16 PROCEEDINGS OF THE CALIFORNIA 



The Board of Trustees presented, through the Secretary, a 

 statement in detail of the receipts and disbursements of the year, 

 presenting vouchers of same, with monthly abstracts, checks and 

 accompanying papers. The annual report was as follows: 



ANNUAL STATEMENT OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. 



Amount in Bank of California, February 20th, 1875, at time 



Board of Trustees for 1875 took charge of disbursements $2,900 00 



Sundry deposits to date 1,769 78 



Retransferred from London and S. F. Bank to Bank of California. . 1,293 00 

 Expenditures in Museum for cases, shelves, repairs, 



alcohol, bottles, etc $ 558 55 



Salaries and Commissions to Curator of Museum, Secre- 

 tary of Board of Trustees, and Treasurer 1,021 15 



Rent 1,650 00 



Expense account, (including fuel, cleaning, etc.) 142 40 



Advertising meetings 32 80 



Printing, (including Proceedings, blanks, checks, vouch- 

 ers and abstracts, receipts, postal cards, labels and tags 



for Museum, engraving for Proceedings, etc.) 679 89 



Stationery and Binding 98 04 



Freight, C. P. R. R 6 70 



Water 6 00 



Repairs to Building, (Gas Fixtures, Mending • Roof, etc.) 132 92 

 Periodicals for Library 40 60 



Total Expenditures, 1875 4,369 05 



Balance in Bank, December 31, 1875 1,593 73 



$5,962 78 $5,962 78 



i 

 The Trustees desire to add to this annual, statement the fact, that of the 



above expenditures, the sum of $819.29 was for indebtedness incurred by 

 their predecessors in office. The details of these expenditures are as fol- 

 lows: 



C. E. Boman, fixing shelves in Museum $ 129 00 



Bacon & Co., printing Proceedings of 1874 265 55 



Bacon & Co., printing Proceedings of 1874, (minus $12 for this 



year's work) 261 84 



Advertising 21 75 



Springer, (Lumber) 11 55 



Contingencies of Curator in December, 1874 35 50 



Curtain bought for Museum 3 50 



