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this direction may lead to the promotion of a taste for 

 the cultivation of beautiful flowers, fine fruit and choice 

 vegetables in this community. 



Financial. The Treasurer's report shows an increase 

 in the annual income, yet additional means are requisite 

 to enable the Institute to perform in a fitting manner the 

 various duties which the community may reasonably 

 expect. 



DEBITS. 



Athenaeum, for rent and Librarian, $350.00 



Salaries, 781.00; Coal, 147.25, 928.25 



Postages, 20.44; Sundries, 55.51, 75.95 



Social meetings and Excursions, 772.00 



Publications, 1238.50; Bank Tax, 11.93, 1250.43 



Gas, 70.20; Express, 30.40; Insurance, 30.00, 130.60 



Collections, 6.15; Balance of last year, 335.77, 341.92 



Balance in Treasury, 2.48 



Historical, 



J. Perley, for binding, . 75.00 



Natural History and Horticulture. 

 Exhibition season, 1870, 26.87; do. 1871, 159.78, 186.65 



$4,113.28 



CREDITS. 



Dividends of Webster Bank, 20 ; Social meetings and Excursions, 1,206.45, $1,226.45 



Hall, 123.00; Sundries, 10.25; on acc't of note, 21.15, 154.40 



Athenaeum, proportion of coal, janitor, etc., 148.62 



Publications, 428.28; Assessments, 1,278.00, 1,706.28 



Historical. 



Dividend Naumkeag Bank, 2 LOO ; Michigan Central R. R. dividends, 60.00, 84.00 

 Natural History and Horticulture. 



Dividends Lowell Bleachery, 160.00; P. S. & P. R.R., 19.50, 179.50 



Horticultural Exhibitions, 1871, 238.78 



Davis Fund. 



Coupons Burlington and Missouri River Railroad Bonds, 138.25 



Coupons Dixon, Peoria and Hannibal R. R. Bonds, 237.00 



$4,113.28 



