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Perkins, Miss Ravel, Miss E. B. Gardner, James Kimball, 

 J. H. Huntington, Robert Brookhouse, Miss F. P. Ashton 

 Snow, Edw. Stanley Waters, W. Kite, Caleb Buffum, 

 E. C. Bolles, David Nichols, A. S. Peabody, Mrs. N. D. 

 Cole, T. B. Nichols, H. K. Oliver. 



PUBLICATIONS have been issued as heretofore, the 

 BULLETIN, vol. xi, and HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS, vol. xvi. 

 The exchange list, with few exceptions, continues the 

 same as last year. 



MANUSCRIPTS from Miss Mary E. Briggs, Mrs. James 

 Pope of Melrose, Miss Caroline R. Derby's estate, George 

 E. Emery of Lynn, Mrs. Joseph S. Cabot, James A. 

 Gillis, Caleb Buffum, John A. Norfolk, and T. F. Hunt. 



FINANCIAL. The Treasurer's Report exhibits the re- 

 ceipts and expenditures of the past year, presented in 

 detail, but here condensed for printing. 



RECEIPTS. 



Balance on hand, commencement of year $254 76 



General Account. 



Salem Athenaeum i expense, 1878 $136 36 } 



" 1879 127875= $26477 



Dividend and return tax 31 77 



Assessments, 888 00; Publications, 582 67; Donations, 47 50, = 1,518 17 



Lectures, Concerts, Excursions and Hall, 2,904 10 



$4,718 81 



Historical Fund. 

 Interest of investment, 43 50 



Natural History Fund. 

 Interest of investment, 28 00 



Daris Fund. 

 Interest of investment, 482 85 



