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PROCEEDINGS OF BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

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Hervey Edwin Parker, assistant in t h e architectural shop, salary, $30 a month for t e n months. Henrietta L. Meyer, instructor in vocal music. , G. Napoleone Carozzi. instructor in instrumental music. These appointments have all been made to begin Sept. 1, 1892.

G. E. SHAWHAN, 1 HENRY EAAB, I EMORY COBB, [ <-ommitteeCowmmpf

T. J . BURRILL,

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r Professor Forbes, Director of t h e State Laboratory of Natural History, presented his biennial report.

STATE LABORATORY OF NATURAL HISTORY.

To the Trustees of the University. GENTLEMEN: I n conformity to t h e recommendation of a special comm i t t e e on t h e status of t h e State Laboratory of Natural History, whose report was made to you June 8, 1892, and in anticipation of your action on t h a t recommendation, I beg to submit t h e following general report on t h e operations of t h e Laboratory during t h e two years just past. The functions of t h e Laboratory, as most recently defined by t h e legislature, in t h e law of 1885, are t h e making of a natural history survey of the State, t h e supply of natural history specimens to the state museum, t h e state educational institutions, and t h e public schools, and t h e publication of a systematic series of reports on t h e zoology and t h e cryptogam ic botany of the State. I t s operations now cover, under authorization of t h e same law, those of t h e state entomologist, which were described by t h e law establishing t h a t office in 1867 to be t h e investigation of t h e entomology of t h e State (particularly t h e history of insects injurious to horticulture and agriculture in Illinois), t h e collection of a cabinet of insects t o be deposited in t h e University of Illinois, and t h e preparation of biennial reports of entomological researches and discoveries made at t h e office. The work of t h e establishment is further necessarily guided to a considerable extent by t h e appropriation laws in force; and by authority of these laws we are publishing, in addition to t h e two series of reports above mentioned, a third series of miscellaneous articles, containing only original work on t h e natural history of the State, issued in the form of bulletins of t h e Laboratory. Our operations during t h e past two years have been also greatly influenced by legislation concerning t h e Columbian Exposition, by which i t is made our duty t o exhibit t h e methods and t h e results of t h e work of the Laboratory The state board of exposition commissioners looks to this institution, in fact, for a display of t h e zoology of t h e State, prepared and arranged with special reference to our work.

ORGANIZATION.

The regular Laboratory force, to July, 1891, consisting of t h e undersigned, serving as director and state entomologist; Professor Burrill, of the University, as botanist; C. A. Hart, office entomologist; John Marten, field entomologist; A. M. Westergren, artist, and Mary J. Snyder, secretary and stenographer. During a part of this year H. S. Brode, of the University, served as zoological assistant, H. C. Forbes as librarian, and S. Shiga as janitor. The same staff was continued t o July, 1892, with t h e substitution of Miss Lily H a r t as artist, in place of Mr. Westergren. Since July we have had engaged on regular laboratory work, in addition to t h e foregoing, but with t h e exception of Professor Burrill, Philip M. Hucke in entomology, succeeded by F . H. Snow. We have further employed on t h e preparation of t h e zoological exhibit of t h e Laboratory at the Columbian