No. 4.] RETUKNS OF SOCIETIES. 343 



MIDDLESEX SOUTH AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Incorporated 1854, Acts of 1854, chapter 84. 



Originally raised by contribution $3,000 and now has 

 $15,000 invested as a capital stock in real estate. Total 

 assets, $15,259.61 : real estate, $15,000 ; crockery, tables, 

 etc., $50 ; bills due and unpaid, $200 ; cash on hand, $9.61. 

 Total liabilities, $7,423.57 : premiums due and unpaid, 

 $35; outstanding bills, $88.57 ; mortgages or like liabili- 

 ties, $7,300. Eeceipts in 1891, $1,950.71: bounty from 

 the State, $600 ; new members, $38 ; donations, $34.40 ; 

 all other sources, $1,278.31. Expenditures in 1891, 

 $1,906.10: premiums and gratuities paid, $970.55; current 

 running expenses, $565.02 ; interest, $370.53. The society 

 offered $1,443.70 in premiums: awarded $1,005.55 and 

 paid $970.55 which went to 7 towns. One hundred and 

 nineteen persons received premiums. Under head of farms 

 $17 was awarded and paid; under farm stock $173.25 

 was awarded and paid ; under field and experimental crops 

 $55 was awarded, and $20 paid ; under farm and garden 

 products $110.75 was awarded and paid; under domestic 

 manufactures $46.50 was awarded and paid ; under objects 

 strictly agricultural not specified, $45.50 was awarded and 

 paid ; under trotting $575 was awarded and paid ; under 

 objects other than agricultural not specified $9.50 was 

 awarded and paid. The society reports 572 members, — 379 

 males and 193 females. Three farmers' institutes were held at 

 Framingham : February 5, on " The New South ; " February 

 11, on "The New South, Lookout Mountain, Natural 

 Bridge, etc. ;" March 26, on " Market Gardening." . 



NANTUCKET AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Incorporated 1856, Acts of 1856, chapter 25. 



Originally raised by contribution $3,500 and now has 

 $3,200 invested as a capital stock in real estate. Total 

 assets, $3,273.75 : real estate, $3,200 ; cash on hand, $73.75. 

 Eeceipts in 1891, $1,345.41 : bounty from the State, $600; 

 new members, $20; donations, $46.62; alh other sources, 



