112 ANNUAL MEETING, MAY 16. 



James W. Averill ; Mrs. James Kitnball ; Mrs. B. H. 

 Silsbee ; N. A. Horton ; Mrs. Charles Hoffman ; Boston 

 Public Library ; Edwin C. Bolles ; David Campbell ; 

 Charles T. Jenkins ; Samuel Chamberlain ; Leonard B. 

 Harrington ; George P. Osgood ; Charles Haddock of 

 Beverly. 



MANUSCRIPTS have been received from Mrs. B. H. 

 Silsbee; T. F. Hunt; Mrs. George Hall of Chelsea; Mrs. 

 James Kimball ; Stanley Waters ; George L. Peabody ; 

 William E. Hubbard ; Gilbert L. Streeter ; Jonathan 

 Perley ; Mrs. Charles Whipple, Nevvburyport ; David 

 P. Carpenter ; Mary Kittredge ; Agnes F. Churchill ; 

 Charles W. Palfray ; George Anderson ; Mary O. Picker- 

 ing. 



The Secretary has arranged the log-books and sea-jour- 

 nals in the Library, numbering some three hundred and 

 seventy-five, and the same will soon be indexed ; several 

 valuable additions have recently been made to this col- 

 lection : contributions are solicited. These journals give 

 a most interesting record of the commercial days of Salem, 

 and constitute valuable material for history. 



FINANCIAL. The Treasurer's Report of the receipts 

 and expenditures of the past year (condensed for print- 

 ing)- 



RECEIPTS. 



General Account. 



Balance on hand at commencement of year .... $50511 



Dividends of stocks, $26 46 



Return tax, 11 40 



Assessments of members, 984 00 



Publications, 869 88 



Excursions, Lectures, etc. (net), 638 60 



Salem Athenaeum, 193 13 



$2, 723 47 



