THE RETROSPECT OF THE YEAR. 87 



EXPENDITURES. 

 Paid on General Account. 



Salaries, 1,882 00 



Publications, 807 07 



Fuel and Gas, 233 53 



Binding, Printing, Stationery, etc., 119 37 



Kepairs, expressage, etc., 171 38 



Fire Insurance prem., 122 50 



Salem Athenaeum, as per agreement, 350 00 



3,685 85 



Paid on Historical account, 53 25 



" " Nat. Hist, account, 53 25 



106 50 



" " Ditmore annuity, 110 00 



Paid Legatee Augustus Story's Estate, ... . 563 00 



673 



Interest Davis fund, funded in Savings Bank, ... 12 68 



Interest Manuscript fund, funded in Savings Bank, . . 2696 

 Interest Derby fund, funded in Savings Bank, ... 17 30 



Deposit Salem Savings Bank, part of Robert Peele and sister's 



legacy, 1,500 00 



1,556 94 



Paid note at Salem National Bank and Interest, ... 410 50 410 50 



$6,432 79 



The invested funds are now, $47,389 54 



Examined and approved by the Auditor, May 18, 1885. 



The secretary in concluding his report says, " In addi- 

 tion to the accumulations of former years which it has 

 been impossible to arrange on the shelves for want of 

 room, there have been added since the last annual meet- 

 ing, many books and a great collection of pamphlets, 

 to say nothing of the large amount of printed matter, 

 such as circulars, notices, etc. The subject of increased 

 accommodations is, it is true, an old story, but as donations 

 continue to flow into the building the necessity of more 

 shelf-room forces itself on the attention of the officers 

 of the Institute and those who frequent the library. The 

 subject is again brought to the attention of the directors 

 in the hope that before another year shall have passed, 

 gome decided action in this direction will be taken." 



