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Osborne, William A., Jr.,
2 00
Steele, John,
2 00
Prouty, James,
2 00
Sullivan, Eugene, 2 00
Phillips, Geo. S.,
2 00
Savage, William,
2 00
Packard, Albert A.,
2 00
Sullivan, Dennis,
2 00
Prouty, Charles,
2 00
Thayer, Joseph,
2 00
Parrott, John, Jr.,
2 00
Tucker, Frank,
2 00
Patterson, George,
2 00
Thomas, William W.,
2 00
Parrott, John J.,
2 00
Thayer, Nahum,
2 00
Perkins, T. G.,
2 00
Thomas, William O.,
2 00
Rossiter, James,
2 00
Thomas, Walter,
2 00
Ready, Thomas,
2 00
Tabor, Albert H.,
2 00
Rich, Eugene,
2 00
Tibbets, George,
2 00
Reed, George B.,
2 00
Underwood, Horace, 2 00
Wolcott, Lorenzo,
2 00
Carried forward,
$6,058 50
$6,100 50
.
ABATEMENTS FOR 1877.
Armory, George,
2 00
Brought forward,
$234 50
Albee, Amos B.,
2 00
Clancy, John,
2 00
Allen, Charles G.,
2 00
Colson, Augustus, 2 00
Anderson, Charles,
2 00
Clark, William, 2 00
Bigelow, Geo. T., Jr.,
70 00
Cooty, Abraham,
2 00
Barker, Henry,
42 00
Cosgo, Hugh,
2 00
Bass, Mrs. Lewis,
4 20
Chesley, Charles,
2 00
Burns, Michael, Est. of,
7 00
Crocker, Charles,
2 00
Bemis, W. W.,
2 00
Drake, Thomas F.,
3 50
Baker, Israel G.,
2 00
Dean, John,
4 20
Brown, William F.,
2 00
Ditmar, Carl,
14 00
Black, Andrew,
2 00
Devine, Jeremiah, 2 00
Bower, Joseph,
2 00
Dearborn, E. H., 2 80
Brooks, J. M.,
2 00
Downing, James, 2 00
Batchelder, James,
2 00
Dinegan Daniel W., 2 00
Baxter, Paul W.,
2 00
Donovan, Michael, 2 00
Basson, Charles,
2 00
Damon, A. E.,
2 00
Berry, Patrick, 2 00
Daily, A. H.,
2 00
Baxter, Thompson, heirs of, 5 60
Dunn, Columbus,
2 00
Baxter, Daniel,
42 00
Durgin, Michael, 2 00
Curtis, B. F.,
I 40
Daggett, W. D.,
2 00
Chesley, William,
14 00
Elcock, Charles, Est. of,
8 40
Connell, John,
4 80
Edwards, James,
84 00
Comey, W. G.,
2 IO
Clean, John,
2 00
Collins, J. J.,
2 00
Easton, William C.,
2 00
Connor, Patrick,
3 40
Colman, Edward W.,
2 00
Cooper, William,
2 00
lender, 2 80
Chetory, John,
2 00
French, Albert P., 2 00
Carried forward, $234 50
Carried forward,
$396 30
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Evans, Charles, 2 IO
Eagan, Philip, 2 00
Edgarton, D. K.,
2 00
Ford, Chas. and C. A. Cal-
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Abatements for 1877, continued.
