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Josephine E. Mulligan
2
Meningitis.
Elith May Richards. 3
13 7
1
Pneumonia
3
Lydia T. (Stetson) Clark, widow of Edwin R.
68
3
Endocarditis
8 John MeCarthy
59.10 - Phthisis.
10
Joseph Ford Burrell.
44 5 15
Aecideut
18
Effie (Thayer) Bates, wife of Rufus
26,11:12
Consumption
25
Lucy (White) Palner, wife of Frank H ..
30
1
Abdominal Tumor
27
Harriet (Raymond) Raymond,
90
1 11
Old Age.
Mary L. Dowd.
3
3
1
57
Pyelitis 1
Cancer of Liver Pancreas. .
and
28 Addie A. Coleran. 20
68
Bronchitis
28
Emma Packard Stetson ..
10
66
29
Lewis Currier Marden 3 10 17
Samuel Bates Pool. 70
1 25
May 2 Ella Chandler.
23
8 10
Clarissa (B. Hewitt) Foye, wife of Stephen'S ..
77
C
-
4 Harriet (Bates) Gammons, wid- ow of Thomas .. 81
2 16
6
Pneumouia.
4 .
S
John E. Waleh
23
1
S Tuberculosis of Bowels
12 John Endicott Humphrey 57
5
6 Gangrene ..
12
Augustus M. Bicknell. 42 8'24
1
24
William Kelley
6
Bronchitis
25
Simantha Belcher Davison, wife of Albert .
56
9
4
Consumption.
26
Michael Hanley.
38
-
Inflammation of Kid- neys ..
¥
27
James Maile.
46
8
Tubercular Laryngitis. Bronchitis ..
Mar. 3
Catherine (Slattery) Welch, wife of Edmund
75
Asthma
1
11
Female child of Lewis R. and Mabel F. Blanchard.
4
Premature Birth.
17
E. Atherton Hunt.
65 2 13
Pleuro-Pneumonia . .
Marshfield. Weymouth.
Weymouth.
Ireland.
Braintree.
Bartlett, N. H.
Ireland. Ashburnham. Manchester, N. Weymouth [H.
Maine. Quincy. Weymouthı.
Hanover. Ireland. Weymouth. Braintree.
Honolulu, H. I.
Middleboro. Weymouth. Weymouthı.
Weymouth. Weymouthı. Ireland. Weymouth. Weymouth.
Weymouth. Thomasville, [N. C.
Canton.
Weymouthi. Medfield. Weymouth. Boston.
Weymouthı.
Feb. 23
John M. Connell.
77
Bronchitis.
| Years.
Months.
Days.
28
Mabel Gertrude Hayden
I
6 25
Pneumouia.
Pulmonary Phthisis ...
Acute Alcoholism
Cystitis
Pneumonia
3 19' Pneumonia
28
William Logue. .
8 Phthisis.
Scarlet Fever.
Constipation · and Dis- ease of Liver.
Phthisis.
Cerebral Apoplexy
Paralysis.
5
Joseph Harding.
76
widow of Cyrus.
27
27 Elisha F. Pratt ..
28 George Whitefield Tirrell. 46 1 10
30
Heart Failure, result of Grippe ...
27 11
100
139
DEATHS. - Continued.
Age.
Date of Death.
Name.
Years.
Months.
Days.
May 14 11
Roma A. Donohoe ..
32
5.17
Congestion of Brain ..
Weymouth.
10
Bridget (Crean) Lehan, wife of Cornelius
26
5 15
Acute Peritonitis
Ireland.
19
Female child of Edwin F. and Angie B. Harris.
-
Premature Birth.
22
Russell F. Daverson.
4 22 Marasmus .
Consumption
Weymouth.
01
James Kearney.
63
-
4
Chronle Rheumatism, Strleture of Œsoph- agus.
N. Hampshire.
85
Old Age.
Unknown.
Male child of Viram K. and Annie L. Cummlogs
Premature Birth
Weymouth.
June 1 Henry Harrison Briggs ..
