138 THE RETROSPECT OF THE YEAR. 



Amt . bro't forward, $5,935.98 



By salaries of secretary, assistant-librarian and janitor, . 1,952 00 



" publications and printing, 1,028 19 



" books, binding and miscellaneous printing, . . . 639 29 



" fuel, gas, stationery, expressage, etc., .... 343 31 



" Salem Athenasum, portion of repairs, 14631 



" insurance and interest 231 00 



" city tax, 22 40 



" annuities (with legacies) 210 00 



Net expense, $4,572 50 

 By Daland house expenses, viz., 



" alterations of the building, $8,366 13 



" furnishings, 3,394 74 



" city tax, 21 70 



" moving books, 169 41 



" labor of assistants, 258 30 



" fire insurance, 307 25 



" repairs at PI ummer Hall, publishing, etc., . . . 1,85318 



14,370 69 



Balance on hand 588 27 



$25,467 44 



May 21, 1888. Respectfully submitted, 



GKO. D. PHIPFKN, Treasurer. 



Audited. General accounts by R. C. MANNING, Auditor; and Dalund House ac- 

 counts by 1. F. HUNT, Chairman. 



DALAND HOUSE FUND. The remodeling and furnishing 

 of Dalund House, purchased for the better accommodation 

 of the library and collections, required the expenditure of 

 a larger sum than the society had at its disposal and an 

 honorary committee undertook the responsible task of se- 

 curing the necessary funds. The following gentlemen 

 constituted the 



Honorary Committee on Daland House Fund : 



S. E. PEABODY, Chairman. 



James B. Curwen, E. S. Morse, Geo. B. Loring, 



K. S. Atwood, T. F. Hunt, H.W. Peabody, 



E. B. Willson, Wm. Cogswell, John Robinson, 

 K. C. Manning, Geo. B. Ives, Chas. S. Osgood, 

 \V. D. Northern!, F. Israel, Geo. D, Phippen, 

 A. L. Huntingdon, C. A. Ropes, J. F. Almy, 



S. G. Wheatland, L. F. Brigham, F. W. Putnam, 



F. R. Kimball, D. B. Hagar, Jos. F. Dane, 



A. H. Johnson, D. Filigree, Wm. Mack, 



W. P. Upham, E. C. Bolles, J. A. Emmerton, 



B. F. McDauiel, G. R. Emmerton, G. P. Messervy, 



J. P. Cook, Francis Cox, Geo. Wheatland, jr. 



