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paid; under farm and garden products $149.64 was awarded 

 and paid; under dairy products $14 was awarded and paid; 

 under domestic manufactures $137.18 was awarded and 

 paid ; under objects other than agricultural, not specified, 

 $30.85 was awarded and $22.85 paid; $26.10 was paid for 

 trotting. The society reports 195 members, — 117 males 

 and 78 females. Three farmers' institutes were held at 

 West Tisbury : August 31, on " Are horse races of advan- 

 tage to agricultural societies?" September 26, on "What 

 can be done to make our agricultural society more useful?" 

 and December 17, on "Would a creamery on Martha's 

 Vineyard be likely to prove a commercial success ? " 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Incorporated 1829, Acts of 1829, chapter 22. 



The first investment was from surplus, Jan. 16, 1835, 

 and amounted to $525. The society now has $247,000 

 invested as a capital stock in real estate, library, bonds and 

 furniture. Total assets, $333,898.97 : real estate, $250,000 ; 

 notes, $304.85; loan, $5,000; bonds, $27,352.50; bank 

 funds, $4,998.26; crockery, tables, etc, $42,058.53 ; bills 

 due and unpaid, $1,687.74 ; cash on hand, $2,497.09. Total 

 liabilities, $9,350: premiums due and unpaid, $8,350; 

 mortgages or like liabilities, $1,000. Receipts in 1895, 

 $30,009.82: bounty, $600 ; bonds, $1,237.50; bank funds, 

 $74.68 ; new members and assessments, $1,348 ; donations, 

 $20; other sources, $26,729.64. Expenditures in 1895, 

 $24,253.71 : premiums and gratuities paid, $7,644.60; cur- 

 rent running expenses, $15,957.23; interest, $101.88; 

 other expenses, $550. The society offered in premiums 

 $7,900,* awarded in premiums and gratuities $7,712.60* 

 and paid $7,644.60,* which went to 74 cities and towns. 

 One hundred and ninety-live dollars went to 8 cities and 

 towns outside the State. Two hundred and fivcf persons 

 received premiums and 135f gratuities. Under head of 

 farms $532 was awarded and $570 paid; under farm and 

 garden products $7,444.25 was awarded and $7,181 .60 paid. 



Offered and awarded in ISO I ; paid in 1895. t Not including school gardeners. 



