THE RETROSPECT OF THE YEAR. 75 



EXPENDITURES. 



nistorical. 



Bindei'8 bill, 75 00 



Natural History and HorticuUure. 



Bindei-'s bill, 75 00 



Ditmore Fund. 



Annuity to F. I. Perkins, 110 00 



Amount ümitted, 1879 and 1880, 20 00 



130 00 



Manuscript Fund. 



Interest and gift, added to fund, 73 02 



Davis Fund. 



Interest added to fund 11 70 



Derby Fund. 



Deposits in Salem Savings Bank, 



Reported on debit in last account, 400 00 



Story Fund. 



Investments ; transferred from tbe estate, 10,000 00 



General Account. 



Salarles, 2,168 61 



Piiblications, 1,459 13 



Books and binding, 185 75 



Salem Athenaeura, Rent and Libraries, 350 00 



Fuel, Gas, Express, Postage, etc., 453 07 



4,616 56 



Paid note of Institute and interest since 1875, .... 2,186 74 



Balance, cash on deposit at Salem National Bank, , . 54 64 



$17,622 66 



The invested funds of the Institute are now, .... $45,766 78 



In March, this year, the Institute acting in Cooperation 

 with several of the Historical Societies of this state, which 

 were desiroiis to ascertain the conclition of the various city 

 and town records, sent a circular and also a carefully pre- 

 pared blank form to each town and city clerk in Essex 

 county, inviting their Cooperation and requesting that the 

 form be filled out in accordance with the Instructions 

 annexed, and returned to the Institute; also suggesting 

 that great care be taken to make every statement precise 

 and accurate especially as to the dates ; these returns 

 when collected and summarized, will be printed, constitu- 