Brought forward,
$396 30
Brought forward, $580 22
Falvey, Jeremiah,
2 00
Hersey, Cornelius, 2 00
Fiske, ---
2 00
Hyde, H. P., 2 00
Fossarl, Blanc,
2 00
Harris, William, 2 00
Flaherty, Patrick, 2d,
2 00
Jackson, William M., 4 08
French, Harvey,
2 00
Johnson, June, 2 00
Falvey, William, 2d,
2 00
Johnson, E., 2 00
Goodridge, Lorenzo D.,
4 90
Jenkins, Walter, 2 00
Glover, Phineas H., 28 00
Jones, George A., 2 00
Granville, Charles K.,
3 50
Jones, Charles, 2d,
2 00
Glover, William B.,
7 00
Jones, Lloyd,
2 00
Granite Railway Co.,
35 62
Jenkins, Frederick, 2 00
Glover, John B.,
I 40
Kirwin, Michael, 2d,
2 00
Gerry, Michael B.,
70
King, Patrick, 2 80
Galloway, James, E'st. of,
7 00
Gannett, Howard,
35 00
Killshaw, John, Est. of, 14 00
Gannett, H. C.,
4 20
Kelliher, Dennis, 2 00
Gerry, James,
2 00
Kelly, Thomas, 2d, 2 00
Geary, John,
2 00
Kirk, 'Thomas,
2 00
Glass, Consider,
2 00
King, Edgar, 2 00
Grannahan, Patrick,
2 00
Keegan, Peter,
2 00
Gilman, -
2 00
Knights, John,
2 00
Haley, Thomas, 2d,
2 00
Litchfield, Edwin M.,
7 00
Hurley, David, Mrs.,
4 20
Lincoln, D. B.,
4 20
Hernon, Michael, Est. of,
7 00
Lewis, Roger,
I 40
Holmes, N. B., Jr.,
I 40
Linnehan, Dennis,
I 40
Higgins, John B.,
2 00
Litchfield, George R., 2 00
Livingstone, John, 2 00
Horan, Thomas, 2 00
Lord, Charles F.,
2 00
Hennessy, Michael,
2 00
Lockhardt, R. D.,
2 00
Horton, Henry, 2d,
2 00
Hogan, Thomas,
2 00
Hollis, John,
2 00
Higgins, Daniel, Jr.,
2 00
Locke, Charles,
2 00
Hayes, James,
2 00
Lord. John C., 2 00
Hall, Josiah G.,
2 00
Murphy, Garrett, Est. of, 14 00
Carried forward, $686 50
.
Carried forward, $580 22
Lowe, Albert, 2 00
Leavitt, Charles, 2 00
Littlefield, J. H., 2 00
Hartwell, Richard,
2 00
Kellogg, Henry, Jr., 5 40
77
Abatements for 1877, continued.
Brought forward,
$686 50
Brought forward, $776 80
Mitchell, Henrietta, 2 80
Mulgrim, William, 2 00
McDevitt, Edward,
I 60
Nightingale, Mehitable, I 40
Magoon, Anna B,
7 00
Meserve, W. P. F.,
18 20
Nightingale, Augustus F., 35 00 Newcomb, William, heirs of, 7 00 Newcomb, William, 2 00
Miller, Swan, 2 00
McCarty, Daniel,
2 00
Neal Patrick, 2 00
Mahoney, Dennis, 2d,
2 00
Olney, A. G., 4 20
McGill, George S.,
2 00
O'Keefe, John, 2 00
Malone, Joseph,
2 70
O'Brien, Michael, 2 00
McDonald, John,
2 00
Owens, John,
2 00
Marden, Frank M.,
2 00
Phillips, Hiram W., 2 00
McComitt, -
2 00
Pratt, Thomas, heirs of, II OO
Mahoney, John, 2d,
2 00
Page, Peter, Est. of, 4 20
McDonald, John, 2d,
2 00
Prescott, George R.,
30 00
McCafferty, Archie,
2 00
Phillips, Hiram,
2 00
Manning, Patrick,
2 00
Pratt, Joseph,
2 00
Malone, Michael,
2 00
Perry, D. W.,
2 00
Mead, James,
2 00
Pendergrast, David, 2 00
Milligan, George,
2 00
Quincy Nat'l Granite B'k., 103 60
Moore, John L.,
2 00
Robertson, Joseph W ,* 137 90
Morrill, George S.,
2 00
Robertson, Joseph W., 5 60
Marks, M. A.,
2 00
Randlett, Nancy, 4 90
Mulgrim, W. H.,
2 00
Ryan, William B., I 40
Marble, Earl,
2 00
Ring, John, 2 70
Matter, Thomas,
2 00
Ricker, Hazen,
2 00
McLean, Hugh,
2 00
Rostine, W. H., 2 00
McCarty, Timothy, 3d,
2 00
Rostine, L. E.,
2 00
Moore, Joseph W.,
2 00
Ross, George A.,
2 00
Murphy, Cornelius,
2 00
Rivers, Charles,
2 00
McFarland, Peter,
2 00
Reinhalter, -
2 00
Mahoney, Dennis,
2 00
Roberts, Joseph H.,
2 00
Morone, Joseph,
2 00
Shea, Dennis,
2 80
Murphy, John,
2 00
Sullivan, M. J.,
70
McFarland, William,
2 00
Simons, William,
2 IO
Carried forward, $776 80
Carried forward,
$1,167 30
.
