Evening star., 1895-11-05
ASSOCIATED CHARITIES.
The Meeting Tonight VIII Consider
the Secretary's Annual Report.

Ine Mect1nG TOn1ght VIII COnS1Oef
the Secretnry's Annual Report.
The Associated Charities meet tonight In
the regular annual meeting. The most i'm
portant business to be considered is the an
nual report of Secretary Emery and the ac-
ton which must be taken on his intended
resignation. The Associated Charities con-
sists of all who have given to its support or
to the poor through 1t. The board Of di-
rectors, consisting Of fifteen citizens, well
known in charity work. direct and control
the work of the organization. This board
will be elected anew tonight. 1t is under
stood that Mr.. Parson, chairman OF the
board. according to a notice given by him at
the last meeting. will withdraw.
Through its twelve substations the Chari-
ties distributes about $4,000 worth of sup
plies annually, and in the fourteen years of
it's existence has paid out over s15O,OOO.
During the last few days the auditing COM
]. H. Bradford and Loring Chapel has
audited Mr.. Emery's report and has pre-
pared the following report to submit to the
meeting tonight:
1.-THE auditing committee of the board Of
managers of the Associated Charities beg
leave to respectfully submit this, their an
nual, report:
after most careful and exhaustive ex-
animation of the accounts books and vouch-
ers Of the general secretary and treasurer of
the organization for the year ending Novem-
Der D. 1888, they are gratified to be able to
state that they find the same correct and
accurate in every particular.
The total receipts from all sources and
the total expenditures for all purposes far
exceed any previous year. These totals are
retary, and show the following gratifying
results:
"Receipts-Cash on hand November s,
1894, $2,2 23l.61; cash contributions during the
year. through the : general secretary,
$S,94S.16; cash contributions, through the
general secretary. paid by citizens relief
committee S6.664.33; total. $12,S447O
Expenditures-Through the central office.
by check on treasurer. s4.363. 13; through the
central office. by check on central relief COM
mittee S.66433: total. $11.02s OS; November
., !S.t'. cash in treasury. $1,s1664.
Additional to these cash contributions
and expenditures, thousands of useful arti-
cles OF clothing and tons of provisions of
various kinds. and vast quantities of fuel
nave been distributed through and by the
We find by analyzing these expenditures
that only 10 per cent of the total was re-
quired for the cost of administration: that
Is to say, the rents. salaries and miscella-
neous expenses aggregate 81, ,S36.71, while
about 81 per cent, 81. 19lS5 went directly for
the relief of the poor. This is a showing
commendatory of the administration at the
central office.
the valuable information that all cash con-
tributfonS received by the secretary were
properly and promptly paid over to the
treasurer, and paid out by that officer upon
authentic orders from the board of man
ayers. in accordance with the constitutional
provision
The committee deem It a pleasant duty
10 bear testimony to the accurate and salts
factory system Of accounts in vogue in the
central office. They are orderly, systematic.
simple and correct. We can, with conf
dence, assure the contributors to the or
ganization that, In their Judgment. business
methods prevail in that Office, and that lust
and equitable distributions of their chari-
table offerings are conscientiously made"