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house of Ottaway, Brown & Colbert to complete the job — retaining Mr. 

 Brewster to take charge of the work. 



The entire expense of publishing volume six, including the binding 

 in muslin of the whole edition, also the binding — uniform with this — of 

 fifty copies each of volumes two and four, and forty copies of volume 

 three, was $1,383.32, the items being as follows, viz : 



Advanced to Reade, Brewster & Co $500.00 



Paid W. C. Clarke for paper 180.00 



for ink 6.25 



C. F. Brewster for services., 175.00 



for assistance in reading of proof 21.00 



Compositors 1 44. 00 



Ottaway, Brown & Colbert for printing 109. 11 



Adams, Blackmer & Lyon for binding 247.96 



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It is known to the members of this Society that its reorganization as 

 a ''public corporation of the State " was not effected at the last session 

 of the General Assembly, though almost unanimously agreed to in the 

 Senate. I accordingly, under instructions of the President, issued, 

 during the last summer, a circular letter and sent, with a copy of our 

 report, to eyery member of the General Assembly. It is hoped that by 

 thus calling the attention of our public servants to the work and the aims 

 of this Society, they will not delay to call up our bills and enact them 

 into laws. These bills were drawn up subsequent to our last annual 

 meeting, by the Executive Board of the Society, in consultation with a 

 committee appointed by the Northern Illinois Horticultural Society. 



The Secretary here read copies of two bills ; one, re-organizing the State Horti- 

 cultural Society, and the other appropriating the sum of three thousand dollars per an- 

 num to be expended by it in advancing the interests of Horticulture and Arboriculture 

 in the State. 



EXPENDITURES. 



I have expended during the year — as per bill of items herewith fur- 

 nished, as follows : 



For postage on letters and circulars $ 30 42 



freight, expressage and postage on books 102 57 



traveling and printing expenses, including bills paid by me.. 58 35 



stationery and miscellaneous 11 15 



'' office rent, fuel and lights 30 00 



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Total $232 49 



