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THE MODERN CEMETERY, 
The Houghton Monument. 
The monument illustrated herewith is 
among the finest of the memorials recently 
erected in Forest Hills Cemetery, Boston. 
At a time when quantity seems to be more 
fashionable than quality, the design of this 
monument is well worthy of attention, from 
the fact that it combines both in such a 
manner as to create a very pleasing effect. 
The proportions are harmonious, and the de- 
tails are so worked out in the design that no 
one part more than another obtrudes itself 
It is executed in Westerly granite, a material 
admirably adapted to bring out the details. 
The monument is the work of the Smith 
Granite Co. 
CEMETERY REPORTS. 
The sixty-third annual report of the 
Trustees of the Cemetery of Mount Auburn, 
Boston, for 1894, shows a successful finan- 
cial year notwithstanding the general bus- 
iness depression. The receipts from sales of 
lots and receiving tomb deposits show an 
increase of $10,500 over the previous year, 
while the expenses, due to cautious manage- 
ment by reason of the uncertainties of the 
times have been smaller. 
The Repair Fund amounts to $8 1 2,2 16.- 
82, an increase for the year of $40,532.44- 
This is, in fact the fund, the income from 
which is devoted to the perpetual care of 
lots, etc. The Permanent Fund to provide 
for the expenses of the cemetery after all 
the lots are sold, and which accumulates 
under provisions of the by-laws is $344,009.- 
27, an increase of $13,218. 51. 
The general fund to provide for all large 
improvements, amounts to $119,456.63, a 
gain of $19,074-63. 
The total receipts for sales of lots and 
deposits in receiving tombs were: $26,984.- 
25; for work and material on lots, $54,823.- 
67. In the total expenditures that for labor 
amounts to $37, i 53.68, and for materials 
and repairs of buildings and fences $11,- 
425.04. 
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The annual report ot the Mountian View 
Cemetery Association, Oakland, Cal., 
shows that a large amount of improvement 
was done, and many handsome monuments 
erected. The receipts for the year in- 
clude lots sold, $17,278; single graves. 
