MANAWATU A. & P. SOCIETY

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2172, 10 June 1914, Page 10

MANAWATU A. & P. SOCIETY

REPORT! OR 1913-14. . . . . C_ •_ (Bj Tiltfraph.— Special Oorrasponjent.l Palmerstori. June 9. The twenty-eighth annual' report of thq Manawatu A. and P. Association presented to members yesterday ! states that last' wiiiter..show ,\yas srich a; succcs.3 that ■many exhibits, were crowded out in-spite :of the new annexe and other extensions. Tlie net profit on the. Winter Show, apart from members' subscription?,;, was £361, which exceeded tlie'/'previous 'year's profit "by £82. The Slimmer show, on the contrary, was severely' affected I).\\ the .weather : ' and tho strike, .ivhich'botlr-lessened the income, and increased the expense. The profit was .£394, _this : amount being largely, due. to the'exceptional volume of. donations. '.The cash and trophy | prizes presented reached tlie magnificent value of £969, and members' subscription's- amounted to £1450. -The membership list on .March 31' totalled .!.>G:), V Of this' numher nine arc liono-rary-lifo 'mombcrs r -113 ordinary life niembtrsi 1407 ordinary members. ,a'nd 34 are junior associates. The year.'s increase in was.ll)!). the report claims;.tl|at the association's membership is : tlic-biggest in the Dominion. Duriftg the year £il2l was spent in improvements; - ; ■