DECEMBER MEETING. 283' 



conviction is that quite a ]iroportion of our volumes should go abroad as 

 exchauf^'cs, and to supply institutions, where they will represent the fruit inter- 

 ests of Mit'hii,'an to our honor. 



OUK VICE PRESIDENTS. 



My action during the year has been based upon tlie belief that to be an officer of 

 so enthusiastic,, self-sacrilicing, and well-working a society as the Michigan 

 State Poniological Society, is an honor ; and again I have acted upon the text 

 that "the people have a mind to work." The vice presidents selected at our 

 last annual meeting have as a rule responded promptly to my communications, 

 and have taken tlie trouble to distribute our reports gladly. From a number 

 of them, as you have already heard earlier in the meeting, we have received 

 valuable reports, and 1 feel under a debt of gratitude to them all for having 

 seconded every effort of mine to make the society useful and jjopular through- 

 out the States. 



DECEMBER MEETING. 



The present meeting of the Society was called here at Grand Rapids at the- 

 invitation of the Grand River Valley Horticultural Society, and in in-cparation 

 for our coming they have done everything we could ask. It has been years 

 since our Society last met here, but the influence we left Avas a spark of 

 sullicient magnitude to develop a goodly blaze through the formation of an ex- 

 cellent local organization, whici) shines with our own augmenting the general 

 light whicli we are all striving to give to Pomology and Horticulture. 



FINANCES. 



In making a financial statement as Secretary I shall not encroach ou the 

 domain of the Treasurer, and will only give an account of the disbursements 

 classified from January 1st to December 1st, 1877. Checks have been drawn 

 for every bill made against the Society, and I know of no outstanding accounts,, 

 except some slight expenses by Mr. Adams, a bill of which has not as yet been 

 rendered. One matter recpiires a slight amendment in our method of financial 

 operations, and that is in connection with the presentation of bills against the 

 Society made by its officers for expenses. It is desirable that at least once a 

 quarter a financial statement be made to the Executive Committee, and this 

 cannot be done with any exactness as to our condition unless all liabilities 

 are reported in the shape of bills and audited promptly, so that the check-book 

 will show at any date approximately the expenses of the Society up to that date. 



CLASSIFIED STATEMENT OF DISBURSEMENTS. 



Back Reports and Exchanges - S29 01 



Report of '76 - 27 SO 



Report of ": 7 - - - 31 45 



Executive Committee - -- 80 85 



Salary of Secretary to Sept. 30 450 00 



Secretary's office.-- --- - 28 Dl 



President's office - 13 70 



Treasurer's office 31 35 



State Fair 200 11 



Premiums 1876 - 5 00 



Other printing 11 25 



