810 PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY. 



Mr. Amory directed that public notice should be given of the nature and 

 design of the Fund, and that contributions should be expressly solicited in 

 aid of it. 



The attention of the public is therefore called to the existence of this Fund 

 and contributions are hereby solicited. 



Under the provisions of the will the Income of the Fund cannot be awarded 

 until twentj^-one years from the date of Mr. Amory's death. 



Henry H. Edes, Treasurer. 

 Boston, 10 November, 1916. 



American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 

 Francis Amory of Boston died on the tenth day of November, 1912. In 

 satisfaction of the requirements of his last wiU and testament, duly proved 

 and allowed as such, with certain modifications, in and by the Probate Court 

 for the Count}' of Suffolk in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on the thir- 

 teenth day of March, 1914, the following detailed and itemized account of the 

 Fund bequeathed to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and of the 

 administration and application thereof during the fiscal year 1915-16, is pub- 

 hshed in two of the principal newspapers printed in Boston. 



Fr.\ncis Amory Fund. 



Received from the Estate of Francis Amory $25,000 . 00 



Less 10% as per Agreement of Compromise 2,500.00 



$22,500.00 



Interest thereon to 31 July, 1915 517.50 



On Investments 567 . 50 



$23,585.00 



Investments made, as foUows: 



$5,000 Mortgage on improved Real Estate in Boston at 5% . 5,000.00 

 5,000 Chicago Junction Railway and Union Stock Yards 



Company 5% bonds 4,950.00 



5,000 Western Electric Company 5% bonds 5,045.00 



5,000 Western Telephone and Telegraph Company 5% bonds 4,808.75 



3,000 New York Telephone Company 4|% bonds .... 2,876.25 



Interest in adjustment 243.80 



Paid Probate Office, for attested copy of iNIr. Amory's will and 



the Agreement of Compromise .6.25 



Balance of Cash on hand, uninvested 654 . 95 



$23,585.00 



Henry H. Edes, Treasurer. 

 Boston, 10 November, 1916 



