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Living is very reasonable, and our 

 convention halls have several times 

 the seating capacity of this room, and 

 are away from the noise and din of 

 the streets. I hope that those w'ho will 

 have the next place of meeting to se- 

 lect will consider our claims favorably. 

 I can assure you we will do everything 

 in our power to entertain and make 

 you feel at home, and I sincerely hope 

 you will be induced to come. For years 

 we have persistently invited the Na- 

 tional to meet 'with us, and hope that 

 this time we can play the role of host 

 in 1911. • 



'Mr. J. H. M. Cook — I would like to 

 see the Convention held in New York 

 City. 



Mr. McE>voy — ^We have what we call 

 a Fruit, Flower and Honey Show in 

 Toronto in the early part of Novem- 

 ber each year, and' the different lines 

 of railway sell the return ticket' for 

 one fare. I wanted to bring you lihere 

 as cheaply as we could, and at the 

 same time show you we were on the 

 map. 



INFORMATION BUREAU. 



Mr. France — I would like to explain 



something tha;t is pressed upon me: 

 Seemingly the important need that 

 this Association be doing something, 

 and this so-called Information Bureau 

 I 'have worked hard to try to develop, 

 I am sorry to say, has not been 

 grasped by the members as it ought. 

 We have one column which shows men 

 who have casib on hand ready to buy 

 honey, and in another column, men 

 who have bees to sell, and prices; and 

 then people in 1910 who have not un- 

 loaded their 'honey, and >wan.t to sell. 

 I want to say that in one week I un- 

 loaded 116,000 pounds of honey for our 

 members, and it didn't cost them a 

 cent. Then there is a column foT those 

 who want help in the bee-yard. Then, 

 again, there is something which may 

 excite your curiosity. We have one of 

 our members who has been selling 

 bee-stings, with a good, rich iprofit, to 

 be used for I'heumatism medicine. 



York — ^We have received several let- 

 ters froim members who could not be 

 here, expressing their regret. 



At 4:20 p. m., on m'otion, the conven- 

 tion adjooirned sine die, to meet again 

 in 1911, at the call of the Executive 

 Committee. 



