PARK AND CEMETERY. 
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The annual reports of Mount Royal Cemeterv ' 'om pany, 
Montreal, Canada, to date Nov. 30, 1898, gives the following: 
Number of interments for year 1223. The receipts for the year 
were $30,138.85 and the disbursements $23,40445. The in- 
vested funds amount to $35,206. The death of the late sup- 
erintendent Mr. Frank Roy was appropriately noted and 
his son Mr. William O. Roy, was appointed to succeed him. In 
the course of the Litter’s report he says: The grass-cutting, as 
usual, has been an important and expensive feature of the year’s 
work, and it is hoped that the new rule, inaugurated during the 
year, of doing away with all enclosures on lots under four hun- 
dred feet, will tend to keep the expenses of this branch of the 
work from increasing at such a rate as has been the case for the 
last few years. The greenhouse is a paying investment. The 
expenses for this department of the work was $1,560 and the re- 
ceipts $3,774. 
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The 67th annual report of Mt. Auburn cemetery, Boston } 
Mass., gives the conditions of the several funds as follows: The 
Repair Fund was increased during the year by $48,402.55, mak- 
ing a total of $986,289.44; the Permanent Fund is now $389.. 
799.32, an increase of $11,626.34; the General Fund now equals 
$119,810.91, which has been decreased $20,358.05 by expendi- 
tures for completing chapel and office buildings. The total cost 
of these buildings was $68,047.99. The subject of providing 
means'for cremation is being considered by the board, a general 
law for the purpose having been passed by the legislature. The 
total receipts for the year were $142,195.99, which includes. 
Sales of lots $13,416.75, labor and materials on lots $57,488.77, 
receiving tomb $1,088. The total expenditures were $154,957. 5^ 
which includes: Labor, $36,973.98; materials, $14,175.51 ; sal- 
aries $7,300, office, $2,326.68. There were erected 312 head- 
stones and 50 "monuments. Two tombs, 12 iron fences and 6 
granite curbings were removed. 478 interments were made, 
during the year making a total in the cemetery of 32,415. 
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The 61st annual report of the Rural cemetery, Worcester 
Mass., to Dec. 31, 1898 has been presented by the trustees. The 
perpetual care fund now amounts to $78,149.39, being an increase 
of $1324.09 ’or the year. The general fund, which may be used 
for any purpose within the discretion of the trustees, amounts to 
$81,928.34. Foundations for monuments put in during the year s 
38: lots graded, 13; stone curbs taken out, 5; iron fences removed. 
2: number of burials, 96. The report says: In the early years of 
this cemetery the same custom obtained here as elsewhere, of us- 
ing iron fences by way of protection to the ind vidual lots. These 
were in time succeeded by stone curbs, which by their too com- 
mon use became unattractive and even unsightly. Now the 
prevailing sentiment of the day seems to say that, as neither is 
any longer necessary for protection, good taste does away with 
both iron fence and stone curb, and prefers as more grateful to 
the senses beautiful trees, shrubs, flowers or turf. Generally 
speaking, the monuments themselves furnish all the opportunity 
needed for the judicious use of either stone or marble. There- 
fore new iron fences or stone curbs are no longer permitted, and 
old ones are being taken out wherever possible. A consider- 
able amount of planting of trees and shrubs has been accom- 
plished during the year. 
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The annual report of the Commissioners of the North Bur- 
ial Ground, Providence, R. I. , recently presented to the Com- 
mon Council declares the condition of the cemetery to be better 
in all respects than ever before. The receipts for the year 
amounted to $38 501.69, and the expenditures for labor and ma- 
terial to $26,300.09. During the year the new marble entrance 
on North Main street was completed. On either side of the steps 
is a white marble balustrade with an ornamental marble terrace 
in the centre, the whole forming quite a feature in this section 
of the grounds. The banks on either side are adorned with plants 
and shrubs, adding very much to the attractiveness of the place. 
Among the improvements executed during the year was the con- 
struction of a new gn e ihoi.se, a model one, equipped with all 
the latest appliances. The rew house is 100 by 30 feet, with 
steel frame supporting large glass lights. The cost of the green- 
house and appurtenances were $2,070. The chapel has also been 
renovated and refurnished, and extensive improvements have 
been made in the old part of the cemetery. The work of re- 
platting the grounds and preparing a catalogue is in progress. 
The receipts for the perpetual care fund in 1897 were $4,000 
greater than in any previous year, and it is interesting to find 
that even a better record was made in 1898, 
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Reports presented at the annual meeting of the Mountain 
View Cemetery Association, Oakland, Calif., show that there 
were 980 interments made during the year 1898, making the 
total number of interments in the cemetery to January 1, 1899, 
18,060. There were 138 lots sold during the year and the cash 
receipts were $57,197.28; expenditures, $52,123.89: amount 
placed in perpetual care fund, $12,764.75; amount placed in the 
perpetual guarantee fund, $1,440; total amount in the perpetual 
care fund on January 1, 1899, $86,866.55; total amount in the 
perpetual guarantee fund on January 1, 1899, $23,986.54. The 
variable rainfall of the locality necessitates the use of storage 
reservoirs, and a large addition to the existing provision was 
made during the year. The total expense of these improvements, 
including water supply and service extensions amounted to $ 1 5 »- 
000. Speaking of the further improvements, Mr. A. D. Smith, 
superintendent, says: “The lower faces of the dams, as well as 
the slopes at the sides of the lakes, will be planted in ivy, which 
will soon cover the ground, and with its rich verdure give a 
pleasing effect. The ivy. too, will prevent the washing of the 
slopes during the rainfall, its over-lapping leaves affording a rain 
shed similar to the shingle on the roof . Then, too, the bitter 
acridity of the ivy will prove wholly unattractive and distasteful 
to squirrels, gophers and moles and thus prevent burrowing, and 
consequent injury to the dams, by those annoying and danger- 
ous pests.” 
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WiL.MiNGi ux, Del., J.n.. 31 1899 
Editor Park and Cemetery. 
Dear Sir: I wish to offer a word of encour.igi mei.t in ic- 
gard to those p^mphlest issued at our last convention cone, ruing 
Sunday Funerals. We have been distributing them amoi g our 
clergy and others, and I find it is beginning to bear fruit. The 
clergy called a meeting the other evening at which some fifty 
were present, out of a total of sixty-two ministering in our city. 
The following is the resolution passed at the meeting: 
“ Resolved , That we express ourselves as opposed to fun- 
erals on the Lord’s Day and urge our people to select another 
day for such services, and in all cases to confer with the pastor 
before arranging the hour. The time required for such minis- 
tration often interferes with other services, which, owing to reg- 
ular order or special announcement, cannot be changed. We 
earnestly request the hearty co-operation of the laity in this 
matter.” 
They have also elected a committee to call on all the un- 
dertakers asking their co-operation in the matter. 1 would like 
my fellow superintendents to see that we have the sympathy of 
the clergy in this matter. S. C. Penrose , Supt., 
Washington and Brandywine Cemetery. 
