No. 4.] RETURNS OF SOCIETIES. 569 



tables, etc., $200; bills due and unpaid, $302; cash on 

 hand, $279.08. Total liabilities, $9,148.66: premiums due 

 and unpaid, $1,381.75; outstanding bills, $766.91; mort- 

 gages or like liabilities, $7,000. Receipts in 1898, $5,740.84: 

 bounty, $600; new members, $84; other sources, $5,056.84. 

 Expenditures in 1898, $5,461.76: premiums paid, $70.75; 

 current running expenses, $4,519.80; interest, $350; other 

 expenses, $521.21. The society offered $2,064 in premi- 

 ums, awarded $1,452.50 and paid $70.75, premiums being 

 awarded to 30 cities and towns. One hundred and forty- 

 nine dollars and fifty cents went to 8 cities and towns out- 

 side the State. Two hundred and sixty-two persons received 

 premiums. Under head of farms $45 was awarded ; under 

 farm and pet stock $815.50 was awarded; under field and 

 garden crops $91 was awarded ; under farm and garden 

 products $197.25 was awarded; under dairy products $16 

 was awarded; under domestic manufactures $222.75 was 

 awarded; under trotting $1,200 was paid; under objects 

 other than agricultural, not specified, $65 was awarded. 

 Under objects strictly agricultural, not specified, 2,700 lbs. 

 of phosphate, given by Howard & Morrow, was awarded 

 and paid. The society reports 936 members, — 863 males 

 and 73 females. Three farmers' institutes were held : at 

 Hinsdale, January 27, on " How to secure good roads, with 

 or without State aid" and "Economical summer and winter 

 feeds for milch cows;" at Pittsfield, December 1, on "The 

 land registration act, otherwise known as the Torrens 

 law;" and at Dalton, December 27, on "Dairying and 

 growing of fodder crops." 



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: real estate, $4,400; crockery, 

 tables, etc., $100. Total liabilities, $2,013.05 : outstanding 

 bills, $13.05 ; mortgages or like liabilities, $2,000. Re- 

 ceipts in 1898, $2,594.24: bounty, $600; new members, 



