No. 4.] RETURNS OF SOCIETIES. 265 



crockery, tables, etc., $200; bills due and unpaid, $345.34; 

 cash on band, $24.60. Total Liabilities, $5,679.44: out- 

 standing bills, $679.44 ; mortgages or like liabilities, $5,000. 

 Receipts in 1895, $11,597.02: bounty, $600; new mem- 

 bers, $103; other sources, $10,894.02. Expenditures in 

 1895, $11,572.42 : premiums and gratuities paid, $1,297.75 ; 

 current running expenses, $5,274.67 ; interest, $858 ; other 

 expenses, $4,142. The society offered $1,811.50 in pre- 

 miums, and awarded and paid $1,297.75 in premiums and 

 gratuities, which went to 30 cities and towns. Thirty-six 

 dollars went to 4 towns outside the State. Three hun- 

 dred and ninety persons received premiums and gratuities. 

 Under head of farms $14 was awarded and paid ; under 

 farm and pet stock $732 was awarded and paid ; under farm 

 and garden products $234 was awarded and paid ; under 

 dairy products $18 was awarded and paid; under domestic 

 manufactures $209 was awarded and paid; under trotting 

 $1,637.50 was paid; under objects other than agricultural, 

 not specified, $74 was awarded and paid. The society re- 

 ports 1,080 members, 983 males and 97 females. Three 

 farmers' institutes were held: at Pittsfield, January 25, on 

 "Tuberculosis and the work of the Cattle Commission;" 

 at Lee, March 12, on " The cost of a quart of milk " and 

 "Cattle foods;" and at Richmond, March 22, on "Prac- 

 tical agriculture," " Dairying" and " Fruit raising." 



BLACKSTONE VALLEY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Incorporated 1884, Acts of 1884, chapter 48. 

 Originally raised by contribution $3,000 ; now has $4,500 

 invested as a capital stock in real estate, crockery, tables, 

 etc. Total assets, $4,500.10: real estate, $4,400; crock- 

 ery, tables, etc., $100; cash on hand, $0.10. Total liabil- 

 ities, $1,689: premiums due and unpaid, $63; outstanding 

 bills, $26; mortgages or like liabilities, $1,600. Receipts 

 in 1895, $1,893.61: bounty, $600; new members, $28; 

 donations, $15.95; all other sources, $1,249.66. Expen- 

 ditures in 1895, $1,912.01 : premiums and gratuities paid, 



