THE RETROSPECT OF THE TEAR. 85 



EXPENDITURES. 



Salaries of secretary, assistant librarians and janitor, . . $2,17700 



Cost of books, periodicals and binding, 392 26 



publications and printing 1,204 03 



fuel, 202 50 



gas and water, 48 88 



repairs, 457 77 



insurance, 429 75 



interest on note, 150 00 



labor, etc., on the grounds and buildings, . . . 182 80 

 Athenaeum expenses (our proportion), . . . 258 18 

 express, postage and miscellaneous, .... 296 36 



Annuities, 660 00 



$6,459 53 



Interest added to manuscript fund, 54 98 



" " North Bridge monument fund, ... 7 26 



6224 



Balance of cash on hand, 378 37 



$6,900 14 



May 15, 1893. Respectfully submitted, 



WILLIAM O. CHAPMAN, Treasurer. 

 Examined and approved, 



(Signed) GEORGE D. PHIPPEN, Auditor. 



INVESTMENT OF FUNDS. 



Tor income, ......... $71,717 75 



" Essex Institute building, 28,370 69 



" Ship Kock and land, 100 00 



Total investments, $100,188 44 



Salem, May 15, 1893. 



Examined the above account with the securities and found them correct. 



(Signed) GEO. D. PHIPPEN, Auditor. 



LECTURES. 



Friday, Jan. 6, 1893. Prof. E. Charlton Black, of Har- 

 vard University, lectured on "Heinrich Heine, Poet, 

 Humorist, Reformer." In introduction, Mr. Black spoke 

 in a general way of Heine, his work as bearing upon the 

 world, his character, his keen wit and perception and the 

 chief facts of his strange, sad, significant life. He then 

 gave a brief sketch of his life, and of his parents, how 



