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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS.

almost the only unimproved lands in the vicinity t h a t are for sale. T h e committee, theref re, made an advance of about 25 per cent, on the pricesof lands in this county. The sales have been as follows:

o 1892. Name. Description. S E N W :8,124, 36 N % N W 18,124,36 SWNW12, 123,36 SW SE11, 123, 36 SE SE 21, 124,36 NW 26,124,36 SE 23.124,36 NE23, 124, 36 SW 26.124, 36 E % & N W o f SE 11,123.36 E ^ & N W o f N W 12.123,36 J H & o f S E 2, 123,36 . 18EM N W l l . 123, 36.... I S E N E 1 2 , 123,36 SW6,116,3t SE NE 10, 123,36 N1^ SE 21, 124,36 j S E S W 21, 124,36 1 SW SE 21, 124, 36, Wfc SW25, 124, 36 No. Acres. 40.00 76.47 40.00 40.00 40.<»0 160.00 159.22 160.00 160.00 140.00 120.00 80.00 4<>.00 40.00 40.00 149.96 40.00 80.00 40.00) 40. OOf 77.63 1,743.28 Price per Acre, $10 00 10 00 10 00 10 00 11 00 12 50 12 50 11 00 12 50 10 00 10 00 12 50 ) 12 50 f 12 50 I 10 00 f 15 00 10 00 12 50 12 50 12 50 Whole Price. $400 00 764 70 400 00 400 00 440 00 2,000 00 1,990 75 1,760 00 2,000 00 1,200 00 1,200 00 1,500 00 900 00 2,249 40 400 00 1,000 00 1,000 00 970 38 Cash Paid. $100 00 189 70 100 00 100 00 110 00 200 00 200 00 176 00 500 00 300 00 300 00 375 00 225 00 324 40 100 00 250 00 250 00 220 38

82 Mar^-h 12 W. H. L e m o n 83 March 12 L. S. Botten 84 April 1 85 Mar ah 1/5 H. K. V e s t r u d . . . . 8tJ March 15 Aone H a n s o n 87 April 12 T. D . D a v i d s o n . . 88 April 12 T. D. D a v i d s o n . . 89 \ p r i l 12 T. D . D a v i d s o n . . 90 April 1 91 April 12 0 . 0 . H a l v o r s o n . 92 April 12 0 . 0 . Halvorson. 2 0 . 0 . Halvorson. 93 May 2 N. K. B u o e n 94 May May 5 Andrew Olson... 96 April 12 H A. Lia 97 May 2 M. 0 . B a t t e r b e r r y 98 May 5 J . T. E g a n 99 May 9

$20,575 23 $4,020 48

For the nine months since the anpointment of this committee the sales, have been 2,757.33 acres, for $30,596.23; cash $6,525.73. Several proposals for lands are now pending, and your committee is of the opinion t h a t the land is selling as rapidly as the best interests of t h e University require. W. L. P ™ B U ^ r , \ ^ — Lands.

T h e f o l l o w i n g r e p o r t w a s received in r e g a r d t o t h e s t a t u s of t h e s t a t e l a b o r a t o r y of n a t u r a l h i s t o r y a n d i t s r e l a t i o n t o t h e University:

STATE LABORATORY OF N A T U R A L HISTORY.

To the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. GENTLEMEN: Your committee appointed to ascertain the relations between the University and the State Laboratory of Natural History begs leave to report as follows: The Illinois State Natural History Society was organized at a convention held at Bloomington June 30, 858, and incorporated by act of t h e legislature, approved February 22, 1861. As appears from this act, its object was to collect specimens of animals, plants and minerals, and to establish a museum and library for the use of members, citizens and schools of Illinois, which museum was kept at the building of the State Normal University. By an act of the legislature, approved April 14, 1871, an appropriation was made for the improvement of the museum and for the salary of a curator, with a provision t h a t the money should not be paid "until t h e State Natural History Society shall have relinquished all its rights and title in and to said museum to the state of Il.inois in such manner as shall be satisfactory to the Governor." In accordance with this act the Illinois Natural History Society transferred, through its agent, Josep'i A. Sewall, all its property of every kind, then in the Normal University