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season in connection with the fair of the Maine State Agricultural 

 Society if they deem it for the advantage of the Society. 



The Secretary presented the following resolutions which were 

 adopted, viz : 



Resolved, That while we duly appreciate and gratefully ac- 

 knowledge the support and confidence extended to this Society 

 by the people of the State) we feel that the work which we have 

 in hand, while it demands earnest and persistent labor on the part 

 of those who are devoted to it, calls for an increased and active 

 membership and a larger material support. 



Resolved, That the thanks of the Society be and hereby are 

 tendered to the editors and publishers of the newspapers of the 

 State for the general interest taken by them in the publication of 

 our transactions during the past year, and especially to the Maine 

 Farmer for the large amount of space devoted in that paper to 

 the discussion of pomological subjects and the interests of the 

 Society. 



Adjourned. 



EVENING SESSION. 



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The Society re-assembled at 7| P. M. 



Mr. Goodale, from the Committee on Catalogue of Fruits, pre- 

 sented the report on pears, which was accepted and discussed in 

 detail, and recommitted with the same instructions as were 

 adopted in reference to the other portions of the committee's 

 report. 



Voted, That the thanks of the Society be tendered to the mem- 

 bers of the Committee on Catalogue of Fruits for the cai'eful and 

 satisfactoiy manner in which they have performed their duties. 



Voted, That the Secretary be instructed to forward copies of 

 the annual report of the Society to similar societies in other States 

 and to request an exchange of publications with such societies. 



Adjourned without day. 



