No. 4.] RETURNS OF SOCIETIES. 627 



due and unpaid, $75 ; cash on hand, $515.90. Total liabili- 

 ties consist of premiums due and unpaid to the amount of 

 $1,156.12. Receipts in 1897, $744.30 : bounty, $600 ; dona- 

 tions, $124.30 ; other sources, $20. Expenditures in 1897, 

 $501.55: premiums and gratuities paid, $163.42; current 

 running expenses, $151.29 ; interest, $186.84. The so- 

 ciety awarded $215.15 in premiums and gratuities and paid 

 $163.42, which went to 6 cities and towns. Fifty-seven 

 persons received premiums and 75 gratuities. Under farm 

 and garden products $148.50 was awarded and $104.80 paid ; 

 under dairy products $2 was awarded and paid ; under do- 

 mestic manufactures $40.15 was awarded and $26.02 paid; 

 under objects other than agricultural, not specified, $34.50 

 was awarded and $30.60 paid. The society reports 722 

 members, — 662 males and 60 females. Six farmers' insti- 

 tutes were held: at Leominster, January 13, on "Cleanli- 

 ness in the dairy "and "The work of the Cattle Commis- 

 sion;" at Ashburnham, February 3, on "Poultry for 

 profit;" at Townsend, February 12, on "Little leaks v. 

 great wastes" and "Animal -structure the foundation of pur- 

 pose;" at Ashby, February 22, on "Public schools;" at 

 Lunenburg, March 16, on "Fruit;" and at Westminster, 

 March 17, on " Business principles applied to farming" and 

 " Guernsey cattle." 



WORCESTER NORTH-WEST AGRICULTURAL AND 

 MECHANICAL SOCIETY. 



Incorporated 1867, Acts of 1867, chapter 117- 



Originally raised by contribution, $3,400; now has 

 $12,703.04 invested as a capital stock in real estate, crock- 

 ery, tables, etc. Total assets, $12,703.04: real estate, 

 $12,000; crockery, tables, etc., $600; cash on hand, 

 $103.04. Total liabilities consist of mortgages or like lia- 

 bilities to the amount of $2,800. Receipts in 1897, $7,868.39 : 

 bounty, $600 ; new members, $115 ; other sources, $7,153.39. 

 Expenditures in 1897, $7,878.61 : premiums paid, $2,845.96 ; 

 current running expenses, $3,487.34; interest, $145.31; 

 other expenses, $1,400. The society ofi:ered $3,416 in 

 premiums, awarded $2,901.35 and paid $2,845.96, which 

 went to 41 cities and towns. Six hundred and sixty-six 



