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MASSACHUSETTS HOETICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



By last report our members numbered 

 Viz : Life members, . . 581 



Added by election, . 3 

 " " commutation, 1 



— 4 



953 



Deceased, 



Annual members. 

 Added, 



Commuted, .... 1 



Deceased, .... 6 



Withdrawn, ... 1 

 Discontinued for non-payment 



of dues, .... 50 



585 



372 

 9 



381 



58 



577 



323 



900 



$658 00 



The depression in business which has so long and universallj'' 

 pervaded the community, has taken us in its course, and admonished 

 us to observe the strictest economy in all our expenditures. The 

 warning has not passed unheeded. Our few sources of income 

 have been watched and nursed with due care and consideration, 

 letting pass no opportunit}^ to add in any measure to our resources. 

 The stores have been kept up to the full standard of rent, consistent 

 with occupancy, and are now all tenanted except one ; that, I hope, 

 soon will be. The halls have been in fair demand at reduced rates ; 

 Mount Auburn Cemetery has yielded little more than last year, and 

 membership account less. 



With these probabilities in view, j-our Committees recommended 



