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We are informed that you have promised favorable consid- 

 eration to the matter, and, further, should you decide that this 

 work can be extended to Hawaii, you will follow it up by 

 sending- a tobacco expert to establish that industry on a firm 

 basis. 



Appreciating- the great benefits that would result to Hawaii 

 by such aid from the United States Department of Agricul- 

 ture, the Farmers' Institute of the Territory of Hawaii re- 

 spectfully and earnestl}^ petition the Hon. Secretary of Agri- 

 culture to use his best efforts to secure for our Territory as 

 complete a soil survey as possible for each of the several is- 

 lands forming the Territory of Hawaii, and also to assign a 

 tobacco expert to these Islands to assist in establishing the 

 tobacco industry, in which the Hawaii Experiment Station, 

 with Territorial aid, has already made so favorable a begin- 

 ning. 



Trusting that this petition for the extension of Hawaii's 

 agricultural resources will meet with your favorable consid- 

 eration, we are. 



Respectfully yours, 



PERLEY L. HORNE, 

 (Signed) ALEXANDER CRAW, 



F. G. KRAUSS, 



Executive Committee. 

 JARED G. SMITH, 

 President. 



FINANCIAL STATEMENT. 



Statement of Secretary-Treasurer for the Year Ending with 

 the Annual Meeting, February 2, 1907. 



Disburse- 

 Receipts. ments. 

 Cash on hand beginning of year (handed over 

 by the retiring Secretary-Treasurer, Feb- 

 ruary 3, 1906) $20.74 



Eight annual dues for 1906 at $1.00 8.00 



Twenty annual dues for 1907 at $1.50 30.00 



Stationery, printing, postage, etc. (including 

 $17.65 expenses in connection with Agricul- 

 tural Exhibition) $42.00 



Cash prizes awarded at Agri. Exhibit 15-50 



Cash on hand i .24 



$58.74 $58.74 



