86 MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE. 



Receipts for 186J. 

 By cash in treasury, Dec. 31, 1860, .... $940 83 



INCOME. 



" Dividends from stocks, . . . 1,544 00 



" Assessments collected, . . . 912 30 



" Receipts from Mount Auburn, . . 5,022 54 



" Rents collected and items, . . . 221 04 



" Receipts from Annual Exhibition, . . 241 75 



« Interest from Parker's note, . . . 3,600 00 



11,541 63 



" Spring Exhibition, 63.50; donation from members, 132.00, 195 50 



" Legacy from the late Hon. B. V. French, (invested,) . . 500 00 



#13,177 96 



Payments for. 1861. 



expenses. 



To premiums and gratuities, . . . 2,765 00 



» Salaries, $650 ; Chairmen of Committees, #200, 850 00 



*' Printing and advertising, . . . 455 05 



" Portraits and frames, . . . 869 70 



" Library, {#419.84 belonging to last year,) . 1,019 88 



" Special awards and compensation, (Kenrick) . 485 00 



" Expenses of Annual Exhibition . . 614 64 



« Rents, 1,550 00 



** Mechanics' and miscellaneous bills, . . 971 94 



9,581 21 



" Mount Auburn Catacombs, $500; Water-works, #1500, (extra 



expenditure), ...... 2,000 00 



" Donation to Soldiers' fund, . . . . . 195 50 



" Five shares Western Railroad stock, (#500 of it French fund, 



investment), ...... 564 50 



« Cash in treasury, Dec. 31, 1861, . . . . 836 75 



$13,177 96 



Property of the Society. 



Amount invested in the Massachusetts Hospital Life Insurance 



Company, (permanent), ..... 4,000 00 

 Beinsr the donations of 



