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REPORT OF CONTRACTS (33) The following report from the Comptroller of contracts executed by him since the last report. Cooperative agreements executed as authorized by the Board of Trustees in its meeting of April 11, 1934 (Minutes, page 482):

Amount to be receivedfrythe Name University Date Association of Manufacturers of $1 500 April 1, 1934 Chilled Car Wheels Association of Manufacturers of Chilled Car Wheels 500 May 1, 1934 Purpose Investigation of strength of chilled car wheels. Effective April 1, tgn for one year Investigation of the resistance of treads of chilled car wheels to heat checking. Effective May 1, 1934 for one year

Cooperative agreement executed as authorized by the Board of Trustees in its meetings of February 24, 1934 (Minutes, page 452) and April 11,1934 (Minutes, page 478):

Amount to be received by the Nome University Date The Grasselli-R & H Chemicals £3 950 February 28, Department, E. I. DuPont de 1934 Nemoure and Company Purpose Investigation to study the evaluation of toxicity of various insecticides. Effective Feb. 1, 1934 for one year

This report was received for record.

GIFTS T O T H E UNIVERSITY (34) The following report of gifts received by the University since the last report: An etching of Robert Louis Stevenson made by the late Jacques Reich, from his wife, Mrs. Caroline Bellinger Reich, of Urbana, Illinois. A contribution of $100 from the Clay Products Association for materials used in the "Clay Sewer Pipe" cooperative investigation.

This report was received for record.

REPORT OF PURCHASES (35) The following report of purchases authorized by the President since the last report: 1. One Caterpillar Diesel 50 Tractor to replace tractor which has been in use since August, 1925, from the Central Illinois Tractor and Equipment Company of Bloomington, Illinois, at a cost of $4,545 less allowance for old tractor, making a total of $4,495. 2. One 2-ton truck with stake body to replace old truck, from the H. E . Daniels Company, of Champaign, at a net cost (after allowance for old truck) of $1,135.51. 3. Steam valves and traps from the C. A. Dunham Company, Chicago, a t a cost of $1,072.44. This is a non-competitive item. 4. One car of steel pipe amounting to $1,442.01 from the Field and Shorb Company, of Decatur, Illinois, and one car from Hagerty Brothers Company, of Peoria, Illinois, amounting to $1,445.91. The total cost is $2,887.92 F.O.B., Urbana. Quotations secured from several firms were the same in accordance with the N.R.A. Code. The concerns who received the order were selected on the basis of reliability and service. 5. Ten automobiles (2 sedans, 1 coach, 6 coupes to replace present equipment, and 1 coupe as additional equipment)—the annual replacement of Federal Extension cars—from the E. V. Kirby Motor Company, the low bidder, at a cost of $2,571.15. 6. Two hundred boiler tubes, from the A. M . Castle and Company a t a cost of $1,294.92, for the Physical Plant. 7. One car of gasoline from the Standard Oil Company, the low bidder, at a total cost of $1,000, for the Physical Plant stock. 8. Electric switchboard meters and charts, from the J. W. Murphy Company, of Indianapolis, the low bidder, at a cost of $1,229, F.O.B. Indianapolis, for recording the electrical load at the Power Plant and to be used in the study of the Power Plant which was authorized by the Board.