50 1 13
Disease of Heart.
188 10 12
Hepatitis
Middleton.
- Stillborn
Weymouth.
-1
Helen L. Wellington
Chronie Anæmia ..
Patrick Donahoe.
29
4 12 Phthisis
Weymouth.
15
Harry Willlams Roberts
1
1 Unknown.
Weymouth.
17
Annle Treat Pratt
9
1 Convulsion
26
Patrick J. Caulfield.
59
Injury. to Spine
July 4 Walter E. Cook
4
9
17 Convulsions
13
David White ..
55
9
- Cirrhosis ..
15
John Curran.
6
- Cholera Infantum.
16 | Aurelia (Shaw) Orcutt, wife of Washington
73,
6 18 Disease of Liver, with Paralysis
4
1 23 Epileptic Convulsions,
47
1 24 Bright's Disease ...
- 1 18 Serofula
Fanny T. (Brown ) Clark, wife of Robert ..
Aug. 3
4
Sarah E. (Gay) Elms, widow of Theodore
68
8 15 Embolism
53 -
-
Heart Disease.
Timothy Fogarty
55
- Bright's Disease.
Ireland.
4
Annie Nugent
7 23
Diarrhea
Weymouth.
Joseph II. Dleselete.
- 15 Asthenia
Weymouth. Ireland.
11
Willie Leslie McDonald.
- 8
Convulsions.
Weymouth.
..
15
Mlchael Doran
53
1 Consumption
1S
Emeline 1. (Thayer) Whiting, wife of George C.
54
8 11
Cerebro Spinal Fever .. Cholera Infantum ..
Weymouthi. Weymouth. Franklin.
1700
George Francis Gilligan.
1 - 20
Cholera Infantum ..
..
James E. Donovan.
1 14
Marasmus
Weymouth.
26
Hannah Shea
5 10
Cholera Infantum. .
Weymouth.
Sept. 1
Elizabeth L. Cushing
45
4 2S 7 11 Cerebral Hemorrhage. Meningitis
Weymouth.
3
James Thomas Gorman.
Weymouth.
Roxellanna T.(Stanwood) Collier, wife of Isaac. .
5
3 Old Age
Eden, Me.
16
23
George Edward Condrick
America. Weymouth. Weymouthi. Weymouth.
82 11 21 20
Caneer
Edith Warren Raymond
_> 5
Tubercular Laryngitis,
Seituate. Rochester.
Middleboro. Ireland.
Philip O'Connell ...
4 - Phthisis.
10 AAlfred Thomas Cushing
69 3 5 Heart Disease.
Weymouth.
13
Ruth Nelson Cole .
1S 11 15 Typhoid Fever
Weymouth. Ireland. .
20 Martha Cullen. .
1
1 16
-1
4. Abdominal Tumor.
Hanson. Coneord.
Charles A. Goulals
54
1
1 Carcinoma Stomach.
Weymouth. Canada. Ireland. Boston.
64|
4
-
26 Ruth (D)amon) Oreutt, widow of Ellsha B.
Male child of Frank H. and Ida W. Sylvester ..
Premature Birth.
Weymouth. Weymouth.
Martha(Elliott) Miller, wife of John Female child of George F. and Amy Sherman.
Betsey 'T'. (Wade) Gove, wife of George S ..
75 51
·
Weymouth. Weymouth.
Mary A. P. (Richards) VIning, wife of JJames H
Disease.
Birthplace.
Weymouth. Weymouth.
Charles S. Williams
Cyrus B. Sherman
Thomas Smith
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DEATHS. - Continued.
Age.
Date of Death.
Name.
Years.
Months.
Disease.
Birthplace.
Weymouth. Weymouth.
Weymouth. Weymouth. Weymouth. Weymouth. Weymouth.
Ireland.
Quiney. Weymouth. Ireland.
New York.
Ireland. Broekton.
Boston. Weymouth. N. Hampshire. Weymouth.
Weymouth. Weymouth. Weymouth. Weymouth. Ireland. Boston. Ireland.
Ireland. Weymouth.