* Taxed twice.
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Abatements for 1877, continued.
Brought forward, $1,167 30
Brought forward, $1,258 50
Smith, H. Farnum, Est. of, 23 00
Tate, - 2 00
Sheahan, Patrick, 7 00
Totman, Stephen, 2 00
Shea, Thomas, 9 00
Thomas, Joseph, 2 00
Swan, John F., 2 00
Underwood, Beverly, 2 00
Strophney, Henry, 2 00
Vance, James, Est. of, 14 00
Smith, Thomas, 2d, 2 00
Williams, William S., 12 60
Sutherland, Daniel, 2 00
Wentworth, Emeline, 12 20
Severance, Ephraim,
2 00
Williams, Francis, Est. of,*300 00
Stanley, James,
2 00
Walsh, Richard, 2 00
Swanson, Peter,
2 00
Willoughby, Frank E., 2 00
Sargent, G. W.,
2 00
Willey, John, 2 00
Smith, Charles M.,
2 00
Woodside, 2 00
Shovelin, Patrick,
2 00
Walsh, John, 2d, 2 00
Strong, -
2 00
Waters, John,
2 00
Shea, Michael,
2 00
Weston, M. F., 2 00
Smith, Richard, 2d,
2 00
Wood, J. H.,
2 00
Stokes, George B.,
2 00
Wales, Nathan H.,
2 00
Selby, Henry W.,
2 00
Wellington, Walter W.,
2 00
Toler, Joseph,
2 00
Winch, Henry,
2 00
Tuck, Abiatha, .
2 00
White, John S.,
2 00
Trainor & McRea,
14 00
Woodbury, Caleb,
2 00
Taylor, W. R.,
2 00
Young, Timothy,
2 00
Thompson, E. L.,
2 00
$1,633 30
Carried forward,
$1,258 50
* Taxed twice.
WOODWARD FUND.
CASH ACCOUNT.
HORACE B. SPEAR, Treasurer, in account with the Woodward Fund.
DR.
To cash on hand, Feb. 1, 1877,
$1,903 53
Interest on Portland Water Co. bonds, 480 00
scrip, 38 64
City of Lynn bonds,
180 00
City of Boston bonds, gold, and premium, 207 74
City of Fall River bonds, 60 00
City of Cambridge bonds, 180 00
City of Cleveland bonds,
140 00
66 Ogdensburg & Lake Cham-
66 plain Railroad mort. bonds, 60 00
U. States bonds, gold and premium, 499 35
loans secured by mortgage,
490 00
66
« Town of Quincy, 892 17
I26 00
Dividend Nat'l Mt. Wollaston Bank, Rent of Peter Butler,
1,000 00
Town of Quincy, note,
2,300 00
" endorsed on note, 11,500 00
$20,057 43
Amount carried forward,
$20,057 43 (79)
80
Woodward Fund, continued.
Amount brought forward, $20,057 43
CR.
By Ira Litchfield, for fence, $16 71
Repairs on buildings,
21 75
Boston Safe Dep. and Trust Co., rent of safe, 20 00
Insurance, 6 63
Loan to Town of Quincy,
2,300 00
on mortgage,
2,375 00
Interest accrued on mortgage,
18 33
2 Ogdensburg & Lake Champlain R.R. mort. bonds, 2,000 00
Accrued interest on same,
48 67
Expenses,
100 56
Deposited in Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Co.,
9,000 00
Balance deposited in bank,
4,149 78
20,057 43
STATEMENT OF THE FUND, FEB. 1, 1878.
