1874-01 Annual Report of the Trustees of the Cemetery of Mount Auburn, Together with the Reports of the Treasurer and Superintendent. January, 1874.

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TREASURER’S REPORT. The TREASURES Reports the following Abstract of RECEIPTS and EXPENDITURES for the Forty second year, 1873.

Cash balance from the proceeding year... $83.36 He has received from sundry parties :-— For sale of Lots and Graves in Public Lots... $49,108.17 For Deeds and Transfers, etc...360.81 For Labor and Materials, as follows: Interments and Brick Graves....$7,041.83 Wood; Anples, Hay, etc...241.06 Rents...125.00 GreenhousesSaless...497.27 Annual Care of Lots...16,516 34 Filling, grading, sodding, building Tombs, and other improvements of Lots.....37,525.61 61,947.11 From Income of Investments....570.44 From Massachusetts Horticulural Society,— For one-quarter part of Expenditures, as follows :— Filling up and Improving Land on Marigold Path... $1,155.00 Watriss Lot...385.00 Garden, Yew and Fountain Avenues......... 99.80 Between Lime and Fountain Avennes...... 50.00 Hazel Dell and Linden Paths................. 58.06 Between Chapel and Asphodel Paths..... 112 34 Moving a portion of fence around Watriss Lot . 164.75 $2,024.95 Chant Lot purchase, annexed to Cemetery by vote of Trustees, December 24, 1873....... 2,739.00

One-quarterr of... $4,763.95 is 1,190.99 From Notes Receivable... 20,000.00 133,177.52 $133,260.88

T7 He has paid to Sundry parties—for Labor and Materials :— Bricks ... $2,077.40 Cart, Carriage Repairs and Horse-shoeing .............. 336.81 Coal for Engine, Chapel and Greenhouse....... 779.87 Cutting Granite ...1,503.37 Carpenterimg ...170.83 Cesspools and Drains.....88 08 Drawbacks ... 595.00 Engineering, Surveying and Copying Plans ...748.63 Freight and Carting ... 101.10 Granite and Block Stones....725.38 Grain, Meal and Hay..........960.55 Horse...350.00 Hardward... 104.93 Harness and Repairs... 100.02 Iron and Steel... 19.35 Internment Department... 193.00 Lumber and Sawing...111.48 Lime Cement...589.40 Manure and Loam...4,959.93 Marble ‘and Marble work... 380 37 Paving Gutters...69.25 Pay Roll 37,705.39 Pots, Vases, Plants for Greenhouse and Cemetery—Birds.. 792.10 Paints and Oil... 228.51 Repairs Engine-house, Engine and Pumps... 144.62 Repairs of Buildings...433.66 Repairs of Greenhouses... 496.26 Sundry Expenses at Gate-office... 39.12 Slates and flagging....2,272.83 Smith work...661.76 Sods... 2,072.73 Sundries... 557.01 Tools... 532.06 Water Rates... 117.11 $61,592.17 To amount paid for Iron Bridge at Auburn Lake....320.85 To amount paid for Fencing Chant Lot... 164.37 To amount paid for New Greenhouses.... 678.96 To amoung Repair Fund—reimbursement.. 1,708.40 For Expenses—Salaries :— C. W. Folsom, Superintendent... $ 833.32 J. W. Lovering, Superintendent... 1,875.01 H. B. Mackintosh, Treasurer... 2,125.00 Samuel Batchelder, Jr., Secretary.. 1,500.00 $6,333.33 Rent, Heating, Lighting and Care of Office....-$ 733.10 Taxes on Real Estate... 1,644.12 Inurance.... 310.04 Printing, Binding and Stationery.... 1,188.52 Postage and Revenue Stamps, Government Envelopes... 219.96 Sundries...118.80 4,214.54 To amount paid Mass. Horticultural Society for its proportion of Sales... 11,904.54 To amount paid Mass. Hospital Life Ins. Co., for Permanent Fund.. 9,430.08 To amount paid Notes Receivable...27,000.00 To amount paid Graves repurchased... 90.00 To amount paidRepair Fund—(Loan Returned)..1,500.00 To amount paid for Chant Lot ...2,739.00 Balance in hands of Treasurer...5,585.14 $133,260.88

8 THE PROPERTY OF THE CORPORATION CONSISTS OF The Cemetery, which has cost to dates.... $545,787.57 Statuary...17,588.58 Superintendent's House and Lot...6,892.91 Stone Meadow....4,065.75 Wyeth Estate, (Reception Eouse)...9,092.03 Greehouses...6,364.64 Water Works...11,361.29 New Receiving Tomb... 11,649.43

CASH ASSESTS Cash in hands of Treasurer.... $5,585.14 Bills for Labor and Materials Uncollected.... $21,700.98 Bills for Labor Uncollected...$5110.85 16,590.13 Amount due for Lots sold and unpaid, net ...21,700.98 Bills for Labor and Material...5,110.855 16,590.13 Amount due for Lots sold and unpaid, net...5,331.25 Notes Receivable ....7,000.000 34,496.52 PERMANENT FUND Deposited with the Mass. Hospital Life Ins. Co., as per last Report. . .$143,882.34 Income of same for 1973... 9,082.46 Deposited in December, 1873...943.08 162,394.88 $809,693.60 REPAIR FUND. Balance in hands of Treasurer, as per last Report... $ 3,839.58 He has received : For Endowments...10,640.00 For Income of Investments...5,695,88 For Notes Receivable...35,000.00 From General Fund (Loan returned)... 1,500.00 From General Fund reimbursement..1,708.40 $58,383.86 He has paid for said Account : For Care and Improvement of Lots...$4,644.78 For Notes Receivable...37,000.00 “Boston City Bonds.... 12,935.00 Balancem hands. of Treasurer. ... 3,804.08 $58,383.86 REPAIR FUND - PROPERTY Endowments received for the perpetual repair of Lots.. $87,473.80 Income, Balance Unexpended...16.404.11 $103,877.91 Invested as follows: Notes Receivable, secured byMortgage... $31,000.00 30 Shares Atlas National Bank...2,970.00 20 Shares Shawmit National Bank...2,430.00 20 Shares Atlantic National Bank...2,700.00 20 Shares Boston and Albany Railroad1 1,721.25 5 Shares Bose and Lowell Railroad... 3,190.00 20 Shares Railroad...2,600.00 United States 5-20 Bonds...40,527.58 Boston City Bonds...12,935.00 Cash in hands of Treasurer...3,804.08, $108,877.91 ALSO, Deposit in Trust, with the Massachusetts Hospital Life Insurance Company, Policy No. 3,594, for $6,330, payable on the decease of certain parties, to the Proprietors of the Cemetery of Mount Auburn, for perpetual care of certain lots. Respectfully submitted,

Boston, January 14th, 1874. ll. B. MACKINTOSH, Treasurer.

This certifies that we have examined the books and accounts of the Treasurer of the Proprietors of the Cemetery of Mount Auburn, for the year Eighteen Hundred and Seventy-three, and have found them correctly kept ‘and properly balanced, with satisfactory vouchers for all payments.

The Certificates of Stock and other evidences of property were found in accordance with the statements of his accounts.

In the General account, there appears to be a balance in the hands of the Treasurer, of $5,585 14; and in the Fund for Repairs, $3,804.08.

ALFRED T. TURNER, } JAMES L. LITTLE, } Commiltee on Finance.

Boston, January 20th, 1874.

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