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BBOBIPTS.

Models on hand, or sold Value of work done for other departments Expenditures over receipts Appropriation # Balanceonhand :

$500 00 200 00 $700 00 $1,850 00 2,000 00 $150 00

S. W. ROBINSON, Prof. Mech. Phil, and Engineering.

On motion of Judge Brown, It was voted that the Eegent and Prof. Eobinson be authorized to purchase, at once, for the Mechanical Department: 1. An engine of 8 or 10 horse power, of the description mentioned in his memorial, and a suitable boiler for same. 2. A machinist's or engine lathe, of the size and character recommended in the same paper. 3. Chuck, drills, etc. 4. Twenty feet half-inch shafting. 5. A suitable forge. 6. One anvil, two vises, and the necessary hammers for the shop. 7. The raw material necessary to commence operations. They were also authorized to raise the roof of the shop, to furnish room for the shop of the Mechanical Department. The Eegent then read the statement of the Book-keeper, as follows :

Statement of the expenditures of the University from March 12th, 1869, to January, 1870; arranged under titles of Appropriations, as made by the Board of Trustees and the State: *

Board expense Salaries Farmaccount Uniyersity building " grounds Student labor Fuel and lights Incidental expense Treasurer's and Corresponding Secretary's salaries Taxes on lands Purchase of two lots , Military buttons Geological excursions Meteorological inst Stationery Appropriation of 1868 Carpenter's shop, material on hand ^ Total expended from Board appropriation $846 00 14,126 13 4,227 8T 2,753 11 588 68 1,442 29 5T3 92 1,28171 700 00 •.„,. 988 48 425 00 50 00 200 00 81 50 179 35 432 70 939 82 $29,836 00

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