FLORIDA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
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Wombwell, State Commissioner of Agriculture, to issue the 
report as one of the publications of his office, had, however, 
been accepted. The funds available for this purpose did not 
admit of its immediate publication after the meeting, but ren¬ 
dered it necessary to issue the report in serial form in the 
“Monthly Bulletin,” issued by the Department of Agriculture, 
which had been done. The commissioner had subsequently 
gathered the matter in pamphlet form, and in conformity 
with the agreement with the society had sent copies to the 
membership. In addition to this, an edition of some 5,000 
copies had been struck for free distribution through the 
Bureau of Immigration, and had been widely disseminated in 
this and other countries, which, the secretary thought would 
be of great benefit to the state and. the society. Mr. Hart 
called attention to the fact that Commissioner Wombwell’s 
action in offering to publish the report, had been entirely 
voluntary and gratuitous, and prompted by good feeling for 
the society, and he had no doubt it would receive a proper 
acknowledgement from the society. 
The society having been relieved of the burden of pub¬ 
lishing the report, it had been possib’e to meet all expenses 
for the current year, and leave a small balauce in the treasury. 
Mr. Hart explained the efforts which had been made to 
bring in new and desirable members, which had resulted very 
satisfactorily as the increased membership showed. 
The receipts for the year up to the time of his resignation, 
had been $270.39; the expenditure, including some debts of 
the previous year, amounted to $212.56, of which he remitted 
a statement; $50 had been submitted the treasuier, and $7.83 
turned over to his successor. 
Synopsis of the Report of Secretary Brown. 
After readii g Mr. Hart’s report, Secretary Brown read 
his own report for the interim between Mr. Hart’s resigna¬ 
tion and the Jacksonville meeting. He submitted a statement 
of expenditure amounting to $40.50. He had received 
$167.49 and there remained in his hands $126.99. At the 
opening of the Jacksonville meeting the rolls showed eight 
life and two hundred and eighty-six annual members. 
Synopsis of the Report of J. B. Anderson, Treasurer. 
In submitting his statement as treasurer, Mr. Anderson 
said that owing to the efficient manner in which the secretary 
and ex-secretary had performed their duties, the treasurer’s 
task was very light. He had received $50 from Secretary 
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