ANNUAL MEETING. 



In accordance with the provisions of chapter IV. of the 

 by-laws, the Board met at the office of the secretary, in Bos- 

 ton, on Tuesday, Jan. 11, 1898, at 12 m., it being the Tues- 

 day preceding the second Wednesday of January. In the 

 absence of the Governor, the Board was called to order by 

 the first vice-president, Hon. James S. Grinnell. 



Present : Messrs. Allen, F. H. Appleton, Avery, Baker, 

 Benedict, Blair, Bowditch, Brewster, Brooks, Bursley, Clark, 

 Clemence, Cruickshanks, Damon, Ellsworth, Grinnell, Hall, 

 Hersey, Horton, Kilbourn, Pratt, Raymond, Eeed, Sargent, 

 Sessions, Shaw, Smith, Stetson, Taylor, Wellington, E. E. 

 Wood and E. W. Wood. 



The records of the special meeting of the Board at Taun- 

 ton were read and approved. 



The executive committee, by Mr. Wood, chairman, re- 

 ported the list of qualified members of the Board for 1898. 

 The newly elected members are as follows : — 



At large, appointed by the Governor : — 



DwiGHT A. HoRTON of Northampton. 

 Elected by the societies : — 



Barnstable County, John Bursley of West Barnstable. 



Blackstone Valley, Samuel B. Taft of Uxbridge. 



Franklin County, Frederick L. Whitmore of Sunderland. 



Hampshire, George P. Smith of Sunderland. 



Massachusetts Society for Promoting Agriculture, Nathaniel 

 I. Bowditch of Framingham. 



Martha's Vineyard, Everett Allen Davis of West Tisbury. 



Middlesex North, Joshua Clark of Tewksbury. 



Oxford, J. W. Stockwell of Sutton. 



Spencer, J. Elton Green of Spencer. 



Union, Almon W. Lloyd of Blandford. 



Worcester Nortli-west, Thomas H. Goodspeed of Athol. 



Worcester South, C. D. Richardson of West Brookfield. 



