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NURSERY INSPECTION 
FINANCIAL STATEMENT. 
Dec. 1, 1915, to Dec. 1, 1916. 
Balance, Dec. 1, 1915 $1,660.54 
Appropriation, 1916-17 3,000.00 
$4,660.54 
Deputy Inspector’s Salary $1,552.50 
Clerical Service 104.13 
Expert Assistants, Traveling Expenses, etc 778.63 
Miscellaneous (Apparatus, Office Supplies, etc.) 65.15 
Printing 61.60 
Telephone 15.55 
Traveling Expenses of Deputy Inspector 851.03 
Unused Balance 2.41 
$3,431.00 
Balance, Dec. 1, 1916 $1,229.54 
COLLECTIONS— NURSERY FEES. 
Cash on hand, December, 1915 (two fees) $10.00 
108 Certificates issued to Nurserymen (1916) 540.00 
13 Certificates issued to Dealers (1916) 65.00 
$615.00 
Dec. 6, 1916. Deposited as per State Treasurer’s receipt No. 4652. . .$382.34 
Hennepin County Bank exchange charges 2.66 
Dec. 19, 1916. Deposited as per State Treasurer’s receipt No. 4711 .. . 205.00 
Feb. 7, 1916. Defposited as per State Treasurer’s receipt No. 4934. . . . 25.00 
S615.00 
If S. F. 315 and H. F. 601 are not passed by the legislature^ 
giving the state entomologist proper authority to combat White 
Pine Blister Rust in Minnesota nurseries, and if the Appropriation 
and Finance Committees do not make adequate appropriation, there 
will be neither authority nor means to do efficient work in this 
connection. 
F. L. WASHBURN. 
