Annual Report.] 180 May 1, 



Since my last Annual Report we have received the additional sum 

 of S10,000 from the executors of the estate of Dr. W. J. Walker. 

 The distribution of the residue of his devise awaits the decision of 

 the Supreme Court of the United States upon the questions Avhich 

 have arisen in the settlement of his estate. The becjuest by Miss 

 S. P. Pratt of $10,000 in addition to her cabinet of shells, it will be 

 observed, has been paid over to the Society. The bequest of S20,000 

 by the late Paschal P. Pope has been also announced. 



I estimate the necessary expenses of the ensuing year at the same 

 amount as those of the past year. 



By a vote of the Council the income of the Bulfinch Street Estate 

 Fund is to be reserved by the Trustees for accumulation as a Build- 

 ing Fund. 



All of which is respectfully submitted, 



E. Pickering, Treasurer. 



Mr. T. T. Bouvc, on behalf of the Trustees, presented the 

 followmg report for the past year : 



