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Society's premium offered for one peck, or ten or thirteen 

 apples or pears, although the very best of their kind can 

 not take a premium offered for twelve ; no more and no 

 less than just what is i-equired should be allowed a pre- 

 mium, that exhibitors ivili know that the Society does not 

 require or desire a quantity more than enough because it is 

 good or less thanenoug-h for the same reason, unless "for a 

 name" or as "something new," or ''exhibition only." The 

 Society does desire and is ready to reward -the exhibitor of 

 new meritorious fruits, vegetables, flowers and articles ot 

 domestic manufactures, and the Superintendent takes 

 pleasure in assigning to them all the space (at his disposal) 

 necessary to show their merit. 



Tiie Society should own more plates, it having been 200 

 short this year, which had to be hired, as all exhibitors 

 should be equally treated, although coming at the eleventh 

 hour ; the use of round plates with square ones, the fruit 

 in the latter showing to better advantage, is not giving 

 equal showing to all. I therefore recommend, as the 

 square form of plate is now made for general use, that a 

 sufficient number be purchased, also vases of suitable 

 material for durability be procured for the flower depart- 

 ment which has now become a very attractive and instruc- 

 tive part of our Fair. Stands for flowers were made this 

 year, designed for compact packing in transportation which 

 were not used for lack of time in procuring suitable bottles. 



The use of the blanks recommended and adopted last 

 year for reports of committees have proved a successful 

 improvement on the old style of making reports, written, as 

 they sometimes were, "on the back of an old envelope," 

 "on paper of all shapes and sizes written on both sides and 

 sometimes again across." With the new blank, if the 

 amount of premium or gratuity is written in its appropriate 

 column opposite the article for which it is awarded, "re- 

 marks" made as deemed bestjby the Committee at that time, 

 then signed by all the committee acting completes it. 



