THE MONTHLY BUU.ETIN. 531 



Be it resolved, That we do most heartily endorse said bill and urge 

 its prompt passage ; further. 



Be it resolved. That a copy of this rosohition l)o forwarded to each 

 member from California in congress. 



THE STATE INSECTARY. 



AVhereas, ]\Ir. II. S. Smith, superintendent of the State Insectary. 

 and his assistants have been Avorking with great energy and care toward 

 the establishment of new beneficial insect parasites; and 



Whereas, Certain of these new parasites now appear in a very encour- 

 aging way ; be it 



Besolved, That we express our complete sympatliy with this work and 

 our confidence in IMr. Smith's ability, and do hereby urge the continu- 

 ance of these efforts. 



MONTHLY BULLETIN. 



Whereas, The State Commission of Horticulture has adopted a policy 

 of publishing a Monthly Bulletin which is tilled with timely articles and 

 information in a most readable form; and 



Whereas, The appropriation by the state legislature for printing is 

 insutlficient to cover both this monthly publication and the complete pro- 

 ceedings of the conventions; therefore. 



Be it resolved, That we do heartily approve the financing of the publi- 

 cation of proceedings through some outside medium, as is being under- 

 taken for this meeting, and the continuance of the publication of The 

 :Monthly P>ulletin. 



STATISTICS. 



Whereas, The State of California is at present expending a consid- 

 erable sum of money for the collection of agricultural statistics through 

 the office of the state statistician ; and 



Whereas, The sum of money now spent is inadequate when used in 

 the present way for the gathering of relial>le and complete data; and 



Whereas, The State Commission of Horticulture is in position, 

 through cooperation with the county horticultural commissioners, to 

 gather this data more accurately and cheaply than anj'- other organi- 

 zation ; 



Be it resolved. That we recommend to the California state legislature 

 that the work of the state statistician be placed under the State Com- 

 mission of Horticulture, and that the appropriation now granted for the 

 compilation of data as mentioned above be attached to the commission's 

 office for this purpose. 



RURAL CREDITS. 



Whereas, President Benjamin Ide Wheeler of the University of Cali- 

 fornia has appointed a commission with Dr. David Barrows as chairman 

 to prepare a measure to be submitted to the next California legislature 

 providing for a sj^stem of state rural credits ; and 