Weymouth. Weymouth. St. George, Me
Weymouth.
8
Mary (Tirrell) Vining, widow of Jairus.
81
6 13
Angina Pectoris.
Weymouth.
10
Mary ( Farrell) Fitzgerald, wife of Michael ..
45 5
-
10
Abiah Gordon Orcutt ..
63 10 22
Cerebral Apoplexy .... Cerebral Apoplexy, sec- ondary results.
"
10 Sarah W. (Moore) Eaton, wife of George W
74 8|15
Paralysis
13
Paul A. Dowd.
2
11 -
Diphtheretie Croup ...
17
Ellen (Monehan) MeDonald, wife of James. .
31
I
- Pneumonia
Ireland.
17
Susie G. (Hayden) Bates, wife of James S.
29
5 10
Uræmia
24
Isane Lawrence.
77
4 8 Cistitis.
7 21 Dentition
92 11 28 Compaction of Gall
Stones
Weymouth.
2S
Male child of Patrick and Mary Cullinane
-
-
- Stillborn.
Weymouth.
0-1
John F. Sullivan.
23
Consumption
10
Margaret L. Healey.
-
17
Asthenia
21
Edwin Walter Curtis ..
11
6
Diarrhea
22
Elizabeth (McCarthy ) Kennedy, wife of James.
42
Heart Disease with
Bright's Disease ....
25
Elizabeth K. (Whiting) Benson, widow of Leonard.
63 70
- 11
26
John Jordan.
57
66
26
Catherine (Palorson) Thompson, widow of John ..
81
6
Paralysis
27
Catherine Branch, widow of
Charles. ..
53
30
Mary L. Pierce.
5
4
Diarrhea
30
Mary Kilburn (Chapman) Ingalls, widow of Richard.
Oct.
2
Thomas Cook.
1
Typhoid.
3
Enoch Paterson.
80
3
Elmer F. Bates.
30 1
3 Consumption
3
Seneth (Hawes) Oreutt, widow of Joseph.
83
2
- Paralysis
15
Michael E. Delorey
9
1 Marasmus
15
Annie L. Crotty.
15
Dentition
15
Annie Mitchell. 20
4
5
Typhoid Fever.
17
John Casey
73
7
Chronie Eezema.
22
Horatio N. Bowker
83
- 25 Senile et Paralysis
26
Edward Halligan
56
3 15
44
-
Cerebral Apoplexy .... Hepatie and Intestinal Disease.
29 Nov. 1
Edward Blanchard .
88 10
- Old Age.
Male child of George E. and Liz- zie Studley.
-
1
2
Roxie Vining.
6 14
Gastro Duodenitis. Septicemia ...
Fred Allison Montgomery.
- 11
19
6
2
Hepatitis with Gastro Enteritis.
Ireland.
Hingham.
[N. H.
Manchester, Braintree.
Weymouth. Salem. Weymouth.
28
Joseph Franeis Cleary .. Reuben Loud.
24 1|12 1 28
Valvular Heart Disease Cholera Infantum.
Michael F. Allen.
5
Male child of Joseph and Fannie Jeffé
1
- Stillborn
100 6 Meningitis
17
Avis Mackey White
5 24
25
Noah Tirrell
7|10
Liver and Jaundice .... Cardiae Atheroma .... Typhoid Fever
Strangulated hernia ...
61 23
5
Paralysis
Diarrhea
28
Frank Donahoe
Stillborn.
87 26
4
Charles I. Hayden.
Days.
Sept. 6
Ida May (Joy) Hamlin, wife of Arthur C.
7
6
141
DEATHS. - Concluded.
Age.
Date of Death.
Name.
Years.
Months.
Days.
Nov. 24
Annie G. Bergeron.
9| 1 1
Nephritis
Dec.
1
Mary Masterson.
111
1
Peritonitis
5
David Bates ..
74
1
-
..
5
Charles Bradford Montgomery ..
19 1 13
Heart Disease.
10
Henry B. Gaillardet ..
