Annual Eeport.J 



235 



[May 3, 



Brought forward 



Miscellaneous. 



Unsettled Accounts and Cash 



Less Indebtedness $1,293.19. Balance of Homer Be- 

 quest $894.90 



Value of Property April 29, 1871, exclusive of Cabinet 

 and Library . 

 " " " 30, 1870. exclusive of Cabinet 



and Library . 



$336,178.67 



Increase of value the past year 



$2,196.69 

 2,187.09 



$9.60 





$336,188.27 

 324,083.86 

 $12,104.41 



The foregoing statement of Keceipts is exclusive of- a portion of 

 the incomes of the Bulfinch Street Estate Fund, and of the Walker 

 Prize Fund, and one half of the income of the Walker Fund, which 

 are specially appropriated, and are received and accounted for by 

 the Trustees of the Society in their respective reports, to which I 

 beg leave to refer for explanation in detail. The sum of $20,415.00 

 was received from the Executors of W. J. Walker, on June 4, 1871, 

 in stocks and cash, which is included in the statement of the General 

 Fund; and a reduction has been made in the estimated value of some 

 of the stocks. 



All which is respectfully submitted. 



E. Pickering, 

 Treasurer of the Boston Society of Natural History. 



Boston, May 1, 1871. 



The report of the Nominating Committee presented at the 

 preceding meeting was read, and the ballot ordered. 



Messrs. E. T. Bouve and T. W. Brewer being requested to 

 collect and count the ballots, reported that the following 

 gentlemen were elected Officers of the Society for the ensu- 

 ing year. 



PRESIDENT, 



THOMAS T. BOUVE. 



VICE-PRESIDENTS, 



CHARLES T. JACKSON, M.D., R. C. GREENLEAF. 



CORRESPONDING SECRETARY, 



SAMUEL L. ABBOT, M.D. 



RECORDING SECRETARY, 



J. A. SWAN. 



TREASURER, 



EDWARD PICKERING. 



