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ANNUAL MEETING, MAY 19. 



EXPENDITURES. 



PAID ON General Account 



Salaries 



Publications 



Fuel and Gas . . . 

 Binding, Printing, Books and Stationery 

 Repairs, Express, Postage, etc. 

 Salem Athenaeum, Rent and Labor 



$1832 00 

 1081 80 

 257 79 

 401 81 

 125 75 

 350 00 



I'aid on Historical Account 



" " Nat. History " 



" " Ditvnore Fund Annuity . 

 Interest on Manuscript Fund funded in Savings Bank 

 " " Derby Fund funded in Savings Bank . 



" Davis Fund funded at Savings Bank 

 " " Story Fund, paid to Legatee . 



Paid Note $500 :md interest 



Balance on hand 



The invested funds are now 



Examined and approved by the Auditor, May 19, 1884. 



$4049 15 



56 26 



56 25 



110 00 



24 94 



28 72 



12 16 



563 00 



541 04 



94 



$5,442 46 

 $45,832 60 



The Secretary in concluding his report, says : 

 The urgent need of room for the shelving and arrange- 

 ment of donations to the Library and the Museum, forces it- 

 self upon the attention of the officers of the Institute daily. 

 In some of the cases books are already piled three deep, and 

 valuable gifts to the Museum are stored away in drawers 

 and other places, practically valueless to visitors for the pur- 

 poses of examination. During the past year the matter of 

 increased accommodations has been once more agitated, 

 and plans for an addition to the present building have been 

 laid before some of the officers of the Salem Athenaeum 

 and of the Institute for their informal consideration. The 

 lack of funds to carry out these improvements appears to be 

 the only reason for delaying a movement in this direction. 

 Thirty thousand dollars, it is believed, would give ample 

 room to both the Athenaeum and the Institute. Some re- 

 lief must be devised and that speedily. The subject is 

 again commended to the attention of the directors. 



