MICHIGAN STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 399 



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Whole number of votes cast 196 



For President, Fred Postal 196 



For Vice-President, L. Whitne}' Wat kins 195 



For Secretary, I. H. Butterfield 196 



For Treasurer, John McKay 196 



For Members of the Executive Committee for two years: 



Albert E. Stevenson 195 



Wm. Dawson 195 



George Kelly 196 



Archibald J. Peek 196 



Daniel Thomas 196 



C. A. Tyler 196 



Lawrence W. Snell 193 



J. F. Brand 194 



V. V. Green 196 



Nicholas J. Whelan 196 



To fill vacancv, L. C. Holden 196 



WINTER MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, JAN- 

 UARY, 1907. 



The Executive Committee met at the Downey House, Lansing, Monday, 

 January 14th, at 8 o'clock P. M., as per call of the President. 



Present, Messrs. Postal, Butterfield, McKay, Brand, Stevenson, T3der, 

 Boyden, Dawson, Rice, Snell, Kelly, Winans, Doherty, Galbraith, Terney, 

 Holden, Ransford, Taft, Aitken, Hall, Fifield. 



On motion a recess was taken to 9 o'clock A. M., January 15th. 



Met at Downey House, Lansing, Tuesday, January 15th, 1907, at 9 o'clock 

 A. M. Roll called. 



Present, the President, secretary, treasurer, Messrs. Brand, Stevenson, 

 Tyler, Boyden, Dawson, Rice, Snell, Kelly, Doherty, Galbraith, Terney, 

 Ransford, Taft, Aitken, Hall, Fifield, Holden. Quorum present. 



Minutes of last meeting read and approved. 



President Postal read his annual address as follows: 

 Gentlemen of the Executive Committee, Michigan State Agricultural So- 

 ciety : 



It is with 25leas\ire that I report for 1906 the most successful fair in the 

 histor}' of the Michigan State Agricultural Society, and indeed in the his- 

 tory of the State. The exhibits in all departments far surpassed tho.se of 

 any previous fair, while the attendance and total receipts as shown by the 

 returns were much greater than ever before. Our fair is now comparable 

 with other great State Fairs, in most respects; being surpassed by none 

 of them in general character of the exhibits made. 



The total receipts of the year exclusive of money borrowed as reported 

 by the treasurer has been $123,032.28, which is S33,401.90 more than in 

 1905. The receipts from gate admissions indicate an attendance about 

 25% greater than in 1905, which is a gratifying increase, as showing the 

 increased popularity of the fair with the people. The railroad coupon 

 tickets show nearly twice the number of people coming from the interior 



