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MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



As you saw by my report as given above, the receipts of the office 

 are principally from membership fees and advertising-. On the 

 membership record books all the members are numbered consecu- 

 tively, and the cash account in the ledger shows receipts to corre- 

 spond with the number of inembers enrolled. The disbursements 

 of the secretar3^'s office include office rent and printing, and in a 

 general way the minor expenses connected with the office and the 

 management of the societJ^ Receipts are taken for all amounts ex- 

 pended of $1.00 and upwards, and these receipts are filed for exami- 

 nation bj^the executive board, and afterwards for preservation in the 

 same manner as the correspondence of the office. It is now the prac- 

 tice of the board to examine and audit the secretary's accounts semi- 

 annually. 



As to further details of the working of the office, with which I will 

 not weary you, I shall be glad to show or explain to any who may 

 feel a further interest in the matter. 



CONCLUSIOX.— This brief report closes my work as secretary for the 

 fifth year of my service. That this service has been pleasant to ine 

 I am sure you know, and not the least pleasant feature connected 

 with it, in fact, the pleasantest, is the entire harmony between my- 

 self and the working officers of the society and, indeed the entire 

 management of the association. Not having had experience with 

 similar associations I am unable to make comparisons, but in look- 

 ing over these past five years, it is certainly a cause of great satis- 

 faction and a bright augury for the future, that the machinery of 

 the organization should run with such uniform smoothness. Under 

 these favorable conditions we may well look forward with happy as- 

 surance to a satisfactory accomplishment of the beneficent work en- 

 trusted to our charge. I have the honor to remain 



Yours fraternally, A. W. LATHAM, Sec'y. 



ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TREASURER. 



F. G. GOULD, EXCELSIOR. 



to Dec. 5, 1895. 



DISBURSEMENTS. 



1895. 

 •July 1. 



RECEIPTS 



From July 1 



$500.00 



State treasurer 



A. W. Latham, Sec'y, fol 

 lowiiiR: 



0. F. Gardner, first l'^ life 

 fee .5 00 



E. E. Harris.last '/j life fee 5.(iO 



A. Terry, full life fee 10.00 



C. W. Sampson, for writ- 

 ing paper .fiO 



Rlcliard & Patten. Ad. in 

 Horticulturist, 180;") 9.00 



E. P. Stacy, Ad in Horti- 

 culturist, ISO.i 11.00 



R. .J. IVlcrKlcnliall. Ad. In 

 Horticullurist. 1894 0.00 



A. H. J{racl<ctt, Ad. in 



Horticulturist, 189.5 1.00 



Membership fees for 1895, 

 from Nos. 50 to 359 (in- 

 clusive) 310.00 



Bal. bro't forward from 

 DitusDay's account, l)ut 

 money not lianded in C 29 



Casli in hand to me paid 



by Ditus Day 5.41 



Sept. 4. From state treasurer 2,50.00 



1,122.20 



1895. 



July 1. Order No. IT, Sec'y salary 

 for 1st (juarter of 189>... 



Order No. 18,A. W.Latham 

 expenses of secretary's 

 otHce 



Order No. 20. A. W.Latham 

 secretary's salary for 2d 



quarter, 1895 



Sept. 24. L. R. Moyer 



S. B. Green 



.T. P. Andrews 



J. S. Harris 



DitusDay 



Clarence Wed<?e 



A. W. Latham 



Typewriter, Sniitli Prem- 

 ier 



O. A. Sargent 



B. Taylor 



J. R. Cummings 



Wm. Danforth 



F.G. Gould 



F.G.Gould 



To Balance in Treasury.. 



$150.00 



383.17 



150.00 

 12.03 

 23.76 

 5.00 

 10.60 

 16.50 

 22.44 



150 00 



25.00 

 2.50 

 4.00 

 .50 

 :).75 

 1.00 

 6 29 

 155.66 



11,122.20 



