10 TRANSACTIONS OF THE ILLINOIS 



1,137,426 ems compositiou, at 70c $796 20 



115 tokens press work, at 75c 86 26 



90,300 ems composition, tables, at f 1 40 126 42 



Press work on tables 10 00 



Extra time on tables, 2d, 3d and 4tli pages 12 00 



Half cost re-printing 3d and 4tli pages book . 4 75 



Composition and press work on Index 21 27 



Paper for and printing 700 covers 7 85 



200 tables on flat cap paper 14 00 



31 7-20 reams book paper, at $0 00 282 15 



Binding, 300 cloth, 700 paper (binder's bill) 137 50 



Packing, cases, drayage, postage, &c 10 00 



$1,508 39 



Of this amount $!150 was paid by the Northern Illinois Horticultural Society, in con- 

 sideration of our including their report in our volume, leaving the amount actually paid 

 by our Society, $1,358 39. 



Hence it will be seen that the average cost of paper and cloth copies has been a trifle 

 over f 1 50 per volume. The volume is well worth this ; yet luider the vote of last year 

 we have been furnishing it for a membership fee of only f 1. As we need all the funds 

 we can command, and as I believe all, or nearly all our members are quite as willing to 

 pay one dollar as two for the benefit of the Society, and as the advantage claimed that 

 we would receive as much money for one dollar memberships as for two dollar mem- 

 berships, has never yet been gained, I respectfully submit that we had better make the 

 annual fee two dollars, and let it remain unchanged. 



Having been appointed a committee on behalf of the Executive Committee to pre- 

 pare a seal for the Society, I finally settled, after consulting many friends and members 

 of the Society, on the design which is carried out in the engraving found on our circular 

 calling this meeting. The outer circle contains the name of the Society and the date of 

 its organization. The three figures are designed to represent Ceres, Flora and Pomona, 

 being the same rural deities that appear on the Horticultural Hall at Boston. The 

 motto — "this is an art which does mend nature," is from Shakspeare's "Winter's Tale. 

 One attempt to get tliis design carried out was a failure, costing the Society $25, 

 without any equivalent. A second attempt was more successful, though not entirely 

 satisfactory. 



3Iy printer's bill for stationery, circulars, etc., for the perfonnance of ofBcial duties, 

 is as follows : 



Dec. 22d, 1868, to one-half ream letter heads $ 4 00 



June 19th, 1869, to 1,000 envelopes, printed 10 00 



Aug. 2d, 1869, to 200 cii'culars on tables 3 75 



Nov. 10th, to 1,000 circulars annual meeting 13 50 



Nov. 10th, 1869, to 400 railroad certificates 3 75 



Total 135 00 



My postage, express and stationery account is the follomng : 



March 26th, 1869, Expressage on manuscript ; 36 



" " " Stamps , 3 00 



June 18th, " Expressage on index and tables '. 85 



July 14th, " 2 quires wrapping paper 2 00 



" " " 1 ball twine 40 



" " " Stamps 5 00 



" " " Freight on reports 6 55 



^' " " Unpacking " 75 



