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all take hold of this work a large part of them, I believe, can 

 be brought into the Society. 



Mr. J. H. Hale : Mr. President, I do not like to see these 

 valuable reports come in to us without their receiving a word 

 of recognition. Now I know from personal experience that 

 the work that Mr. Gilbert, as a committee, has done to add to 

 the membership of this Society during the last few months has 

 been a most valuable aid to our work. He has done some 

 remarkably good work. He has advertised our Society to 

 people throughout the State that have not been reached before, 

 and he comes in here, and tells in his modest way of what he 

 has done, and we simply pass it. We ought to do something 

 more than that. The worthy chairman of our Legislative 

 Committee, through his interest in this Society, and because 

 he was in a position last winter in the Legislature to do so, 

 got through some legislation which is going to be of the very 

 greatest benefit to us. He was able to secure for us not only 

 an additional appropriation to expend in the work of this 

 Society, but further than that, the San Jose scale law was passed, 

 which carried with it an appropriation of $3,000, — all of which 

 was not only in the interest of this Society, but in the interest 

 of the whole State, and it was done at the instance of this 

 Society, and by men representing this Society. I move you, 

 Mr. President, that we accept both of these reports, with thanks, 

 for the good work that these committees have done. 



Secretary Miles : I wish to say a word in behalf of Mr. 

 Gilbert. He has not only done a great deal which will be for 

 the benefit of our Society, but we have not received any bill 

 for the work which Mr. Gilbert has put in on this effort to 

 increase the Society's membership. I understand that Mr. 

 Gilbert intends that his pocketbook shall bear it all. I think 

 we should adopt this motion by a rising vote. 



Motion seconded and passed. 



The President : Now we are ready for Mr. Butler, Chair- 

 man of the Committee on Exhibitions. 



Mr. G. S. Butler: Mr. President, our annual exhibit at 

 New Britain in October was probably the largest exhibit of 

 good fruit ever gotten together in Connecticut. Your Treas- 

 urer has drawn checks for about $400 to pay tlie prizes awarded 

 at that exhibition. I have been asked if the exhibition paid? 



