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Warren Fund. 

 Receipts. 



Balance, May 1st, 1S95 $374.89 



lucome 840.00 



$1,214.89 



Expenditures. 



Investigations $600.00 



Balance 614.89 



$1,214.89 

 Building Fund. 



Receipts. 



Balance, May 1st, 1895 $843.08 



Income 445.00 



$1,288.68 



Expenditures. 



Investment $1,000.80 



Balance 288.68 



$1,288.68 



The Librarian presented his annual report, which showed that 

 3,096 books and pamphlets had been added to the Library during 

 the year, 2,106 of which were obtained by gift and exchange, 

 748 by purchase with the appropriation from the General 

 Fund, and 242 with the appropriation from the Rumford Fund. 

 345 volumes were bound at an expense of $883.55, of which 

 822.35 were charged to the Rumford Fund. The total expendi- 

 ture for books, periodicals, and binding amounted to 81,297.95, 

 of which 8140.17 were charged to the Rumford Fund. 196 

 books were borrowed by thirty-five persons, of whom twenty- 

 three were Fellows of the Academy. 



The following reports were also presented : — 



Report of the Rumford Cojimittee. 



The Rumford Committee has considered since the last annual meeting 

 of the Academy all possible candidates for the Rumford Medal, but has 

 been unable to reach a conclusion, and therefore does not recommend any 



