^60 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTUEE. 



Power for machinery hall $475 00 



Marshal and police account 453 25 



Forage account 474 45 



■Secretary and clerk hire 296 55 



Meal ticket expense 207 25 



Newspaper advertising 193 85 



Team, hack, and livery account 185 20 



Decorating halls 183 65 



.Medal account 177 85 



Lunch room expense 144 96 



3Iusicfor fair 132 00 



Locating Committee expense 116 35 



Treasurer's clerk hire 100 00 



Board of employes 96 39 



Business Committee expenses 70 15 



Sundry expense account of fair. 65 85 



Expressage and posting bills _ 55 14 



Postage account 94 12 



Office stationery 42 99 



Stable hire, horse department 42 75 



Assistant superintendents— foreign committees 42 00 



Treasurer's expense account 40 78 



Refunded freight 32 43 



Telegraph account 16 90 



Badge and ribbon expense 14 85 



Stationery bill, 1869.. 20 40 



Pent of outside grounds 25 00 



Printing Committee expense 9 75 



Secretary's traveling expenses.. 6 25 



Diploma account 2 25 



Lost goods, 1875 10 00 



Pent of Secretary's office 50 00 



Total $11,166 51 



GENERAL BALANCE, DEC. 19, 1876. 



DR. 



To cash in treasury subject to order at last annual settlement, Dec. 21, 1875, $5,338 36 

 To cash received by treasurer from all sources, including memberships sold 



by secretary 20,768 55 



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Total cash $26,106 91 



CR. 



^y paid Pomological appropriation expenses and premiums $2,500 00 



By paid business orders less Pomological appropriation 8,666 51 



By paid 49 piemium checks awarded by Executive Committee on discre- 

 tionary premiums, 1875, winter meeting 143 50 



.By paid 398 i^remium checks for premiums awarded at fair of 1876 8,201 50 



$19,511 51 



.Dec. 19, 1876, balance in treasury to credit of the Society, and subject to 



order $6,595 40 



C. F. KIMBALL, Secretary. 



REPORT OP THE FINANCE COMMITTEE. 



The Committee on Finance to whom was referred the annual report of the 

 Secretary, would respectfully report that they have carefully examined the same, 

 and compared the stubs of business orders with tlie vouchers, and the vouchers with 

 the register of business orders issued, as reported, and find the same correct. We 

 have also compared the stubs of premium checks issued with the register of 

 premiums awarded and paid and find them to agree, and correct. We have examined 

 and find the financial balance of the Society as follows, as reported by the Secretary, 

 to wit: 



