No. 4.] RETURNS OF SOCIETIES. 617 



due and unpaid, $43; outstanding bills (estimated), |25. 

 Receipts in 1897, $1,261.31: bounty, $600; notes, $29; 

 bank funds, $35.50; new members, $14; other sources, 

 $582.81. Expenditures in 1897, $1,088.20: premiums and 

 gratuities paid, $629.08 ; current running expenses, $284.12 ; 

 other expenses, $175. The society offered $819.50 in pre- 

 miums, awarded $672.08 and paid $629.08 in premiums 

 and gratuities, which went to 7 towns. Forty-two persons 

 received premiums and 127 gratuities. Under head of farms 

 $5 was awarded and paid ; under farm and pet stock $196.50 

 was awarded and paid ; under field and garden crops $32 was 

 awarded and paid; under farm and garden products $134.31 

 was awarded and paid; under dairy products $14.75 was 

 awarded and paid; under domestic manufactures $132.17 

 was awarded and paid; under trotting $85.75 was paid; 

 under o])jects other than agricultural, not specified, $62.74 

 was awarded and paid. The society reports 201 members, — 

 111 males and 90 females. Three farmers' institutes were 

 held at West Tisbury : September 23, on "Beautiful homes ; " 

 November 24, on " Shelter for stock ; " and April 16, on " Is 

 it profitable to raise grain on the Island ? " 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Incorporated 1829, Acts of 1829, chapter 22. 



The first investment was from surplus, Jan. 16, 1835, and 

 amounted to $525. The society now has $247,000 invested 

 as a capital stock in real estate, furniture, library, etc. 

 Total assets, $353,547.66: real estate, $250,000; loan, 

 $22,500; bonds, $26,852.50; crockery, tables, etc., $44,- 

 888.48; bills due and unpaid, $2,641.79; cash on hand, 

 $6,664.89. Total liabilities, $27,100: premiums due and 

 unpaid, $8,100; notes payable, $18,000; mortgages or like 

 liabilities, $1,000. Receipts in 1897, $44,171^57: bounty, 

 $600; bonds, $1,075; bank funds, $44.58; new members 

 and assessments, $1,132; donations, $32; other sources, 

 $41,287.99. Expenditures in 1897, $44,107.29: premiums 

 and gratuities paid, $7,623.72; current running expenses, 

 $17,737.73; interest, $928.50; other expenses, $17,817.34. 



