502 
BULLETIN OF THE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. 
Receipt-^ hrou{fht fovirat'd, $3,2')4 54 
Ex})enditnre — 
Printing and distributing Bulletin XIX $ 155 48 
Maintenance of museum. . 74 79 
Library, books and binding 3 15 
^liscellaneous 117 58 
Loaned on mortgage Hazelhurst property 2,500 00 
Balance in Bank of New Brunswick . 353 54 
83.204 54 
The balance of 8353.54 in Bank of New Brunswick includes 833.00 held in trust 
for the Ladies’ Association. 
The total funds of the Society are now represented by : 
Balance Bank of New Brunswick 8 353 54 
Mortgage (Hazelhurst property). .... 2,500 00 
Special deposit. Building Fund, in Bank of X". B. . . . 10 Oo 
?2,863 54 
Our interest in the Hazelhurst property is protected by fire insurance policies 
to the amount of 82,700.00, and the specimens, etc., are insured for 
82,5* »0.0o. 
A. Gordon Leavitt, Tren ^ Hnn '. 
Examined and found correct. 
James A. Estey, 
Thomas Stothart, 
I Audit or t<. 
Library. 
The year shows a considerable increase in the library, due princi- 
pally to our large exchange list. A number of works on various 
branches of nature study have been purchased, and several valuable 
books have been presented by members of the Society. 
Publications. 
Bulletin XIX has been published. It contains articles by Dr. 
Geo. F. Matthew, Dr. Geo. U. Hay, Samuel W. Kain, Prof. W. F. 
Ganong, W. McIntosh and Chas. F. B. Rowe ; also a report of the 
Fredericton Natural History Society. Several of the shorter papers 
read before the Society have been published in the daily press. 
