STATE IIORTICI I/IURAL SOCIETY. 11 



Aug. 20th, '• Stamps ' 8 00 



" 31st, " " r> 00 



" " '• Expiv.ss 75 



Sept. 20th, " Stamps 10 00 



Oct. 29th, " Wrappino; paper 80 



Nov. 10th, " 1 ball twme 40 



" 13th, " m) envelopes 11") 



" " " Stamps *. 4 00 



'•• " •' '• (i 00 



Total $50 00 



WARRANTS DRAWN. 



The warrants drawn for tlie last year are the following : 



E. S. Hull, ad interim, ete $147 70 



M. L. Dunlaji, ad interim i-ommittee (5 50 



Postage, printing, etc., of Secretary, 1868 133 15 



W. C. Flagg, (7^ interim committee 41 20 



O. B. Galusha, ad interim committee 24 50 



Drawing seal (Hugh Smith) 15 00 



Salary in pail of Dr. E. S. Hull 250 00 



Printer's hill, less f 150, of P. F. Co 1.358 39 



Engraving seal (a bad job) 10 00 



Balance salary Dr. E. S. Hull 500 00 



Expenses attending Ex. Com., W. C. Flagg 6 00 



Expenses E. Baldwin at Ex. Com 5 00 



Expenses A. Vi. Brown " 5 00 



Expenses T. jMcWhorter -' 5 00 



Engraving of seal, etc., R. P. Studlev & Co 40 00 



Printing bill L. A. Parks & Co ' 35 00 



Office rent W. C. Flagg 75 00 



HOKTICUI/rURAL DISTRICTS. 



The present division of the State into three districts — Northern, Central and Southern 

 —being too general to be satisfactory, I have heretofore, in the Transactions for 1867, 

 attempted to invent something more suitable and based not only on differences ot 

 latitude and temperature, but on those of rain fall, geological formation, configuration, 

 plant growth, etc. I respectfully call attention to it again, in the hope that it, or some- 

 thing better, may be adopted. Perhaps by combining it with our present divisions we 

 may attain the advantages of both. Let districts one and two be called Northern, three 

 and four Central, and live, six and seven Southern Illinois, and we shall have three 

 large districts, not varying much from those we now have, and each of these subdivided 

 into two or three sub-districts, between which some very important differences exist. 

 The subdivisions may be used or neglected according as necessity requires, or as judg- 

 ments may dictate ; but I believe all will admit that our present three districts are too 

 large and contain too various soils and climates to have their wants and preferences 

 expressed in the same list of fruits. 



Mr. Nelson moved that the report of the Secretary be accepted, and 

 the motion was adopted. 



