14 



'ri{AN.SACTIOX.S OK THK 



of the iSocioty at the close of the year eighteen liundred and seventy- 

 eiglit, viz.: 



Tho roofipts from ull »»nirr(^ ware 



Tilt' ox|>oinliliirf.-< wore : 

 Kcir l)ill« ami )iri-iiiiiiiiiN of 1877.. 



For iiiiiirovoiiiOiil)* «if 1878 



For cii.ih prciiiiiiiiiriof 1H78 . 



For Htjikcs and j)ur»es of 1878 . 



For iiilvorlisi'dii'iits of 1878 • 



For wilarios ami otlu-r i-xiH-mlitiires of 1878 



Total ox|>oinlitiires 



KxjHMiililinvrt oVtT recpij)U . 



$46,014 16 



2,0.15 97 



9,009 itg 



10,110.'. 50 



l.l,77.'i 00 



L'.0I5 20 



12,365 97 



$.')(), 767 63 



$4,753 48 



Thi.<; Avo con.sidor a Rood sliowin,^, in fiict one of the bcsi for years 

 past, and, althouj,di tlii' .Society lias an indebtedness it has for that 

 indebtedness much needed and permanent improvements that cost 

 double the aiuount of the debt, and worth much more to the .Society 

 by far than can be counted in money. 



We have exchanged rcj)orts with the Agricultural Societies of Illi- 

 nois, Kan.«as, Connecticut, Indiana, Ma.ssachusetts, and the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture at Washington. We have a number of the 

 Agricultural Department lieports for the years eighteen hundred 

 and seventy-four, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, and eighteen 

 hundred and seventy-six on hand for distribution. 



In accordance with the i)rovisions of the Act of the Legislature 

 making the appropriation for eighteen hundred and seventy-eight 

 and eighteen hundred and seventy-nine to the various District and 

 ('Ounty Societies, we have received reports from the following ones, 

 and have tabulated the amount of ap]ii'opriation, amount drawn, 

 and amount of premiums paid by each, viz.: 



SOCIKTY. 



Amount 

 Appropriated. 



Amount 

 Urawu. 



rromiums 

 Paid. 



Upper Sacrnmonto Valloy Agricultural Society- 

 San .Joafjuin Valh-y District Agricultural Society 

 Sonoma and Marin l>istricl Agricultural .Soeioly 

 Najia and Solano District .\gricultural Society . 



Santa Clara \'allcy Agricultural Society 



Monterey Counly District Agricultural Society- 

 El Dorado County Agricultural Society 



Si.skiyou (bounty Agricultural Society 



.*l.500 00 



I ..'.00 00 



l.,")00 on 



i.:.oo 00 



l,.')()0 00 



I. Olio 00 



1.000 00 



1.000 00 



• silver. 



$1,650 00 

 I. ■120 00 

 1,200 50 

 2,732 50 

 2,358 00 

 1,111 00 

 6G2 00 

 051 51 



Making eight out of eleven Societitvs that have complied with the 

 law. The (iolden (iatc i.)istrict Viur Association (ot. Oakland) and 

 the Southern District (of JjOS Angeles) each received one thou.sand 

 five hundred dollars; also, the IMumas, Las.se n. and Modoc District 

 Fair A.'^sociation (of Su.sanville) received one thou.sand dollars. Up 

 to this date neither one of these last mentioned three Societies have 

 sent reports to this office. 



