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have at the present lime, so that it almost seems as if very 

 soon after this annual meeting we will have an organization 

 6f 553 members. I certainly hope so. 



TREASURER'S REPORT 



Mr. President and members: 



The report of the treasurer is as follows : 



Balance on hand, ]\Iarch 8. 1911 $ 56.23 



Membership dues at annual meeting 194.00 



Membership dues since annual meeting 359.00 



Office of Secretary received 4.02 



$613.25 - 



Expenditures 



Annual meeting 1911 $ 185.33 



Postage 



Institutes and field meetings 



Salary Secretary-Treasurer 



^liscellaneous 



Annual meeting 1912 Buttons, programs, etc. 



Balance in bank 



Balance in bank 146.13 



Respectfully submitted 



F. HOWARD BROWN, 



Treasurer. 



The President then called for the Auditors report which 

 M'as given. 



Worcester, Mar. 13, 1912. 

 I have this day examined the books and accounts of the 

 Treasurer, F. Howard Brown, of the Massachusetts Fruit 

 Growers Association and find them correct, with the bal- 

 ance properly deposited or accounted for. 



H. WARD MOORE. 

 Auditor. 



It was voted to accept the reports of the Secretary, 

 Treasurer and Auditor. 



The President. The next item on the program is 

 the report of committees. The first is on the New England 

 Fruit Show. Professor Sears is chairman of that commit- 

 tee and I had hoped that he would be here to make that re- 



