1889-01 Annual Report of the Trustees of the Cemetery of Mount Auburn, for 1888, Together with the Reports of the Treasurer and Superintendent. Fifty-Seventh Year.

FIFTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT.

Mount Auburn Cemetery.

JANUARY 1, 1889,

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FIFTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT.

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The Trustees herewith submit their fifty-seventh annual report, together with the reports of the Superintendent and Treasurer.

In all respects the past year has been uneventful, the receipts and expenses varying little from those of previous years. The present amount of the various funds is, as follows : —

Repair fund, $563,406.09, showing a gain for the year of $32,932.38.

Permanent fund, $278,006.58, gain for the year of $6,637.83.

General fund, $60,877.98, gain for the year of $8,743.90.

The gradual accumulation ofthis latter fund insures the necessary means for the renewal of fences, of new pumping engines, water pipes, of enlarged reservoir for the water works, of green-houses, and such other uses not otherwise provided for, as may from time to time occur in the future.

The removal of iron fences, hedges, and unnecessary - granite curbings continues as usual, but the record of the Superintendent shows no removal of the old-fashioned, unhealthy, single-chamber tombs during the year, notwithstanding the liberal offer of the Trustees to remove them, regrade the lots, and make necessary reinterments without expense to the owners. Where it should happen that two interments are made in such tombs with but a brief interval between, it is obvious how dangerous to health, and how disagreeable to all who enter them, such tombs can become. The attention of the proprietors is again called to this offer, which may be found on page 15 of this report.