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Board have not encouraged the increase of life members, for the reason 

 that by so doing they Avould decrease the annual dues or receipts. 



The sum of seventy-eight dollars and fifty-four cents has been expended 

 in building a case for the cabinet of minerals, which is increasing annu- 

 ally. 



We have also been compelled to expend the sum of eight hundred and 

 seventy-nine dollars and fifteen cents in placing a tin roof on the main 

 building on the stock ground. The boiler which the society has been 

 using for some years, and which belonged to Samuel Brannan, has been 

 purchased this year, and the boiler and engine are now both the property 

 of the society. Brannan let the Board have it for five hundred and fifty 

 dollars, though it is believed to be worth much more than that sum. 

 The society's transactions for eighteen hundred and sixty-three and the 

 report of the Board for eighteen hundred and sixty-four have been called 

 for and given out until there are but few copies left, showing an increased 

 desire on the part of the agriculturists of the State for information in 

 respect to their calling. The society has also received from our delega- 

 tion in Congress and from the Commissioner of Agriculture at Washing- 

 ton a large number of the reports of that office for eighteen hundred and 

 sixty-three, as also the monthly reports, and distributed the same 

 throughout the State. 



There has been added to the library, by exchange, the reports of the 

 State Agricultural Societies of New York, Pennsylvania, Michigan, 

 Iowa, Oregon, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Ehode Island. Also, 

 received from John Cunness the Cont/ressional Globe for eighteen hundred 

 and sixtj^-three and eighteen hundred and sixtj'-four; from William 

 Iligby the first and second volumes of the eighth census and the reports 

 of the several departments. Also, from Colonel Warren, of the Califor- 

 nia Farmer, Flint's "Milch Cows" and Harbison's "Bee Keeping." The 

 societ}' is indebted to Wells, Fargo & Co. for free transportation and 

 delivery of many articles; to the Stea'm Navigation Company and the 

 several railroad and stage companies for like favors. Also, the ocean 

 steamship companies between New York and San Francisco, and to the 

 Panama Eailroad Company, for the free transportation of books; and to 

 J. Q. A. Warren for a collection of seeds and other articles from the 

 Sandwich Islands, whei*e he is acting as a delegate for this society. Also 

 to many daily and weekly newspa])ers for their papers free, and for the 

 general interest they take in the prosperity of the societ}''; to Dr. T. M. 

 Logan for several specimens of ducks and geese, and other birds, stuffed 

 and mounted, as a nucleus for a museum of natural history. 



In closing these remarks, we would congratulate the farmers of the 

 State upon the prospect of a foreign market for their surplus grain, and 

 on the very flattering prospects of a season of plenty and prosperity 

 ahead. We hope the bright anticipations may be more than realized. 



A. C. Bidwell moved that the report be published in the Sacramento 

 Union, but withdrew the motion on a statement by the Chair that it was 

 customary to appoint a committee to examine the reports and accounts. 



A motion was then made and carried that a committee of three be 

 appointed to examine the accounts and reports, and that such committee 

 be appointed by the Chair. 



Tlie President appointed as said committee: A. C. Bidwell, Cyrus 

 Coffin, and D. W. Earl. 



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