| Receipts for the year 1917 | |
| To Balance January 1, 1917 | $2,096 30 |
| “ Contributions | 3,757 28 |
| “ Dues, Annual Members | 233 00 |
| “ Fees, Life Membership | 100 00 |
| “ Income from Investments | 2,315 83 |
| “ Income from I. V. Williamson Charities | 720 00 |
| “ Income from Anna Blanchard Fund | 220 50 |
| “ Income from Barton Tool Fund | 109 76 |
| “ Proceeds Sale of Literature | 42 35 |
| “ Returned by Discharged Prisoners | 9 22 |
| “ Interest on Deposit Balances | 60 51 |
| “ Legacy, Estate Joshua L. Baily, deceased | 5,000 00 |
| “ Legacy, Estate H. A. Rogers, deceased | 952 50 |
| “ Distribution from Estate Geo. S. Pepper, deceased | 60 00 |
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| Total Receipts | $15,677 25 |
| Payments | |
| For Aid to Discharged Prisoners | $1,115 73 |
| “ Tools for Discharged Prisoners | 61 44 |
| “ Religious Literature for Distribution in Prisons | 50 00 |
| “ Journal for 1917, Postage on Same | 495 62 |
| “ Annual Fee American Prison Association | 5 00 |
| “ Office Rent | 525 00 |
| “ Postage, Printing, Stationery, etc. | 383 25 |
| “ Office Supplies, Telephone, Incidentals | 260 67 |
| “ Expenses of Wardens’ Meeting | 30 00 |
| “ Traveling Expenses, Secretary and Agent | 442 13 |
| “ Library, Periodicals | 33 72 |
| “ Salaries | 3,600 00 |
| “ Investment under General Fund | 905 25 |
| “ Bequests and Fees transferred to Fiscal Agent | 6,052 50 |
| “ Balance December 31, 1917 | 1,716 94 |
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| Total Payments | $15,677 25 |
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| Report on Funds Held for Home of Industry | |
| Receipts on Account of Income | $356 72 |
| Payments to Home of Industry | 356 72 |
Respectfully,
John Way, Treasurer.
We, the undersigned, members of the Auditing Committee, have examined the foregoing account of John Way, Treasurer, compared the payments with the vouchers, and believe the same to be correct. We have also examined the securities in the hands of our Agent, The Provident Life and Trust Company of Philadelphia, and find them to agree with the list thereto attached.
John A. Duncan,
Charles P. Hastings,
Isaac P. Miller,
Auditing Committee.
REPORT OF GENERAL AGENT FREDERICK J. POOLEY
During the year 1917 the Agent made daily visits to the cell-room at the Central Station at City Hall. 17,521 men and women prisoners were detained there for preliminary trial, all of whom the Agent visited either at the Central Station or at the untried department at Moyamensing Prison.
Over three thousand prisoners at the Convict Prison at Holmesburg were visited during the year by the Agent.
| Number of notices and letters written on their behalf | 2425 | ||
| Number discharged prisoners receiving financial aid | 368 |