106 State Horticultural Society. 



May 29, Hyde Park Baggage Co., 50c, $4.50 . $5 00 



Scotford, 2,000 programs 13 50 



Brown & Mann, insurance on reports 12 00 



Salary Secretary for May 66 66 



Salary for Assistant for May 30 00 



L. A. Goodman, expenses to Saverton, 

 Moberly and Kirksville meet- 

 ings 23 15 



Warrant No. 619 $150 31 



June 2, Hugh Stephens Ptg. Co., printing, 

 postage, express and wrapping 

 reports $372 86 



Warrant No. 620 $372 86 



Total $1,229 84 



Your Committee on Finance have examined with care the 

 bills and accounts of the Treasurer and find all correct as reported. 



J. C. Evans, 



W. D. MAXWELL, 



R. K. Thomson. 



Secretary Goodman. — You will see by the Treasurer's re- 

 port that thirty dollars was paid to Mrs. Muir. This was for old 

 reports of this Society. We wished to complete the file, and these 

 were the only ones we could get track of. The Executive Commit- 

 tee said to write and see if we could get these. We got them, but 

 Mr. Muir set no price on them. After the death of Mr. Muir, his 

 wife asked for this pay, and the Executive Committee gave an 

 order to pay thirty dollars on them, and promised to "bring the 

 matter before the Society, and if the Society said so, would send 

 the rest of the pay. 



Dr. Whitten — I know something of the difficulty in getting back 

 reports. When I went to the Station we didn't have a complete set 

 of reports, and when the building was burned the reports were lost. 

 Found it almost impossible to get a full set of reports. Those who 

 have kept them don't want to give them up. After these volumes are 

 out of print they are almost invaluable, and are not to l)e had at 

 any price. It seems that a person having these complete sets, who 



