No. 4.] RETURNS OF SOCIETIES. 355 



SUMMARY. 



Number of societies, 37 



Amount held invested or well secured as a capital stock, . $742,558 26 



Assets of the societies, 776,831 26 



Liabilities of the societies, 116,190 39 



Receipts in 1891, 208,292 30 



Expenditures in 1891, 191,157 74 



Bounty received from the State, ...... 20,802 20 



Current running expenses, 86,501 66 



Amount of premiums offered, 79,645 61 



Amount of premiums and gratuities awarded, . . . 60,869 56 



Amount of premiums and gratuities paid, .... 59,168 71 



Amount awarded under head of farms, .... 1,440 00 



Amount awarded under head of farm stock, . . . 22,145 79 

 Amount awarded under head of field and experimental 



crops, 1,029 63 



Amount awarded under head of farm and garden products, 13,025 02 



Amount awarded under head of dairy products, . . . 686 75 



Amount awarded under head of domestic manufactures, . 3,655 49 



Amount awarded under head of miscellaneous, . . . 4,308 64 



Amount awarded under head of trotting, .... 21,416 39 



Number of persons who received premiums, . . . 7,480 



Number of persons who received gratuities, . . . 2,225 



Total male membership of the societies, .... 24,143 



Total female membership of the societies, .... 7,465 



Total membership of the societies, 31,608 



Number of farmers 1 institutes held in 1891. . 141 