Personal property received from the estate
of Dr. Woodward, at appraisement, $30,089 83
Sale of land,
18,743 02
pews,
I20 00
Income account, 28,863 93 -- $77,816 78
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Woodward Fund, continued.
INVESTED AS FOLLOWS : -
6 Bonds U. S. 6's, $ 1000 each, at appraise-
ment, $7,020 00
8 Portland Water Co., $1000 each, at appraisement, 8,000 00
3
W.& Canada Railroad, $ 1000 each, at appraisement, 3,030 00
.
5 Vt. Central Railroad, $ 1000 each, at appraisement, 4,000 00
6
Hartford & Erie Railroad, $1000 each, at appraisement, 2,520 00
Notes secured by mortgage,
13,475 00
Loan to town of Quincy,
5,500 00
Portland Water Co. scrip,
552 00
2 Bonds City of Cleveland, $ 1000 each,
2,060 00
4
Boston, 1000
4,430 00
I
Fall River, 1000
1,075 00
3
Cambridge, 1000
3,330 00
3
Lynn, 1000
3,285 00
2
U. S. 6's, 1881, 1000
2,290 00
2
Ogdensburg & Lake Champlain Railroad, $ 1000 each, 2,000 00
14 shares Nat'l Mount Wollaston Bank,
2,100 00
Deposited in Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co., on interest at 3 per cent,
9,000 00
Deposited in bank, 4,149 78
$77,816 78
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HORACE B. SPEAR, Treasurer.
.
MOUNT WOLLASTON CEMETERY.
AS REQUIRED by the By-Laws, the Board of Managers of the Mount Wollaston Cemetery submit the fourth annual Report.
SALE AND CARE OF LOTS.
Twenty-one (21) lots have been sold during the past year, for the sum of two hundred and ten ($210) dollars, and seven hundred and fifty-three ($753) dollars collected for grading and work done in the care and improvement of lots, by direction of owners. There now remains unpaid for work done the past year one hundred and thirteen and fifty one-hundredths ($113.50) dollars.
SINGLE GRAVES.
A demand arising for the opportunity for purchasing room for single graves, a large lot has been graded and set apart for this purpose, where residents of this town, who do not care to own lots, and do not want to avail themselves of the " free lot," can be provided for. This course is pursued in all large ceme- teries, but has never been a part of our general .plan. The price fixed for each grave is five dollars. There have been six burials in this lot the past year.
Every grave will be numbered, on a plan of the lot, and a special record kept of all burials.
APPROPRIATION.
The managers request an appropriation of the usual sum of $1,000 for the care and improvement of the cemetery, believing that no appropriation of the town has produced more satisfac- tory results, and that a continuance of the same, judiciously expended, will meet with unanimous approval.
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FINANCIAL.
Cash on hand, Feb. 1, 1877,
$237 63
Appropriation for 1877,
1,000 00
Collected for lots sold,
210 00
for single graves,
30 00
for labor on lots,
753 00
of non-resident owners,
108 00
for hay sold,
50 00
66
for income of the Repair Fund,
6 00
for unpaid bills of 1874,
12 00
66
1875,
15 00
66
"
1876,
28 50
$2,450 13
Expended as appears by the Selectmen's account,
2,061 39
Balance of cash to new account,
$388 74;
Balance due from owners of lots for labor : -
Unpaid bills of 1873,
16 00
1874,
57 00
1875,
56 50
1876,
39 00.
66
1877,
I13 50
$282 00)
Respectfully submitted,
WM. A. HODGES, Chairman, GEORGE. L. GILL, Secretary ..
ENGINEERS' REPORT.
TO THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN OF THE TOWN OF QUINCY.
Gentlemen, - In accordance with the usual custom, we here- with submit a brief report of the condition of the Fire Depart- ment.
The department is under the control of a Chief and six Assist- ant Engineers, viz. : -
EDWARD A. SPEAR, Chief.
JOHN W. HALL, Clerk.