14 10
8 Phthisis Pulmonalis ...
11
Margaret (McCabe) Youreil, wife of Patrick
44
J
Phthisis Pulmonalis ...
13
Helena Frances Shaw.
1
Convulsions.
15
Male child of John and Mary F. Enwright.
1
Unknown
46
21
Diabetic Coma
21
Caroline C. ( Walbridge) Hill.
66
6 12
Asthenia
Alfred Belcher.
2 21| Congestive Fever and Paralysis
80
-
Chronic Bronchitis ....
24
Sarah (Curtis) Vining, wife of Nonh.
80
9
4
Congestion of Lungs and Liver, with
Chronic Hepatitis ...
Rockiand.
25
Nancy B. (Bates) Holbrook, wid. ow of Joshua.
S7 82
1
6 Pneumonia
Lydia Ann (Yeaton) Cushing, wife of Richard N.
6S
6 20
Asthenia.
Rye, N. H.
2g
Fred E. Wright.
42
7|18
Pulmonary Tuberculo- sis
Weymouth.
20
Margaret A. 'Nash) Raymond, widow of Henry W.
4S
-
8
Tuberculosis of Knee ..
Weymouth.
Weymouth. Fall River. Weymouth. St. George, Me. Weymouth.
Ireland. Weymoutil.
19
.John G. Hutchins
Weymouth. Maiden. Randoiph, Vt.
Weymouth. Middleboro.
24
Enos Davis Raymond.
6 23 Old Age
Weymouthı. Boston.
25
Hannah B. Lovell ..
1 16
Disease.
Birthplace.
Heart Disease.
142 .
Number of marriages recorded in the town of Weymouth for the year 1891 : -
Where one or both parties were residents of the
town
117
Non-residents
14 .
Total
131
Number of births :
Males
114
Females
130
Totals
244
Number of deaths :
Males
89
Females
95
Total
1 84
Excess of births over deaths
60
JOHN A. RAYMOND,
Town Clerk.
WEYMOUTH, Jan. 30, 1892.
ENGINEERS, REPORT.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
GENTLEMEN, - I have the honor to submit to you the annual report of the Fire Department for the year ending Dec. 31, 1891, the same being the thirteenthi of the present organization.
The Board of engineers have labored zealously and harmoniously for the best interests of the department, and have made some im, improvements which will add materially to its efficiency. The good feeling which has existed in the various divisions in times past still continues, all the members manifesting pride in the work - of the department, and are courteous to their superior officers.
The force of the department consists of one hundred and sixty- three men and five engineers, and is divided with the apparatus in the several wards as follows : -
WARD 1. - W. O. Collier, engineer and clerk.
Hose wagon No. 1, 15 men, 1,350 feet of hose. Hook and ladder truck No. 1, 15 men. Assistant hose carriage 5 men, 300 ft. hose.
WARD 2. - F. G. Thayer, engineer and chief.
Hose wagon No. 2. 15 men, 1,950 feet of liose. Hook and ladder truck No. 2, 15 men. Steamer, No. 2, 4 men.
WARD 3. - C. E. Bicknell, engineer.
Hose carriage No. 3, 15 men, 2,000 feet hose. Hook and Ladder Truck No. 3, 15 men. Steamer No. 3, 4 men.
Ward 4. - M. P. Sprague, engineer.
Hose Wagon No. 4, 15 men, 1,050 feet liose. L. C. hose carriage 5 men, 900 feet liose. L. C. set of ladders, 5 men.
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WARD 5. - Otis Cushing, engineer.
Hose carriage No. 5, 15 men, 1,600 feet hose.
Hook and ladder truck, 15 men. Chemical engine, 10 men.
The apparatus of the department is in good condition, is care- fully watched, and is kept in as nearly perfect working order as is possible. One of the improvements in the past year was the remodeling of the old hose carriage No. 2, into a wagon, it is built on the most modern plan, is handsome and substantial ; the degree of safety insured by this improvement can scarcely be esti- mated. There are two other carriages, No. 3 and 5; it is the intention of the board to make the same improvements the coming year on one of these.
