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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS.

Your committee, therefore, recommends t h a t Professor Shattuck be continued as business agent from Sept. 1, 1893, to Aug. 31, 1894, at a salary of $600 per annum. I t further recommends t h a t t h e matter of an assistant in the mathematical department be considered by t h e committee on instruction. Respectfully submitted,

ALEXANDER MCLEAN, JAMES E. ARMSTRONG, ) Committee ] Finance ^ ^ance committee.

U R B A N A, I I I . , J u n e 7, 1893.

To the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. GENTLEMEN: With regard to appropriations asked for in t h e papers presented with the regent's report your committee recommends: 1. An appropriation of $216.50 from U. S. fund to t h e college of engineering for t h e purpose of purchasing instruments, as asked for by t h e dean of t h e college, Professor Ricker. 2. An appropriation of $50 from state appropriation for apparatus and materials, for t h e purchase of photographs, etc., for t h e department of municipal engineering. 3. An appropriation of $239 from U. S. fund, for t h e department of agriculture. 4. An appropriation of $175 from state appropriation for books and publications, for binding books belonging to t h e library. 5. An appropriation of $1,100 from state appropriation for buildings and grounds to lay cement walks as recommended by t h e regent, except t h a t from t h e west door of t h e University Hall and t h a t this amount be expended under t h e direction of t h e committee on buildings and grounds. 6. An appropriation of $300 from state appropriation for buildings and grounds, for cleaning buildings; and $150 for care of grounds, both sums to be expended under t h e direction of t h e business agent. 7. An appropriation of $10.85 from current funds, to pay expenses incurred by the regent, as per account rendered. 8. With regard to the request made by t h e Athletic Association your committee recommends t h a t said association be asked to lay before t h e finance committee a statement of its financial condition, taken from i t s books, so t h a t t h e committee may have at hand t h e facts on which t o base intelligent action. 9. An appropriation of $245 from U. S. fund for civil engineering department. 10. An appropriation of $500 from current funds, for supplies for t h e chemical department, t h e amount to come from t h e income of t h e department. 11. An appropriation of $100 from state appropriation for apparatus and materials for t h e use of t h e department of Greek. 12. An appropriation of $103 from current funds, for t h e school of art and design. 13. An appropriation of $200 from U. S. funds for purchase of a band saw and fixtures for t h e use of t h e architectural shop. 14. An appropriation of $146 from current funds, to pay expense bills of Messrs. McKay and Armstrong. 15. An appropriation of $100 from current funds, for t h e military department, for re-fitting target b u t t s and t h e purchase of a t e n t and other material.