JOSEPH A. BASS,
AMOS M. LITCHFIELD,
CHARLES H. S. NEWCOMB,
JAMES F. PENNIMAN,
PETER F. FARRELL.
The rolling stock of the department remains the same as last year, and is in good condition.
The buildings, with one or two exceptions, are in need of necessary repairs. An examination of the bills paid for repairs on Town Buildings will show that we have practised strict economy in regard to expenditures for their repair during the past season, and we would recommend that the sum of $600 be appropriated for that purpose the ensuing year.
The Blake steam-pump is in good order, and the service it rendered at fires on three occasions the past year has proved it to be all that it has been represented, and we again recommend the purchase of a boiler and the erection of a brick building that it may be kept and used for the use of the department only.
Two reservoirs have been constructed during the past year, one at the mouth of Town Brook, near the corner of Washington and Canal Streets, and the other on Willard Street. All of the
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reservoirs, sixteen in number, are in good order. We are of opinion that two more are actually needed, one at the foot of Mount Pleasant and one on "Faxon's Plain," near Pleasant Street, also that one already commenced on Safford Street be completed.
The department is supplied with 3,830 feet of leading hose, 2,850 feet of which are good cotton ; 300 feet old leather (not reliable) ; 500 feet linen (poor), and 180 feet new rubber for use of the chemical engine. More hose should be procured at once, at least 1,000 feet.
The number of men now in service is 195, who are attached to the several companies as follows, viz .: -
Tiger Engine, No. 2, 50
Granite
3, 34
Vulture, 4, 46
Hook and Ladder Truck, No. I, 25
W. M. French Hose-carriage, No. I, 20
L. W. Lovell, Chemical Engine, 20
195
In addition to the recommendations already made, we would urge the purchase of a steam fire-engine for the protection of the whole town, and a chemical engine to be located at the North District.
In compliance with the provisions of Section IV. of the By- Laws of the town, we recommend an appropriation of $6,000 for the ensuing year.
The department has been called into service by the cry of fire twenty-seven times since our last report, 17 of which alarms were caused by fires in town, 5 by fires in neighboring towns, and 5 false alarms.
The fires in town occurred in the following order, viz .: -
1877.
Feb. 22. - Blacksmith shop of Hector Murray, entirely de- stroyed. Cause incendiary. Loss, $200; no in- surance.
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1877.
March 6. - Engine-house of Frederick & Field. Incendiary. Loss, $4,000 ; no insurance.
April 15. - Burning of brush at West Quincy, - loss trifling.
April 23. - Dwelling-house off Howard Street, owned by H. H. Faxon, -loss, $200 ; insured. Incendiary.
May 6. - Dwelling-house on West Street, occupied by M. Meany, - loss, $800 ; insured $1,000. Incendiary
May 15. - Burning of woods, West Quincy.
May
17. - Dwelling-house of Hugh Shavlin, Willard Street,- slightly burned. Accidental.
May 19. - The dwelling-house occupied by M. Meany was again slightly burned.
May 31. - Tenement-house corner Canal and Brackett Streets, owned by Patrick McDonnell. Accidental.
June 5. - Office of Lakin & Co., near head of Quincy Canal, - loss, $1,000 ; insurance, $1,200. Incendiary.
July 12. - House owned by heirs of John A. Duggan on New- bury Street ; partially destroyed, - loss, $400 ; in- surance, $500. Accidental.
Sept. 12. - House on Water Street owned by heirs of William Hinckley. Accidental. Loss, $500 ; insured.
Sept. 18. - House of Mrs. S. Shea, Common Street. Acci- dental. Loss, $200 ; insured.
Nov. 2. - Chimney of house on Water Street.
Dec. 15. - Willard House stable, Copeland Street, owned by heirs of John A. Duggan. Incendiary.
Dec. 16. - Barn off Willard Street, owned by O. F. Rodgers & Co. Incendiary. Loss, $2,000 ; insured, $200. 1878.
Jan. 2. - House of T. O'Brien, 2d, Copeland Street. Acci- dental. Loss, $200 ; insured.
Jan. 6. - Revere Hall building, Hancock Street, owned by H. H. Faxon, - accidental. Loss, $700 ; insured. .
