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UNIVERSITY OP ILLINOIS.

[Feb, 28

ownership and that the new owners favored the pavement, and at their request we waited until today to write to you. But not hearing from them we make this statement with regard to this portion of the pavement.

FRED E. HUBBARD.

I t was voted t h a t this communication be inserted in the minutes and t h a t it be taken u p for action a t the next meeting of the board. ILLINOIS RIVER BIOLOGICAL SURVEY. 2. A request from Prof. S. A. Forbes that the trustees of the University endorse an asking for a legislative appropriation of fourteen thousand dollars ($14,000.00) per annum to the State Laboratory of Natural History for the expenses of a biological survey of the Illinois river, in the form of the following resolutions:

RESOLUTIONS PROPOSED.

WHEREAS, The State of Illinois has in the river bearing its name one of the most productive streams in the country, reported to yield over a million dollars a year in fisheries products alone; and, WHEREAS, We are advised that the natural productiveness of this stream is in serious danger of diminution by reason of various extensive operations and projects, in progress or in contemplation, for the utilization of the stream, or its bed, or its bottom lands, which operations, if allowed to develop without regulation, must seriously affect the fisheries interests of Illinois; and, WHEREAS, The establishment of a proper policy of management, regulation, protection and development requires a careful study and a full knowledge of present conditions, and of the effects of new movements, which study the State Laboratory of Natural History is prepared to make and has already begun; Resolved, That we request of the State Legislature an appropriation of $14,000.00 per annum to be made to the State Laboratory of Natural History for the expenses of a biological survey of the Illinois river, to the end that the necessary information may be obtained without delay and made available for the early guidance of all concerned in the protection and development of this valuable factor in the natural resources of the State. I t was voted t o refer this request to the annual meeting of the Board of Trustees to be held Tuesday,. March 14, 1911.

STEEL BOOK CASES FOR TOWER ROOM,

3. A request from the University Librarian that the tower basement room in the Library be equipped with steel book cases at an estimated cost of fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500.00). I t was voted t h a t this request be referred to the Committee on Buildings and Grounds for consideration and report.at the next meeting of the board. NATURAL HISTORY LIBRARY. 4. A request from the College of Science that the Library room in the Natural History building for the use of the State Laboratory of Natural History, the Geological Survey, and the departments of Botany, Entomology, Geology, and Zoology be furnished with iron stacks and suitable equipment, at an estimated cost of five thousand dollars ($5,000.00). Also a request for an appropriation of twelve hundred and fifty dollars ($1,250.00) for special apparatus in physiology.