112 ANNUAL MEETING, MAY 10. 



James TV. Averill ; Mrs. James Kimball ; Mrs. B. H. 

 Silsbee ; N. A. Horton ; Mrs. Charles Hoffman ; Boston 

 Public Library ; Edwin C. Bolles ; David Campbell ; 

 Charles T. Jenkins ; Samuel Chamberlain ; Leonard B. 

 Harrington ; George P. Osgood ; Charles Haddock of 

 Beverly. 



Manuscripts have been received from Mrs. B. H. 

 Silsbee; T. F. Hunt; Mrs. George Hall of Chelsea; Mrs. 

 James Kimball ; Stanley Waters ; George L. Peabody ; 

 William R. Hubbard; Gilbert L. Streeter ; Jonathan 

 Perley ; Mrs. Charles Whipple, Newlmryport ; David 

 P. Carpenter ; Mary Kittredge ; Agnes F. Churchill : 

 Charles W. Palfray ; George Anderson ; Mary O. Picker- 

 ing. 



The Secretary has arranged the log-books and sea-jour- 

 nals in the Library, numbering some three hundred and 

 seventy-five, and the same will soon be indexed ; several 

 valuable additions have recently been made to this col- 

 lection : contributions are solicited. These journals give 

 a most interesting record of the commercial days of Salem, 

 and constitute valuable material for history. 



Financial. — The Treasurer's Report of the receipts 

 and expenditures of the past year (condensed for print- 

 ing). 



RECEIPTS. 



General Account. 



Balance on hand at commencement of year .... $50511 



Dividends of stocks, $26 46 



Jleturn tax, 11 40 



Assessments of members, 984 00 



Publications, 809 88 



Excursions, Lectures, etc. (net), 638 60 



Salem Athenaeum, 193 13 



$2,723 47 



