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1899.]

PROCEEDINGS OF BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

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A t t h e suggestion of Mr. F u l k e r s o n , Mr. S. N o b l e K i n g , r e p r e s e n t i n g t h e Illinois F a r m e r s ' I n s t i t u t e ; Mr. W . H . B u r k e , P r e s i d e n t of t h e Illinois A g r i c u l t u r a l P r e s s Association; Mr. H e n r y A u g u s t i n e , P r e s i d e n t of t h e I l l i n o i s S t a t e H o r t i c u l t u r a l Society, a n d Mr. Snow, of t h e Orange Judd Farmer, were h e a r d with reference to m a t t e r s p e r t a i n i n g to t h e a g r i c u l t u r a l d e p a r t m e n t of t h e U n i v e r s i t y . Mr. M c L e a n offered t h e following resolution w h i c h was a d o p t e d : Besolved, That the Dean of the College of Agriculture be, and is hereby, requested to make out and submit a detailed plan of instruction and of general work in the Agricultural College of the University and to submit such plan to the Board of Trustees at this meeting, through the usual channels, as provided by the statutes of the University. T h e following r e s o l u t i o n offered b y M r s . Oarriel was a d o p t e d : Besolved, That the Business Manager be instructed to credit to the account of the Agricultural College a sum equal to one-half the amount to be received from the Morrill funds in accordance with the action of the Legislature, and that said sum be expended as hereafter directed by this Board. T h e B o a r d t h e n adjourned to meet at 2 o'clock.

AFTERNOON SESSION, J U N E 27, 1899.

W h e n t h e B o a r d met p u r s u a n t to a d j o u r n m e n t t h e same m e m b e r s were p r e s e n t as in t h e m o r n i n g . D r . B u r r i l l , Vice P r e s i d e n t , acting i n t h e absence of P r e s i d e n t D r a p e r , presented, w i t h h i s approval, t h e following c o m m u n i c a t i o n from t h e D i r e c t o r 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 .

STATE LABORATORY OF NATURAL HISTORY. URBANA, ILLINOIS, J u n e 24, 1899.

lo the Trustees of the University of Illinois, GENTLEMEN:—The appropriations to the State Laboratory of Natural History made at the last session of the Legislature in the general appropriation bilf for the expenses of the State Government are as follows: "To the State Laboratory of Natural History: For the expenses of the natural history survey, including the maintenance of the Illinois Biological Station, the sum of eight thousand dollars per annum; for the supply of natural history specimens to the State educational institutions and to public schools, the sum of five hundred dollars ($500) per annum; for the publication of bulletins and reports, the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000)." The State Laboratory is relieved for the coming two years of the maintenance of the work of the State Entomologist, which is separately provided for in the same bill by an appropriation for field, office, incidental,and library expenses, for the pay of assistants, and for the illustration of bulletins and reports. The publication of the reports of the State Entomologist is also separately provided for in this bill by an appropriation of seven hundred and fifty dollars ($750) per annum made to the State Agricultural Experiment Station for the publication of bulletins prepared by the State Entomologist on condition that one thousand conies of each of said bulletins shall be furnished to the Entomologist in condition for binding and distribution as his entomological report.