TREASURERS REPORT. xevil 
ing that although one of the directors, I was not able to visit the 
station before its close. It is to be regretted that we had no Nova 
Scotian student taking advantage of such a grand opportunity this 
season. I hope that if the station is with us next summer there may 
be some of us able to take advantage of the great opportunity to study 
effectively at least some small portion of the unknown flora and fauna 
of our land and water. 
Whatever work we do can be recorded in our Transactions which 
even last year contained information deemed valuable to scientific 
men in other countries. Our exploration work although proceeding 
at a very slow rate, and although of no immediate productive value, 
is building up the root, the stem, the branches, and the leaves of a 
tree which in due time will flower and fruit, and its fruit will be for 
the healing of the nation. But we cannot produce the fruit directly, 
The course of nature is to begin with the root and branches without 
which there can never be any fruit. 
From such considerations, I hope it can be understood, that the 
cult of buying the truth and selling it not, is not only good in itself 
as a source of the highest pleasure, but that it is also essential for the 
development of that utilitarian science which results immediately in 
bread and material power. 
The TREASURER’S report was presented, and having been audited 
and found correct, was received and adopted. The following is an 
analytical statement of the expenditure for 1900-1901 : 
PUBLICATION OF TRANSACTIONS :— 
Vol. X., Part 2, (1899-1900) : 
Brintinevandvoimdimeee aa.) ee ieee $126 54 
DING MR aes andaonoce Sesh POTS sounC 38 00 
-——— $164 54 
Vol. X , Part 3, (1900-1901) : 
Photograph for portrait (Jones)..... soon OO 
DDEMASMNE .cb.60 ub anobOes onOO nO OO8GbO oD 3 38 
-—$ 488 
——-— 4168 92 
DISTRIBUTION OF TRANSACTIONS :— 
Wioleexermiearcti2: 
Wrappers, receipt forms, wrapping and twine.... $ 11 75 
Addressing and supervising distribution ..... S55 lis) (Oi) 
Postage, truckage, porter, freight, boxes, insur- 
ANINGEly QPORESENKS) 6 Ge sconoccebcepoe S50000C 18 19 
——-— $ 44 94 
Carried: fOnward:: (secretes Taree ae oe ee wie oie $913 86 
