the enterprise are encouraging. Among these is the -cordial response of the citizens of Havana to those needs of the school which can be supplied only by local support. There was no difficulty in securing pleasant and comfortable accommodations for all in attendance; and a much larger number would not have exhausted the facilites offered. From its beginning the Station has received generous treatment at the hands of the business men of the town. Indeed, the granting of a site for a Station building upon the public river front on the bluff overlooking the river has been urged in the local press. A second encouraging feature is the satisfaction expressed by those in attendance with the work they have been able to accomplish in Havana, and the frequently repeated desire to continue it when opportunity offers. Very respectfully yours,

C. A. KOFOID,

Superintendent of Biological Station.

REPORT ON WATER ANALYSES.

To the Director of the Laboratory. S I R : During the two years just passed the number of water samples, from the streams and lakes in the vicinity of Havana, Illinois, which were examined by the State Water Survey as conducted by the department of Chemistry of the University, were as follows: Illinois river and Spoon river 102 samples from each, these being regular weekly collections from each of these sources. The collections from Quiver lake number, all told, 28. and a like number has been taken from Thompson's lake- The waters from these different sources have been subjected to the regular sanitary analysis and