THE RETROSPECT OF THE YEAR. 85 



EXPENDITURES. 



Salaries of secretary, assistant librariansand janitor, . • $2,177 00 



Cost of books, periodicals and binding, 392 26 



'* " publications and printing 1,204 03 



'« •• fuel, 202 50 



" •• gas and water, 48 88 



•• " repairs, 457 77 



" " insurance, 429 75 



*• " interest on note 150 00 



•• " labor, etc., on the grounds and buildings, . . . 182 80 



" " Athcnaeum expenses (our proportion), ... 258 18 



♦' '• express, postage and miscellaneous, .... 296 36 



Annuities, 660 00 



$6,459 53 



Interest added to niannscript fund, 54 98 



u ♦« •« North Bridge monument fund, ... 7 26 



62 24 



Balance of cash on band, 378 37 



$6,900 14 



May 15, 1893. Respectfully submitted, 



William O. Chapman, Treaaurer, 

 Examined and approved, 



(Signed) Geokge D. Phipfen, Auditor» 



INVESTMENT OF FUNDS. 



Tor income, 

 " Essex Institute building, 

 " Ship Rock and land, 



Total investments. 



$71,717 75 



28,370 69 



100 00 





$100,188 44 



Salem, May 15, 1893. 



Examined the above account with the securities and found thera correct. 



(Signed) Geo. D. Phippen, Auditor, 



Lectüres. 



Friday, Jan, 6, 1893.— FroL E. Charlton Black, of Har- 

 vard UniverSity, lectured on "Heinrich Heine, — Poet, 

 Humorist, Reformer." In introduction, Mr. Black spoke 

 in a general way of Heine, bis work as bearing upon the 

 World, his character, his keen wit and perception and the 

 Chief facts of his stränge, sad, significant life. He then 

 gave a brief sketch of his life, and of his parents, how 



