47G STATE BOARD OF AGPJCULTUKE. 



Orders puid to date $247 35 



Paid rent on grounds.. _ 100 GO 



Amount on hand Dec. 4, 1879 (about).... 1,400 00 



Orders not yet paid (about) 215 00 



Number of entries 1,300 



WM. M. STEPHENS, President. 

 S. P. REYNOLDS, Secretary. 

 JOHN FARMER, Treasurer. 



VAN BUREN COUNTY. 



The annual meeting of tlie Van Buren County Agricultural Society was held 

 at the court-house in Paw Paw on Tuesday, January G, at 1 o'clock P. M. 



The meeting was called to order by the President, David Woodman, who 

 stated tliat this was the regular annual meeting of the society, called in accord- 

 ance with th9 by-laws, for the purpose of s\;bmitting reports of last year's 

 business, the election of officers for the ensuing year, and the consideration of 

 such other business as migiit properly be brought before the meeting. 



The Treasurer, N. M. Pusley, submitted his report, as follows : 



RECEIPTS. 



Cash on hand from 1 878 $13 43 



Admission tickets 1879 1,321 30 



Grand stand tickets 34 23 



Dining hall, booths, etc ISO 88 



Life membership certificates 55 00 



O ther sources 45 00 



Total receipts $1,649 84 



DISBURSEMENTS. 



Paid interest on indebtedness S235 00 



'• speaker 100 00 



Band and band wagon 41 00 



Printing 8.{ 93 



Hay and straw _ 64 54 



Lumber 38 54 



Dinners for committees 62 75 



Labor before and during the fair 109 37 



Hardware, paint, glass, etc 23 95 



Premiums 581 10 



Total disbursements )pl,340 20 



Balance on hand $309 64 



The report of the treasurer was accepted and adopted. 

 The Secretary submitted his report as follows: 



As many inquiries have been made din-lng the past few montiis as to the success of 

 the last fair, and also as to receipts ami expenses of the society since tlie present 

 ground was bought and occupied in 1870, I have prepared a report which deals almost 

 entirely in figures. 



