Annual Reports 
REPORT OF AUDITING COMMITTEE 
Mr President , Ladies and Gentlemen : 
The Auditing Committee appointed 
by your president to examine the ac¬ 
counts of the Secretary and Treasurer 
has done so and found them correct. 
The Committee wishes to congratulate 
the Society on the excellent financial 
condition which is shown by the report 
of the Treasurer. 
F. R. Robinson, Chairman, 
M. S. Burbank, 
A. M. Henley. 
REPORT OF SECRETARY 
Mr President, Ladies and Gentlemen : 
You will recall at the meeting last 
year Mr. Hamner promised us if we 
would come to Tampa in 1915 we would 
have the biggest meeting we ever had 
and the largest enrollment of members 
in the history of the Society. For the 
past thirty days the Secretary has been 
so busy receiving dues and issuing 
membership certificates that I have not 
had time to prepare any flowery intro¬ 
ductory remarks to my report. But 
there is an old saying that figures tell 
the story. This year I have the figures. 
Mr. Hamner’s prophecy has come 
true. We have 604 members this year 
at the opening of the meeting against 
585 last year, and a registered attend¬ 
ance of 488. Last year we had 332 in 
attendance. 201 have been added since 
the meeting began, making a total to 
date of 807 and 111 life, or 918 in all. 
Many thanks are due the Experi¬ 
mental Station, the nursery firms, the 
fertilizer and crate material people for 
sending out notices of the meeting 
along with their correspondence. The 
Florida Grower has also rendered us 
valuable assistance all through the year 
as well as the newspapers over the 
State. 
Mr. H. E. Cornell and Mr. N. B. 
Brokaw have both been especially ac¬ 
tive, each sending a long list of mem¬ 
bers. Especial thanks are due Mr. B. 
L. Hamner for the excellent railroad 
rate he secured for the members to at¬ 
tend this meeting. Also his untiring 
efforts to make everything run smooth¬ 
ly and to ensure everyone having a 
pleasant time. 
And now for the figures: 
Reports sold for years prior to 
1914, 32 - 
— $ 32.00 
Reports sold for 1914, 
since last 
meeting, 360- 
- 360.00 
Life members — • 
- 50.00 
Pins sold, 3 
- 3.00 
Postage credit - 
- i t 14 
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