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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS.

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to the specialist and the advanced student of entomology. The collections as they stand are the basis of practically all the high-grade and graduate work of our University Department of Entomology but they could be made very much moreuseful for this purpose if properly housed and completely classified. There is noother large collection within the reach of our students—a point in which the University of Illinois is a t a disadvantage as compared with most eastern institutions, which have large museum and other public as well as private collections accessible to them. It is my wish to make all this material as available and useful to the University work as is the State Laboratory Library, of which all concerned have the same use as if it belonged to the University proper. To this end it has seemed to me that I should ask that the University would, if practicable, provide the new room with first-class modern insect drawers and cases for the protection of this delicate material, so disposed as to make it easily accessible to those interested; and I have obtained from the United States National Museums, in Washington, descriptions, structural drawings, and prices of the most approved and modern forms of drawers and cases used in that Museum. I find that for our present collections, with some reasonable allowance for the accessions of the next few years, we should need one thousand drawers at three dollars each, and twenty cases to contain them, a t fifty dollars each, a total of four thousand dollars. Additional shelved cases for the alcoholics, tables for assistants, students and the like, would probably bring the cost of furnishing the room to five thousand dollars, and I venture to hope that the Trustees may find it proper and possible to make an appropriation of this amount for this purpose. It is important that this be done a t once, if practicable ; and I am writing the manufacturers of the National Museum drawers and cases to learn how much time would be needed to make this furniture after an order is placed. Respectfully yours,

STEPHEN A. FORBES.

On motion of Mr. Small, the sum of five thousand dollars, or so much thereof a,s may he necessary, was appropriated for the purposes outlined ahove. The vote was as follows: Ayes, Mr. Abbott, Mrs. Busey, Mr. Carr, Mrs. Evans, Mrs. Henrotin, Mr. Small, Miss Wa.tson; noes, none; absent, Mr. Blair, Mr. Dunne, Mr. Hoit, Mr. Trevett, Mr. Ward.

A D D I T I O N A L W A T E R SUPPLY.

(14) The following statement: Among the items that it was intended to provide for in the budget under the head of physical plant extension was the sinking of two wells to provide an additional water supply. The following letter from the Supervising Architect explains itself: October 12, 1915. President James. DEAR S I R : We have two" propositions for additional deep wells, one from the Layne & Bowler Co., and the other a general proposition from several concerns for wells similar to those which we now have in use. The Layne & Bowler proposition is one based on a charge of $19 per gallon for each gallon of water pumped per minute, based on measurements taken at the end of a thirty-day pumping period. This system is a new and untried one for this part of the country, and in view of this, we asked the company if they would agree to give us bond for satisfactory operation of the well and pump. This bond is to hold for one year, and the final payment is to be based on the operation of the well at the end of that period. The whole proposition has been taken up in detail with Prof. Talbot, and he concurs in the following: It is recommended that the contract for additional water supply be let to the Layne & Bowler Company, on the terms such as would be outlined i n . a ocntract at a rate of $19 per gallon with a minimum of fifty gallons per minute, provided this contract includes all the stipulations that seem necessary to the Supervising Architect. It is further recommended that, if this company will not comply with the recommendations, the University sink two deep wells of the type now in use. Yours very truly,

JAMBS M. W H I T E , Supervising Architect. By H. D. OBERDORFER.

On motion of Mrs. Henrotin, the recommendation contained in the above letter was approved.

E Q U I P M E N T FOR PHYSIOLOGY L A B O R A T O R Y .

(15) A request from Prof. W. E. Burge of the Department of Physiology for an appropriation of sixteen hundred and seventy-five dollars, or as much thereof as may be necessary, for additional equipment in the Department of Physiology, required by the large increase in registration in this department during the last two years.

On motion of Mr. Carr, the President of the University was authorized to order the purchase of equipment for this purpose, at a cost of not more than sixteen hundred and seventy-five dollars. The vote was as follows: Ayes, Mr. Abbott, Mrs. Busey, Mr. Carr, Mrs. Evans, Mrs. Henrotin, Mr. Small, Miss Watson; noes, none; absent, Mr. Blair, Mr. Dunne, Mr. Hoit, Mr. Trevett, Mr. Ward.