No. -L] 



REPORT OF SECRETARY. 



XIX 



Financial Statement, 1891-1901. 



Appropriations of is;) 1, 1898, L 89 6 and 1900, . 

 Reverted back to State treasury, because unused. 



Amount actually used, ...... 



Printing 20,500 catalogues, !» editions, 1 supple- 

 ment, $2,142 09 



Postage stamps for mailing catalogues and circu- 

 lars 787 00 



special services members of the Board of Agri- 

 culture, 196 30 



Special envelopes for mailing catalogues, . . 187 82 

 Printed circulars, . . . . . . 147 59 



Advertising, ....... 31 50 



Sundries, ........ 5 50 



$5,000 00 

 1,552 20 



$3,447 80 



Summary . 



Number of all farms in State, census of 1885, 

 Names of owners or agents given by assessors, 

 Names of owners or agents received from other sources. 

 Total number of names furnished (duplications eliminated). 

 Number making reply to request for description, . 

 Number of descriptions received, .... 

 Number stating they did not wish to sell, 

 Number reporting property already disposed of, 

 Number stating informant to have been misinformed, 

 ( latalogued farms reported sold, .... 

 ( latalogued farms withdrawn at request of owners, 

 ( latalogued farms withdrawn from later editions because own- 

 ers failed to respond to letters of inquiry, . 

 Withdrawn descriptions republished, 

 Unpublished descriptions on hand, .... 



$3,447 80 



45,010 



1,394 



863 



2,257 



1,035 



747 



177 



61 



50 



334 



122 



142 



1 

 4 



Reported Residence of Purchasers 



3 

 1 

 1 

 1 



1 



1 



1 



78 



The names would indicate that most of the purchasers 

 were of American parentage. 



