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PROCEEDINGS AT THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE 



MAINE STATE AGR'ICULTUR AL SOCIETY. 



Tuesday, January 2-7, 1857. 



In the afternoon the Society met according to acTjonrnment, 

 Mr. Britton (Vice President) in the chair. 



On motion of Mr. Forbes, voted, that a committee of three 

 be appointed to receive, sort and count the votes for officers, 

 and Messrs. Forbes of Paris, Little of Bangor, and Fuller of 

 St. Albans, were appointed. 



The committee after receiving the ballots, reported the fol- 

 lowing persons elected as officers of the Society for the ensuing 

 year, viz : 



President — Samuel F. Perlet, Naples. 



Secretary — E. Holmes, Winthrop. 



Treasurer — William Caldwell, Augusta. 



Trustees — T. S. Lang, North Vassalborough, Daniel Lan- 

 caster, Farmingdale, Seth Scammon, Saco, F. T. PuringtoN; 

 Topsham, Job Prince, Turner. 



On motion of Mr. Forbes of Paris, voted to hear the report 

 of the Treasurer. 



Mr. Caldwell then made the following report, which was 

 accepted. 



Treasurer's Report. 

 Agreeably to the law, I present my second annual report of 

 the financial transactions of the Maine State Agricultural Soci- 

 ety, for the past year: 



The balance on hand in 1855, was . . $939 80 



Amount received in 1856, . . . 9,936 16 



$10,«75 96 

 The disbursements amounted to . « 7,951 69 



Leaving a balance in the Treasury, Decmber 31, 



1856, of . . / . . $2,923 27 



