Reports of Officers of the Society. 85 



Fay incuts. 



Custodians' salaries $800 00 



Janitor's wages 49*^ 00 



Publishing Journal 504 95 



Expended for Museum i73 ^5 



Expended for Library (mostly book-binding) 54 00 



Furniture and repairs 343 82 



Fuel, gas and water 117 26 



Expense of Lectures ■ 102 95 



General expenses, printing, stationery, postage. Cus- 

 todian's sundries, legal services, etc 273 91 



2,866 74 



New Loans on Mortgage ......... i4>5oo °° 



Balance on hand 1,812 79 



19.179 53 



Number of members paid up to date 121 



Number of members owing for one year or less. ...,,.,,,. . 28 



Number of members owing for two years 4 



Number of members resigned or withdrawn during the year, . . 15 

 Number of members deceased 2 



Number of new members elected during the year . 46 



Of these 2,2, perfected their membership by paying initiation fees 33 



Leaving who have not paid 13 



Of the resident members fiinc have become life members by 

 the payment of the sum required by the Ijy laws. There are a 

 few other life members, of whom the treasurer does not keep a 

 record, they having become such by virtue of having been officers 

 of a former society, of which this society is the heir. 



S. E. Wright, Treasurer. 



CUSTODL-VN'S REPORT. 



Officers and Members of ttic Cincinnati Society of Natural History. 



Ladies AND Gentlemen:— I have the honor to submit here- 

 with my first report as Custodian of the Cincinnati Society of 

 Nfitural History. 



I would first acknowledge the kindness of my predecessor. 

 Prof. Jos. F. James, in instructing me in the various duties of the 



