AKNUAL MEKTING. O 



WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. 



Met at the hour of adjournment, the President in the chair. 



Mr. Daggett from the committee of last year to whom was en- 

 trusted the matter of inquiry into, and considering the matter of the 

 printing and binding of the agricultural reports made the following 

 report ; 



The committee on printing and binding have attended to their 

 duties and beg leave to report. 



The State printers during the last year have performed the work 

 of printing the Agricultural Reports and all other matters placed in 

 their hands by the Secretary, with a promptness and dispatch entirely 

 satisfactory to him and to members of the Board, and we hereby 

 compliment them on their efforts in this direction and extend thanks 

 for the same. 



In relation to the State binders your committee report a like dis- 

 patch on their part, and that their work in all respeojts has been fully 



satisfactory. 



, Thomas Daggett, for the Committee. 



The report was accepted without discussion. 



The committee from last year, R. W. P211is, chairman, to whom 

 was given the duly of investigating the injustice of the apportion- 

 ment of the state aid to agricultural societies as provided by law, 

 made verbal report recommending changes in the apportionment, 

 and supported the proposition with explanation in full of its action. 



The matter was fully discussed, every member taking part. On 

 motion of the member from Oxford it was 



Voted^ That the committee be requested to reduce their propo- 

 sition to wiiticg and present the same for further consideration on 

 Thursday at 10 o'clock. 



The report of the committee appointed at the annual meeting a 

 year ago to draft amendments to the law relating to contagious 

 diseases of cattle was read by the member from Oxford, and the 

 same was tabled to be printed and Thursday at 11 o'clock assigned 

 for its consideration. 



Adjourned to Thursday at 10 o'clock. 



THURSDAY. 



The Board met at the hour of adjournment and the journal of the 

 proceedings of Wednesday was read by the Secretary. 



