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Cement grips, cement scale, test wires, etc. The foregoing list covers 

 practically all the purchases for equipment outside of a sixteenth-inch 

 Lodge & Shipley engine lathe that was purchased this June. 



Among the more important work undertaken in this department during 

 the year — outside of regular work — may be mentioned the following: 



(a) An extensive series of tests of cements for the City of Detroit, per- 

 formed under the immediate supervision of Mr. Westcott. 



(b) Plates and notes on machine design for the use of several classes, 

 prepared under the direction of Mr. Wescott and Prof. Weil. 



(c) Floor plans of Wells Hall and Williams Hall^ drawn by Mr. New- 

 man, assisted by Mr, Smith. 



(d) Plans for underground heating mains and for heating systems in 

 dormitories by Prof. Weil. 



The mechanical laboratory has been improved during the past year 

 by painting the exterior brick work and roof and the laying of new floor 

 in offices; these improvements are much appreciated in the department. 

 Because of the large attendance at the school, we are obliged to devote 

 the greater part of the money apportioned to this department to paying 

 for labor and purchasing stock. It would seem necessary that in the 

 near future some provision be made for the purchase of machine tools and 

 experimental apparatus needed for the successful carrying on of the work 

 demanded by our increasing classes. 



Respectfully submitted, 



'CHAS. L. WEIL, 

 Professor of Mechanical Engineering. 

 Agricultural College, Mich., 

 June 30, 1899. 



REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY AND FORESTRY. 



To the President: 



Sir — I hand you my report for the year closing June 30, 1899. 

 During the year students have received instruction in this department 

 as follows: 



Resident graduate, two terms 1 



Seniors in preparing theses, twelve weeks 7 



Seniors, agricultural in grasses, daily four weeks 2 



Juniors, agricultural in parasitic fungi, daily fourteen weeks 13 



Juniors, agricultural in systematic botany, three times a week for 



ten weeks 8 



Juniors, agricultural in forestry, daily six weeks 18 



Juniors, agricultural in weeds, daily four weeks 11 



Juniors, agricultural and women in trees and shrubs, daily five weeks. 21 

 Sophomores, agricultural and women in trees and shrubs, daily five 



weeks 68 



Sophomores, agricultural in plant histology, daily twelve weeks 59 



Sophomores, women in plant histology, three times a week for ten 



weeks 15 



Freshmen, agricultural and women in structural botany, daily four- 

 teen weeks 135 



