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Financial Statement — 1891 . 



1891. 



January 1. Amount on hand, . . . $24,460 68 

 Amount expended by old com- 

 mission, . $630 95 



Balance, 23,829 73 



April 1. Balance on hand, . . . f 23,829 73 



Amount expended by new commission, . . 12,826 51 

 Balance, 11,003 22 



$23,829 73 $23,829 73 



May 19. Balance on hand, . . . $11,003 22 

 Appropriation, .... 50,000 00 



Expenditures by the State Board 

 of Agriculture : 



Wm. 11. Sessions, expenses, . . . $22 28 

 N. S. Shaler, expenses, .... 74 25 

 Francis H Appleton, ex- 

 penses, 25 00 



E. II. Forbush, director, .... 1,500 00 

 C. H. Fernald, entomologist, 

 remuneration and ex- 

 penses, 280 84 



Assistant entomologist and mi- 



croscopist, . 595 08 



Book-keeper, 504 62 



Purchase of horse, buggy, etc., . . . . 291 25 



Legal expenses, 50 00 



Travelling expenses of inspect- 

 ors and men, 840 11 



Insecticides, 1,108 12 



Teaming, etc., 5,252 93 



Wages of men, 39,997 16 



Supplies and tools, 5,248 42 



Balance, $61,003 22 55,790 09 



Total Amount Expended in 1891. 



Old commission, $630 95 



New commission, ...... 12,826 51 



Board of Agriculture, 55,790 09 



Total, $69,247 55 



