1876.] 



347 



[Annual Report. 



A second volume of the "Occasional Papers" has also 

 been published, which consists of a reprint of the Arach- 

 nological writings of Prof. E". M. Hentz, with notes and two 

 new plates by Mr. J. H. Emerton, the whole forming a vol- 

 ume of 171 pages, with 21 plates. 



TREASURERS REPORT. 



Report of E. Pickering, Treasurer, on the Financial Affairs of the 

 Society, for the year ending April 30th, 1876. 



Receipts. 



Courtis Fund Income 



Pratt Fund Income 



H. F. Wolcott Fund Income . . . 



Walker Fund Income 



Bulfinch Street Estate Fund Income .... 



Entomological Fund Income 



Walker Prize Fund Income 



" Grand Prize Fund Income .... 



General Fund, Dividends, Rents, etc 



Annual Assessments 



Admission Fees 



J. Cummings, Donation 



P. C. Greenleaf, " 



C.S.Hale, « 



Lowell Institute Subsidy for Lectures .... 



§1,826.27 

 558.99 



5,817.99 

 518.78 

 826.16 

 112.25 

 573.10 

 243.75 



2,368.80 



1,274.79 

 1,148.91 



$570.00 



810.00 



464.00 



2,796.82 



1,992.00 



15.00 

 329.00 



50.00 

 3,886.78 

 1,306.00 



75.00 

 1,266.90 



25.00 



50.00 

 1,101.90 



Total 



Expenditures. 



Cabinet 



Library 



Salaries and Wages 



Museum Building 



Repairs of Museum 



Gas 



Fuel 



Insurance 



Lectures 



Publications and Printing .... 1,567.56 

 Less Receipts on this account . . . 292.77 



General Expenses 



$14,747.40 

 $15,269.79 



Excess of Expenditures 





$522.39 







E. Pickering, Treasurer, 

 Boston Society of Natural History. 

 Boston, May 1, 1876. 



We have examined the Treasurer's account, and find the same 



correctly cast and properly vouched. 



John Cummings, "> A ,... ^ ... 

 B. C. Greenleaf, \ Auditing Committee. 



