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In conclusion your committee cannot but feel gratified at the progress 

 made during the past year, in this branch of the Society, and hope that 

 the stimulus now given in the form of liberal premiums for almost every 

 important vegetable, may induce contributors to continue the same laud- 

 able zeal in the future, which they have manifested in the past. 



Annexed is a copy of the premiums and gratuities awarded by your 

 committee. 



Amount appropriated for prizes for vegetables, - - ^550 00 



" awarded in premiums and gratuities, - - 509 00 



Balance not awai'ded, ----._ ^^i qq 



