THIRTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING. 



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$1,500 per year. Your Committee, with several of the officers 

 and other prominent fruit growers, appeared before the Appro- 

 priation Committee, and were accorded a full hearing, but failed 

 to convince the Appropriation Committee that the increase was 

 necessary ; therefore, the amount appropriated by the State 

 remains at $2,000 for the two years ending September 30th, 

 1905. 



(See page 161, Special Laws, number 451.) 



This is not an annual appropriation, but must be brought 

 up again before the next Legislature, to retain even the $1,000 

 per year. It will be time enough to arrange for this at the 

 next annual meeting, but it must not be overlooked at that time. 



As is generally known, the last Legislature appropriated 

 $100,000 for State representation at the Louisiana Purchase 

 Exposition : $18,000 of this sum was assigned for the agricul- 

 tural interests, to be used in making a suitable exhibition of the 

 products of Connecticut. The different agricultural interests 

 of the State came to an agreement as to the relative amount 

 of mone}^ needed b}' each to make a suitable exhibition. This 

 schedule was practically adopted by the Exposition and Appro- 

 priation Committees and passed by the Legislature. 



Our Society has $4,000, which will no doubt be used to make 

 a creditable showing of the pomology of the State, as our Presi- 

 dent, Treasurer and Secretary have the matter in charge. 



The bill to regulate the selling of home-made wine was 

 passed, but owing to some doubt as to the exact eft'ect of a 

 few words, was not approved by the Governor. 

 Respectfully submitted, 

 J. C. Eddy, 

 Edwin Hoyt, 

 A. C. Sternberg, 



Legislative Committee. 



On motion it was voted to accept this report and place it 

 on file. 



President Gulley : We will now listen to the report of the 

 Committee on Membership by Mr. Orrin Gilbert, Chairman, 



Mr. Gilbert : Mr. President, and members of the Pomo- 

 logical Society — I think it is not necessary for me to make 

 any extended report after listening to our Secretary's report, 



