276 History of Hingham. 



The following list of deposits serves to show the steady growth 

 of the institution : — 



To the faithful services of those who have been intrusted with 

 the interests of the depositors, the success of the institution is due. 

 Mr. David Harding, the father, and Mr. Henry C. Harding, the 

 son, have been the only treasurers from the beginning. For over 

 twenty-eight years Mr. David Harding performed his duties with 

 such integrity as to inspire universal confidence, and much of the 

 early prosperity of the institution was due to his care and faithful- 

 ness. He laid the foundation upon which the structure grew. On 

 the occasion of his retirement in 1863, he was presented by the 

 Trustees with a valuable piece of plate, appropriately inscribed, as 

 a testimonial to the value of his services. 



It is but simple justice to say, also, that the interests of the de- 

 positors have been promoted by vigilant Trustees and careful and 

 judicious Boards of Investment. 



The following announcement is in the " Hingham Gazette " of 

 Dec. 19,1834: — 



Hingham Institution for Savings. 



The organization of the above Institution having been completed, notice 

 is hereby given that the Treasurer will attend at the Hingham Bank on the 

 last Saturday of every month, between the hours of 10 and 12 o'clock, to 

 receive deposits, and transact other business. Persons wishing to make 

 deposits on any other day can do so by calling on the Treasurer at the 

 office of the Insurance Company. 



The office was on North Street, near the harbor. The annual 

 meetings were held at the Hingham Bank until January, 1845, 

 and afterwards at the Treasurer's office. The first meeting of the 

 Trustees was held at the Hingham Bank, Nov. 24, 1834. and their 

 meetings continued to be held there until January. 1838. After 

 that date the January meetings only were held at that place. 



January, 1836, it was " Voted, That the Board of Investment 

 provide an office for the use of the Institution which shall be the 

 place for transacting business on the regular deposit days. 11 This 

 office was with that of the Insurance Company on North Street, 

 near the harbor, until both were moved in January, 1824, to the 

 second floor of the building at the junction of North and South 

 streets, now occupied (1893) by the Isaac Little Hose Company. 



Sept. 4, 1860, the office was moved to the new building on Main 

 Street, which had been built for the purpose, in connection with 

 the Insurance Company, where it has since remained. The fol- 

 lowing have been the officers of the Institution : — 



