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  REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  SECRETARY-TREASURER 
  

   Deficit, 
  date 
  of 
  last 
  report 
  $105 
  . 
  05 
  

  

  Expenses 
  : 
  

  

  Washington 
  meeting 
  10 
  . 
  46 
  

  

  Reporting 
  convention 
  45 
  . 
  00 
  

  

  Printing 
  report 
  217 
  . 
  58 
  

  

  Miscellaneous 
  printing 
  23 
  . 
  25 
  

  

  Postage 
  and 
  stationery 
  42 
  . 
  84 
  

  

  Membership 
  A. 
  P. 
  S 
  2 
  .00 
  

  

  Stenographer 
  and 
  multigraphing 
  7 
  .20 
  

  

  Express, 
  carting, 
  freight 
  3 
  . 
  36 
  

  

  Exchange 
  on 
  checks 
  -90 
  

  

  Telephone 
  -25 
  

  

  $457.89 
  

  

  Receipts: 
  

  

  Dues 
  $273.00 
  

  

  Postage 
  5 
  .07 
  

  

  Advertisements 
  69 
  . 
  05 
  

  

  Contributions 
  104 
  .00 
  

  

  Sale 
  of 
  report 
  ' 
  4 
  .00 
  

  

  Bills 
  receivable 
  10 
  . 
  00 
  

  

  $465.12 
  

  

  Balance 
  on 
  hand 
  $7 
  . 
  23 
  

  

  It 
  was 
  necessary 
  to 
  take 
  out 
  a 
  membership 
  in 
  the 
  American 
  Pomological 
  So- 
  

   ciety 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  be 
  ehgible 
  to 
  receive 
  the 
  bronze 
  Wilder 
  medal 
  awarded 
  for 
  meri- 
  

   torious 
  exhibit 
  of 
  nuts 
  at 
  the 
  Washington 
  convention. 
  

  

  In 
  response 
  to 
  an 
  appeal 
  sent 
  out 
  by 
  the 
  secretary 
  for 
  assistance 
  in 
  defraying 
  

   the 
  expenses 
  of 
  publishing 
  the 
  report, 
  thii-teen 
  members 
  contributed. 
  There 
  was 
  

   one 
  contribution 
  of 
  fifty 
  dollars, 
  one 
  of 
  twenty-five 
  doUars, 
  several 
  of 
  five 
  dollars 
  

   and 
  others 
  of 
  lesser 
  sums. 
  

  

  Two 
  advertisements 
  are 
  stiU 
  not 
  paid 
  for. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  evident 
  that 
  the 
  income 
  of 
  the 
  association 
  from 
  regular 
  sources 
  is 
  not 
  at 
  

   present 
  sufficient 
  to 
  pay 
  the 
  expense 
  of 
  printing 
  the 
  annual 
  report, 
  in 
  addition 
  to 
  

   the 
  necessary 
  expenses 
  of 
  maintenance. 
  It 
  may 
  be 
  possible 
  to 
  reduce 
  the 
  expense 
  

   of 
  printing 
  the 
  report 
  by 
  omitting 
  cuts 
  and 
  by 
  printing 
  a 
  smaller 
  number 
  of 
  

   reports, 
  though 
  the 
  saving 
  from 
  the 
  latter 
  expedient 
  would 
  be 
  small. 
  

  

  It 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  opinion 
  of 
  some 
  of 
  our 
  members, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  certainly 
  a 
  good 
  

   business 
  principle, 
  that 
  we 
  should 
  not 
  undertake 
  the 
  issuing 
  of 
  an 
  annual 
  report 
  

   until 
  the 
  funds 
  for 
  paying 
  for 
  it 
  are 
  in 
  hand. 
  I 
  would 
  renew 
  my 
  suggestion 
  of 
  last 
  

   year 
  that 
  a 
  proper 
  committee 
  be 
  authorized 
  to 
  take 
  measures 
  for 
  collecting 
  the 
  

   funds 
  necessary 
  for 
  this 
  purpose. 
  During 
  the 
  past 
  year 
  a 
  few 
  of 
  the 
  members 
  

   voluntarily 
  constituted 
  themselves 
  a 
  committee 
  and 
  succeeded 
  in 
  collecting 
  a 
  

   considerable 
  sum 
  from 
  advertisements 
  which 
  appeared 
  in 
  the 
  report. 
  

  

  It 
  would 
  certainly 
  be 
  a 
  pity 
  to 
  interrupt 
  the 
  regular 
  appearance 
  of 
  the 
  report 
  

   of 
  our 
  annual 
  meeting. 
  

  

  Seventy-five 
  new 
  members 
  were 
  added 
  during 
  the 
  year, 
  or 
  rather 
  during 
  the 
  

   nine 
  months 
  elapsed 
  since 
  the 
  meeting 
  at 
  Washington. 
  Since 
  the 
  organization 
  

  

  