74 ANNUAL REPORT. 



President J. S. Harris presented the following statement of ser- 

 vices for the past year, with accompanying bill for time and 

 expenses: 



PRESIDENTS STATEMENT. 



As President of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society, I 

 have endeavored to improve every opportunity to advance its in- 

 terests, increase its membership, and awaken a general interest in 

 the cultivation of fruits, flowers and shrubbery throughout the 

 state, and have held myself in readiness to impart instruction 

 whenever called upon, and during the year have addressed the 

 farmers of McLeod county three times and the Olmsted County 

 Horticultural Society once, and extended my travels over the 

 Southern Minnesota road a distance of over 200 miles. 



Five hundred and eighty-one miles of my travel has been done 

 on thousand mile tickets and the balance on a pass kindly sent to 

 me by the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul company. I have been 

 obliged to decline two invitations to address popular meetings, but 

 have promised to do so at some future time. 



My expenses have been: — 



For railroad tickets $15.48 



Looking for seedlings 6 . 50 



Looking up fruit for Pomological meeting 4.50 



Expeoses of Rochester and Giencoe 3.50 



$29.98 

 And in addition have given of my time as follows: 



Two trips through portions of Houston couuty 4 days. 



In Fillmore county 2 '* 



Olmsted county 4 " 



Winona county 2 " 



Martin county , 8 " 



Looking up fruit for Pomological meeting 8 " 



28 " 



Also expenses at St. Paul in working before the Legislature $12.75 



Expenses of June meeting. 7.00 



29.98 



$49.73 

 Payments received 19.75 



Balance $29.98 



For 28 days' time - 20.02 



$50.00 



