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attention, upon consultation with Mr. "Dunlap have agreed with him and he with them to change the price of Norway Spruce from $2 00 each to $1 75, as follows; 500 Norway Spruce, @ $2 00 . $1,000 00 should be, 500 Norway Spruce, (5) $1 75 875 00 Making Cr. on said bill of. . . . > ,.... $125 00 showing balance due University, in stock, of $578. The Committee also feel that it is due to Mr. Dunlap to say, that in delivery of the balance of the contract he desires the Committee of Selection to take notice of the prices charged »t the time, and assures this Committee that if said prices are objectionable he will pay the balance of the contract in cash; we therefore append the following ; Resolved, That said account be amended to correspond with the above statement, and the balance of stock taken from Mr. Dunlap's nurseries as soon as convenient. SAMUEL EDWARDS, B PULLEN, JOHN M. PEARSON, M. L. DUNLAP. Mr. BTJKCHASD moved to amend as follows :

Strike out $1 75 and insert $1 50, which appears by the catalogue furnished by Mr. Dunlap to the Committee to be the lowest catalogue price. Question on the amendment voted nay. Question on the original motion voted aye. Question on the adoption of the additional report, voted aye. The report was adopted. Mr. COBB offered the following: Moved that the chairman of Committee on Agriculture be added to the Horticultural Committee as agents of this Board to receive the balance of Mr. Dunlap's donation of trees and shrubbery. Carried. The report and resolutions of Committee on Horticulture was then received and referred co the Finance Committee.

The Committee «-n Horticulture, to whom that portion of the Regent's report r e latino- to the Horticultural Department was referred, ask leave to submit the following report: The impossibility of making a personal inspection of the grounds, prevents the Committee from f rming any very intelligent opinion of the ments of the plan recommended for the division of the grounds to be devoted t > orchards, gardens, etc. It seems to them that there is no material difference between the plan of the Regent and that recommended in the report of the Committee on Horticulture made to this Board at its last November meeting. They recommend adherance to the plan of that Committee, to be worked out as the means at the disposal of the Board in the future may enable us to do it. If the Leg slature should pass the appropr'ation expected, wc shall have $10,000 available for expenditure the present year and the same amount for the year 1870.