No. 4.] RETURNS OF SOCIETIES. 621 



OXFORD AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Incorporated 1888, Acts of 1888, chapter 93. 



Originally raised by contribution, $4,400 ; now has 

 $8,211.95 invested as a capital stock in real estate, cash, 

 crockery, tables, etc. Total assets, $8,211.95 : real estate, 

 $7,500 ; crockery, tables, etc., $200 ; cash on hand, $511.95. 

 Receipts in 1897, $2,855.80: bounty, $600; new members, 

 $23; donations, $14; other sources, $2,218.80. Expendi- 

 tures in 1897, $2,343.85 : premiums paid, $1,221.34 ; current 

 running expenses, $375 ; other expenses, $747.51. The so- 

 ciety offered $1,800 in premiums, awarded $1,259.75 and 

 paid $1,221.34, which went to 17 cities and towns. One 

 dollar and forty-five cents went to 1 city and 1 town out- 

 side the State. One hundred and twenty-eight persons re- 

 ceived premiums. Under head of farms $37 50 was awarded 

 and paid ; under farm and pet stock $544.50 was awarded 

 and $519.60 paid; under field and garden crops $45 was 

 awarded and $43.12 paid; under farm and garden products 

 $25 was awarded and $24.69 paid; under dairy products $8 

 was awarded and $7.24 paid; under domestic manufactures 

 $39.75 was awarded and $34.56 paid; under agricultural 

 implements $1 was awarded and $0.75 paid; under trotting 

 $525 was paid ; under objects other than agricultural, not 

 specified, $34 was awarded and $28.88 paid. The society 

 reports 641 members, — 346 males and 295 females. Three 

 farmers' institutes were held : at Oxford, March 20, on "The 

 past and future of the Board of Agriculture" and "The 

 school and the State;" at Sutton, April 6, on "The farm, 

 the grange and the home ; " and at Oxford, September 21, on 

 "Accumulated wealth and taxation." 



PLYMOUTH COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Incorporated as the Agricultural Society in the County of Plymouth 

 1819, Acts of 1819, chapter 2 ; name changed to Plymouth County 

 Agricultural Society in 1870, Acts of 1870, chapter 251. 



The society in its first report to the Board, in 1853, stated 

 the amount of its permanent fund (par value) to be $9,550 ; 

 now has $35,200 invested as a capital stock in real estate, 



