Payments, Jan.-Dec., 1900.
| Proceedings, including delivery: | ||||
| Jan. | 15. | Publishers' Weekly, balance on printing and bindingAtlanta Proceedings | $142 92 | |
| Publishers' Weekly, delivery Atlanta Proceedings | 66 27 | |||
| Mar. | 17. | Publishers' Weekly, cartage | 50 | |
| Oct. | 2. | Publishers' Weekly, Montreal Proceedings and delivery | 881 34 | |
| ——— | $1091 03 | |||
| Stenographer: | ||||
| June | 30. | J. H. Kenehan | $30 75 | |
| July | 7. | G. D. Robinson | 73 69 | |
| ——— | $104 44 | |||
| Secretary and conference expenses: | ||||
| April | 24. | F. H. Gerlock & Co., printing handbook | $59 00 | |
| F. H. Gerlock & Co., circulars, etc. | 35 25 | |||
| May | 29. | Henry J. Carr, postage, etc. | 112 90 | |
| June | 30. | F. H. Gerlock & Co., programs and circulars | 37 75 | |
| July | 24. | Henry J. Carr, travel secretaries' expenses | 67 92 | |
| Oct. | 18. | F. W. Faxon, stamped envelopes, etc. | 15 60 | |
| Dec. | 12. | F. W. Faxon, salary, on account | 50 00 | |
| ——— | $378 42 | |||
| Treasurer's expenses: | ||||
| May | 29. | Gardner M. Jones, postage, etc. | $14 00 | |
| Oct. | 2. | Salem Press Co., printing bills, etc. | 5 50 | |
| Gardner M. Jones, stamped envelopes, etc. | 46 85 | |||
| Dec. | 24. | Gardner M. Jones, expenses | 31 55 | |
| ——— | $97 90 | |||
| Trustees of the Endowment Fund, life membership for investment | $50 00 | |||
| ———— | ||||
| $1721 79 | ||||
| Balance on hand, Dec. 31, 1900: | ||||
| Deposit in New England Trust Co. Boston | $201 55 | |||
| Deposit in Merchants' Bank, Salem, Mass. | 106 05 | $307 60 | ||
| ———— | ———— | |||
| $2029 39 | ||||
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From Jan. 1 to July 1, 1901, the receipts have been $1650.00 and the payments $781.32, the balance on hand July 1 being $1176.28. The membership, hence the income, of the Association is increasing from year to year, but it should be borne in mind that increased membership means increased expenses. The secretary and treasurer are obliged to ask for more money for postage, stationery, printing, etc., and it is only by the most rigid condensation that the recorder is able to keep our conference Proceedings within our means.
The number of members in good standing on Dec. 31, 1900, was as follows:
| Honorary members | 3 |
| Perpetual member | 1 |
| Life fellows | 2 |
| Life members | 34 |
| Annual fellows (paid for 1900) | 9 |
| Annual members (paid for 1900) | 796 |
| Library members (paid for 1900) | 29 |
| —— | |
| 874 |
During the year 1900, 208 new members joined the Association and seven died.
Gardner M. Jones, Treasurer.
The following report of audit was appended:
The Finance Committee have performed the duties laid down in the constitution; they [have examined the accounts of the treasurer,] during the period covered by his report, and find them properly kept and vouched for.
| James L. Whitney Charles K. Bolton Geo. T. Little | } | Finance Committee. |