that, and the other way at pleasure, and do what they list; But I hope will observe another rather than an Home-dweller. Were it in my Province I could name One or Two. But any with your Honours Commission will be welcome; and shall with rejoycing be so to me.

Possibly the condition and danger we are in may draw more than is convenient from me. And, yet, if it may be no otherwise than now it is; I must pay a tribute to lay my Commission at your Honours Foot.

I have been ready to serve my Country, and this town, under many disadvantages, dissatisfactions, and discouragements; but may not, and cannot, hold out longer; with the vsage I meet with. I am, Sir, Your Honours most humble Servant

NATH: SALTONSTALL.

IN

N compliance with the requirements of the By-Laws, Chapter VII., Article 2, the Treasurer respectfully submits his Annual Report, made up to March 31, 1910.

The special funds now held by the Treasurer are twentynine in number. Of these special funds twenty-two were particularly numbered and described in the Treasurer's report for the year ending March 30, 1907.1 The remaining special funds were numbered and described as follows in the Treasurer's report for the year ending March 31, 1909, namely:

XXIII. WATERSTON LIBRARY FUND.

XXIV. CHAMBERLAIN FUND.

XXV. SALISBURY FUND.

XXVI. SANFord Fund.

The Sanford Fund, the income of which was applicable to the general purposes of the Society, has been transferred to, and now forms a part of, the General Fund, and in place thereof is XXVI, the EDMUND FARWELL SLAFTER FUND, being a legacy of one thousand dollars under the will of Rev. Edmund Farwell Slafter, D.D., received by the Treasurer March 7, 1910, the purpose of the Fund being as stated in the will,

to form a Library Fund, or to be added to a library fund already existing, the income of which is to be expended for the increase and enrichment of the Library of said Society.

1 3 Proc., 1. 6-26.

XXVII. THE JOHN LANGDON SIBLEY CENTENARY FUND.

In accordance with

1909, the Treasurer has

vote of the Council on December 8,

set apart one-fourth of the principal of said bequest and one-fourth of the income earned and accumulated in accordance with the terms of Mr. Sibley's gift... and that hereafter the entire income from the Centenary Fund be annually added to the principal until the expiration of the term named in Mr. Sibley's bequest, namely, January 22, 2002.

The principal of the John Langdon Sibley Centenary Fund with the accumulated income now amounts to $47,609.30.

The two funds remaining are the two special investments referred to in detail in the Treasurer's report for the year ending March 31, 1909, namely:

The BRATTLE STREET CHURCH MODEL FUND of one hundred dollars and the accumulated income which now amounts to $117.11, and which is solely applicable to the care and preservation of the Model of the Brattle Street Church which was received in April, 1887, and which fund is now invested in the Boston Five Cents Savings Bank; and,

The M. A. PARKER FUND, deposited in the Provident Institution for Savings, the original amount of which was one thousand dollars, including the gift of Mr. Thomas Minns, as stated in my last report, the accumulated income on the same being $76.29. The interest on the latter fund is to be used for the purchase of books for the Library, and now appears in the Treasurer's annexed statement as the M. A. Parker Fund, which together with the Church Model Fund is a special investment, and the income received therefrom is not included in the consolidated income.

The only legacy received during the year is that under the will of Edmund Farwell Slafter, D.D., before referred to. The securities held by the Treasurer as investments on account of the above mentioned funds are as follows: