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Charles Fprdyce, Principal of the Normal Department, Biologj-, Nebraska. 

 Wesleyan University, University Place, Nebraska. Fresh-water Algse and 

 general biology. 



H. A. Fraser, B. 8., Teacher of Biology, High School, Joliet, Illinois. 

 Fresh-water sponges and general biology. 



W. K. Hill, A. B., Superintendent of Schools, Carthage, Illinois. Fresh- 

 water Algae. 



G. W. Horton, Superintendent of Schools, Dwight, Illinois. Rhizopoda and 

 general biology. 



H. M. Kelly, A. M., Professor of Biology, Coraell College, Mt. Vernon. 

 Iowa. Trematoda parasitic in clams. 



J. G. Needham, M. 8., Instructor in Zoology, Knox College, Galesburg, 

 Illinois. Life histories of dragon-flies. 



C. S. Oglevee, B. S., Instructor in Zoology and Botany, Lincoln Univer- 

 sity, Lincoln, Illinois. Protozoa and general biologj-. 



C. E. Phillips, Millington, Illinois. Student at Eureka College, Eureka, 

 Illinois. General biology. 



Mrs. W. S. Pierce, Teacher of Science, High School. Havana, Illinois. 

 General biology. 



Maurice Ricker, B. S., Teacher of Chemistry and Biology, High School. 

 Burlington, Iowa. Hydrachnida' and genei'al biology. 



L, S. Ross, M. S., Professor of Biology and Geologj', Drake University. 

 Des Moines, Iowa. Cladocera of Iowa and Manitoba. 



F. W. Schacht (U. of I., '97), Moline, Illinois. The Centropagidff of^lie 

 locality in connection with thesis investigation. 



R. W. Sharpe, B. S., Teacher of Biology, High School, Danville, Illinois. 

 Ostracoda. 



C. A. Whiting, Sc. D., Professor of Biology, University of Utah. Salt Lake 

 City, Utah. General biology. 



FINANCIAL RESOURCES AND EXPENDITURES. 



The entire sum available for the equipment of the Station and its maintenance 

 for three years and three months has been $10,300, $1,800 of which was ap- 

 propriated by the Trustees of the University Mai-ch 13, 183L for the com- 

 mencement of the work, and the remainder of which is derived from legisla- 

 tive appropriation made in June, 1895. Two thousand five hundred dollars of this 

 latter appropriation was for building and equipment and $0,000 for running ex- 

 penses for two years. The equipment fund has been expended in the pur- 

 chase and modification of the Station launch "Illini."" in building, furnish- 

 ing, and equipping the fl.mting laboratory and in proviling various minor 

 items of apparatus and furniture. 



The floating laboratory or cabin-boat cost $l,."i73 furnished and equippeil. 

 the contract price for construction being $l,'_'.v». Five thousand five hundred 

 and six dollars had been expended September 30, 1890, on account of salaries 

 and general expenses of the Station, a balance of $1,394 lemaiuing in hand to 

 the credit of the appropriation. The salaries for this period of thirty mouths 

 have been $4,218, — an average of about $140 per nunith.— and the general 

 [expenses of the work have been $2,187 — approximately $73 per month. 



