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MASSACHUSETTS nORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The property of the Society consists of its 

 real estate, building and furniture, costing 



as per last report. - - - §254,833 22 



Library, . . . - . 9,554 03 



Exhibition ware, - - - - 862 8-4 



Cash on hand, - - - - - 140 27 



Our stationery and pictures,coRting many thou- 

 sand dollars, are not included in the above 

 account. 



Our liabilities are a mortgage debt at 5h per 



cent, interest, p: yable in 13 years, of - $86,500 00 



A loan, payable to Harvard College, without 

 interest, in 1869, of - - - - 12,000 00 



S265.390 36 



98,500 00 



Leaving a balance of - - - S166,890 36 



indicating the cost to the Society of its property at this date. 

 Our list of members at date of last report 



numbered : 

 Life, ..--.-- 498 



New Members, . . . _ 16 



Changed from Annual, ... 1 



Deceased, 



17 

 4 



13 



— 511 



Annual, 



New Members, 



Deceased, 

 Discontinued, 

 Changed to Life, 



Income from above: 

 16 Admissions to Life Membership, 

 25 " Annual " 



1 commutation, 

 396 assessments collected, - 



Total, 



6 



19 



1 



504 

 25 



529 



26 



— 503 



8480 00 



250 00 



20 00 



792 00 



1,014 



81,542 00 



