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REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT AND SECRETARY. 



To Ike Secretary of the State Board of Agriculture : — 



Sir, — We herewith submit the Report of the Transactions 

 of the Norfolk Agricultural Society for the year 1869. 



Since our last Report, the Society has removed its location 

 from the narrow and necessarily restricted quarters at Dedham, 

 to new and spacious grounds at Readville, where ample accom- 

 modation is now afforded for the proper display of all depart- 

 ments of our Annual Exhibition. The grounds are beautifully 

 located in the valley of tile Neponset, in close proximity to two 

 important lines of railway, and near the industrial centre of 

 the county. There can be no doubt that the change of location 

 will prove highly advantageous to the interests of the Society. 



For a specific statement of the operations of the Society for 

 the past year, we refer to the subjoined Reports of the several 

 Committees. 



JOHN S. ELDRIDGE, President. 

 HENRY 0. HILDRETH, Secretary. 



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