Hook and ladder truck No., 5 has been in service several years more than its allotted term of usefulness. We would recommend that the town consider the purchasing a new one of more modern design. The last of the old hand engines, the "Gen. Putnam," was sold the past year.
BUILDINGS.
One of the houses has been painted and contracts have been made for the others ; when the work is completed the buildings of department will be in as good condition as they have been for years.
FIRE ALARM.
ITS BENEFITS AND ITS RELATION TO OUR FIRE SERVICE.
The value and protection of this service against fires is conceded by all departments everywhere as soon as it is brought to their notice ; the underwriters show their estimates of its merits by mak- ing a reduction on buildings where this system is adopted ; the saving of property would unquestionably be very great and as the adoption needs only the endorsement and co-operation of the towns' people with the department, no town can afford to be with- out its protection. The authorities should always bear in mind the fact that the fire department is valuable and cannot be dispensed with ; that the department is organized and maintained for the
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common good of all, and it is an absolute necessity for the walfare of the town, its business interests, and protection of all citizens. The homes of the laborer and the mansions of the wealthy alike need protection from fire, and in time of need all call for aid from the firemen.
The absence of the fire-alarm telegraph in our town has been the cause in many instances of fires getting the upper hand of our fire- men. No doubt a large amount of our yearly fire loss can be traced to the neglect of our town to provide means of locating fires in their early stages. Unless something is done towards this matter at an early date, the town will wake up some morning to a sad reali- zation of its mistake in neglecting to provide the department bet- ter means of reaching fires. While excellent work can be accom- plished with the alarm now in use in Ward 2, the time between the sounding of this alarm and the presence of the firemen on the scene of action is very brief, yet I think that an improvement would be made on this system, as we should then have some way of getting help from other wards when needed. I trust the appropriation committee will give this matter due consideration, and see the necessity of remedying this defect, and thus better serve the pecu- niary interests of the town.
APPROPRIATIONS.
The expenses of the department have been kept as small as is consistent with its usefulness and efficiency. It has been the aim of the board to manage the affairs of the department as econom- ically as possible and keep pace with the needed improvements. We would recommend the following amounts to be appropri- ated : -
For salaries of firemen, stewards, and miscellaneous expenses, $4.000 ; for liose, $500. Should the town take any action in rela- tion to the fire alarm, a complete system would cost about $2,500. A paper has been circulated and signed by many of the citizens to have all the rooms of the department sheathed, which would cost about $500 more.
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FIRES.
During the year, the department have responded to twenty- seven fires and alarms. The value of real estate and personal prop- erty at stake was : -
Value of buildings . $18,425 00
Damage of buildings
10,546 00
Insurance upon buildings
15,200 00
Insurance paid upon buildings
8,146 00
Value of contents of buildings
18,394 00
Damage to contents of buildings
16,831 00
Insurance upon contents
21,950 00
Insurance paid
15,923 00
The number of fires and alarms in the several wards were as follows : Ward 1 responded to three; Ward 2 responded to four- teen ; Ward 3 responded to three; Ward 4 responded to four ; Ward 5 responded to three.
REMARKS.
In closing the business of the year, I will take this opportunity, in behalf of the Board of Engineers and myself, to extend our thanks to all who have in any way rendered the department assist- ance. To my associates on the board permit me to express my appreciation of the honor and confidence you have so cheerfully rendered, and to all the officers and members of the fire depart- ment my most sincere thanks for their support and approval ; may the coming year be as pleasant and the same feeling and harmony be maintained.
Respectfully yours,
F. D. THAYER, Chief of Fire Department ..
REPORT OF THE £ TRUSTEES OF THE TUFTS LIBRARY.
The Board of Trustees respectfully submit their thirteenth annual report as follows : -
During the removal of the library building preparatory to the erection of the new structure the library was closed for fourteen days, and therefore was open for the delivery of books only two hundred and ninety days. The total number of volumes loaned for home use during the last year was 58,246, being an average of 200 volumes per day, and making a larger circulation than in any previous year of its history. The largest number of loans in one day was 559 volumes on Sept. 30, the day of opening at the new location; and the smallest number was forty-five volumes, on July 13 and Aug. 10.
