treasurer's report. 233 



Amounts brought forward, Sl4,046 34 $20,640 51 



Entertainment of Committee of Arrangements, 226 30 

 Expended by the Committee on Publication 



and Discussion, . . . . • 95 00 



Legal Services, 

 Labor and Incidentals, . 

 Balance of Prizes for 1877, 

 Deposited to pay l^rizes of 1878, 

 Balance carried to new account, 



Boston, Januarj^ 15, 1879. 

 E. W. BuswELL, Treasurer: 



Sir, — We have examined the books and accounts of the Society 

 as rendered by you, and find them correct and entirely satisfactory. 



C. O. Whitmore, 



H. H. HUNNEWELL, 



B. p. Cheney, 



Finance 

 Committee. 



ASSETS AND LIABILITIES. 



Assets. 



Eeal Estate, Furniture, and Exhibition Ware, costing $256,585 56 



Library, last j^ear, .... $17,148 81 



Added this year, . . . . 918 64 



18,067 45 



Bonds of C. B. & Q. R. R., par value, . . 1,500 00 



Total, $276,153 01 



Liabilities. 



Mortgage debt at 5^ per cent., payable 



September, 1883, ". . . . $60,000 00 



Loan without interest, paj'able to Harvard 



College in 1899, .... 12,000 00 



Note to Market National Bank, . . 12,000 00 



$84,000 00 



Balance of assets over liabilities, . . $192,153 01 



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