TREASURERS REPORT. XCV11 



ing that although one of the directors, I was not able to visit the 

 station before its close. It is to be regretted that we had no Nova 

 Scotian student taking advantage of such a grand opportunity this 

 season. I hope that if the station is with us next summer there may 

 l)e some of us able to take advantage of the great opportunity to study 

 effectively at least some small portion of the unknown flora and fauna 

 of our land and water. 



Whatever work we do can be recorded in our Transactions which 

 even last year contained information deemed valuable to scientific 

 men in other countries. Our exploration work although proceeding 

 at a very slow rate, and although of no immediate productive value, 

 is building up the root, the stem, the branches, and the leaves of a 

 tree which in due time will flower and fruit, and its fruit will be for 

 the healing of the nation. But we cannot produce the fruit directly. 

 The course of nature is to begin with the root and branches without 

 which there can never be any fruit. 



From such considerations, I hope it can be understood, that the 

 cult of buying the truth and selling it not, is not only good in itself 

 as a source of the highest pleasure, but that it is also essential for the 

 development of that utilitarian science which results immediately in 

 bread and material power. 



The TREASURER'S report was presented, and having been audited 

 and found correct, was received and adopted. The following is an 

 analytical statement of the expenditure for 1900-1901 : 



PUBLICATION- OF TRANSACTIONS : 

 Vol. X., Part 2, (1899-1900) : 



Printing and binding $126 54 



Engravings 38 00 



$164 54 



Vol. X , Part 3, (1900-1901) : 



Photograph for portrait (Jones) $ 1 00 



Engraving 3 38 



$ 4 88 



$108 92 



DISTRIBUTION OF TRANSACTIONS : 

 Vol. X., Part 2: 



Wrappers, receipt forms, wrapping and twine. ... $ 11 75 



Addressing and supervising distribution 15 00 



Postage, truckage, porter, freight, boxes, insur- 

 ance, expressage 1819 



A 44 94 



Carried forward $213 86 



