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Veterinary and Botanical
Building before the meet-
ing of the Legislature. Mr.
Smith has gone home and
I do not now know who can
be found to make such plans
They ought to be made by an
architect who knows his busi-
ness and can show as a
[finished?] buiding with de-
tailed estimates of expense.
The building must be of brick,
as we have already more wood-
en buildings than are desira-
ble. Beside brick is quite
as cheap. You and Prof.

Hatker will of course have
your say about the arrange-
ment, only I fear that the
rooms you named in your
note to me cannot with
those that Hatker wants be got
into a $5000 00 building,
unless you carry your micro-
scope room up under the roof.

The Gov. was present
on the last day of the Board
meeting and from his remarks
respecting the length of our
reports, I learn that there has
been a great complaint in that
particular. Upon a consul-
tation with other officers I have
decided to ask all who made fur-