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SUPERINTENDENT’S REPORT.

To the Trustees of Mount Auburn Cemetery,
GENTLEMEN,—
I have the honor to present herewith the Annual Reports of the
Superintendent, for the year ending December 31st, 1873.

IMPROVEMENTS.

Number of New Lots graded and bounded with Granite Posts..... 71
Number of Old Lots improved by being graded and sodded.. 97
Number of Old Lots bounded with Granite Posts. 4
Number of Lots enclosed with Granite or Freestone. .. 32
Number of Lots furnished with Granite or Iron Numbers.... 502
Number of Iron Fences erected... 1
Number of Tombs built... 4
Number of Tombs re-built... 2
Number of Headstones erected ... 224
Number of Monuments erected..32
Number of Linear feet of Gutters paved ...130
Number of Linear feet of Gutters re-paved... 190
Number or Iron Fences removed... 2
Number of Hedges removed... 3

INTERMENT RECORD.

Total number of Interments as per last Report ...18,039
Number of Original Interments for the year ending December 31st, 1873........ 513
Total numberof Removals from other Cemeteries.... 94
607
Total number of Interments as per last report...18,646
Of the above there were Deposits in the Receiving Tombs... 54
Of the above there were Interments for the year...35
THE REMOVALS WITHIN AND FROM THE CEMETERY WERE AS FOLLOWS:
To the Receiving Tomb... 1
To Receiving Tomb Lot...0
To Public Lots.... ll
To Private Lots...89
Total Removals within the Cemetery...101
Total Removals from the Cemetery... 31
Total Number of Remabals... 132

Respectfully submitted,
J. W. LOVERING,
Superintendent of Mount Auburn Cemetery.

Mount Auburn, December 31st, 1873.