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T. All contributors exhibiting plants, fruits or flowers, who 

 desire a report of the same, must furnish a correct list thereof, 

 blanks for which will be furnished by the Secretary. 



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9. No article will be entitled to a premium unless it possesses 

 points of superiority. 



10. The Committees are authorized to recommend gratuities for 

 any new or rare fruits, flowers, plants, vegetables, or designs of 

 merit for which no premiums have been offered. 



In awarding premiums, adaptation to general cultivation will 

 be deemed an indispensable requisite, but gratuities may be 

 awarded for superior specimens of any good varieties, even though 

 they may not flourish in all situations. 



11. When a specimen is presented for a name, the exhibitor 

 shall communicate all the information he possesses as to the origin 

 and the local appellation. • 



13. No member of any of the Committees for awarding pre- 

 miums shall, in any case, vote or decide respecting an award for 

 which such member may be a competitor, or therein have an 

 interest ; but in such case such member shall temporarily vacate 

 his place upon the Committee. 



14. The Society's premiums are open for competition to all 

 persons residing in the State ; but when a premium is awarded to 

 a person not a member of the Society, the fee for membership will 

 be deducted from such premium. 



The exhibition was held in pursuance of the original design, and 

 though successful, and, under the circumstances satisfactory, it 

 did not fully justify the expectations which were entertained at 

 the outset. By a coincidence which was not discovered until it 

 was too late to avoid it, the fair of the State Agricultural Society 

 was held at Lewiston, on the same days. This was regarded by 

 the officers of both societies, and by the people generally, as a 

 misfortune, and it is one which it is confidently believed both 

 societies will guard against in the future. It affected the Pomo- 

 logical Society adversely in preventing the attendance of a large 

 number of persons who otherwise would have attended. It did 

 not materially affect the character or extent of our exhibition. 



We were unfortunate, also, in not being able to obtain from the 

 managers of the principal railway leading from the interior of the 

 State to Portland the concessions in respect to fares and transpor- 



