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omy and efficiency. The following depart- 

 ments were created: Finance, agriculture, 

 labor, mines and minerals; public works and 

 buildings, public welfare, public health, trade 

 and commerce and registration and education. 

 A director of each was appointed by the gov- 

 ernor. Provision is made for the preparation 

 of a state budget in connection with each de- 

 partment, and in this and in many other ways 

 it is expected that increased economy and effi- 

 ciency will be secured in the administrative 

 work of the state. 



The Department of Registration and Educa- 

 tion has charge of the work previously under 

 the Board of Education of the state of Illinois, 

 and the boards of trustees of the state normal 

 schools. It also exercises the powers and 

 duties vested by law in the boards of exam- 

 iners for physicians, dentists, pharmacists, etc., 

 and supervises the work of the ITatural His- 

 tory Survey, Geological Survey and Water 

 Survey of the state. In exercising the latter 

 duty the director of the department is assisted 

 by a Board of Natural Eesources and Con- 

 servation, which acts through five or more 

 subcommittees, each of which is composed of 

 the director of Registration and Education, 

 the president of the University of Illinois, or 

 his representative, and the expert adviser, spe- 

 cially qualified in each of the fields of investi- 

 gation covered by the surveys.. 



The first meeting of the full Board of ISTat- 

 ural Resources and Conservation was held at 

 the University of Illinois on Saturday, De- 

 cember 15, 191Y. There were present, Director 

 Francis W. Shepardson, who presided at the 

 meeting. Dean David Kinley, representing 

 the president of the University of Illinois, Pro- 

 fessor T. C. Ohamberlin, Professor John M. 

 Coulter, Mr. John W. Alvord, Professor Wil- 

 liam Trelease and Professor W. A. ISToyes, 

 members of the board, and Professor S. A. 

 Forbes, Mr. Frank W. DeWolf, Professor T. E. 

 Savage, Mr. G. C. Habermeyer and Mr. W. T. 

 Monfort, representing the N"atural History 

 Survey, the Geological Survey and the Water 

 Survey. 



Professor W. A. IToyes was chosen secretary 

 of the board. The following divisions were 

 organized in accordance with the provisions of 



the Civil Administrative Code of the State of 

 Illinois : 



1. The State Natural History Survey Division, 

 which includes the duties formerly exercised by 

 the state entomologist and the State Laboratory 

 of Natural History, 



2. The State Geological Survey Division, and 



3. The State Water Survey Division. 



The board was organized to include the fol- 

 lowing subcommittees : 



(a) A subcommittee in the Natural History Sur- 

 vey Division, including the director, the rep- 

 resentative of the president of the Univer- 

 sity of Illinois, Professor S. A. Forbes, 

 chief, Professor John M. Coulter. 

 (6) A subcommittee in the Natural History Sur- 

 vey Division, including the director, the 

 representative of the president of the Uni- 

 versity of Illinois, Professor S. A. Forbes; 

 chief, Professor William Trelease. 



(c) A subcommittee in the Geological Survey Di- 



vision, including the director, the representa- 

 tive of the president of the University of 

 Illinois, Mr. Frank W. DeWolf; chief. Pro- 

 fessor T. C. Ohamberlin. 



(d) A subcommittee in the Water Survey Division, 



including the director, the representative of 

 the president of the University of Illinois, 

 Mr. W. T. Monfort, Professor W. A. Noyes. 



(e) A subcommittee in the Water Survey Di- 



vision, including the director, the representa- 

 tive of the president of the University of 

 Illinois, Mr. G. C. Habermeyer, and Mr. 

 John W. Alvord. 

 Professor S. A. Forbes was appointed chief of 

 the Natural History Survey Division, Mr. Frank 

 W. DeWolf, chief of the Geological Survey Di- 

 vision, and Professor Edward Bartow, chief of the 

 Water Survey Division. 



The chiefs of the respective surveys were re- 

 quested to prepare a brief statement of the char- 

 acter of the work done by similar scientific sur- 

 veys and bureaus in other states, and to recom- 

 mend directions in which the work of our surveys 

 should be developed. 



Reports were received from the chiefs of the 

 respective surveys with regard to the work which 

 is now in progress and which has been completed 

 during the past year. 



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At the annual election for officers of the 

 American Philosophical Society, held on Jan- 



