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The future security of Mount Auburn
will depend on the fidelity and economy with
which its affairs are administered, and ^^{with which} its prospective plans
are carried out as contemplated by its founders.
It may be assumed that all the large and more
expensive operations which have been kept in view
since the foundation of the establishment, are now
either paid or provided for. It [?] only remains
by a judicious and careful management of
expenditures to keep the cemetery in suitable repair
and ^^{at the same time} to accummulate a fund for its perpetual preser-
vation. Both these objects can [assuredly?] easily be accom-
plished by the exercise of a common degree of
discretion and [economy?] in the management of the
receipts and funds. But on the other hand
they will assuredly be defeated, if hereafter either
by reckless expenditures or by improper favoritism appropriation,
the steady accretion of a reserved fund should
be prevented.

As nearly as it can be ^^now estimated, the
[?] ^^eventual value of the unsold land of the corporation ^^{# at Mount Auburn}
may be assummed at about $300,000 at
present prices. The current expenses of the
cemetery may be [assumed?] at $10,000 per annum
on this approximate calculation, if the whole of the
unsold land should be disposed of in ten years
there would remain in the treasury a balance