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D. Emery, Chicago, and O. B. Galusha, Morris, for Northern Illinois; M. L. Dunlap, 

 Champaign, and E. S. Hull, Alton, for Central Illinois ; and V. K. Dcyo, Makanda, and 

 W. C. Flagg, Alton, for Southern Illinois, will meel as nearly as possible on the follow- 

 ing dates at the places herein named : 



The full committee will meet at — *Aurora, Tuesday, June 30 ; *Princeton, Wednes- 

 day, July 1 ; *Lacon, Thursday, July 2 ; *St. Josephs, Mich., Tuesday, Ang. 25 ; ♦Frank- 

 lin Grove, Thursday, An-;. 27 ; *Quincy, Tuesday, Sept. 23; Warsaw, Tuesday, Sept. 29; 

 Nauvoo, Wednesday, Sept. 30. 



The sub-committee for Northern Illinois expect to visit — *Pcoria, July 7 ; *Rock Is- 

 land, July 9 ; ^Sterling, July 14 ; Rockford, July 16 ; Marengo, July 17 ; Waukegan, 

 Aug. 20. 



The sub-committee for Central Illinois will visit — * Alton, July 14 ; Brighton, July 15 ; 

 •Jacksonville, July 10; Spriugtield, July 17; Bloomington, Juiy 18; Decatur, July 20 ; 

 Champaign, Sept. 14. 



The sub-committee for Southern Illinois intend to visit — *DnQuoin, July 21 ; *Makan- 

 da, July 22; Chester, July 23; *Villa Ridge, July 25; Waterloo, Sept. 8; Mascoutah, 

 Sept. 9; Highland, Sept. 10. 



Those places marked wiA a star (*) in the list, were actually visited, whilst the other 

 points were for various reasons not reached this year. On the other hand, a number of 

 places not on the list were visited by Dr. Hull and others, and some very interesting ob- 

 servations made along the Iron Mountain Railroad of Missouri, at Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, 

 Cleveland, and Indianapolis. 



SEPARATE REPORTS. 



The division of labor necessitated a division of our report, and accordingly I have re- 

 quested each member of the committee to report his own impressions of all he saw. 

 This plan may involve some repetition, but will be advantageous to the reader of our 

 transactions, in giving the varied estimates and views of the different members of the 

 committee. Henry Ward Bccchcr says in his " Life Thoughts," that " Our real commen- 

 tators arc our strongest traits of character ; and we usually come out of the Bible with 

 all those texts sticking to ns which our idiosyncrasies attract." This is equally true of 

 the ^reat hook of nature, and of the art which, as Shakespeare says, " does mend na- 

 ture." Each oi' our committee has observed his own class of facts, and can best repre- 

 sent to this society what has "stuck to him," in passing through the orchards, vine- 

 yards, and berry fields of our State, during the past season. 



EXPENSE ACCOUNT. 



The committee have to acknowledge their indebtedness to the officers of the Illinois 

 Central, Chicago and Alton, Terre Haute and Alton, and Mount Carbon railroad compa- 

 nies, for trip passes at various times, by which the expenses of their excursions were 

 much reduced. Their total hill of traveling expenses is as follows: 



H. 1). Emerv, no charges £00.00 



Q. B. Galusha 84.60 



M. L. Dunlap t;.50 



E. S. Hull, Including expenses to Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, and Indianap- 

 olis, and photographs 147.70 



W. C. Flagg 41.20 



V. K. Deyo. not reported 



Total $219.90 



