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constant stream of new blood into' the administration and 
keep things wakened up. 
As to the amount of deposit required from individual lot 
owners, we think it will require an annual expenditure of 
not less than i cent per square foot, and we aim to secure 
cents. 
In accepting deposits for the care of mausoleums, monu- 
ments., etc., each one is considered separately on a basis of 
common sense. Three per cent is a safe rate of interest to be 
allowed on perpetual care funds. 
It is not proper to guarantee anything in perpetuity ! 
Frederick Green, Sec. and Treas. 
Cemetery of Spring Groove, Cincinnati, 0. 
The percentage of lot sales to be set aside depends on what 
price per foot is obtained and what care is to be given. If a 
lot containing 400 square feet is sold at 50c per foot, the $200 
at 4 per cent will earn $8 per annum. If the extra care given 
to a lot costs 2c per square foot, it will take all the earnings 
of the price of the lot. and should it cost only ic per foot for 
perpetual care then 50 per cent of the price of the lot should 
be the standard. 
We require a deposit from lot holders of 60c per square 
foot. We figure to spend in fertilizing, watering, weeding 
and cutting 2c per square foot per year. A deposit of 6oc 
per foot will earn 3!/ per cent per annum. 
For care of mausoleums, monuments, etc., we estimate ac- 
cording to character of work, as to liability to damage, etc. 
No rate of interest shall be allowed, but credit each lot with 
its pro rata of the income of the entire trust fund. 
We do not guarantee anything beyond reasonable care in 
investment of deposit, and the application of the income or 
pro rata part, entirely on that lot. It seems to me this is the 
only just way, and it does not seem sensible to bind an in- 
stitution to do certain kinds of work a hundred or thousand 
years hence, w'hen the conditions are almost sure to be vastly 
different. But it is sense to give each deposit just what it 
earns. Jos. C. Spe.\r, Secretary. 
‘^ellefontaine Cemetery, St, Louis, Mo. 
We give a general care (not a special care) to unendowed 
lots, such as we give to the grounds in general — mowing sev- 
eral times during the season. 
Organization of trustees depends, we suppose, on how the 
property is held — whether a dividend paying corporation (or 
company) or an association like “Bellefontaine,” viz., a cor- 
poration with a perpetual charter, but no stock, no dividends, 
no return to anyone but those who do the work. Trustees not 
paid anything for their services. 
The contract should be simple as possible, with but few 
requirements. 
The amount of deposit required depends on size, location, 
and probable cost of maintaining. Each lot is determined 
upon individually. 
Deposits for the care of mausoleums, monuments, etc., de- 
pend upon the size, construction, and material of structure. 
If a mausoleum is in good order we will take a specified sum 
and allow 2 per cent to accumulate to be used when necessary. 
It is of the greatest importance, not so much for the ceme- 
term (although it is a help to it), as it is for the lot owners, 
that they may be assured that their burial places will be 
cared for no matter what the circumstances of their heirs 
may be. J. B. Gazzam, Sec. and Treas. 
WoodlaTvn Cemetery, Toledo 0. 
The percentage of lot sales to set aside for perpetual care 
depends entirely upon work to be performed. Should say 
5 per cent would cover all contingencies. 
I should say i per cent of this should be applied to the 
individual lot and 4 per cent to the cemetery. 
.■\mount of deposit required from individual lot holders is 
according to what they want done. We recommend to own- 
ers leaving $200 to $1,000, according to size of lot. 
Deposits for the care of mausoleums, monuments, etc., 
should be according to work done, and the schedule of prices 
for such work adopted by cemetery. 
Such interest as absolute security affords may be allowed — 
like government bonds, etc. We invest in our own bonds, 
which pay 5 per cent. 
It is proper to guarantee something in perpetuity if ceme- 
tery will have surplus enough after land is all sold. 
Jno. Perrin, Clk. and Supt. 
CREMATION IN GREAT BRITAIN IN 1904. 
There are now nine crematoriums in active existence in 
Great Britain. I'he oldest of these is St. John’s, Woking, 
which was opened in 1885; and the most recent is Birming- 
ham, which was opened in 1903. Between them come, in 
order of seniority of foundation, Manchester, opened in 1892, 
Glasgow in 1895, Liverpool in 1896, Hull (municipal) and 
Darlington in 1901, Leicester (municipal), Golder’s Green, 
Hampstead Heath, in 1902, and Lawnswood, Leeds, in 1904. 
The following additions to the list will be made in the course 
of 1905 : The City of London Corporation crematorium at 
Ilford, and the Bradford crematorium. The total number 
of cremations carried out in this country since the establish- 
ment of the practice is 4,407, the figures for the several cre- 
matoriums being as follows : Woking, 2,653 i Manchester, 
838; Glasgow^ 157; Liverpool, 264; .Hull, sixty-eight; Dar- 
lington, eleven ; Leicester, fourteen ; Golder’s Green, 383 ; 
Birmingham, nineteen. The figures for the various cre- 
matoriums during 1904, as compared with those for 1903, 
show only a slight increase at several, and at one (Woking) 
even a trifling decrease, but, owing to the influence of 
Golder's Green, the returns taken together show an increase 
of ninety-one cremations last year, as compared with 1903. 
The following table, which was prepared for The British 
Medical Journal, by Mr. Herbert T. Herring, Medical Ref- 
eree of the Cremation Society, of England, displays at a 
slance the facts in regard to the progress of cremation in 
Great Britain : 
Name of 
Opened 
Number of 
cremations. 
Total No. 
Crematorium. 
in. 
1903. 
1904. 
St. John’s, Woking 
188s 
143 
138 
2,653 
Manchester 
1892 
92 
94 
838 
Glasgow 
1895 
18 
20 
157 
Liverpool 
i8g6 
40 
40 
264 
Hull (Municipal) 
1901 
18 
20 
68 
Darlington 
1901 
I 
7 
II 
Leicester (Corporation) 
1902 
5 
8 
t4 
Golder’s Green, N.W. . . 
1902 
158 
220 
383 
Birmingham 
1903 
— 
19 
19 
475 
566 
4407 
These figures show, says the journal quoted, that while, 
on the whole, cremation is making steady headway, the prog- 
ress is somewhat slow. There is reason to believe that the 
feeling against the practice, whether founded on theological 
beliefs or on sentimental considerations, is less strong than it 
was even a few years ago. The public mind is slowly, per- 
haps, but surely, becoming accustomed to the idea. This in- 
difference is probably in large measure due to ignorance on 
the subject of cremation. 
