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PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON. 
The report of the Treasurer was read and referred to an audit¬ 
ing committee, consisting of Messrs. McGee, Abbe, and Winston. 
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TREASURER FOR 1894. 
December 22,1894. 
The Philosophical Society of Washington, D. C.: 
The Treasurer has the honor to submit herewith a statement 
of the finances of the Society for the period beginning December 
23, 1893, and ending December 22, 1894. 
The income of the year 1894 was $836.05; the disbursements 
properly chargeable to the year, $642.77, leaving a balance in 
favor of the Society on the year’s transactions of $193.28. 
The following is a list of the Society’s investments, the securi¬ 
ties for which are on deposit in the Society’s box in the vaults 
of the National Safe Deposit, Loan and Trust Company, viz: 
One U. S. 4 per cent, bond, No. 64,596, $500; one U. S. 4 per cent, 
bond, No. 135,639, $1,000, and forty Cosmos Club first-mortgage 
bonds, issue of 1886, as follows: Nos. 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 
45, 70, 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, 185, 193, 194, and 195. These securities amount in all to 
$5,500. 
The property of the Society consists of one mahogany table 
and chair, one large blackboard, one microscope, one magic lan¬ 
tern, and one iron-frame reading-stand. 
The assets of the Society are as follows : 
The securities on deposit at the Safe Deposit Co., as 
above. $5,500 00 
Cash balance at Riggs & Co., per statement herewith. 595 71 
Unpaid dues. 270 00 
Total... $6,365 71 
The Treasurer is not aware of any outstanding liabilities, 
except a bill of $3.50 for printing. 
Respectfully submitted. 
Wm. A. De Caindry, 
Treasurer. 
