XXIV PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON. 
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TREASURER. 
Wasuineton Crry, December 31, 1884. 
To the Philosophical Society of Washington : 
_ Ihave the honor to present herewith my annual statement as 
Treasurer for the year ending December 20th, 1884. 
The revenue of the Society has amounted to $855.00 and the ex- 
penditures have been $671.96, leaving a balance of $183.04 on hand ; 
the details of this account are given in the accompanying table. 
The investments of the funds of the Society have not changed 
and consist, therefore, of $1,000 in a U.S. Bond at 43 per cent. 
and $1,500 in U.S. Bonds at 4 per cent. 
The receipts during the past year wits be classified as follows : 
Interest on invested fund : ‘ ; - . $95 
5 Dues for 1882 : : ; $25 
EG eee 1883, 5 ; ; 80 
196: “43 See: 4 630 
5): 2 10 
149 745 
The dues remaining unpaid are about as follows: 
For 1882, : 2 $15 
* 1883, 10 2 : : : 50 
: 1884, 7 ae f : : 235 
60 300 
Early in February 500 copies of Volume VI of the Bulletin were 
received from the printer, and 148 copies have been distributed to 
active members, also 67 copies have been sent to domestic and 75 
to foreign recipients ; occasional copies of other volumes have also 
been sent to complete broken sets. The stock of publications now 
on hand is about as follows: 
Bulletin, Volume L , : Zé . 91 copies. 
1 Re ; : 1 | Re 
= fa ack . i oo a het eaae 
. ee S's ; : ; 3s RE les 
tk Ni - ; , (AUN ae 
cc 6s VI. 915 5 “ce 
W. B. Taylor, Memoir of Joseph Henry, ist Ed. . 64 copies. 
2d Kid. . 303% 
aa, Welling, Address on life of Joseph as ae 
W. B. Taylor, Address as President «(Ota 
In return for the distribution of Bulletins 4 Society has re- 
ceived about seventy-five publications from other organizations or 
individuals and the Accessions Catalogue of the Library now 
includes 177 titles. 
Very respectfully your obedient servant, 
CLEVELAND ABBR, Treasurer. 
