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PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON. 
REPOET OF THE TREASURER. 
The report which I shall have the honor to submit to you 
exhibits the total receipts and disbursements for the fiscal year 
ending with this meeting. In the receipts are included amounts 
received for outstanding dues of previous years and for dues 
paid in advance for 1890 and 1891. The precise income for the 
year 1889 was $871.79, and the total expenditures $604.47, leav¬ 
ing a balance in favor of the Society, upon the year’s transac¬ 
tions, of $267.32. 
The change in the form of the Bulletin from a single volume, 
published complete, to separate fasciculi, printed at different 
times, has added somewhat to the expense of printing and dis¬ 
tributing, but this is more than compensated for by the advan¬ 
tages to members from prompt publication of their papers. 
The assets of the Society consist of— 
One Government bond, at 4 per cent., No. 64,596 ... $500 00 
One Government bond, at 4 per cent., No. 135,639 .. 1,000 00 
One Government bond, at 4k per cent., No. 41,719 .. 1,000 00 
Six mortgage bonds of the Cosmos Club, at 5 per cent., 
Nos. 16 to 21, for $100 each. 600 00 
Cash with Riggs & Co. 1,408 58 
Unpaid dues... 200 00 
Total... $4,708 58 
Robert Fletcher, 
Treasurer. 
Washington, D. C., December 21, 1889. 
