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UNIVEKSITY O F ILLINOIS.

K e p o r t of T r e a s u r e r — C o n c l u d e d .

Or. 1889. Aug. State A p p r o p r i a t i o n s . 31 By a m ' t paid on acc't buildings a n d g r o u n d s " " " mechanical a n d arch'l s h o p s . . . b o o k s a n d publications " " " cabinets e x p e n s e s of i n s t r u c t i o n a p p a r a t u s a n d material metallurgical laboratory drill hall State L a b o r a t o r y of Nat. Hist. Balance.

$354 43 370 001 146 22 19 00 7,799 76 1,072 62 2 80 3,540 20 2,482 50

$15,787 53 31,009 08 $57,765 50

J O H N W. B U N N , Treasurer.

Urbana, December 10, 1889. T h e following a p p r o p r i a t i o n s , asked for b y t h e Business A g e n t i n p a p e r E of h i s r e p o r t , were m a d e , o n m o t i o n of M r . Cobb:

F r o m c u r r e n t funds— F o r mechanical d e p a r t m e n t For architectural department F r o m state a p p r o p r i a t i o n s for buildings a n d g r o u n d s For general repairs F o r r e p a i r s already m a d e , $100 00 100 00 150 00 75 00

T h e a c t i o n of t h e E x e c u t i v e C o m m i t t e e , d e t a i l e d i n t h e foll o w i n g r e p o r t s , w a s c o n f i r m e d , o n m o t i o n of M r . S h a w h a n :

CHAMPAIGN, I I I . NOV. 8, 1889.

At a meeting of the Executive Committee Professor Forbes was appointed to attend, as a representative of the University, the meeting of the Association of American Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations to be held in Washington the 12th inst. Also, on motion, Professor Morrow was appointed to represent the Experiment Station at the same meeting, his expenses to be paid out of t h e Experiment Station funds.

A L E X A N D E R M C L E A N , President, ) - t r ^ ™ ^ ^ EMORY COBB, tComSle CHAS. B E N N E T T , ) committee. CHICAGO, I I I . , November 15, 1889.

At a meeting of the Executive Committee, Judge Bennett reported t h a t he had visited the Pope county and other Minnesota lands, and inspected them carefully, and t h a t he recommended the sale of Pope county land ^ t not less than $10 per acre, on the same terms as the Nebraska lands were sold, to-wit: 25 per cent, in hand, balance on same time, interest at not less than 6 per cent., and t h a t they be put on t h e market for sale now. On motion, Mr. Bennett was authorized to correspond and consummate sales on above terms, and also to name some person in Champaign to take charge and assist during the absence of Dr. Peabody. On motion, the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars was appropriated out of state appropriations for buildings and grounds for repairing roof of the main building, and for fittings in the coat room.