The permanent investments of the Society consist of :— Three annuity policies Massachusetts Hospital Life Insurance Co.

$11,253 30

One annuity policy Massachusetts Hospital Life Insurance Co. (Shattuck Fund)

9,166 87

United States 4 per cent. bond (Phillips Fund)
Massachusetts 34 per cent. bonds

10,000 00

2,000 00

Deposit book, Franklin Savings Bank

1,074 48

Deposit book, Provident Institution for Savings (Cotting
Fund)

Deposit Book, Institution for Savings in Roxbury (Cotting Fund)

1,000 00

1,000 00

Deposit book, Suffolk Savings Bank (Cotting Fund).

EDWARD M. BUCKINGHAM,

1,000 00

Treasurer.

We, the undersigned, a duly appointed Committee, having examined the books of the Treasurer, find them correctly cast and properly vouched; and also that he has in his possession the various securities called for.

MAY 29, 1899.

F. GORDON MORRILL.
H. M. CUTTS.

Presidents of District Societies-Vice-Presidents (Ex-Officiis).

[Arranged according to seniority.]

M. G. PARKER,

E. H. STEVENS,

W. DAVIS,
G. W. TINKHAM,
J. J. HEALY,
E. P. GERRY,
J. E. GARLAND,
J. P. BIXBY,

H. L. BURRELL,

E. D. HILL,

W. HOLBROOK,
S. E. GREENWOOD,
C. A. ATWOOD,
W. S. BIRGE,
H. H. SEELYE,
W. W. SCOField,
A. P. WEBBER,

M. P. DOLE.

Councillors.

BARNSTABLE. Drs. R. H. Faunce, Sandwich; H. S. Kelley, West Dennis.

BERKSHIRE.-Drs. J. F. A. Adams, Pittsfield; O. J. Brown, H. Bushnell, North Adams; W. W. Leavitt, F. K. Paddock, Pittsfield.

BRISTOL NORTH.-Drs. F. A. Hubbard, S. D. Presbrey, Taunton; A. M. Round, Norton.

BRISTOL SOUTH.-Drs. J. T. Bullard, New Bedford; A. B. Cushman, South Dartmouth; G. L. Ellis, Middleboro'; G. S. Eddy, J. H. Gifford, J. H. Jackson, Fall River; G. de N. Hough, C. D. Prescott, New Bedford.

ESSEX NORTH.-Drs. G. G. Carleton, Lawrence; I. J. Clarke, C. E. Durant, Haverhill; J. A. Douglass, Amesbury; J. F. Richards, Andover; R. B. Root, Georgetown; O. Warren, West Newbury; J. F. Young, Newburyport.

ESSEX SOUTH.-Drs. F. S. Atwood, Salem; F. W. Baldwin, A. H. Harrington, Danvers; II. K. Foster, Peabody; C. W. Haddock, Beverly; A. F. Hunt, Swampscott; W. B. Little, C. A. Lovejoy, C. E. Meader, Lynn; P. Mooney, Gloucester; E. L. Peirson, S. F. Quimby, Salem.

FRANKLIN. Drs. F. J. Canedy, Shelburne Falls; W. H. Pierce, A. C. Walker, Greenfield.

HAMPDEN. Drs. E. B. Adams, E. A. Bates, S. D. Brooks, C. H. Calkins, Springfield; F. W. Ellis, Monson; F. Holyoke,