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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS.

[Sept. 21,

ot Medicine, $41,906.20; Nos. 1 to 87, College of Medicine, $2,737.83. Total for the three months to June 30,1900, $141,917.66. We have found that the above vouchers are in due form and are properly receipted, except the following vouchers not presented at this time, which have been reported missing: General University—No. 3,176, Commercial Electric Co., $14.50; No. 3,217, Garlock Packing Co., $30.82; No. 3,441, Bausch & Lomb Optical Co., $198.72. Agricultural Eocperiment Station—No. 303, W. H. Conn, $10.00; No. 304, Fred A. Claypoole, $8.37; No. 306, Guy Roberts, $19.00; No. 342, H. M. Baker, oats, $9.00; No. 361, H. M. Baker, oats, $3.60. School of Medicine—No. 515, W. M. Newman, $50.00: No. 514, J . M. Meyers, $50.00; No. 541, E. J. Clemons, $25.00; No. 544, H. H. Sherwood, $25.00; No. 639, DePauw Palladium, $6.00; No. 647, The Student, $4.50. College of Medicine—No, 27, College Cosmus, $3.00; No. 37, College Current Co., $10.00; No. 48, The Ranger, $9.00. The financial report, together with vouchers of the Illinois State Laboratory of National History for the quarter ending March 31, 1900, have also been examined and found correct. The Treasurer's reports for the quarter ending March 31, 1900, showing a balance of cash on hand, $94,681.62, and for the quarter ending June 30, 1900, showing a balance of cash on hand, $72,705.57, have also been examined and found correct. Respectfully submitted,

P. M. MCKAY, T H O S . J. SMITH,

Finance Committee.

S T A T E LABORATORY O F N A T U R A L HISTORY.

T h e vouchers for t h e e x p e n d i t u r e s for 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 for t h e q u a r t e r e n d i n g J u n e 30,1900, were p r e s e n t e d b y t h e Secretary a n d referred to t h e F i n a n c e C o m m i t t e e . T h e S e c r e t a r y also p r e s e n t e d t h e R e p o r t of t h e director of t h e S t a t e L a b o r a t o r y , Prof. F o r b e s , for t h e two*years e n d i n g A u g . 21, 1900.

URBANA, I I I . , Sept. 20, 1900.

lo the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. The work of the State Laboratory of Natural History during the past two years has consisted, as heretofore, essentially of a continuation of the natural history survey of the State. The field work has been conducted mainly from the Biological Station as a center, and has been limited to the aquatic zoology and botany of the State. Work was resumed last ybar upon a systematic and thoroughgoing study of the fishes of the State, carried on by methods in some respects new and peculiar. This ichthyological work is all directed towards the conclusion of an elaborate report upon the fishes of the State which 1 have for some years had in hand, and a considerable part of the manuscript for which is already prepared. Mr. Wallace Craig occupied the Biological Station for nearly one year, mainly engaged on a study of the local distribution of the different species of fish in the Station field, their movements, their habits, and their relations generally. For this work I had a large number of stationary nets prepared, of uniform size and character. These were placed in different situations and visited at regular intervals, the catch being in each case examined as to species and number bf specimens of each. Seines of various sorts were used at the same time in connection with these stationary nets, a series of operations being carried on throughout the year, part of the time, of course, under the ice. The whole product of the work has been tabulated and studied with a view to arriving at general results. A paper on this subject will presently be ready for the press.