MINUTES  OF  THE  COLLEGE. 
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A  fall  report  from  the  Committee  appointed  at  the  recent  special  meet- 
ing of  the  Board  of  Trustees,  to  confer  with  the  Committee  of  Ways  and 
Means  of  the  House  of  Representatives  at  Washington,  upon  the  provisions 
of  the  "  Bill  to  provide  internal  revenue  to  support  the  government  and 
pay  the  interest  on  the  public  debt,77  was  received  and  ordered  to  be  en- 
grossed for  publication  in  the  Journal,    See  Appendix,  page  280. 
The  Committee  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  in  charge  of  the  College  Cabinet 
of  specimens  of  materia  medica,  chemicals,  &c,  made  a  communication  with 
reference  to  the  extension  of  this  important  collection,  and  especially  to 
adding  a  chemical  section  to  the  Museum  of  the  College;  it  was  referred 
for  publication  in  the  Journal.    See  Appendix,  page  284. 
The  following  Report,  and  also  the  Statement  of  the  Treasurer  of  the 
Committee,  were  read  and  accepted. 
The  Publishing  Committee  Report,  that  during  the  past  year  the 
"  Journal 77  has  been  regularly  issued  to  subscribers  without  reduction  of 
size.  Owing  to  causes  which  had  not  been  fully  developed  at  our  last 
Annual  Report,  the  subscription  list  was  suddenly  cut  short  several  hun- 
dred copies,  by  the  cessation  of  the  mail  connections  with  the  Southern 
States,  and  since  then  the  general  depression  of  business  in  other  portions 
of  the  Union  has  materially  interfered  with  the  continuance  of  the  pa- 
tronage of  many  who  feel  it  needful  to  decrease  their  expenses. 
The  natural  result  was,  first,  that  the  finances  of  the  Journal  fell  behind- 
hand, and  from  an  overflowing  treasury,  yielding  occasional  aid  to  other 
branches  of  the  operations  of  the  College,  it  was  on  the  1st  of  April,  1861, 
in  debt  to  the  Treasurer  $229.40.  Since  then,  the  causes  before  alluded  to 
operating  with  increased  force,  the  committee  determined  to  resort  to  re- 
trenchment of  expenses  for  the  year  commencing  January  1,  1862  :  1st 
by  cutting  down  the  number  of  copies  printed  ;  and  2d,  by  reducing  the 
Editorial  expenses.  Meanwhile  the  Treasurer,  by  urging  the  attention  of 
those  in  arrears,  and  agents  of  the  Journal,  has  increased  the  collections  ; 
and,  on  the  whole,  the  finances  are  in  a  more  favorable  condition  than  at 
last  report. 
Respectfully  submitted,  C.  Ellis, 
W.  Procter,  Jr.  A.  B.  Taylor,       V  Committee. 
Edward  Parrish,  John  M.  Maisch,  J 
The  Committee  on  Latin  Labels  made  their  Annual  Report,  accompanied 
by  an  exhibit  of  the  state  of  the  funds  at  this  date,  showing  a  cash  balance 
now  in  their  hands,  and  an  unsold  stock  of  labels.  As  the  stock  of  bronzed 
labels  is  small,  it  is  proposed  to  publish  a  new  edition  the  current  year. 
The  Committee  on  Sinking  Fund  reported,  that  owing  to  the  difficulties  of 
the  times  they  have  not  thought  it  expedient  to  make  any  further  payment 
the  past  year  toward  the  liquidation  of  the  mortgage  on  the  College  Hall. 
They  report  a  balance  in  hand  of  $74.13,  which  on  motion  of  S.  F.  Troth  is 
directed  to  be  appropriated  as  follows  :  towards  the  Library  Committee  for 
purchase  of  books  and  binding  of  periodicals  $50;  toward  the  Committee 
on  Cabinet  $24.13. 
