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UNIVERSITY O F

ILLINOIS.

and to endorse all orders, drafts, and checks due and payable to the said Board of Trustees, or to the said University of Illinois, and especially all drafts drawn by the Treasurer of the Uni ed States, payable to said Board of Trustees or to said University of Illinois, on account of the Agricultural Experiment Station of the said University; and also to receive and receipt for any and all moneys or drafts received by the Treasurer of the State of Illinois for the University of Illinois, under and by the provisions of an act of congress, approved August 30, 1800, passed for the benefit of the land grant colleges, founded under act of congress, 1862. T h e special c o m m i t t e e report: on legislation made the following

To the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. GENTLEMEN: Your committee on legislative appropriations begs leave to make the following report: We have made a careful estimate of the income and the expenses of the University for the years 1891 and 1892, and the needs of the University for several special expenses, to be provided for by special appropriations as follows:

ESTIMATES FOE THE YEAES 1891-92, AND 1892-93.

Expenditures, per annum— Salaries for instruction Salaries for services Fuel and lights Stationery, printing, and postage Incidentals, including water Board expenses Resources, per annum— Interest on endowment Morrill aid law Students' fees Miscellaneous Delcit to be asked from state For *' " " " Also the following items as heretofore allowed— taxes on Minnesota lands, per annum repairs and improvements " apparatus and material " mechanical shops " books and periodicals " Total per annum For heating apparatus, Military Hall ' ' furniture " rebuilding barn, burned For building natural science building

$58,850 00 $4,500 4,000 1,500 1,200 600 00 00 00 00 00 11,800 00 $70,650 00 $23,000 16,000 12,000 1,000 00 00 00 00 52,000 00 $18,650 00 $1,600 3,000 1,500 2,000 1,500 1,000 00 00 00 00 00 00 10,600 00 $30,600 00* $4,500 00 2,000 00 5,500 00 $12,000 00 75,000 00 $20,000 00"

The matter of a new building for biological museums and classes, estimated to cost $75,000, was discussed at some length, but was referred by the committee to a full Board.