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and have been of great advantage to the people attending 

 them. They occasion much expense in travel, and draw 

 heavily upon the time of the members of the Board and the 

 Secretary. In those districts where the institutes are appre- 

 ciated they will be held as they have been in the past ; but in 

 future the matter will be left with the officers of the societies 

 to do as they think best. 



JOHN E. RUSSELL, 



Secretary. 



