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tables, etc. Total assets, $3,655.94: real estate, $3,000; 

 crockery, tables, etc., $100; cash on hand, $555.94. 

 Receipts in 1891, $2,390.05 : bounty from the State, $600 ; 

 new members, $34; donations, $23.25; all other sources, 

 $1,732.80. Expenditures in 1891, $1,774.73: premiums 

 and gratuities paid, $762.82 ; current running expenses, 

 $1,011.91. The society offered in premiums $822.20, 

 awarded in premiums and gratuities $786.07, and paid 

 $762.82, which went to 17 cities and towns, 4 of which 

 were outside the State. Fifteen dollars went to parties 

 not resident of the State. One hundred and ninety- 

 two persons received premiums and 25 received gratuities. 

 Under head of farms $97 was awarded and paid ; under farm 

 stock $471 was awarded and paid; under field and experi- 

 mental crops $52 was awarded and paid ; under farm and 

 garden products $79.25 was awarded and paid ; under dairy 

 products $9 was awarded and paid ; under domestic manu- 

 factures $65.25 was awarded and paid; under objects other 

 than agricultural, not specified, $64.50 was awarded and 

 paid. The society reports 376 members, — 235 males and 

 141 females. Four farmers' institutes were held : at 

 Uxbridge, February 11, on "Creameries;" at Upton, 

 February 26, on "Stock;" at Uxbridge, March 4, on 

 "Poultry;" at Mendon, March 25, on "Milk" and 

 "Corn." 



BRISTOL COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 

 Incorporated 1823, Acts of 1823, chapter 32. 



The society, in its first report to the Board in 1853, 

 reported the amount of its permanent fund (par value) to 

 be $3,240, and it now has $30,000 invested as a capital 

 stock in real estate, crockery, tables, etc. Total assets, 

 $31,229.85: real estate, $29,800; crockery, tables, etc., 

 $200; cash on hand, $1,229.85. Total liabilities, $18,144.47 : 

 premiums due and unpaid, $144.47 ; mortgages or like 

 liabilities, $18,000. Receipts in 1891, $12,715.90: bounty 

 from the State, $600 ; new members, $15 ; donations, $25 ; all 

 other sources, $12,075.90. Expenditures in 1891, $11,486.05 : 

 premiums and gratuities paid, s.",, 763. 11; current running 



