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MUSEUM. Many valuable specimens in natural his- 

 tory have been given during the year, and are on deposit 

 with the Trustees of the Peabody Academy of Science, 

 in accordance with previous arrangements. These have 

 been reported at our meetings, and have been duly ac- 

 knowledged to the several donors. In addition to the 

 above, several interesting specimens of an historical char- 

 acter have been deposited in the Rooms of the Institute, 

 and contribute very much of interest and value to the 

 antiquarian and historical portion of the Museum. A 

 Committee appointed for the purpose have rearranged the 

 collection of relics, and local antiquities in the eastern 

 ante-room, and by the efforts of Rev. E. C. Bolles and 

 others, several series of specimens in Technology have 

 been added. 



PUBLICATIONS. The BULLETIN has been continued in 

 monthly numbers, giving full reports of the doings of the 

 Institute, and abstracts of papers read at the meetings. 

 The HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS, Vol. xii, Nos. 3 and 4, 

 and Vol. xiii, No. 1, have been printed. 



FINANCIAL. The Treasurer's Report shows the fol- 

 lowing receipts and expenditures during the year. Addi- 

 tional means are requisite to perform, in a suitable man- 

 ner, the various duties which the members may reasonably 



expect. 



DEBITS. 



General Account. 



Athenaeum, Rent, etc., $350.00; Salaries, $745.00; Coal, $160.50, . . $1,255.50 



Lectures, $116.55; Express, $43.32; Postage, $10.50 170.37 



Insurance, $50.00; Eosetta Stone, $16.00; Gas, $68.35, .... 134.35 



Photographs, $35.84; Publications, $1,129.37 1,165.21 



Collecting, $5.00; Sundries, $23.38, 28.38 



Hittorical. 



Binding, $95.00; Books, $10.00 105.00 