Of this circulation 29,436 volumes were delivered to borrowers at the library, and 28,810 volumes were distributed through the agencies, as follows : -
Precinct 1. Bartlett's store . 4,989
Precinct 2. Salisbury's store . 8,698 .
Precinct 2. Shaw's store .
3,433
Precints 4. Nash's store . 3,480
Precinct 4. Lovell's Corner
1,131
Precinct 5. Foster's store
·
7,079
This statement of circulation does not include books read or con- sulted at the library.
CLASSIFICATION OF CIRCULATION.
Arts, three per cent ; biography, two and one half per cent ; fiction, including juvenile, seventy-four per cent; history, three per cent ; literature, three per cent ; natural science two per cent ;
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social science, one per cent ; poetry, one per cent ; travels, five per cent ; theology, one half per cent, and periodicals, five per cent.
The number of volumes added during the year is 642, of which 12 volumes replace worn-out ones, the net gain being 630 books, and the smallest addition in any year. The highest accession number is 13,805.
The whole number of borrowers' cards issued is 6,335, and 340 of these were given out during the last year.
Lists of the new accessions have been published in the Gazette before delivery to borrowers, and at the close of the year were all classified in the " Annual Bulletin," which may be purchased at the several agencies and at the library.
The Trustees are not unmindful of the need of a new classified " Finding List" containing all accessions to the library ; but do not deem it expedient, in consideration of the large sums being expended by the town for a new building, to ask an appropriation for this use.
Some of the more valuable books purchased during the year are : Lacroix's Arts in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance ; Bradley's Atlas of the World ; Walker's Atlas of Massachusetts ; Duruy's History of Rome; Record of the Commemoration of the Two Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of the Settlement of Haverhill ; Lecky's History of England in the Eighteenth Century, Vols. 7 and 8; La Fontaine's Fables, , illustrated by Doré ; Jephson's Emin Pasha and the Rebellion ; Loftie's Westminster Abbey ; Oliphant's Royal Edinburg; Reclus's Bird's-Eye View of the World : Webb's California and Alaska, etc. ; Wilson's In Scrip- ture Lands ; Biographies of John Ericsson, of Cardinal Newman, and of Paul Revere; Memoirs of Talleyrand; Stedman and Hutchinson's Library of American Literature ; and Allen's Great Cathedrals of the World, delivered in parts, has been bound in two volumes.
Twenty-one books bought in paper covers and forty volumes of magazines from the reading room have been bound, and one hundred and ninety-five volumes, whose covers have been worn out, have been rebound.
The annual inspection of the library at the beginning of the new
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year was duly made and the books generally found in good condi- tion. Yet nearly one hundred volumes in the classes of " Fiction " and " Juveniles " were found too much worn to be further circu- lated, and must be replaced. Eight volumes were unaccounted for. and three volumes lost by reason of the removal from town of those to whom they were loaned. [As the rule, borrowers use the books taken out with reasonable care, but the exceptions to this rule are more numerous than seems to us necessary to render it valid. The marking of books, by writing marginal notes and otherwise, and the exposing them to rain or snow by carrying without protec- tion in a storm, are instances of bad usage on the part of some borrowers. and if persisted in, must be deemed just cause for the withdrawal of the " cards " of such borrowers.
PERIODICALS.
The circulation of the numbers of the several magazines, after having been taken from the reading room tables, has considerably increased during this year, and the " American Garden " and the " Review of Reviews," both believed to be of great merit, have been added to the excellent list of periodicals heretofore supplied for these tables. The " Art Interchange " has been subscribed for by the trustees, to be loaned as soon as received, to supplement the circulation of the " Art Amateur," the demand for which has been very constant.
