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vested funds had a par value of $1,000.00 and an annual interest return 

 of $70.00. 



The following table exhibits the growth of the invested funds and 

 interest items, the latter being 'increased each year to a small extent by 

 the 4 per cent received on monthly balances from the Security Trust 

 Company of Eochester, New York, where all the cash not needed in pay- 

 ing current accounts has been kept for the last 15 years: 



Year. 



Cost of 

 investment. 



Par value. 



Annual in- 

 terest from 

 investments^ 



Inteiest on 

 bank bal- 

 ances. 



1889 









$16 63 



1890 



$r,i46'2.5* 

 900 35t 

 700 OOt 



304 'ooj' 



' $1,000 00* 

 900 OOt 

 700 OOt 



' " ' 300 OOt 



$35"00 



92 50 

 135 50 

 135 50 

 162 00 

 168 00 

 170 50 

 275 50 

 273 00 

 273 00 

 282 63 

 236 11 

 248 00 

 483 00 

 448 00 

 517 33 



51 34 



1891 



65 32 



1 892 



16 72 



1893 



1 894 



1895 



1896 



17 65 



23 46 



8 06 



23 00 



1 897 



100 OOt 

 1,976 25 



100 OOt 

 2,000 00 



49 84 



1 898 



32 98 



1899 , . . 



60 28 



1900 





97 23 



1901 



1902 



1,000 00 



1,000 00 



100 61 

 151 83 



1903 



1904 



1905 



1906 



2,000 00 

 2,366 25 

 1,000 00 

 1,000 00 



2,000 00 

 3,000 00 

 1,000 00 

 1,000 00 



148 17 

 93 98 

 65 64 

 64 38 



Total 



$12,487 10 



$13,000 00 



$3,935 57 



$1,087 12 



Adding the total of interest received on investments, $3,935.57, to the 

 total received from bank deposits, $1,087.12, gives a grand total of 

 $5,022.69 received since the organization of the Society, all of which 

 except $168.27 has been received during the last 15 years. 



At the second annual meeting of the Society, held in New York city, 

 December 26, 1889, the Council, among other recommendations, asked 

 that an eifort be made to raise a Publication Fund of $10,000.00. This 

 demand not having been met, the Council renewed the request in sub- 

 mitting its annual report at the Columbus meeting of December 29, 1891. 

 It was evidently the expectation of the Council that some wealthy friends 

 of the Society would donate the amount requested in a short time, but 

 the hope failed of fruition. The present Treasurer, who was elected at 

 the Columbus meeting (1891) never made any serious effort to raise a 

 Publication Fund in the way suggested, because he preferred to see what 



* Kansas bond redeemed at .$1,081.80, April 1. 1004. 



t .$1,700 in Cosnaos Club bonds redeemed at par May 16 and 25, 1001. 



% T., K. & P. bonds redeemed .July 28, 190G, at par and accrued interest. 



