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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS.

Sept. 20,

ject, t o g e t h e r w i t h t h a t of g i v i n g i n s t r u c t i o n i n elocution a n d oratory, was referred t o t h e C o m m i t t e e on I n s t r u c t i o n for report at t h e December meeting. T h e q u e s t i o n of a c c e p t i n g Mr. S w e n s o n ' s resignation, consideration of which was postponed from t h e m e e t i n g of J u l y 7th, was t h e n t a k e n u p . M r s . Carriel moved t o lay t h e resolution on t h e table. Duringt h e discussion u p o n t h i s m o t i o n M r . M c L e a n occupied t h e chair. T h i s motion failed o n t h e following v o t e : Yeas, Messrs. M o r r i s o n , M c L e a n , a n d F r e e m a n a n d M r s . Carriel; nays, Messrs. Armstrong,. R a y m o n d , Bullard, a n d M c K a y ; absent from t h e room, M r . S m i t h a n d M r s . Flower. T h e resolution was t h e n , on motion of M r . Bullard, adopted b y t h e following v o t e : Yeas, Messrs. A r m s t r o n g , R a y m o n d , B u l l a r d , M c K a y , a n d F r e e m a n ; n a y s , Messrs. Morrison, a n d M c L e a n , a n d Mrs. Carriel. U p o n t h e r e c o m m e n d a t i o n of P r e s i d e n t D r a p e r , $150 was a p p r o p r i a t e d for t h e u s e of t h e mechanical e n g i n e e r i n g d e p a r t m e n t .

COAL REPORT. URBANA, September 20, 1898.

To the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. GENTLEMEN:—Your Committee on Buildings and Grounds begs leave to report concerning the contract it has made for coal for the ensuing year. Your committee called for bids for coal by advertising three insertions in the Inter-Ocean and Eecord, of Chicago, and the Journal and Register of Springfield, The terms of the advertisement were also sent to all the coal companies whose names had been retained by the Business manager as having been bidders at previous lettings, and all others whose names he could obtain, thirty-three companies in all. Bids were received and, in the. opinion of your committee, the best proposal was from the Odin Coal Co. So it was therefore concluded to contract with the Odin Coal Co. for 3,000 tons of slack coal at 70 cents a ton, and for 1,000 tons of pea coal at $1 a ton for the year ending July 1, 1899. All coal to be delivered at Champaign. Respectfully submitted,

S. A. BULLARD, T. J . SMITH, J . E . ARMSTRONG,

Committee on Buildings and Grounds. T h e r e p o r t of t h e C o m m i t t e e was adopted.

BUSINESS MANAGER'S REPORT.

T h e B u s i n e s s M a n a g e r made t h e following r e p o r t , which was r e ferred to t h e F i n a n c e C o m m i t t e e .

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, September 19, 1898.

F. M. McKay, Esq., President Board of Trustees, University of Illinois, SIR: I have the honor to transmit herewith the following financial statements: Paper A is a statement of the current appropriations. June 30, 1898. Paper B is a statement of the State appropriations June 30, 1898. Paper D is a statement of the Laboratory of Natural History fund June 30,, 1898.