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A member moved that the name of AVilliara H. Harron be added to 

 the committee. Carried. 



The President stated that Daniel Flint had furnished the necessary 

 affidavits to the effect that he had raised in the specified time the quan- 

 tity of hops for which a premium had been offered by the society. 



H. M. Bernard moved that the matter be referred to the Board of 

 Directors. 



F. S. Malone moved, as an amendment, that the matter be referred to 

 a committee of three, to be appointed by the Chair. 



The amendment was adopted, the original motion, as amended, adopted, 

 and the President appointed Thomas K. Stewart, A. P. Smith, and J. 

 Gruhler, as such committee. 



The President then made a statement that a circular had been sent, 

 during the year, to the various Assessors throughout the State, soliciting 

 reports containing information concerning the agricultural interest in 

 their respective localities, and offering a premium of fifty dollars for the 

 best and most complete report. It was now necessary that a committee 

 should be appointed to examine and determine upon the merits of the 

 reports obtained. 



F. S. Malone moved that a committee of three be appointed by the 

 President. 



George C. Haswell moved, as an amendment, that the committee con- 

 sist of five members, and the amendment was accepted by the mover of 

 the original motion. 



The motion as thus amended w^as then carried, and the President 

 appointed as such committee. Dr. Montgomery, E. B. Pyan, W. F. Knox, 

 J. A. Tutt, and Edward I. Eobinson. 



The President having stated that C. H. Chamberlain of the Assembly, 

 had been appointed by the San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Society as a 

 delegate to this society, a member moved that Mr. Chamberlain be 

 invited to take a seat in this meeting during the transaction of its busi- 

 ness. 



The motion was cai'ried. 



F. S. Malone moved that the meeting proceed to elect a Board of 

 Directors for the ensuing year. 



A member moved that the meeting do now adjourn until one o'clock, 

 to-morrow. 



The motion for an adjournment prevailed, and the meeting accordingly 

 adjourned at three p. m., to re-assemble at one p. m., to-morrow. 



SECOND DAY. 



"Wednesday, January 31, 1866. 



President Peed called the meeting to order in the main hall of the 

 Agricultural Pavilion, at a quarter before two o'clock, p. m., and said the 

 first business in order would be the receiving of the reports of the com- 

 mittees. 



REPORTS OF COMMITTEES. 



The Secretary read the following report from the Committee on 

 Finance : 



