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OARRIAaES. 



The Committee on Carriages submit the followmg report : 



Your committee have decided that Sawyer & Bradly, West 

 Amesbury. are entitled to the premium of $10.00 offered for the 

 "best two- wheel chaise; and Sargent, Gunnison & Co., West Ames- 

 bury, to the premium of $10.00 offered for the best four-wheel 

 chaise, — these being the only premiums offered by the society. 

 There was a light York buggy entered by Sawyer & Rowel, West 

 Amesbury, of good workmanship, for which your committee would 

 recommend a gratuity of $3.00. 



Your committee experienced some difficulty in deciding which of 

 the two-wheel chaises was entitled to the premium ; that of Sar- 

 gent, Gunnison & Co. being superior. to Sawyer & Bradley's in 

 some respects, and their's in turn superior to S. G. & Co.'s in oth- 

 er points. They were both very light, extremely well painted and 

 otherwise well finished carriages, and reflect credit on tlie manu- 

 facturers. 



The exhibition of carriages, though not nearly so large as it 

 should be in Essex county, was a very attractive feature. Every 

 one admires a fine carriage, and your committee are of opinion thai 

 if a greater number of premiums were offered to stimulate manu- 

 facturers, a much larger number would be induced to send speci- 

 mens of their work to the exhibition. 



There are other kinds of carriages in which agriculturists are 

 more immediately interested, although happily most of them can 

 sport a handsome turnout. We mean carts, waggons, heavy wheels 

 and the like manufacture, which it might be well for the society to 

 encourage. 



CHAUNCEY THOMAS, Chairman. 



