THIRTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING. n 



This certifies that we have examined the books of R. A. Moore, Treas- 

 urer of this Society, and have compared the vouchers with the Treas- 

 urer's accounts and find the same correct. 



Signed, Geo. W. Staples, 1 ^ -•, 



. „ „ Auditors. 



A. B. Pl.\nt, t 



Hartford, Feb. 2, 1904. 



A Member : Mv President, may we ask a question ? Where 

 does this money come from under the heading of ''State 

 Board?" 



Treasurer jMoore : From the State Board of Agriculture. 



A MEiNtBER : Does it come from their regular appropriation ? 



Treasurer Moore : I don't know what appropriation it is 

 taken from ; it comes direct to us as a bounty from the State 

 to societies holding fairs and exhibitions and awarding pre- 

 miums. Now I would like to make a few remarks on this. 

 The Pomological Society last year held its exhibition in con- 

 nection with the Berlin Fair, and the Berlin officials had to be 

 on the lookout to keep gamblers away. They would come in, 

 innocently look around, and pretty soon we would discover 

 gambling. But in every case we stopped them. Now I know 

 of certain fairs in the State that provide for selling liquor and 

 gambling. They tell me of one Society which takes in more 

 than $1,400 in this way. 



A Member: Do you know this to be true, ]Mr. Treasurer? 

 Why don't you make complaint to the Secretary of the Board 

 of Agriculture? 



Treasurer ]\Ioore : Well, I did not know it at first. But 

 the matter was laid before the Attorney General and he said 

 it would be a very hard thing to prove and he advised the 

 State Board to pay the money. So much for that. 



Mr. Hale: We have got a large Society and we are doing 

 a lot of good work in the State and we are also spending a 

 good deal of money. W^ould it not be feasible to have the 

 Treasurer and Secretary go through those figures and report 

 to us in a lump sum how much our annual meeting costs us, 

 how much our field meetings cost, and also our exhibitions, etc. 

 Give it to us under three or four heads. It can be done by the 

 Secretary and Treasurer better than by anyone else. I wish they 

 might do so. 



