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Interest on Life Memberships 

 343 members ($17,150 at 



4 per cent.) for 1918... 686.00 

 4 members (Jane M. Smith 



Fund) 200.00 



Accrued Interest on purchase of $2,000 

 Victory Loan Bonds 



Cash in Banks 

 Fifth Avenue Bank of New 



York $1,499.49 



U. S. Trust Company of 



New York 2,158.20 3,657.69 



886.00 



45.13 

 $6,920.38 



$10,578.07 



(Exhibit "A") 



SCHEDULE OP SECUEITIES 



Securities Purchased 



Par Value Purchase Value 



$10,000 Chicago and North- 

 western Railway Co. gen- 

 eral mortgage 4 per cent, 

 bonds, due 1987 $9,425.00 



$10,000 Atchison, Topeka 

 and Santa Fe Railway Co. 

 general mortgage 4 per 

 cent, bonds, due 1995 9,287.50 



$10,000 Great Northern Rail- 

 way Co. first and refund- 

 ing mortgage 4.25 per 

 cent, bonds, due 1961.... 10,050.00 



$10,000 Pennsylvania Rail- 

 road Co. consolidated 

 mortgage 4.5 per cent, 

 bonds, due 1960 10,487.50 



$10,000 Chicago, Burling- 

 ton and Quincy Railroad 

 Co. general mortgage 4 

 per cent, bonds due 1918. 9,350.00 



$10,000 Union Pacific Rail- 

 road Co. first lien and re- 

 funding mortgage 4 per 

 cent, bonds, due 2008 9,012.50 



$10,000 Northern Pacific 

 Railway Co prior lien 

 railway and land grant 4 

 per cent, bonds, due 1997. 9,187.50 



$10,000 New York Central 

 and Hudson River Rail- 

 Co. 3.5 per cent, bonds, 

 due 1997 8,237.50 



$8,000 IT. S. Second Liberty 

 Loan Bonds 8,000.00 



$2,000 V. S. Third Liberty 

 Loan Bonds 2,000.00 



$2,000 U. S. Fourth Liberty 

 Loan Bonds 2,000.00 



$2,000 V. S. Victory Liberty 

 Loan Bonds 1,989.25 $89,026.75 



Bonds from Colburn Estate 



Par Value Appraised Value 



$20,000 Acker, Merrill and 

 Condit Co. debenture 6 

 per cent, bonds $13,600.00 



$7,000 Buffalo City Gas Co. 

 first mortgage 5 per cent, 

 bonds 1,540.00 



$8,000 Park and Tilford Co. 

 sinking fund debenture 6 

 per cent, bonds 6,400.00 



$42,000 Pittsburgh, Shaw- 

 mut and Northern Rail- 

 way first mortgage 4 per 

 cent, bonds, due February 

 1, 1952 4,200.00 $25,740.00 



$171,000 $114,766.75 



I certify that I have audited the accounts of the 

 Treasurer of the American Association for the 

 Advancement of Science for the period December 

 16, 1918, to December 20, 1919; that the securities 

 representing the investments of the association 

 have been exhibited and verified; and that the in- 

 come therefrom has been duly accounted for. 



The financial statements accompanying the 

 Treasurer's report are in accord with the books of 

 the association and correctly summarize the ac- 

 counts thereof. 



Herbekt a. Gill, 

 Auditor 



Dated December 20, 1919. 



SCIENCE 



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