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 ======== 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, } _Finance Committee._ GEO. T. LITTLE. } _Necrology._ 1. Eleanor Arnold Angell (A. L. A. no. 1631, 1897) assistant librarian American Society of Civil Engineers, New York City. Born Jan. 23, 1874; died in New York City May 18, 1900. Miss Angell graduated from the Pratt Institute Library School in 1896 and was a member of the Pratt Institute Library staff until July, 1897. From Dec., 1897, to the time of her death she was assistant librarian of the American Society of Civil Engineers.