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REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT AND SECRETAPtY. 



To THE Secretary of the State Board of Agriculture : 



Sir, — The Report of the Transactions of the Norfolk Agri- 

 cultural Society for the year 1866, is herewith submitted. 



While the usual operations of the Society during the year have 

 been attended "vvith success, it gives us great satisfaction to be 

 able to state, that, owing to the liberality and public spirit mani- 

 fested by many of its members, the debt, which for several years 

 has been a serious obstacle in the way of its advancement, has 

 been almost entirely extinguished, and it is confidently believed 

 that before the next Annual Meeting of the Society, the entire 

 debt of more than eight thousand dollars, that existed a year ago, 

 will have been paid. 



The Annual Exhibition was the most successful ever given by 

 the Society, the receipts being nearly one thousand dollars more 

 than those of any previous year. 



For a more specific statement of the operations of the Society 

 for the past year, we refer to the Report of the Supervisory Com- 

 mittee, which, together with the Reports of the several Committees 

 of the Society, is herewith subjoined. 



MARSHALL P. WILDER, President. 

 HENRY 0. HILDRETH, Recording Secretary. 



