114 BULLETIN OF THE E8SEX INSTITUTE. 



Treasurer's Report. 



Condensed from Treasurer's Report presented May 16, 

 1898. 



RECEIPTS. 



Balance from last year's report, $149 10 



Received from invested funds, $3,343 04 



Assessment of members, .... 2,463 00 



Publications 919 05 



Contributions and sale of tickets for the cel- 

 ebration of fiftieth anniversary, . . 606 00 



Money borrowed, 500 00 



Mrs. Henry Saltonstall, contribution for 



framing Scagliola, 31 17 



From other sources, 177 99 $8,040 79 



$8,189 89 



EXPENDITURES. 



Salaries of secretary, assistants and janitor, . . . $2,259 05 



Shrubs, extra labor on grounds and building, ... 81 33 



Fuel, 206 75 



Light and water 86 68 



Our proportion of the Athenaeum expenses, .... 22077 



Storage warehouse, 37 80 



Repairs on building, etc., 177 78 



Postage and express, 135 45 



Supplies and miscellaneous 99 10 



Lecture expenses, 70 00 



Reception expenses, 35 00 



Typewriter 120 50 



Interest on loan 224 43 



Insurance, 429 75 



Framing Scagliola, 31 17 



Annuities paid 610 00 



Books, periodicals and binding, 394 44 



Publications and printing 2,274 59 



Expenses incurred in celebration of fiftieth anniversary, . 476 17 



$7,970 76 



Balance of cash on hand, 219 13 



$8,189 88 



Respectfully submitted, 



William O. Chapman, Treasurer. 



An analysis of the figures shows that the expenses have 

 exceeded the income by about $700, which does not differ 

 materially from the average of the past eight years. 



