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By this it will be seen that the Society's Collections 

 with its Library and its furniture, cases, portraits 



and apparatus reach a total value of $ 81,952.64 



To this add : 



Present amount of Permanent Fund 24,827.50 



Estimated value of land donated by the 



Rumsey Estate for permanent location 30,000.00 



Giving as our total assets at this date $ 136,780. 14 



Upon its possessions now in the Public Library Building 

 the Society is carrying insurance amounting to $34,000.00. 



During the past year a new system of electric lights has 

 been installed in the lecture room, with a separate connection 

 for the stereopticon by means of which the room can be 

 instantly darkened or re-lighted without inconvenience to the 

 audience. This system has been inspected by the Board of 

 Fire Underwriters and pronounced satisfactory. 



A system of electric lights has been installed in the dark 

 room and other facilities arranged including several new sinks, 

 an electric fan, etc. making it a model room for its purposes. 



During the year, the bronze tablet with bas-relief por- 

 trait, honoring the memory of Charles Linden, has been placed 

 on the wall of the Lecture Hall. 



LECTURE COMMITTEE. 



Mr. Howland as chairman of the Lecture Committee 

 reported that during the year eighteen evening lectures have 

 been delivered at which there has been a total attendance of 

 about 3600 persons. 



The names of the lecturers and their subjects are as 

 follows : 



Nov. 2, 1906. Mr. Andrew Langdon, 



"The Fall of a Celestial Wanderer". Illustrated. 



Nov. 19, 1906. Dr. Carlos E. Cummings, 



"Jamaica". Illustrated. 



Nov. 23, 1906. Prof. P. F. Piper and Richard F. Morgan, 



"Cobalt and Vicinity". Illustrated. 



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