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THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 



REPORT OF the; treasurer of the 



NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 

 SOCIETY 



Por the Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 1912 



RECEIPTS 



Cash, as shown by statement of 



December 31, 1911 $42,876.92 



Dues 264,499.74 



Life memberships, 55 at $50 2,750.00 



Magazine subscriptions and sales... 28,243.08 



Lectures 7.238.96 



Advertising 41,446.43 



Interest on investments 3.458-85 



Interest on deposit in bank 687.87 



Pubhcations 20,251.02 



Sundry 1,355-39 



$412,808.26 



DISBURSEMENTS 



Magazine, paper, printing, articles, 



etc $167,138.89 



Pound- rate postage on magazine... 13,000.00 



Postage on letters, etc 24,867.00 



Salaries and services 54,331-90 



Printing and stationery 16,036.67 



Lectures 9.643 . 52 



Hubbard Memorial Hall 1,769.53 



Publications, scenes, panoramas, 



maps, etc 28,863 . 08 



Research : 



Alaskan glacier expedi- 

 tion, 191 1 $759 . 28 



Alaska volcano expedi- 

 tion 1,500.00 



Peruvian expedition, 



1912 10,000.00 



Hudson Bay expedition, 



1912 500.00 



Instruments, research 



expeditions 976.83 



Sundry 4.65 



• 13,740.76 



Advertising commission 2,376.33 



Library 208.20 



Investment account, purchase of 

 bonds, and real-estate notes se- 

 cured by first mortgage 49,961 .99 



Equipment : 



Furniture $1,177.75 



Machinery 1,912.48 



3,090 . 23 



Sundry 4,647 . 69 



Cash balance in the Washington 



Loan & Trust Company 23,132.47 



$412,808.26 



ASSETS 



Investments, General Account 



5% notes, secured by first mortgage 



on real estate $47,300.00 



Bonds : 



10 $500 bonds, Capital 

 Traction Co., 5%, at 

 purchase price $S,5i8.75 



8 $500 bonds, Washing- 

 ton Gas Light Co., 

 5%, at purchase price 4,438.75 



10 $500 bonds, George- 

 town Gas Co., 5%, at 

 purchase price 5,427.50 



4 $1,000 bonds, Po- 

 tomac Electric 

 Power Co., 5%, at 

 purchase price 4,135.00 



19,520.00 



Real estate : 



Lot 45, square 183, at 

 purchase price $11,338.95 



Lot 46, square 183, at 

 purchase price 16,145.22 



Lot 47, square 183, at 

 purchase price 15,876.00 



43,360.17 



Investments, Life Membership Fund 



5% real-estate notes secured by 

 first mortgage $22,000.00 



Publications on hand, cost price... 21,750.00 



Cash in the Washington Loan & 



Trust Company 23,130.47 



Total assets year ending De- 

 cember 31 $177,060.64 



Total assets December 31, 1912.... 177,060.64 



Total assets December 31, 1911. . . . 126,237.09 



Increase in assets in 1912 $50,823.55 



LIABIEITIES 



None. 



Respectfully submitted. 



Jno. Joy Edson, 



Treasurer. 



