No. 4.] RETURNS OF SOCIETIES. 589 



$52.16; mortgages or like liabilities, $1,650. Receipts in 

 1898, $2,736.37: bounty, $600 ; new members, $29 ; other 

 sources, $2,107.37. Expenditures in 1898, $2,485.64: pre- 

 miums and gratuities paid, $1,322.17; current running ex- 

 penses, $938; interest, $93.46; other expenses, $132.01. 

 The society ottered $2, 113. 55 in premiums, awarded $1,374.33 

 in premiums and gratuities and paid $1,322.17, which went 

 to 24 cities and towns. Three dollars and seventy-five cents 

 went to 3 cities and towns outside the State. One hun- 

 dred and ninety-nine persons received premiums and 72 

 gratuities. Under head of farms $5 was awarded; under 

 farm and pet stock $484.17 was awarded; under field and 

 garden crops $53.46 was awarded; under farm and garden 

 products $46.30 was awarded; under dairy products $10.50 

 was awarded; under domestic manufactures $107.10 was 

 awarded ; under agricultural implements $6 was awarded ; 

 under objects strictly agricultural, not specified, $62 was 

 awarded ; under trotting $580 was paid ; under objects other 

 than agricultural, not specified, $25.80 was awarded. The 

 society reports 1,322 members, — 609 males and 713 fe- 

 males. Three farmers' institutes were held at Blandford : 

 February 1, on "Fruits;" April 29, on "Forage crops;" 

 and December 20, on " Silos as a help in dairying." 



WEYMOUTH AGRICULTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL 

 SOCIETY. 



Incorporated 1891, Acts of 1891, chapter 77. 



Amount originally raised by contribution had increased 

 in 1891 to $10,270; now has $11,470 invested as a capital 

 stock in real estate, crockery, tables, etc. Total assets, 

 $11,506.37: real estate, $11,200; crockery, tables, etc., 

 $270; bills due and unpaid, $20; cash on hand, $16.37. 

 Total liabilities, $1,990: outstanding bills, $40; mortgages 

 or like liabilities, $1,950. Receipts in 1898, $5,371.30: 

 bounty, sUOO ; other sources, $4,771.30. Expenditures in 

 1898, $1,374.21: premiums and gratuities paid (including 

 trotting), $1,399.85; current running expenses, $150; in- 

 terest, $171 ; other expenses, $2,653.36. The society offered 

 $1,203.80 in premiums, awarded $782.05 in premiums and 

 gratuities and paid $759.85, which went to 19 cities and 



