STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 22T 



Two complete sets were sent to St. Paul and one hundred and sixty- 

 eight volumes, comprising sets in part, were distributed as advised by 

 the Secretary. 



E. A. CUZNER, 



Librarian, 



Mr. Fuller. Mr. President, I see by the report just read that some 

 money was received by the Society' from New Orleans, t should 

 like to ask if there has ever been any report made as to the manner in 

 which the money appropriated was expended there. I see the gov- 

 ernor of Michigan has been compelled to make a report of the expend- 

 iture of money used for that purpose; and the question has arisen in 

 my own mind whether any report has been made as to the money ap- 

 propriated from this State? 



President Elliot. Personally I could not answer, but I think Prof. 

 Porter could give some information, perhaps, upon that subject. 



Prof. Porter. Is Mr. Gribbs here? If he was here he could give 

 you a good deal more information than I can. He was commissioner 

 from our State. I was acting commissioner for six weeks while he 

 was at Washington. We not only had no money to meet all the ex- 

 penses of the State, but we had none to get the exhibits back home 

 and distribute them among those gentlemen who had made contribu- 

 tions. Personally, I devoted a year of time to that work I never 

 received one dollar from the beginning to the end for my services. 

 Not only so, I paid a great many dollars out of my own pocket to get 

 our exhibits back home and distribute them to exhibitors throughout 

 the State; all of which is charged up to profit and loss. 



A detailed report would have been made had there been any funds 

 to defray the expense of publication. Gov. Hubbard, in order to meet 

 the expense of making an exhibit that should be of credit to the 

 State, was obliged to draw from his contingent fund every dollar that 

 he could possibly spare in order to close up in a proper manner. And 

 therefore nothing was left at that time to publish reports. 



The plan that was adopted by Commissioner Gibbs for the publica- 

 tion of that report did not meet my approval entirely. He advised 

 that the report should be made by the commissioner. I understand 

 he lays some blame upon Mr. Marvin, who was in'charge of the dairy 

 exhibit, and myself, because we havn't made a detailed report to him. 

 I rendered a report of my department as commissioner of agriculture 

 some eighteen months ago, perhaps; I did not render a report as chief 



