THE ANNUAL MEETING. 



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population, varying only a little by increasing the ([uota of those localities 

 especially devoted to the growing of fruit, and with the following results : 



Counties. 



Nos. 



Alcona 1 



Allegan 25 



Al pena '3 



Antrim •^ 



Barry 17 



Bay 10 



Benzie 4 



l^errien 30 



Branch - 20 



Calhoun 2S 



Cass 18 



Charlevoix 1 



Sheboygan 2 



Chippewa 1 



Clare 1 



Clinton 18 



Delta 3 



Eaton 17 



Emmet 1 



Genesee 23 



Grand Traverse 8 



Gratiot 10 



Hillsdale 25 



Houghton 12 



Huron 8 



Ingham 25 



Ionia 24 



Iosco - 3 



Isabella 4 



Jackson 29 



Kalamazoo - 23 



Kalkaska 1 



Kent 48 



Keweenaw 3 



Counties. 



Nos. 



Lake 1 



Lapeer 17 



Leelanaw 4 



Lenawee 35 



Livingston 14 



Mackinac 1 



Macomb 18 



Manistee 7 



Marquette 12 



Mason 5 



Mecosta 



Menominee 2 



Midland. 3 



Monroe 24 



Montcalm 14 



Muskegon 16 



Newaygo 4 



Oakland 30 



Oceana 8 



Ontonagon 2 



Osceola 4 



Ottawa 24 



Presque Isle 1 



Saginaw 38 



Sanilac 11 



Schoolcraft 1 



Shiawassee 18 



St. Clair 24 



St. Joseph 20 



Tuscola 12 



Van Burcn 25 



Washtenaw 28 



Wayne 100 



Wexford 2 



Now is it not possible to conjure up some plan by which these people can be 

 reached at little expense? If once the expenses of running the society could 

 be met without expending so much effort in the exposition business, our lead- 

 ing and working members would be free to take hold of the fairs and really do 

 better work than now ; and our quarterly meetings could be made small expo- 

 sitions in themselves. I leave the further discussion of this matter to the 

 society, and as the topic is one that occurs on our programme I shall expect 

 some definite and satisfactory action will be taken to place ourselves upon a 

 more settled basis. 



FINANCES. 



The duty of the Secretary in the matter of society finances is to keep a 

 classified record of the disbursements. The report made at this early day m 

 December cannot reach farther than the opening of this month so that the 

 classified statement which is here appended is for the vear closing November 

 30, 1879: 



