OFFICERS’ REPORTS. 25 
FINANCIAL STATEMENT. 
RECEIPTS. 
Annual membership fees for 1894............ $505. 00 
&s ‘1 ESD Liane vinys rman 49.00 
Life AE PS Pe en ra pein 20.00 
Advertising in the “Horticulturist” .......... 108.00 
HVE Ate ON LETS TUG ATC Cleese ra) shave ata savele Seals. aietelole, « sceers 4.25 
LUE Lad aries ric ania e ek ROGER OO ENE TCI SMe $686. 25 
DISBURSEMENTS. 
ENC CR ew a. acta Gave at cle fomid wc fun ale carpet B uetdels osteo « $87.11 
Ei ting, StaMOmery, CLC). ¢ td cians tae mass.e otis 112.96 
Expense of winter meeting, 1894.............. 59.87 
BEPEEYECHA Fiske oh ini de wicth aie, s am svodam ats wise epee neal" 13.36 
Reporting nicetinas, 1804. oi er sen a kee- s 89.25 
Expense of The Horticulturist................ 163.38 
One thousand extra Horticulturist.......... 25.00 
ROE CORR OT ars te elton ae olOera fay eiatste eta abareceye ae 130.00 
Wire PUTS ie fosc els ayes eel ateeeral a oie aos «Mets, Bteperareie 15.75 
PHoto-engrayine, Toi. Sutith ysis 3.30 
Honticultural Cliubrcrrculars 2c. 550 Hess «5 156.80 
ES RE POLP Ober clay te cues sere o\ore enayeuetn ce aye aires Wests 7.50 
MTSE A TICES .ctcjals cis dis Guars eyiie, seus leis) « biel ois elena teyspereteta ele. 7.15 
MR TAN SES POR oan, a ee cLderats etteiin ss oh ain were oe 4.50 
Tre ETS Sera ga lie A aR at ec Pe hae rn aR ROA i 24.15 
AR rea Lorterahtatirsig ip viola fa kis Riemer Oe 5 wee Neieara' sens $900 .68 
The present method of administering the finances makes the dis- 
bursements of the secretary’s office large, indeed, almost the total 
disbursements of the society, not including the secretary’s salary 
This plan saves a good deal of work to all the officers of the society, 
and the only objection apparent is that all the charges for the so- 
ciety expenses seem to be connected with the secretary’s office. 
Receipts are taken for every expenditure of $1.00 and upwards and 
placed on file with the papers of the society after having been passed 
upon and audited by the executive board. 
In conclusion, I desire to tender my thanks to my fellow members 
of this society and especially to its officers, with whom I am neces- 
sarily brought in contact, for the uniformly kind appreciation 
shown for all the efforts I have made for the advancement of the 
interests of the society, With such support and evident apprecia- 
tion of efforts one has courage to go forward earnestly in the work. 
The outlook for our cause is in every way encouraging, and the 
line of action upon which we have entered, if persistently continued 
in, will easily carry this society to the front rank in the list of such 
organizations. This means that our usefulness and the good we 
shall do will be greatly and abundantly increased; that our little 
monthly report will in time develop into a sturdy horticultural 
magazine of wide circulation; and that in after years,as we look 
back to this period, we shall feel proud to say that we were then 
members of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society. 
