14 MAINE STATE SOCIETY. 



ingly done. For a more detailed statement of financial matters, ■we 

 would respectfully refer you to the Treasurer's Report. 



In submitting the foregoing report, we are aware that some may 

 be disappointed who based their expectations of financial success 

 upon last year's operations. But the Trustees have been united in 

 the desire to act with as much economy and prudence as is conso- 

 nant with honorable transactions. 



The Trustees have felt desirous that the premium list might be 

 considerably increased, especially upon farm stock. But while so 

 large a part of the receipts are necessarily used in preparing new 

 grounds each year, and the necessary cattle sheds, hall fixtures, (fee, 

 we have been at loss to see how to bring about this desirable result. 



For the Committee. 



T. S. LANG, Chairman. 



TREASURER'S REPORT. 



The financial transactions of the Maine State Agricultural Soci- 

 ety for the past year, are contained in the fallowing statements : 

 Cash in the Treasury, January 1, 1857, $2,923 27 



Amount of receipts from Jan. 1, to Dec. 31, 1857, 8,444 10 



Total, ' . $11,367 37 



Disbursement from Jan. 1, to Dec. 31, 1857, $9,873 76 



Leaving a balance in the Treasury, Jan. 1, 1858, of 1,493 61 



Total, $11,367,37, 



There was received at the late Ftiir and Show at Bangor, the sum 

 of $7,408 10, and the expenses attending the same were $8,000 00. 

 The sura of $2,898 25 was awarded for premiums and gratuities — 

 also one hundred and twenty diplomas and about sixty dollars worth 

 of books. 



Of the premiums awarded in 1856, $145 75 has not been called 

 for, and under the regulations of the Society, all premiums not 

 called for jvithin one year revert to the Society. 



The bounty of $1,000 granted by the State, for 1857, has been 