In addition to the above, two fires occurred of which no alarm wwas given. The first, May 13th, when a cottage-house, owned
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by Mrs. Eliza Cain, was entirely destroyed. Incendiary. The other, Dec. 10, a blacksmith shop near Quarry Street.
The personal property of the town in the several buildings of the department remains substantially the same as at last report.
All of which is most respectfully submitted to your honorable Board.
Per order of the Board of Engineers.
EDWARD A. SPEAR, Chief Engineer. JOHN W. HALL, Clerk.
PUBLIC LIBRARY OF QUINCY.
THE Trustees of the Public Library ask leave to offer their Seventh Annual Report, relating to the progress and to the present condition of that institution.
During the last year (1877) the Library was open 295 days. The whole number of books borrowed was 45,637, being the largest number ever borrowed in any one year. On this point, the records show that in
1872
44.755 volumes were borrowed.
1873
40,1 ~5
66
1874
36,049
1875 (II months)
34.55I
66
1876
42,968
1877
45,637
66
As the very large circulation of the first two years was in no small degree due to the fact that the Library was a novelty, the steady and healthy increase since 1875 is very encouraging. Neither do the figures given for 1877 represent the entire cir- culation, as a number of the most popular and useful books are, under a rule of the Trustees, borrowed for long periods by the principals of the grammar schools, and kept by them for con- stant use among their scholars. There have been during the year an average of exactly 5 books borrowed to each inhabitant of the town, - the circulation of each volume costing the town 4.07 cents, or 3.93 cents less than in 1876.
As respects reading matter, the circulation was divided some- what as follows : -
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.
89
Fiction,
24,546 volumes, or 53 per cent. of whole.
Juveniles,
10,04I
22
66
Periodicals,
3,789
8
History,
1,778
3.9
General Literature,
1,237
66
2.7
66
Biography,
1,175
2.6
Travels,
1,160
2.6
Arts and Sciences,
1,145
66
2.6
Poetry,
555
I.2
Religion,
158
.3
Medical and Educationals,
63
.OI
66
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In their last report the Trustees stated that some 700 volumes of the works most frequently called for were then wholly worn out, and must be replaced. A large number more required binding. During the past year, these deficiencies were made good, in so far as was possible with the means the Trustees had at their command. Some 537 volumes were replaced, 394 were bound, and 364 new volumes added to the collection by purchase. In addition to these, 139 volumes were given to the Library. During the present year about 200 additional volumes will be worn out and have to be replaced.
The Trustees are glad to be able to report that never, since its first organization, has the Library been in so good and efficient a condition as it now is. It is in a condition in which it can be economically carried on. The deterioration of its books has been in a great degree made good, all the works added to it have been catalogued, there are no bills whatever outstanding, and a small amount has been set aside to meet the cost of printing the first supplement to the catalogue. This it now is intended to prepare at the close of the present year, in accor- dance with the intention expressed in the preface to the catalogue of 1875, that a printed supplement to it would be "published as often as once in three years." It will include in it some 1,000 volumes of the most recent additions to the Library, which are now comparitively inaccessible. The Trustees do not consider it neccessary to ask for any additional appropriation to meet the
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cost of this supplement. It will be paid for out of the sum reserved for that object now on hand, and a further fund accumu- lated by setting aside the amounts received for fines and by the sale of copies of the catalogues, during the coming year, which it is thought will prove ample for this purpose. When published in this way, it will be sold at a nominal price.
The annual appropriations made by the town for the Library heretofore have been as follows : -
1871,
$2,872 27
1872,
2,500 00
1873,
2,000 00
1874,
3,500 00
1875,
3,200 00
1876,
3,200 00
1877,
3,000 00
An appropriation of $2,200 to meet the regular and ordinary expenses of the Library during the coming year is now asked for.
The receipts and expenditures of the past year are set forth in the accompanying report of the Treasurer.
C. F. ADAMS, JR., L. W. ANDERSON, HENRY BARKER, CHALES A. FOSTER, EDWARD WHICHER, H. A. KEITH.
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ACCOUNT OF THE TREASURER OF PUBLIC LIBRARY FOR 1878.
