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BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [P. D. No. 4.. 



Summary. 



1897. 



189S. 



Number of societies 



Amount held invested or well secured as a 



capital stock. 

 Assets of societies, 



Liabilities of societies, 



Receipts, .... 



Expenditures, 



Bounty received from State, 



Current running expenses. 



Amount of premiums offered. 



Amount of premiums and gratuities avparded 



Amount of premiums and gratuities paid, 



Amount awarded under head of farms, . 



Amount awarded under head of farm and pet 

 stock. 



Amount awarded under head of field and gar- 

 den crops. 



Amount awarded under head of farm and gar- 

 den products. 



Amount awarded under head of dairy prod- 

 ucts. 



Amount awarded under head of domestic 

 manufactures. 



Amount awarded under head of miscellane- 

 ous. 



Amount paid out for trotting, . 



Number of persons receiving premiums, . 

 Number of persons receiving gratuities, . 

 Total male membership of societies. 

 Total female membership of societies, . 

 Total membership of the societies, . 

 Number of farmers' institutes held, . 



*36 



$803,181 25 



923,350 26 



186,176 95 



221,182 56 



218,335 95 



20,344 68 



85,284 08 



79,503 80 



59,408 24 



57,606 49 



1,137 50 



20,764 68 



1,065 75 



13,475 86 



578 25 



3,778 15 



3,710 21 



24,893 42 



7,242 



1,918 



22,960 



7,718 



30,678 



125 



* Two held no fair. 



t One held no fair^ 



