F. W. PITKIN, J. G. JENKINS, E. E. BOWNS.

Librarian,

E. C. ARNOLD.

Initiation Fee, $1.00; Half-Yearly Dues, $1.00.

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

OF THE

Young Men's Association,

MAY, 1 8 6 1.

Members of the Association:—

The Board of Directors submit to you the following report :

FINANCE.

The Treasurer's Report, herewith submitted, shows

the Receipts from all sources to be.

The Expenditures.

Balance.

RECEIPTS.

Balance in Treasury at date of last Annual Report..

$2,883 61

2,697 68

$185 93

$72 74

228 00

1,601 73

50 04

35 86

576 00

69 25

250 00

$2,883 62

$58 29 80 46

There are dues uncollected to the amount of about $225. The year has been one of extraordinary financial prosperity. For the first time in the history of the Association, the revenue from ordinary sources (not including lectures) has been more than sufficient to meet the running expenses. If the present public interest in the Association can be maintained, there can be no doubt about its future prosperity. But our present success is a pledge of still greater success to come.

NUMBER OF MEMBERS.

The number of members at the date of the last Annual

Report, including 59 life members, was.. New members added during the year, including two life members....

716

234

950

80

17

7-104

846

During the year the number of ladies' memberships has advanced from nineteen to thirty-one.

CONTRIBUTORS TO LIBRARY.

The Association is indebted to E. D. Holton, J. W. Hoyt, Hon. John F. Potter, Col. J. D. Graham, (U. S. N.,) G. W. Featherstonehaugh, Wm. Daniel, C. Adams, Geo. W. Chapman, S. Chapman, Mrs. Chas. Cain, C. Durkee, G. G. Meade, Col. L. H. D.

Crane, and others; and to the Patent Office and the Department of the Interior for valuable contributions of books, maps, papers, &c.; also to W. H. Sherman for several fine photographs of distinguished lecturers.

In accordance with the provisions of the Statute, granting copies of all State publications to literary institutions which have a library of three hundred volumes, the President of the Association has filed with the Secretary of State a verified application for such publications, and has received and delivered to the Association copies of all those of which the edition was not exhausted. These books, contributed by the State, are valuable, and necessary to the completeness of the library. Copies of all State publications should hereafter be secured for the Association as soon as they are published.

Many reports of kindred and other associations have been re. ceived, and are on file.

LIBRARY AND READING ROOM.

The number of volumes in the library at the date of the

last Annual Report, was.

Number added during the year by purchase.

Number added during the year by donations.

Number added during the year by binding periodicals

and pamphlets.

3,798

624

175

31

4,631

49

Number of volumes lost and paid for.......

4

53

Present number of volumes..

4,578

Number of volumes sold...

We fear that an actual enumeration of the volumes would make it apparent that a considerable number had been stolen from the shelves. The Library has become so large, and the rooms of the Association so much a place of resort, that a proper care for the safety of the books requires that they should be so enclosed that no one could take them from the shelves, except the Librarian and his assistant.

In the Reading Room additions have been made, during the year, to the number of newspapers and magazines. The room is almost constantly thronged with readers.

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