The new building in process of erection, under the charge of a special committee of the town, promises to become within a few months a very commodious and attractive home for our Library and Reading Room, with ample space for all anticipated enlarge- ments of each, for many future years. For the liberality of the Town in this regard the board, charged with the duty of promoting its usefulness, takes pleasure in expressing personally, as well as officially, their cordial thanks.
By reason of the sale of the buildings standing on the site now occupied by the new building, their rents have ceased to be avail- able for the support of the Library, and a considerable part of its income has been, temporarily, at least, withdrawn. It therefore becomes our duty to ask the town to appropriate not less than fif-
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teen hundred dollars, in addition to half the dog-tax, and the rents which may be received after the completion of the new building, to defray the necessary current expenses of the Library for the next year.
In this connection, the trustees beg leave again to remind the town that the Tufts Library has, had very marked success in gain- ing and holding the interest of our reading public in the library, so that, in the judgement of one of the most competent members of the Massachusetts Free Public Library Commission, for the money we spend, no public library in the State does better work, or has a larger circulation, and that this interest can be retained only by continuing to supply, in frequent and liberal instalments, the best popular literature, obtainable within the limit of reason- able expenditure.
On the twenty-seventh day of March last, Amos S. White, Esq., who had been a member of the board of trustees from the founding of the library, and their clerk and treasurer for about eleven years, departed this life. On the day of his funeral services the trustees in special session unanimously adopted, and published in the next issue of the Weymouth Gazette, resolutions of respect and condolence ; and his associates now gladly give expression to a more lasting testimonial of their deep grief at his loss, and of their high appre- ciation of his services in aid of the establishment and the manage- ment of the library, as well as, of his honorable and useful life during the many years in which he occupied in this town posts of laborious service and high responsibility.
A list of donations to the library during the past year, designating the number of bound volumes and of pamphlets, is hereto appended.
JAMES HUMPHREY,
For the Board of Trustees.
WEYMOUTHI, Jan. 1, 1892.
DONATIONS.
Pamphs. Vols
Adams, Hon. C. F.
1
1
Bicknell, Z. L., Esq.
1
Bridgewater State Normal School .
1
151
Pamphs. Vols
Bronson Public Library
1
Brookline Public Library
1
Bundy, J. C., Esq.
1
Cambridge Public Library
1
2
Friend's Book Store
1
Gove, Jeremialı, Esq.
3
Hartford Library Association
2
Hoar, Hon. G. F.
1
Hoboken Free Public Library
1
Hodgson, Richard Dr. .
1
Insurance Companies of Hartford .
1
Loud, Erastus, Esq.
2
Massachusetts Public Documents
3
7
Merrill, Mrs. M. T. W.
1
Merritt, Miss E. M.
5
Minneapolis Public Library
1
Morse, Hon. E. A.
6
Newberry Library, Chicago, Ill.
1
Newton Free Library
1
Omaha Public Library .
1
Osterhout Public Library
9
Providence Public Library
1
Richards, G. J., Esq.
2
Salem Public Library
1
Smith, Mrs. C. E. and others
1
Smithsonian Institution .
2
Thomas Crane Public Library
1
Tirrell, Miss Tirzah
4
Torrey, D. Esq.
1
Unknown
3
1
Veazey, W. G.
1
Wadlin, Hon. H. G.
2
Wakefield Historical Society .
1
Walter Baker & Co.
1
Washington Public Documents
21
1
Winchester Town Library
1
Woburn Public Library
1
152
TREASURER'S REPORT,
OF THE RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES OF THE TUFTS LIBRARY FOR THE YEAR 1891.
RECEIPTS.
Cash on hand January 1, 1891 .
$202 98
Received interest of Tufts fund
100.00
Town appropriation
1,000 00
One half dog license, tax of 1890
606 63
On account one half dog license, tax of 1891 197 87
Rents
504 18
Returned insurance premiums
66 85
Fines collected by librarian
135 65
Catalogues sold by librarian
16 60
For books
1 68
Damage to books
25
John Ford for overpayment
2 00
Mr. Blanchard for old material
2 00
$2,836 69
EXPENDITARES.
Paid Miss C. A. Blanchard, librarian
$500 00
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