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ledge. With advancing years I still THE AGASSIZ ASSOCIATION. 



hear YEARLY CASH REPORT. 



"The harp at Nature's advent strung (Accepted by the Board of Trustees at the 



That has never ceased to play; ' Annual Meetin * on Ma ^ a8 ' I 9 I 7-) 



And the song the stars of morning sung Summary— Cash Received. 



Has never died away. April 1, 1916, to March 31, 1917 inclusive. 



So Nature keeps the reverent frame From The Guide to Nature $3,948.22 



With which her years began, From Contributions to Payment of 



And all her signs and voices shame Debt on the Land 1,296.00 



The prayerless heart of man." From Contributions to Little Japan.. 323.00 



(Airs. J Maria Hkrkick Bray. From Members' Dues, Contributions, 



etc 1,571.57 



Hurrah for Governor Holcomb! ^ , 



c+ , , n . Total $7,138.79 



Stamford, Connecticut. Note: For the pavment of the debt 



To the Editor: on the land of $1,250, not only 



I am calling your attention to the tne tota l wa s contributed but 



latest sample of our Governor Hoi- enough additional to cover the ac- 



1 > . j j. j 1 • crued interest of $8 83 and the ex- 



combs up-to-dateness, despite his penses of the printing and corres- 



seventy years, hmding myself unable pondence in obtaining this aid and 



to obtain a team to plow, as I had de- to give a small surplus to the gen- 



termined to do my bit and plant two eraI expenses of the Association. 



acres of corn on a neighbor's farm, I Summary — Cash Paid. 



wrote the Governor suggesting that A P riI *• 19 16. to March 31. 1917, inclusive. 



teams be released from road repairing For The Guide to Nature $4,201.11 



or construction whenever the horses For Debt on the Land 1,258.83 



were needed for plowing. For Little Japan 172.96 



Presto ! In about three days the mat- For General Expenses and Improve- 



ter had been adjusted with the High- ments 1,505.89 



way Commissioner and my suggestion, 



framed in a note to all selectmen in the Total ....'..- $7,138.79 



state and overseers on state roads, Auditors' Statements. 



reached me by way of the Committee The above is a correct summary of cash re- 



on Food Supply. In a few hours a reived and paid from April 1, 1916, to March 



11 lVl/ itir 1191VP 



man whose team had been on road (Signed) Edward p BlG 



work was turning the sod for my corn Sound Beach _ Connecticut. 



crop. Hurrah for Holcomb and old Subscribed and sworn to before me this 12th 



Connecticut, where the corn yield per day of May, 1917. 



acre has surpassed that of any other (Signed) Harry C. Frost 



, 1 J Notarv Public, 

 state ! 



5fC *fc ^ 5K -fc 



Charles H. Craxdall. c ' , . _ 



Stamford, Connecticut. 



This is to certifv that I have examined the 



An interesting scientific monograph details of which the foregoing is a summary 



on a natural history subject is Dr. and find all to be correct. 



Glover M. Allen's "The Whalebone (Signed) Clinton R Fisher. 



Whales of New England "brought out Subscribed and ^^Heforete 5*8* 



by the Boston Society of Natural His- day of May, 1917. 



tory. In addition to the usual careful (Signed) Clarence E. Thompson, 



description, involving six species, the Notary Public, 



author includes a great deal of interest- ***** 



ing fact on the history of local whale T have examined the books of record and 



fisheries; together with practical di- ^count of the AA for the year ending March 



c •■* .'c • 11 31, 1917, and find that thev have been properlv 



rections for identifying any stranded kept and in mv opinion - all the expenditures 



specimen that can be examined closely, have been made to the best interest of the 



and also for any creature seen in its Association. The payment of the remaining 



native element, where little can be indebtedness on the land is especially gratify- 



made out except the general size and mg ' ,_. <N TT _ _ 



1 ,i_ 1 1 r- r £ .1 (Signed) Hiram E. Deats, 



shape, the back fin, the form of the Me v mb 8 er of Board of Trustees . 



spout and the characteristic action. Ai ay 28, 1917. 



