PKOCEEDINGS. 
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but for the laspe of several intervening years, during which conditions have 
so changed that it is deemed better to defer the whole subject until 1869, in 
the volume of Transactions for which year it is the purpose to include a re¬ 
port covering the whole ground of Industrial Education in this country and 
in Europe.— Secretary.] 
ANNUAL MEETINU. 
State Agricultural Society, 
Dec. 9, 1863—3 o’clock p. m. 
The Society met pursuant to the requirements of the constitution. 
President Hinkley in the chair. 
By request, the Secretary gave a brief account of tlie finally successful ef¬ 
forts made by the office.s of the Society to secure payment of the amount 
due from the General Government for the improvements on Camp Randall. 
The Report of the Treasurer shows the receipts for the year ending with 
this date, to have been $4,987 46 ; disbursements, $2,227 66; leaving a bal¬ 
ance of $2,768 81. 
The President explained that the lateness of the day at which the Society 
secured the payment of its dues from the Government made it impracticable to 
hold an Exhibition this year, as was contemplated at the last Annual Meeting. 
The several Reports of the officers having been approved, on motion. 
The Society adjourned sine die. 
J. W. HOYT, Secretary. 
