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communications were presented and the average attendance 
was 14. 
Very respectfully, 
J. S. Diller, 
W. C. Winlock, 
Secretaries. 
The report of the Treasurer was then read, accepted, and re¬ 
ferred to an auditing committee, consisting of Messrs. G. E. 
Curtis, Edward Farquhar, and George P. Merrill. 
REPORT OF THE TREASURER FOR 1892. 
The Philosophical Society of Washington, D. C.: 
The Treasurer submits herewith his annual financial state¬ 
ment, covering the period from December 19,1891, to December 
22, 1892. 
The expenses of the year exceeded the receipts by $201.12, the 
excess being paid from the balance brought forward from last 
year’s account. 
The money assets of the Society consist of one $500 United 
States 4 per cent, bond, No. 64,596; one $1,000 United States 
4 per cent, bond, No. 135,639, and thirty-five $100 Cosmos Club 
5.20 bonds, Nos. 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 119, 120, 121,122,123, 
124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 135, 136, 153,155,156, 
159, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165,166, 167, and 185, a total investment 
of $5,000; all of which bonds are in the locked box of the Society 
in the vaults of the National Safe Deposit and Trust Company 
of Washington, D. C. 
Dues are owing to the Society as follows: For 1891, $40 ; for 
1892, $225. 
There are no outstanding liabilities. 
The personal property of the Society consists of one fine ma¬ 
hogany table and chair, one large blackboard, one reading stand, 
one magic lantern, and one microscope. 
Respectfully submitted. 
Wm. A. De Caindry, 
Treasurer . 
December 22, 1892. 
