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increased in proportion to our efforts, we issued, in June, 

 Price List No. 2, which includes a very complete assort- 

 ment of almost anything needed on the farm and in the 

 household. 



The operations of the office from February 14, 1876, to 

 December 1. are as follows: 



SALES. 



Groceries $39,527 45 



Dry goods 23,716 20 



Hardware and implements 20,663 72 



Lumber 13,971 87 



Boots and shoes 5 ,985 93 



Oils and paints 5,929 11 



Sundries 9,822 35 



Commission sales 51,242 06 



Making a total of $170,858 69 



The expenses of the office, including printing, 



rents, fuel, help, etc., amount to $1,421 61 



Salary of State Agent for ten months 1,250 00 



Total S2,671 61 



From which sum is to be deducted the 

 amount received from rebate and commis- 

 sions 1,045 59 



Leaving for net cost of the Agency $1,626 02 



From the above it will be seen that the revenue derived 

 from the business done amounts to ten-seventeenth per 

 cent., while the total cost, including the Agent's salary, is 

 ahout one and nine-seventeenth per cent. 



On the actual business done the small average commis- 

 sion of 2 per cent, would have covered every expense con- 

 nected with the conduct of the business, and leave for a 

 business fund the amount of rebate, as above. The busi- 

 ness having been conducted this year, under the direction 

 of your Executive Committee, more in the light of an ex- 



