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126,472.78; crockery, tables, etc., $1,507.30. Total liabil- 

 ities, $5,800.45 : premiums due and unpaid, $139.05 ; out- 

 standing bills, $191.40 ; mortgages or like liabilities, $5,570. 

 Receipts in 1896, $2,587.35: bounty, $600; new members, 

 $35; donations, $134.95; other sources, $1,817.40. Ex- 

 penditures in 1896, $2,330.36 : premiums and gratuities 

 paid, $877.60 ; current running expenses, $1,086.21 ; inter- 

 est, $366.55. The society offered $1,229 in premiums, 

 awarded $1,016.65 and paid $877.60,* which went to 28 

 cities and towns. Four dollars and fifty cents went to 3 cities 

 and towns outside the State. Seventy-five persons received 

 premiums and 250 gratuities. Under head of farm and pet 

 stock $176.65 was awarded and $148.15 paid; under farm 

 and garden products $110.10 was awarded and $73.60 paid ; 

 under dairy products $8 was awarded and $6 paid ; under 

 domestic manufactures $73.65 was awarded and $72.05 paid ; 

 under trotting $428 was paid ; under objects other than agri- 

 cultural, not specified, $25 was awarded and $23.05 paid. 

 Diplomas were awarded for agricultural implements. The 

 society reports 879 members, — 568 males and 311 females. 

 Three farmers' institutes were held at Marshfield : January 

 18, on " How to keep up the fertility of the soil ; " Febru- 

 ary 19, on " Fruits and poultry ; " and June 17, on " Web- 

 ster," " Patriotism" and " Cranberry culture." 



MARTHA'S VINEYARD AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Incorporated 1859, Acts of 1859, chapter 33. 

 Originally raised by contribution, $4,552.17 ; now has 

 $4,329.13 invested as a capital stock in real estate, notes, 

 bank funds, crockery, tables, etc. Total assets, $4,540.54: 

 real estate, $2,750; notes, $500; bank funds, $879.13; 

 crockery, tables, etc., $200; bills due and unpaid, $8; 

 cash, $203.41. Liabilities, $24: premiums due and unpaid, 

 $6; outstanding bills (estimated) $18. Receipts in 1896, 

 $1,356.47 : bounty, $600; notes, $31 ; bank funds, $32.47 ; 

 new members, $4; other sources, $689. Expenditures in 

 1896, $1,074.59: premiums and gratuities paid, $643.20; 

 current running expenses, $267.83 ; other expenses, $163.56. 

 The society offered $813.50 in premiums, awarded $649.20 



* Of this amount, $428 was paid for trotting. 