To cash balance in treasury, Feb. 1, 1877, $26 79
" of Town Treasurer, as per appro- priation, 3,000 00
« from fines and catalogues, 136 31
$3,163 40
Disbursements.
For books,
$799 84
Binding,
118 50
Stationery,
49 45
Expressage,
20 75
Fuel,
59 82
Gas,
192 40
Salaries and services,
1,102 49
Postal expenses,
8 88
Rent,
450 00
Printing,
90 80
Insurance,
137 50
Furniture,
7 85
Sundries,
22 22
Balance,
102 90
$3,163 40
HENRY BARKER, Treas.
REPORT OF THE MANAGERS OF ADAMS ACADEMY.
THE MANAGERS elected by the town to oversee the condition of the Academy have attended to that duty, and beg leave to report : -
That the number of pupils in the Academy in all this year has been one hundred and twelve. Of these twenty-eight be- long to the town.
The number of scholars who were prepared for examination to enter the higher institutions of learning was eighteen. Ten were admitted to Harvard University, two to Williams College, one to Yale, one to Princeton, one to Amherst, two to the Harvard Medical School, and one to West Point. It is perhaps worth noting that two were admitted to college from the second class one year before the proper expiration of the school course.
From the table inserted in the last report of the President of Harvard College, of the various schools from which pupils have been received during the past eleven years, it appears that the aggregate number of scholars who entered Harvard from this Academy has been exceeded by only three schools in the country : the Cambridge High School, the Boston Latin School, and the Phillips Academy at Exeter. Considering the short period since its establishment, it may safely be said that the number of scholars admitted to college, sixty in all during that time, in comparison with the gross number of pupils, is almost if not altogether without precedent.
The regulation of the Board, that no pupil shall be allowed to remain whose progress or deportment is objectionable, was strictly enforced last year, resulting in the dismissal of a few boys, and the leaving at the close of the year of several others without permission to return.
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The number of boys attending the school free of expense from Quincy is twenty-eight.
A grave question seems not unlikely to arise, whether in the face of competition with other academies more richly endowed, at Exeter, Andover, East Hampton, Boston, Roxbury, and Braintree and elsewhere, the scale of expense required at this school to maintain its high reputation can be kept up on the means supplied.
The funds received from the trust are not more than sufficient to supply coals and casual repairs of the building.
The upper classes in the Academy remain as large as ever, but the number received in the younger classes is much reduced from what it was a year ago. This is in a great degree owing to the state of the times, and it affects all other schools in like manner. It is to be hoped that the crisis is passing over, and industry will begin to be better rewarded than it has been. It would be much to be regretted that this thriving and useful in- stitution should be checked in the height of its success. The Principal of the Academy reports that " never since the school opened has the industry and good order of the boys been so marked as in this year." The assistant teachers, with an- other year of experience, doubtless are able to apply their zeal and knowledge with better results than before ; and with scarcely an exception throughout the school all the boys seem to be making all the progress that we could expect.
To quote the words of Dr. Dimmock's report to the Managers. Ile says : " Again would I gratefully acknowledge that through the mercy of a kind Providence there has been no death and no serious illness among our boys. Especially has the excellent health of those in the boarding-house during the past four years and a half been a constant cause for thankfulness ; and it can hardly have been continued so long without indicating that the conditions of health have been sufficiently attended to.
It would give us great pleasure at any time to see the Man- agers and all the people of Quincy who are interested in our work. The school is their school, and the recitations in all de- partments are open to them. The teacher will be very glad to
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welcome all who may be willing to visit us. Our academy course, with its facilities for acquiring French and German in addition to the classics, and for carrying the study of mathematics through plane trigonometry and analytical geometry, gives quite a thor- ough and liberal education to all who complete it, even if it be not supplemented by the college."
The doctor proceeds to state some special needs of the school. He says, " If we are to teach physics, we shall probably need some simple apparatus in order to do our work satisfactorily. Descriptions of experiments are never equal to their illustration in conveying the impression to the mind and fixing it upon the memory."
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