AUTUMNAL EXHIBITIONS. 



The Society will hold Two General Exhibitions dui-ing the Au- 

 tumn of A. D. 1874, in its own Halls, on Front Street, in the City of 'Wor- 

 cester. 



The First Exhibition will commence on Tuesday, September 8th, at 

 6 o'clock, P. M., and close on Thursday, Sept. 10th, at 9 o'clock, P. M. 



The Second Exhibition will commence on Tuesday, October 6th, at 6 

 o'clock, P. M., and close on Thursday, October 8th, at 9 o'clock, P. M. 



^^= Exhibitors are notified that strict conformity to the Regulations 

 and Rules will be expected and required, for their own benefit as well as 

 for the convenience of the Officers of the Society. 



RULES AND REGULATIONS. 



1. Articles offered for premium at the Autumnal ExniBiTiONS 

 must be in the Halls and entered with the Secretary before six (6) o'clock, 

 P. M., of the opening days of the Exhibitions; Provided, that all entries 

 of Vegetables for the Second Exhibition must be made with the Secretary 

 hefore the 3d day of October. 



2. Competition for premiums is open to all; but a discount of one- 

 third of the amount will be made from the awards to persons who are not 

 Members of the Society; and it is strictly required that all specimens of- 

 fered for premiums shall have been grown by the competitors. 



3. After the articles are arranged they will be under the exclusive 

 charge of the Committees, and not even the owners will have the liberty 

 to remove them, until the Exhibition is closed, when they will be delivered 

 as the contributors may direct. 



4. No person shall be entitled to receive more than one premium for 

 the same specimen of fruit or vegetable. And no article for which a pre- 

 mium has been once awarded can receive another during the season. Nor 

 shall any transfer be allowed, from one class to another, of an article once 

 entered upon the books of the Secretary. , 



